Tharsday, December 1, 1938
Christmas, like everything else, changes with the pass
ing of the years. Nowadays, as we grow older and resort
to ox blood shoe polish to keep our graying hair a lush
auburn, Christmas seems to come more often. Looking back
into the dim distant days of our lost youth, an eternity or
two went its slow way from one Christmas to another; now
adays one hardly has time to clean up the tinsel before it's
time to pull it out again.
And as we write this we are right in the middle of our
annual Christmas edition, an edition which, through the
generous cooperation of Elkin's fine merchants (pass the
soft soap, please), always marks the official beginning of
the Yule season. This edition,*
attractively jacketed in four col
ors, will be in your hands as you
read this—unless you are reading
over someone's shoulder. But be
fore that moment arrives, much
remains to be done.
It's fun, though, getting ready
for Christmas, although one does
have to worry about the financ
ing of Old Santa's visit to the
kiddies. Nowadays youngsters
don't think Christmas a success
unless they receive a bicycle, wa
gon with balloon tires, a movie
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gy In this issue of The Tribune, Elkin Merchants are announcing the opening >j
Mjjrf the Christmas Season. And although this bank has no Christmas ff/M
merchandise to sell, we gladly join with local merchants in extending to
jeveryone a cordial invitation to visit Elkin tomorrow for the first showing
of an amazing and varied display of Christmas Gift goods at prices you jCS?
JET cannot better elsewhere. ffSjL
I AThe Bank of Elkin I
wftlg K* C. Lewellyn Garland Johnson Franklin Folger
President Vice President Cashier Jw?
CHRISTMAS AGAIN
machine and various other expen
sive presents. But when we were
at the urchin stage, a couple of
dime toys and a stocking filled
with fruit, nuts and candy, plus
a sprinkling of raisins, made the
day complete. But, as our bright
young son remarked at supper
tonight as we elaborated on the
subject—"this is 1938, not 1912."
ODDS AND ENDS
We admit sadly that for the
past two weeks this department
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
has been rather shoddy, even a
little worse than usual, we might
put it. And as a result there are
several little pieces of business
which need attention.
We would like to call the at
tention of the city officials to the
fact that traffic dinkus No. 1, lo
cated west on West Main street,
has a crack in it which should
receive prompt attention. Elkin's
lovely dinkuses should receive on
ly the best attention, they are
loved so well, and we would sug
gest that a committee be ap
pointed immediately to investigate
the why and wherefore of the
damage.
It's a mystery to us how the
crack got there. According to
town officials the dinkuses are
never hit by automobiles, so of
course the crack must have been
caused in some other way. Per
haps some unoffending citizen
walking across the street, stubbed
his or her toe on it. We've seen
two children get hard falls by
stumbling over the thing while
hurrying across the street.
There's another matter police
will probably be interested in. It
concerns an exhibition of reckless
driving which we witnessed about
11:15 a. m. Sunday on Main
street. A young man, hardly
more than a boy, driving a V-8
coupe of 1932 vintage, put on as
reckless and as dangerous an ex
hibition of driving as we have
ever witnesesd, endangering his
own life as well as the lives of
others. Had a car happened to
enter the main square at the
moment this young fool crossed
the intersection at a very fast
rate of speed, there would have
been considerable business for
undertakers and surgeons.
Unluckily no policeman was
around at the time, but we'll be
glad to point him out as a likely
bird to keep an eye on. It's irre
sponsible nitwits like the one in
question that keeps the accident
toll high.
It has gotten around that we
were planning to leave Elkln Jan
uary 1 to take a job in Greens
boro with the radio station there.
That was correct last week, but is
in error this week. After a
lengthy session with our special
Weighty Problems department, we
decided that although Elkin
could get along Just dandy with
out us, we couldn't get along
without Elkin. So hide your dis
appointment as best you may for
we are not leaving. Anyway, you
don't HAVE to read this column.
Short, short story: An expect
ant mother, poverty stricken but
desperately ill, was deserted by
her husband. An examination
disclosed that her unborn child
was dead; hospital treatment was
all that stood between .her and
death. The father-in-law hurried
her to a hospital in a distant
town. But they had no money
for hospital treatment. She was
refused admittance. The father
in-law rushed her to another hos
pital in another town. Again
lack of funds turned her from
the door. Desperately the father
in-law turned to the hospital
here as convulsion after convul
sion brought closer the relentless
march of death. The doors
swung open, the best of surgical
and medical attention was
promptly forthcoming. Result: a
life was saved.
Probably at this moment the
hospital officials who turned the
suffering woman from their doors
are holding up their hands in
horror at the way Hitler and his
ilk are bringing suffering to the
Jews.
We've got to go now and order
our Christmas fire crackers.
HE STOPPED ADVERTISING
Selected
Once there was a business man,
And he was wondrous wise;
Said he:
"We'll save the money it takes to
advertise.
We've got the business going,
We'll sit and take the kale;
Why squander cash for printing?
Our income cannot fail,"
Things prospered for a season,
And prospects rosy grew;
Then sales began to dwindle;
The why?— Nobody knew.
The boss was fretful, worried.
His face grew pale and drawn,
The business "kept on going"—
—Going—now it's gone.—
One glass marble three-fourths
inch in diameter can be drawn
into a thread of glass 150 miles
long.
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Next to Abernethy's Elkin, N. C.
Innocent Man
It seems that an old Southern
darky, father of 16 children, was
being lectured by the doctor for
asking his wife to have so many
children.
"You ought to be ashamed of
yourself, Rastus," the doctor said.
"Indeed Ah did, doctor, 'an Ah
took a vow de next time It hap
pens Ah's gwine to hang myself."
Well, before long, the doctor
was called to Rastus' home and
sure enough another visitor was,
expected.
"Rastus," said the doctor,
"what are you doing here? I
though you said you would hang
yourself if this ever happened
again."
"Indeed Ah did, doctor, an' Ah
took a big ole rope, put it around
my neck and threw it over a
limb. Den, would you believe it,
just as Ah was about to jump
off a dat stump, Ah said to my
self. 'Rastus, you better be care
ful here. You mought be hang
ing an Innocent man'."
Thieving Cat
The lady of the house was
much perturbed to find that the
three pounds of meat she had
purchased had disappeared. Her
husband, aiding In the search,
noticed what he took to be a
guilty look on the family cat's
face, and pointed to hei' and said,
"There's your meat."
"Why, no," objected the wife,
"that little thing couldn't get
away with all that meat."
"Well, let's weigh her and
see," suggested the husband. They
did so. The scales registered ex
actly three pounds.
"Yes," admitted the lady,
"there's the meat, all right, but
Where's the cat?"