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 W THIS BANK INVITES YOU TO DO YOUR M f Christmas § | SHOPPING | I With Elkin Merchants | 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. There's no finer or more sensible Christmas gift than furniture. For a gift of furniture is a gift with bulb. An appmiiated $1.39 Bedroom suites, complete with Provide Your Home With the Convenience saving price— at a money- an j Economy a $32.75 Home Enterprise Range She will like a utility cabinet. Complete with glass front. Spe- A Home Enterprise Range would be the gift of gifts for Her. cial— For this great range will mean added convenience and economy (t»| | Af plus perfect baking results. Fuel costs will be held to a minl- JK I I *J7| mum for years and years to come. There's no finer range made! See them today. Give an occasional chair or rock- ||f| I|P er for the home. Attractive styles. yt/WtVw UI $4 75 UP Others As Low As $29.50 Fill that awkward spot with an occasional table. "I We have them from— Give the Family a New $4.75 UP ■ Stewart-Wamer Attractive floor lamps will make welcome gifts. Select yours today. With bulbs— RADIO s6s ° Give a studio couch. Many fine styles to select from. Prices are from— Don t overlook the new aa im rsjr? $35.00 UP Think of the pleasure Give him a smoking stand. Variety of styles, and entertainment one *** are very low of these fine electric or C|7C IJp battery model will bring. • « " - n . tt ,- A eft A felt base rug will make a sensible gift. Many •p/iI.OU tO SHtI*DU attractive patterns and colors— _™ 1 $3.48 UP Home Furniture Co. 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?"