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Following Alleghany /{[ch ftfit/r tfi£ \ This column is devoted to news of men serving their country. Such news is solicited from parents and friends of these men. “Revenge Pearl Harbor.” S. Sgt. Clay E. Joines, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Joines, of Sparta, is now serving with a stoomb squadron of the U. S. Army -Air Force somewhere in France. iSgt. Joines, who has been station ed in England for sometime, writes that he is getting along all light. -1 . ■ - ' • | Pvt. Clifton D. Edwards] non of Dillon Edwards, of Sparta, has ar rived somewhere in Ifngjand. Sgt. Roger Woodie, formerly of laurel Springs, recently return ed from 30 months’ dutyi i over seas. Known to his buddies as j ““Iron Mike,” Sgt. Woodie is prob ably the most decorated man in his outfit. He has the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, with oak leaf cluster, the pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon, the Good Conduct medal and the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. • Pfc. Arthur Dean Taylor, son ' of Mr. and Mrs. D. L: Taylor, of Laurel Springs, was recently wounded in action in France. He wrote that he had received many ’Christmas packages. “I never thought they could cram so many Christmas presents in such small boxes,” said Pfc. Taylor, who is serving with the 36th “Texas” di vision in eastern France. “We Rot everything this year, candy, ‘■cookies, cigarettes and even fruit ■ cake. It all came overseas faster ' than ever, in plenty of time for the holidays.” Pfc. Taylor has been overseas for the past thir t-teen months. tpl. Fred B. Roberts, who has been overseas in the European theater of operations for the past 'T9 months, writes the following " poem: “Twenty-nine months I have sperit overseas And it’s certainly made a wreck of me. Every time Thear an 88 crack i shiver and shudder ‘my aching back’ ’Sleeping on the hard cold ground Losing weight pound by pound. I’m growing old, that is a fact But what worries me is my aching back. Many is the time I’ve ridden the book Beaucoup pills I faithfully took I’ve tried everything in the medi cine pack But nothing seems to relieve my aching back The thing to do, it seems to me, Is to send me back across the sea Fill my vacancy with another sad sack And I’ll say, “To Hell with my aching back.’ Cpl. Robert writes his mother, Mrs. Clyde Tate, that the boys who have been over there will probably get a good laugh out of the poem. Pvt. Bert G. Richardson, who is serving with the U. S. Army somewhere in Alsace, recently wrote a poem, “How Dark the Street,” dedicated to one of his best friends, Sgt. Claude W. An drews, who was killed in action against the enemy near Brest, France, on August 28, 1944. Sgt. Andrews was the son of Mrs. Mae Andrews, of Sparta. The poem is as follows: HOW DARK THE STREET “Last night the evening lights were blurred By heavy rain that fell like smoke; And not another thing I heard But rooftop thunder where it broke. Tonight not even that is there The sky is like a leaden cup, That earlier was not so near. To all the people looking up, The street is murkier and black, And wet and dark with evening rain. [ know my friend will not come back, 1 shall not see my friend again. Beyond his grave the squadrons go, Well ordered, militant, and trim. But he no longer meets the foe A warrior’s soul goes up to him. The lilacs bloomed and died in Make It Their Happiest Valentine’s Day Ever. Give Them A Bond ■ v Feb. 14 Northwestern Bank N. CAROLINA RETURNS FROM CHINA Lt. Claude J. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Smith, of Piney Creek, recently return ed from 34 months’ duty over seas. Lt. Smith spent 17 months in Chungking, China, with the Signal Corps. Baptist Ass’n To Meet Here Mar. 6 For Celebration Southern Baptist Convention Marks 100th Year; Urge At tendance Of Meet The Alleghany Baptist Associa tion will meet at the Sparta Bap tist church on Tuesday, March 6, in Celebration of the organization of the Southern Baptist conven tion 100 years ago, it was an nounced this week. On the same date, meetings in each of the 918 associations com prising the Southern Baptist con vention in 19 states will be held. The Alleghany association, which is by far the smallest in the North Carolina convention, is made up of eleven churches with a total of 606 members. One hundred years ago at Au gusta, Ga., on May 8, 1845, dele gates from nine southern states, including the District of Colum bia, met and organized the South ern Baptist convention. This ac tion was taken because of certain differences of political opinion, particularly on the slavery ques tion, the great difficulty of travel in the large area occupied by Bap tist churches and at that time was not due to any difference in faith, doctrine or church dicipline. The Southern Baptist Conven tion enjoyed a century of prog ress and growth and now covers all of the southern states and a part of others to California, 19 states in all. It has more than May; The trees are full with summer heat, But even maple leaves decay And turn beneath September’s feet. And so our thoughts of him de part, As one by one they leave the tree; And one by one, forgetful heart, Thy are no more a part of me.” SPARTAN Theatre SPARTA. N. C. FRL-SAT. FEB. 9-10 Matinee Every Sat. 1:15 P. M. Gene Autry THE OLD BARN DANCE Last Chapter “Tiger Woman” Also, Comedy MON.-TUES. FEB. 12-13 Eddie Bracken Ella Raines HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO LATEST WAR NEWS WED.-THURS. FEB. 14-15 Bargain Days Admission 15c & 20c Preston Foster ROGER TOUHY, GANGSTER Chapter 4 “The Black Arrow” > Cartoon To Build Another Boone Warehouse Boone—It was decided Iasi week at the Board of Director’s meeting at the office of the Sec retary and Treasurer of the Mountain Burley Warehouse, Inc. to build a second warehouse, the size of the present warehouse, to be built on the Coleman property, which was purchased by Mr. Coleman last year for this par ticular purpose. The management and operation of the new ware house will be under the same sup ervision of Mr. R. C. Coleman, who has so successfully operated 25,000 churches with over five million members. It contains al most 25,000 Sunday Schools with an enrollment of more than three million pupils. To celebrate this century of growth from 1845 to 1945, and to climax this hundred years of Christian service in a worthy way, certain goals and objectives have been set up for 1945. The first of these goals to be empha sized this spring with the effort to increase Sunday School enroll ment by 25,000 persons. It is to this end that the association wide meetings are planned for March 6. American Heroes .by JULIAN OLLENDORFF w* hile the SS William TV Coleman was moored beside an ammunition vessel, enemy planes set the latter afire. Radio Oper ator, James C. Huett, volunteered to sever the lines that held his ship as bursting bombs and blazing gasoline endangered the Coleman. Quickly he completed the hazardous operation for which he was awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. Hi* ship moved off to a safe distance; the ammunition ship sank. War Bond purchases pay for ships so badly needed to carry on this war. U. S. Treasury Department the present warehouse, and built the Boone Tobacco Market to its present high standing. Work will begin on the new building as soon as permission is granted by the W. P. B. The REA has announced a loan allotment of $150,000 to the Cen tral Electric Membership Cor poration at Sanford in Lee coun ty. The fact that seed are high priced does not necessarily mean that they are adapted to North Carolina conditions. High crop yields just don’t hap pen: they are made by a wise se lection of good seed, good land, and wise farming practices. Some strains of sweet corn hold their sweetness better than oth ers between the picking and the pot, say agricultural scientists. Classified Ads FOR SALE: Farm of 92 acres near Hooker; gravel road to door of house; good timber on land; no waste land. Good young orchard, bearing age, fruits of all kinds, apples, peaches and grapes. Mail route and school bus by door. Reasonably priced. See or write G. C. Hendrix, Sparta, Rt. 1. 2-8-2tp FOR SALE: ’34 Ford, four-door automobile. 600:16 tires. Car in good condition. Howard Brown, Twin Oaks, N. C. 2-8-ltp ; t - . I- , ' How Does Your Advertising Investment Compare With The Average_ 95% of all failures in 'business are from the ranks of non-adver tisers . . . Only 5 per cent of those that fail are advertisers. — According to Bradstreet. Competent business men scale their advertising investment in proportion to gross sales . . . Then they use their adver tising on a program basis so as to follow a systematic plan. * The following percentage of gross sales usually are followed, accord ing to surveys made by recognized authorities. DEPARTMENT STORES _—'_—_2.5 MEN’S STORES_3.3 \ WOMEN’S WEAR SHOPS _3.1 FURNITURE STORES ___6 3 DRUG STORES_ 2.9 GENERAL MERCHANDISE_1.5 JEWELRY STORES_ 3.1 \ GROCERY STORES_1.0 MEAT MARKETS_ 10 SPECIALTY SHOPS _3.8 OTHER BUSINESSES_r~_-2.0 DRY CLEANERS AND DYEING- 3.3 HARDWARE STORES_1.0 l What About YOUR Firm, Mr. Business Man? Check your gross sales and your advertising percentage can easily be figured . . . Your business cannot differ much from the average in your line, and if you wish to improve it — or even hold it where it is today — then you cannot ignore your duty to yourself . . . And maybe we can help you. The advertising medium that for many years has produced the greatest results for business men who have decided to reach homes in this trade territory with their messages is — Alleghany News * Figures compiled by Harvard Bureau of Business Research and Northwestern University Bureau of Business Research.
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