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inclined to scoff at the miracles recorded in the of Genesis ifi connection h the contest between Moses [ Pharoah should read the As Press dispatch from Port Md. •T^hrmerida today has scored mall-time record victory, in their battle with the Pennsyl fiailroad’s Port Deposit freight line. Three electric engines, hauling igy freight trains, ground to i hast night at the town of i Bottom, Pa., when hoards of Ok May flies swarmed over the trails. For several hours, tads crews toiled to clear away i «f the monoplane - shap i which covered the box e, dogged the overhead power defiantly short-circuited mo "Halting three trains at once a new record for the fragile 1 ephexnerlda in their traditional ' ndS-sunnner death struggle with 1 the railroad. .... Three steam £ locomotives -were dispatched to j rescue. The helper engines I two striken trains to Har- f and the third to Port 1 myriads of the inch-long t t gfffl clinging triumphantly C ho ftnr -perches.'’ I * Long ago an ancient prophet * -wrote, "Who "hath despised the •lay of -small things?” While we c think we’re in the days of grea things, it is still the small thing! which matter most. Let’s don’t forget that. Here the thousand! >f inch-long insects frustrating lie mighty power of three hugt slectric locomotives. Our government Will stand o> fall depending upon the small thing of thousands of intelligent ndividual votes. Let no man saj us wife doesn’t matter. It is de nocracy, and especially Christie® lemocracy which exalts the place >f the individual man and the in lividual vote. The success or failure of your msiness depends upon small hings, small profits. Some of the neatest merchandising institu ions in the country today are hose which depend upon nickels nd dimes for their existence. The success of your home de iends upon small things—little fords of praise and appreciation, ittle acts of kindness, courtesy nd love. Your own individual destiny de ends upon small things. One un argiven sin marks you as a sin er heading for Hell, unless for iven. One act of turning to Ihrist for forgiveness marks you or Eternal Life here and here fter in Heaven. Don’t desoise small things nor isregard them. They’re more White Top Mountain Drive to the'Mountain by well graded roads. STOP AT THE LODGE FOB GOOD FOOD ' * • I "THE TOP OF THE WORLD IN VIRGINIA” and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Wil liams. ■'v« Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Edwards, of Hillsville, Va., were dinner guests of Miss Mae and Mr. Kel ly Williams, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Boyer and his mother, Mrs. Lula Bover, of Galax, Va., were recent guests of Mrs. Boyer’s sister, Mrs. Car rie Sanders. They also visited I Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lee. Mr. Boyer has been a high ranking officer of the U. S. Army but has retired after thirty years of ser vice. Mr. and' Mrs. James Sturgill and son. of Sparta, visited friends he’-p. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crouse and childrep. of Winston-Salem, spent the week end with relatives at Scottvilje and Whitehead. They also visited friends here. Wayne Finney was a recent guest of Edwin Mabe. Mary Lee Richardson, of Fur ches, spent Saturday night with Christine Mabe. who accompanied her home on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dorman Atwood and family, also Mrs. S. U. At wood spent the week end with relatives at King, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petty and baby, of Sparta, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Petty. Mrs. Grady Cobb, of Norfolk, Va., is visiting her son Lonnie here. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wat son, of Hampton, Va.; Mrs. Otis Willis, of Newport News, Va.; and Mrs. Blanche Hendricks, of Ports mouth, Va.; are also visiting their brother, Mr. Hendricks and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hendricks. Rev. Bob Kaiser, of Thpmas ville and Rev. Ray Billings of Dobson, conducted service at the important than you think. You should be able to remember those lines by Julia A. Fletcher Con-j ney, taught you as a child, ‘‘Little drops of water, little grains of - sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. So the little moments, humble though they be, make the mighty ages of eternity Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,, Help to make earth happy like the heaven above.” *; ?V ;, -. ' By Paying Y 8«f«.'*Y-7 dutf.-. Mi '-wUJk* * ^ si?-' i>~-ts i|'M| r^K rB ' ■ ' ' “ ^||ml %|Ai LVA* • •it# -LAST TIME I SAW PARI8” . . . pain apart an then two styles seen la the fashion parade at the Parle Loapehanp nee track. The distinctly masculine outfit at left contrasts sharply with the very feminine on* at right, from head to loot. The silk topper is eoaaethtog radical, even for Paris. Your Tri-County Health Dept. By Robert B. Kinf, Jr. District Health Officer For the past two weeks I have been vacationing at my wife’s borne in Puerto Rico. Of course, [ visited medical units and the health departments and will tell you something of what I saw. In the first place, Puerto Rico is a mountainous island thirty five miles wide by one hundred miles long, almost identical in area to the Alleghany-Ashe Wa tauga public health district. The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. At wood, Friday night with a large attendance. 1 most striking difference is. the very great population. While we have only 45,000. people, the.' ia* land has two and one half , million inhabitants. This results in over crowding and poverty. As one drives along the; narrow streets^ and highways, He; must constant ly blow his horn to get the ped estrians out of the way. It is a land where the driver is afraid, of the people and has to stop; look, and listen to keep from run ning over them. Another promirn ent difference, i* that Spanish is the language of choice with Eng lish remaining in the background. The Puerto Ribans. retain many Spanish customs and a strange loyalty to Spain;. In Puerto Rico the commission ! er of health supports three distinct programs which are inter-related Public Welfare,' Public Health, | and the Municipal Hospitals. poor pie, while the public health and welfare departments carry on programs that are similar to those: in this country. The doc tors: in private practice almost exclusively for the more wealthy class of patients. Scattered throughout the island are hospi tals f6r tuberculosis, mental dis eases, and venereal diseases, which are also maintained by the iheuUnr givemment. Problems of public health of particular importance on the' is land is-thfe control of malaria and Kook- worm disease. Malaria is controlled by draining of swamps, ,oiling of ponds, and spraying) with DDT. Hook worm disease) is treated in preschool and school .clinics; and an effort is made ;to prevent its spread by the es tablishment of sanitary privies in all parts of the island. Calcium, phosphorous, and iron are the mineral constituents that are especially important to 'the body; of of Stratford, became the bride of Fred Hampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hay Hampton, of Sparta, on July 15, with Rev. W. H. Yoke ley officiating using the double ring ceremony. The bride chose for her nu ptials, a dress of white5 eyelet With black accessories and her only ornament was her mother’s heirloom locket. The couple is making their home in Sparta where the bride is employed with Smith'ey’fr De^ partment store and the groom is connected with the Hampton’s r Trucking Company. CIRCLE TO MEET' MONDAY AFTERNOON The Lucille Ford Circle of Sparta Baptist church will meet it the home of Mrs. Ruth J. Choate at Stratford on Monday afternoon, August 11, at 2:00 o’ :lock. ' All members are urged to be present. { "EXPERIENCE IS THE / * BEST TEACHER! i TRIED MANY BRANDS DURING THE WARTIME CIGARETTE SHORTAGE >_I LEARNED THERE'S NO OTHER CIGARETTE UKE jj ^ ^ a,camel!" / • MEMO TO ADVERTISERS e Rules for Profitable x .EWSPAPER ADVERTISING I. Make yout advertising copy easy to read, friendly and informative. People read news papers for the netps. Give them facts and news about your merchandise and services. 9. Advertise regularly. Do what successful sales men do—ta,U cn customers and prospects con sistently. 9. Protect your advertising Investment by insist ing on audited circulation reports that tell yon Just what drctnation you get for your money. Guesswork is wasteful* . •In order that you may know just-what you get for your money when you adver tise in this newspaper, we are members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. This Is a National, cooperative association of * more than 2000 publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies. Organized in ' 1914, the purpose of the Bureau is to establish and ’maintain definite stand ards of circulation, audit the circula tion records of the publisher members and report this verified information to advertisers. Annually, one of the Bureau’s large staff of trained auditors makes a thor ough audit of our circulation. The verified facts and figures thus obtained are issued in an official A.B.C. report. Our A.B.C. report tells how much cir culation we have, where the circulation goes, how it was obtained, how much people pay for it and many other facts that you should know when you buy newspaper advertising. Thus when you advertise in this newspaper your invest ment is in known and verified values. w
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