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SPARTA SPECTACLES VV\ By MRS. ED M. ANDERSON Football was the chief topic of conversation over the week end. There are those that go for long distances as well as seeing Sparta play. Dr. Burgiss says that he’ll take Sparta anytime. Walter Johnston, Bill Sprinkle, Dr. C. A. Thompson, Bob Ran dolph and Alton Thompson had much to say about the “Deacon Clubs” and the type of gridiron sermons being preached down at Wake Forest. But so did every one else who saw the game Sat urday, heard it or even read about it. And that included prac tically every one interested in the sport. What to wear there! If you are puzzled over what to wear to a football game, ask Tommy Burgiss. It may be a problem for the ladies, uut not foi; him. Last week he saw a double feature, the Carolina Wake Forest and the State-Clem son games. He wanted to get a front view Saturday night and worked his way down and took his seat beside Coach Beatty Feathers! How he did it, well we will say it wa^ because of what he wore, together with his in genuity, of course! He wore his father’s little red leather cap, which does not differ greatly from those worn by State College freshmen! spraying to We went by B. & T. Drug store the other day to buy a solution and sprayer for silver fish, moths, ants and other small pests. Two days later when we returned, in stead of Dr. LeGear’s we were handed a tiny nose spray filled with a pink solution that retards cold germs! We were a little start led by the sudden change and eould not quite decide whether they thought we needed to kill the cold bugs that kept us sneez before we started on oui: ’"fell' order was reversed and we went happily on after those bugs that do machine-gun damage to sweat ers etc! Discovering Independence! Just 455 years ago, this past week end, to be exact, October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America. Here in Sparta, last week end, other dis coveries were made, according to off-the-record reports from some of the reporters about town. A certain young man discovered his independence, and via Indepen dence, Va„ too. Numerous long distance telephone calls and per sonal calls won not his attentions for the lady in question. Accord ing to reports coming to us, he, like another ’ great Virginian, Patrick Henry, found that.liberty wai preferable to all living tfcUtgs! \ Seeing doable! Monday afternoon as we walk ed from the post office, we dis covered that feminine charm can came in double doses. We met toe attractive Dutton twins. An na Joe and Dell Flo. They were on their way home from school and looked as spic and span as when they started out.. We don’t know how one child does this after being in school all day, much less two. The Hunting Season The hunting season, like foot ball, has its pvjll for many. We were hunting for* Amos Wagoner this week, but discovered he was bunting for squirrels! Amos is an exceptional hunter; bRt. for many, this season, the squjfcrels seem to have it, that is the lji.ck and skill of keeping out of sig^t of those who would put tl)em ip. the pot! An Apple a day - Ip addition to the beauties of toe autumn colors, there seems t«* he ap, abundance of red ap ples hanging from the trees, as well as covering the ground. like Representative C. W. Ervin, we hope that those who have so many surplus apples are conserv ing all possible for us this win ter. There will be days when that “apple a day,” wffl be wished for. The Everyday Counselor Bar. Herbert Spaugh, D. D.. Are you a procrastinator? DO you put off until tomorrow what you should do today? Is the Mex ican word “manana,” meaning tomorrow,’ a prominent word in, your vocabulary? If so, then read this definition of “manana” by an unknown author which was sent to me by a correspondent who is a well-known news com mentator: "The watchword of the weary, the slogan of the slum- j bering, the password of the pepless.” That definition is too good to keep. We Americans need to read, that, as we were certainly “slum-1 bering*’ when World War I, and again when World War n, came upon us. Colonel Robert L. Scott, famous aviator of the Army Air Forces and author of the book, “God is My Co-Pilot,” from which, a motion picture of the same name was taken, delivered a note worthy address in Charlotte,. N.. C., recently. In it he sounded a solemn warning that if we are to avert World War HI and not be destroyed by it, we dare not slip back into the dumbmrfiog. at titude which we had when World War I and again when World War II came upon us. He said that Almighty God had: already given us two chances, and he didn’t think that we would get a third. He sounded a stir ring note of spiritual and military preparation. He. reminded us that we are living in a. world where a great totalitarian and godless power faces, us. I have often quoted Saint Paul’s motto for dealing with evil, "Be not overcome of evil, but. overcome, esril with good.” 'i wice as a nation we accepted the first part of this motto, but failed to put the second part into practice. We fought two wars to keep from being, overcome with evil. Now we must overcome this evil, which is again rearing its head, with good. We must make a practical demonstration of the Christian Gospel in the place of world leadership which we occupy todhy. National habits are formed from personal habits. Many of us have a habit of putting off until tomorrow what we should do to day. life is made up of little things. So when we put off the little things, it follows that we put off the big things. We should live eadfc day as if it were our last on earth; doing those things which call for our attention, and Mrs. Richardson Honored Oh Sun. I A surprise birthday dinner was I given in honor of Mrs. A. R. Rich ardson at her home, Sunday, on her sixty-third birthday. Those present were, Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Wooten and son Paul, Rev. Walter Evans, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Joines, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Caudill, Mr. and Mi's. C. NY Crouse, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood ruff, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Johnson and children, of Thurmond; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Joihes, Mr. and Mrs. Stevie JOirtea, Mr. and Mrs; if possible doing them now. One of Hitler’s famous criticisms of the allies in the last war was,^ "Too little and too late;” In the parable of the Wise Fool, Jesus Christ pointed a sol emn finger of warning towards hhh that "layeth up treasttre-.'for himself, and is not rich toward God." (Luke 13:21). He then gave his own motto, "I must work -the works of him that sent me, while it is day:: the night cometh, when no man can work.” (John 9:4.) Caudill,. Walter Brinegar. and. children, Mrs. Heniy. Evans* Mm.'Carl Ed r wards*.Mrs.. MaeHrnwn, Mr*. I Sadie Billings, Mrs, Paul Andrews and Mrs. R. T, Landrath. Misses Georgia Ruth Caudill, Leu Evans, Jessie Brown, Naomi Andrews, Cressie BeR Joines, Annie Marie Joines, Myrtle Ev ans, Helen AUdiewd- and Lula .Raw*} Messrs. FlOytH Htoown, Luther Brown, Mack Edwards, J.- M. Brown, Maurite' Evans, Bert : Holloway, Clintoir Andrews, Dan ‘Edwards, Grady Joines, Larry Caudill, TT N.~ KOyal and ‘Sam Huffman ot TTap am.' In fitting a collar on a horse or. mule, it should, he put on and sou buckled; that: tike sides sot the pass the fingers only, held flat, between the rim of the collar and the hides of die neck when the collar is pressed or drawn strongly back against the shoul ders* Saturday B. & T. Drug Co. See that ujord ?.. “Here’s the way I look at it. I can tlfink things out to a pretty good answer—if I can get the facts. 'I can make up my own mind, if I know what’s really going on. And, be lieve me, it’s the free press of this country that keeps you i and me and the rest of our people out of the dark—so we can stand up for what we think is right!” a ... . 'This nation has just observed National Newspaper Week—a tribute to a free American press. “Freedom of the Press’ ’ is no mere slogan in America. 11 is the founda tion upon which our freedom rests. Thomas Jefferson recognized this great truth when he said, “Our liberty depends upon the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” In this country, we want the facts. Our newspapers give us the facts ... the good with the bad. And that is the way we like it. Up through the years, we have learned that light and truth are the greatest safeguards of democracy. In the future, as in the past, the people of this nation shall continue to look to, and depend upon, our great, free press to give us light and truth —for the free American newspapers are the first line of defense in our determlna* tion* to preserve and hold fast to the American way of life.
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