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THE ALLEGHANY TIMES Published Every Thursday $1.50 Per Year Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Sparta, N. C. DON SHORES, Editor A Possible New Enterprise For years The Times has advo cated a canning factory for Alle ghany County and as a result, sev eral individual canneries have been effected, however, the prospect for getting a real canning factory now seems to be evident. Mr. Crutchfield of Cherry Lane, who is a progressive business man, seems to have realized the necessity of this kind of enterprise and is making plans to materialize his ideas. There are hundreds of bushels of berries, cherries, apples and other things going to waste every year in Alleghany that should be saved, and this is the only way whereby such things can be saved. The time will never come when there will hot be a demand for all kinds of canned goods and if we had a canning factory here we would not only save the otherwise wasted berries and cherries but would fur nish employment to dozens of peo ple and give them a source of reve nue that they could not get by any other means. During the season for blackber ries, huckleberries, dewberries and raspberries, there are several peo ple in town every day trying to sell their berries for less than their worth in order to get this revenue that comes in at a time when the average farmer does not have any thing to sell to bring him any cash. The apple question could also be solved through this method. In the fall of the year there is always a crop of apples that will not keep and they come in at a time when no one wants apples. They can be canned for the market and bring a good price rather than he wasted as they are. This also would furnish employment for dozens as well as being a-profitable business. Let’s all cooperate with Mr. Crutchfield and give him a word of encouragement. Can We Exist Alone: In a world where space has been annihilated by fast transportation and instantaeous communication, can any nation exist alone remote from others? Most economists answer with a decisive NO. They point out that the problems of all people are very much alike, that a brotherhood of purpose is more essential than ever before and that world cooperation is vital not only to economic recov ery but to the future maintenance of international prosperity. They believe that good liberalized for eign relations acting as ' the basis for stimulated trade between coun tries. holds the hope of the future. There are sound grounds for this belief. The collapse of American export trade, which was caused as much by tariff wars and embargoes as by hard times, has closed hun dreds of factories. It has .thrown thousands out of work. It has caused bond defaults and lost divi dends. It has made itself felt in every business and retarded pur chasing power and industrial expan sion. We cannot sell to other countries unless they can sell to us. The en tire world wants the products of American factories. They can buy them if we buy products of theirs that we need. This does not mean that we should subject American factories to cheap labor, foreign competition, but it does mean that all the problems of foreign trade need overhauling and readjusting. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT Whereas, it has pleased our Heav enly Father to call from our midst Brother E. L. McMillan and place him away from his earthly suffering, where the Supreme Judge will watch over him and give him his just re ward. Brother McMillan was our friend. Always loyal to his obligations to his community, his friends, his Sun day School and his Lodge. Now therefore, be it resolved: That we bow in humble submis sion to the will of God, That in his passing, Scottville Lodge No. 385 has lost a faithful member, That the community has lost a leader and friend. That his family has lost a devoted husband and father. That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of Scott ▼ille Lodge, a copy sent to the fam ily and a copy to The Alleghany Times for publication. D. C. SHORES, Chairman GEORGE CHEEK, J. T. ■FINNEY,. Appointed Committee. and PROSPERITY . . at Chaska, Minn. My friend, James F. Faber, city editor of the Valley Herald, pub lished at Chaska, Minnesota, sends me a memorandum of the claltn of that thriving little city to the title of “the most prosperous town in America.” With 2,000 inhabitants Chaska lias a surplus of over $88,000 in the ;ity treasury. Taxes have been cut 30 percent. The people of Chaska lave almost $2,500,000 in the two lanks, and the town never had a lank failure. There are no natives m the poor list, and the city is pro viding a good living for nearly 90 lusiness and professional men be sides their employees. On top of hat Chaska has had new businesses ipening in each year of the depres sion, and has only five names on the ielinquent tax list. I know of no other town the size if Chaska that can make such a showing. , Do you? SAVINGS.in the banks There is more money in the sav ings banks of the United States than jver before in our national history, in New York State alone savings bank dposits were more than five thousand million dollars on the first if January. This money is owned by more than five and one-half million depositors." The people of the United States ’ are certainly not “broke” when sav ings deposits increase like that. Folks are putting their money into safe places instead of spending it because they are not quite sure yet what is going to happen in the fu ture. Just as soon as conditions seem to be stablized there will be plenty of funds available for invest ment in promising enterprises. CREDIT.and an idea Taking the country as a whole, the banks are full of money, but it is harder than ever for the average person to borrow money from the banks. The reason for this is very clear. Fewer people than ever be fore are in a position to give a banker reasonable assurance that they will be able to pay a loan when it is due. It is not shortage of money that js keeping us poor; it is shortage of credit. The few who have good credit can borrow money cheaper than ever before. I don't know how it would work, but it seems to me there is some merit in the suggestion that if the banks would lend verybody enough to pay their debts money would be gin to circulate so fast that business would immediately pick up • and everybody’s credit would be as good as it ever was. The idea is certainly not any more foolish than a good many of the inflationary proposals that have been offered in Congress. RABBITS .... they multiply Two adjoining Long Island towns voted a couple of years ago to per mit no shooting and to supress cats, in order to provide a bird refuge. Hut the townspeople forgot all about rabbits. Now Centre Island and Mill Neck are so full of rabbits that it is al most impossible to urive over the roads without running over a few cottontails. Farmers and gardners are wondering what they are going to do to protect their lettuce, spin ach and other garden crops in the spring. They are trying to get the local game ordinances amended to permit them to shoot the rabbits. What has happened in these Long Island towns is what happens when man interferes to upset the balance of nature. .... some vaiuaoie Rare old coins still bring high prices. A penny sold at an auction in New York the other day for sixty dollars. It was a copper cent dated 1799. ‘Among the other rare coins sold at the same time were some copper “hard times” tokens issued from pri vate mints between 1834 and .1841. One of them dated 1837, brought $22.50. Coins are not valuable merely be cause they are old; it is rarity that makes collectors bid for them. The silver dollar of 1804 is so rare that only four or five are known to be in existence, and anyone finding one of those coins can almost name his own price for it. Most of the silver dollars coined that year were sent to Europe for the payment of cer tain obligations and the ship was lost at sea. Last year the United States Mint made more coins than in the pre vious two years; there were more than twenty million of them, worth $68,000,000. One reason for the in creased coinage was the large offer ings of gold jewelry and ornaments, which the mint is obliged to pur chase and give gold coins in ex change for. It wouldn’t be so bad to be poor If we could keep the distressing fact a secret. I QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1*—Who asserted in the Declara- j tion of Independence that “all men j are created free and equal?" 2— About how many quarts of blood is contained in the average man? 3— What is the softest metal in general use? 4— What countries composed the Central Powers in the World War? 5— Approximately how far does the earth travel in its orbit in one day? 6— What is Alabama’s only sea port? * \ 7— What President of the U. S. ifter his term of office made a trip around the world? What are the names of the five sones of the world? 9— What is meterology? 10— -To what race do the Chinese j md Japanese belong? 12— What state is known as the ‘Granite State?” 13— What is the “practical unit" n which electric current is meas ured? 14— What insect is an ancient; ind well-known paper maker? 15— Which is England’s most im portant river? 16— What< is the largest gland in :he human body? 17— What is the greatest inlet on Ihe Atlantic coast of the U. S.? 18— :who was the foremost Eng lish expounder of applied mathe matics? 19— How many teeth does the average man have? 20.—What is Canada's floral em blem? 21— What officer was considered the hardest among the Confederates? 22— What is the largest market in the U. S. for cotton, sugar, ban anas and oysters? 23— What is the temperature of the sun? 24— What animal is the largest of j the rat family? 25— Which is the smallest of the self-governing' dominions of the British Empire? 26— —What apostle was the great est figure in the history of Chris tianity, after Christ himself? 27— What river forms the entire eastern boundary of Pennsylvania? 28— On what date is the sun nearest the earth? 29.-—What has always been the favorite musical instrument of Ireland ? ANSWERS X—Thomas Jefferson. 2— —About six quarts. 3— Lead. 4— Germany, Turkey, Austria Hungary and Bulgaria. 5— 1,512,000 miles. 6— Mobile. 7— -Ulysses S. Grant. 8— North Frigid, North Tem perate, Tropic, South Temperate, South Frigid. 9— The science dealing with the phenomena of the earth’s atmos phere. 10— Moonglian. 11— Johaann Wolfgang Goethe. 12— New Hampshire. 13— Ampere. 14— The hornet. 1 5—Thames River. 16—-The liver. 17:—-Chesapeake Bay. 18— Sir Isaac Newton. 19— Thirty-two. 20— Sugar-maple. 21— General Jamss Longstreet. 22— New Orleans. 23— 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 24— The muskrat. 25— Newfoundland. 26— Paul. , 27— Delaware. 28— December 21st. 29— The harp. PROGRAM LYRIC THEATRE ELKIN, N. C. The Home of Good Pictures Fri.-Sat.— “RACKETY RAX” Admission 10c-30c Mon.-Tues.— MARIE DRESSLER POLLY MORAN “PROSPERITY” Admission 10c-30c Wed.-Thurs— ZANE GREY’S WILD HORSE MESA Admission Only 10c COMING WILL ROGERS in “Too Busy To Work” CLARA BOW in , “Call Her Savage” Can’t Somebody Head ’Em Off ?'-By Albert t. Reid CARDS OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for the use of their cars, the floral offering and for their kind ness shown us during the sickness and death of our husband and fath er. May God bless each one of you. MRS. LELIA M-MILLAN AND CHILDREN. NOTICE The Edwards Transportation Bus will leave West Jefferson via Sparta for Bel Air, Md., on February r5th, at 7 o’clock a. m. , Fare: $8 one way; $14 round trip. For informa tion write: W. Bert Edwards, Darlington, Md. NOTICE State of North Carolina, County of Alleghany. By virtue of a Deed of Trust, exe cuted to the undersigned on Dec. 4, 1922, by William Watson and wife Docia Watson to secure the payment of a bond, executed by John Choate, Guardian of Marjorie Choate, in the sum of $350.00, due twelve months after date, with interest thereon, on which note there is a balance due of approximately $375.00, and in de fault of the payment' of the same, and upon demand of the said John Choate, Guardian, I will, under the powers contained in said Deed of ■Trust, offer for sale at public auc tion for cash to the highest bidder at the court house door at Sparta, N. C., at one o’clock p. m., on Monday, March 6th, 1933, a certain tract of land described in said Deed of Trust lying on the waters of Little River adjoining the lands of L. C. Caudill, Lester Waddell, E. Left Wagoner, Reeves Watson and others, being the land conveyed by John F. Wat son and wife to Will Watson, on Feb. 24, 1916, and embracing in two tracts aggregating approximately 27 agres, 22 square rods, more or less, the same being specifically des cribed in the said deed from John F. Watson and wife, recorded in Book 29, page 136 of the office of the Register of Deeds of Alleghany county to which deed and record reference is hereby made for speci fic calls. This Jan. 31, 1933. C. W. EDWARDS, 2- 23 Trustee. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as administratrix of the estate of R. H. Hackler, de ceased, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against the estate to present them to the under signed within twelve months from this date or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons in debted to the estate are notified to make immediate settlement. This January 25, 1933. MRS. LURA HACKLER, 3- 3 Administratrix. USED CARS 1930 Standard Coupe-——————----$225 1931 Pick-up..:—.--— -— $225 1928 Coupe_ —-- —- -- $135 1929 Plymouth Roadster --$140 USED TIRES 50c AND UP We have installed new Davis welding outfit and are now in position; to do your welding. Nothing too big or too little. ALLEGHANY MOTOR SALES Sparta, N. C. I OUR STRONG GUARANTEE IS YOUR PROTECTION Remember all of our work is guaranteed! When you have us do any work on your car—and if for any reason at all it is not RIGHT, we will make it RIGHT. Our factory trained mechanics take lots of pains with every job that we turn out. We realize that our best and greatest asset is our satisfied cus tomers. Whenever you buy a car from us . . . New or used ... or have you car fixed . . . our interest in you and your car does not just end there. We are here to serve you as long as you own and drive a car. We are one of the Authorized CHEVROLET Ser vice Stations that extend YOU a hand of Welcome in every part of the United States . . and in prac tically every Foreign Country. Our place is YOUR PLACE and you are Always Welcorpe Here ... so come in anytime and our prices are tne lowest. Castevens Motor Co. Sparta, N. C.
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