STREET flARS AND MEN
Surely no onj» will consider us
* lacking in reverence if we say that
every one of , the “principles of
modern salesmanship” on which
business ntpn. so much pride them
selves, are brilliantly exemplified in
Jesus’ talk and work. The first of
these and perhaps the most im
portant is the necessity for "putting
yourself in step, with your pros
pect.” A great salef manager used
to illustrate it in this way:
“When you want to get aboard a
street car which is already in mo
tion, you don’t run at it from right
angles and try to make the platform
in one wild leap,”*he would say. “IT
you do, you are likely to find your
self on the floor. No. You run
along beside the car, increasing your
pace until you are moving just as
rapidly as it is moving in the same
direction. Then you step aboard
easily, without danger or jolt.
“The minds of busy men are in
motion,” he would continue. “They
are engaged with something very
different from the thought you have
to present. You can’t jump directly
at them and expect to make an ef
fective landing. You must put your
self in the other man’s place; try
to imagine what he is thinking; let
your first remark be in line with
his thoughts; follow it by another
with which you know he will easily
agree.
“Thus, gradually, your two minds
reach a point where they can join
without conflict. You encourage
him to say ‘yes’ and ’yes’ and ‘that’s
right’ and ‘I’ve noticed that myself,’
until he says the final ‘yes' which
v* jg your favorable decision.”
i Jesus taught all this without ever
teaching it. Every one of his con
versations, every contact between
his mind and others, is worthy of
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Alleghany County
In the Superior Court—Before the
Clerk
Cleopatria Lynch, -widow of J. T.
Lynch, deceased,
vs.
Bealey Lynch, John R. Lynch. Em
erson Lynch, Arvita Lynch Haverty,
Izetta Lynch, Pearl Lynch, Ruby
Lynch, Hazel Lynch and Juanita
Lynch, heirs at law of J. T. Lynch,
deceased.
The defendants above named, and
especially the non-residents of the
defendants, will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Alleghany county, North Caro
lina, which action is for allotment
of dower in the lands of J. T. Lynch,
deceased; and the said defendants
will further take notice that they
are required to appear within thirty
days after the completion of this
publication, and answer or demur to
the petition of the plaintiff, of the
relief demanded will be granted.
This the 14th day of March, 1933.
A. P. REEVES.
Clerk Superior Court.
Sidney Gambill, Atty. 4-6
the atteptive study of any sales
manager. Passing along the shores
of a lake one day, he saw two of
the men whom he wanted as dis
ciples. Their minds were in motion;
their hands were busy with their
nets; their conversation was about
conditions in the fishing trade, and
the prospects of a good market for
the day’s catch. To have broken in
on such thinking with the offer of
employment as preachers of a new
religion would have been to confuse
them and invite a certain rebftff.
What was Je6us’ approach?
"Come with me," he said, “and
I will make you fishers of men.”
Fishers . . . that was a word thej»
could understand . . . fishers of
men . . . that was a new idea . . .
what was he driving at . . . fishers
of men . it sounded interesting
. . . well, what is it, anyway? They
listened. They were convinced.
They said yes—and they went with
Him.
A QUESTION WILX. DO
On many occasions Jesus won his
case with a single question—one of
the best weapons in the whole
armory of persuasion and all to in
frequently employed. How often a
blundering advocate allows himself
to be dragged into futile argument,
when by throwing the burden back
on to his opponent's shoulders he
could attain an easy mastery, Jesus
seldom argued. The record of his
questions is a fruitful study for all
of us who, in our ev^ry-day affairs,
must deal with other minds. Let
us recall two of these questions.
The Pharisees set a trap for him.
One Sabbath day they hunted up a
man with a withered hand and de
posited him in the Temple where
Jesus would be sure to pass. Then
they waited. If Jesus healed him,
It would be a breach of the Code,
which forbade any activity on the
Sabbath. They would have that to
recall when the crisis came. Jesus
sensed the test and met it without
hesitation.
“Stand forth,” He said to the poor
chap.
The bigoted formalists pushed in
close. This was their moment. They
had dug the pit cleverly and now He
was about to fall in. The soft light
went out of Jesus’ eyes, the muscles
of His jaw grew tense, He looked
“round on them with anger,” as He
demanded:
“Is it unlawful on the Sabbath
day to do good or to do harm? To
save a life or to kill?”
He waited for an answer but none
came. What could they say? If
they replied that the law forbade a
good deed, their answer would be re
peated all over town. The crowd of
common folks who followed him
were his friends, not theirs—only
too glad to spread a story which
would cast discredit on their proud
defenders of the law. The Pharisees
had senBe enough to recognize that
fact, at le&t. They “held their
peace,” and sullenly slipped away.
On another day it was his own
disciples who learned how he could
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SPARTA, N.C.
First Lady Rides
Mr*. Franklin D. Roosevelt found
time to get away from a most strenu
ous social and business program the
third week in Washington to enjoy a
horseback ride in Rock Creek Park.
Bill Rodme Reports
Bill Bockne, eldest son of the 1st*
Knute Roekne, famed football coach
of Not* .Pane, reported for Spriae
football practice with 8t Benedict’s
college squad at Atchinaon. Kan.
compress a whole philosophy Into a
well directed interrogation. They
were by no means free from the
frailties of ordinary human nature.
They fussed about little things—
arguing among themselves as to who
should have pre-eminence; wonder-j
ing how theii" bills were to be met,
and just where the whole enterprise J
was coming out.
He brought them up short with a j
question.
“Which of you by being anxious
can add a single day to his life?”
he demanded. “And if you can’t do j
a simple thing, why worry about the \
rest? Consider the ravens; they
don’t sow; or reap; they have no
store-houses or barns, and yet God
takes care of them. Don’t you sup
pose that you are of more value in
his sight than a flock of birds?”
How trival seemed their concern
and controversy after a question like
that!
TORNADO KIDDS 21
Tornado winds, accompanied by
rain, hail and lightning, killed 21
persons in three states late last
Thursday. The twisting terror
swooped down on towns and vil
lages in East Texas, Northwestern
Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas
and apparently blew out in North
eastern Louisiana.
No Sense At All
She—“And if I sit over in that
nice dark corner with you, will you
promise not to hug me?”
He—“Yes.”
She—“And will you promise not
to kiss me?”
He—“Yes.”
She—“Then what’s the sense in
going over there?”
Scientists say that New York will
be under water in a million years.
They probably assume that by then
Wall Street will be squeezing its
stocks.—Weston1 Leader.
A health expert points out that
people who.'have cold baths through
out the winter seldom have the flu.
No, but they have, cold baths.—
Punch (London).
RONDA MAN JAILED.
ON THEFT CHARGE
Alleged To Have Stolen
Motor From Plane
Wreckage In Wilkes
Lee Wood, young man of Ronda
is in jail at Wilkesborp in default
of $300 bond on a charge of the lar
ceny of an airplane motor 'which he
Is alleged to have stolen from the
wreckage of the plane which crashed
near North Wilkesboro the latter
part of February, snuffing out the
lives of Bryan and Elizabeth San
born, of Black Mountain.
Wood was arrested by Corporal
W. B. Lentz, of the state highway
patrol, who had been notified by
North Wilkesboro police that the
motor had been stolen. Suspicion
pointed to Wood when it was re
ported to Corporal Lentz that Wood
had attempted to sell aluminum
parts of an airplane motor to the
Brown-Grier Iron Works, of Jones
ville.
An investigation resulted in the
finding of the dismantled motor at
Wood’s home in Ronda.
Sparta High School
News
The twenty-first annual contest of
the High School Debating Union was
held on Thursday evening, March
30th. The question for debate was.
Resolved, That North Carolina
should adopt the sales tax as a fea
ture of its state system of revenue.
Sparta high school debated Boone
and Cove Creek. The local teams
were: affirmative, Howard McCann
and Pawnee Jordan; negative, Page
Higgins and Johnson Sanders. Spar
ta’s affirmative team won from
Boone, but Cove Creek won both its
triangular debates and will send its
team to Chapel Hill to compete in
the final contest.
Juniors Class Gives Play
On Saturday evening, April 1, the
Junior Glass of Sparta high school
presented ‘Adam and Eve”. This is
a royalty play and one of the most
delightful ever given by the school.
The characters interpreted their
parts very successfully, much to the
satisfaction of their parents and
friends. The large audience indi
cated the hearty support of our pa
trons.
The second grade had 100 per
cent attendance the first week in
this month. The fourth grade had
100 per cent attendance for the se
cond and third weeks in this month.
Decides to Hold Union
Revival This Spring
The local pastors held a confer
ence Tuesday night with Rev. C. W.
Ervin of'Glade Valley and decided
to have a union meeting this spring.
The evangelist, time and place will
be announced at an early date. We
hope to hold the meeting some tima
in the month of May.
C. W. RUSSELL
' J. L. UNDERWOOD
C. W. ERVIN
NOTICE
State of North Carolina,
Alleghany County
In the Superior Court
P. L. Choate, Adm’r. of J. T. Lynch,
deceased,
vs.
Gleopatria Lynch, Bealey Lynch,
John R. Lynch, Emerson Lynch, Ar
vita Lynch Haverty, Izetta Lynch,
Pearl Lynch, Ruby Lynch, Hazel
Lynch and Juanita Lynch, heirs at
law of J. T. Lynch.
The defendants above named, and
especially the non-resident defend
ants, will take notice that an action
entitled atr above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of Al
leghany county, North Carolina,
which action is to sell land in which
the defendants claim an interest to
create assets to pay indebtednesses;
and the said defendants will further
take notice that they are required
to appear within thirty days after
the service of this summons by pub
lication and answer or demur to the
petition of the plaintiff, or the re
lief demanded will be granted.
This the 14th day of March, 1933.
A. F. REEVES,
Clerk Superior Court.
Sidney Gambill, Atty. 4-6,
SALE OP MND UNDER DEED OP
TRUST
NORTH CAROLINA.
ALLEGHANY COUNTY.
By virtue of the power contained
in a certain Deed of Trust executed
by Coy Anders and wife Minnie An
ders, to the undersigned trustee on
November 10, 1928, recorded in
Book 14, at Page 482 of mortgages
for Alleghany county, securing cer
tain bonds, default having been made
and demand made for sale, I will, on
Saturday, April 22, 1933 at 1
o’clock p. m., on the premises, sell
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described tract of land:
Adjoining the lands of John B.
Murphy, Joseph Evans Jim Vaughan,
Hugh Bedsaul and others and con
taining 27 21-100 acres more or less
and being the two tracts of land con
veyed to Coy Anders and Minnie
Anders in Deed made the 10th day
of November 1928 and which is duly
recorded in the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds for Alleghany county,
and to which reference is hereby
made for further description. The
above land is in Glade Creek town
Nhip, said county and state,
i This, March 14, 1933.
CARLIE MURPHEY,
4-20 Trustee.
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