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THE ALLEGHANY TIMES SUBSCRIPTION RATES $1.00 Per Year Published Every Thursday Entered as second-class mat ter at the Post Office at Sparta, N. C. ERWIN D. STEPHENS,.Editor COY E. MADE, . . .Manager THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933 The Times is glad to open its col umns to contributions on timely and pertinent topics by citizens of Alle ghany County. While we do not ne cessarily endorse opinions express ed, we feel that publicity on matters of public concern will bring about a healthy and active state of think ing on the part of our citizenship. So, if oyu have anything weighty on your mind of timely interest, write it down briefly and send it in. Discussions of controversial matter, however, should always be conducted on a high and logical plane. Newspaper columns are no place for personal disparagement. The Times is opposed to mud-slinging in any form. Many of our business men and establishments have publicly signi fied their intenton of cooperating with the President in this issue of The ’Times. To comply literally with all the provisions of the Code will work a hardship on many small business concerns that have been hard-hit by the depression. But wth that fine spirit which is typical of the American people, these busi ness men will cooperate with the Government for the benefit of the nation. They deserve and will get the support of our people in this su preme effort to bring about national recovery. In his article Mr. Warren discusses\ some matters that should receive con- j sideration. For some time leaders in! the State have encouraged our peo ple to buy North Carolina products and patronize North Carolina insti tutions. That is as it should be. If we do not help to build up business and industry within our own com-! monwealth, we cannot expect out of I State people to do it for us. There io 1 no need of sending to Massachusetts j for manufactured cotton goods if we ( can get the same quality in North j Carolina. However, there is another J side to the matter. Our State is a part • of a great Union. We cannot live un-; to ourselves all the time. Common sense should be our guide. Kansas can furnish us wheat. North Carolina can furnish Kansas cotton and to bacco. Trade between states and na tions must be encouraged. The con centration of wealth or goods among a few people or in one locality works a hardship on other people and in ' other places. Trade at HOME FIRST, j and then consider other states and other institutions. eyeiIy one should help j Whether our people realize it or' not, the year 1933 is going down in i American history as significant as J any in the one hundred fifty-six which! have passed in the experience of the' nation. The life of the American people will hereafter be more closely regu lated and supervised by the Federal Government than ever before, direct ly in opposition to the individualistic theories which have dictated govern mental policies heretofore. Not all of it is new, for, during the World War, the Wilson administra tion, exercising emergency powers, did, to a large degree, control and decide exactly what the industrial and economic machinery within the nation might or might not undertake to accomplish.When President Roose velt placed an embargo on the export of gold he fell back on a piece of wartime legislation for the authori ty* Far-reaching legislation was en acted by the recent Congress looking toward the control and planning of American industrial, financial, and agricultural activities. These mea sures were adopted with tremendous popular support, largely because con ditions had gotten so bad that they offered the only prospect of ending the unpleasant situation existing. These new powers are complete and general. The Industrial Recovery Act seeks to create jobs by reducing hours of labor, to improve living conditions and create purchasing power by rais ing wages, and to prevent waste and improper business methods by co-op eration and regulation. The Agricul tural Adjustment Act deliberately provides for limitation of production to accomplish an increased return for the farmers. A* Federal coordinator of railroads will endeavor to rehabili tate our transportation system, new .credit agencies of the central govern ment provides loans for farmers and home-owners, another act places banks and security issues under gov ernment supervision, the Tennessee Valley development will put the na tion in the power business, and so on. These are tremendous changes to be accomplished. In the process mis takes are going to be made. It is certain, too, unfortunately, that there will be individual casualties, for it will take time and experience to co ordinate the entire American econo mic empire. Every thoughtful citi zen should seek to study and under stand what is being attempted, in order that every man, woman and child can cooperate for the common welfare and happiness of us all. As a nation, we have a tremendous task, in which we should all gladly help.*— Editorial in Grayson-Carroll Gazette. Last week The Times ran an edi torial concerning relief families from other counties moving into Alle ghany. According to a statement of Mr. Miles, the Relief Office has been successful in getting some of these families moved back to their native counties. He states, however, that unless land owners cooperate with the Relief Office in this matter and keep relief families from moving into their places that the work of the Re lief Office will be handicapped and needy families in Alleghany will be deprived of their proper share of as sistance. People who have empty houses for rent should investigate fully the con ditions of the persons who want to move into this county now, and no family dependent upon county relief should be permitted to move into the county. The county relief office has been able to give extensive relief to all needy people of the county, but no more outside relief subjects should be encouraged to come into the coun ty Land owners can help the relief office a great deal by cooperating in this matter. It is a tremendous bur den upon the county to look after all those who need it, and unless our citizens cooperate with the Relief Of fice, it will be impossible to give the best service to the really deserving. i Public Opinion (BY DALTON WARREN.) Almost every day we have people come into our place of business ask ing why it is that there is so little money in the country, and what is the real cause for business depres sion. There are many things that happen in our economic structure which contribute to, and make, busi ness depressions inevitable, but the main thing can be traced to our own door. We have, for years, overlooked the one and oaty way ,of bringing prosperity to o«r own community. The answer is, trade at home. There is but one way to accumulate wealth and that is the saving of our net profits. There is in every home, every business enterprise and every organization, a fixed expense which that business or that organization must meet before there can be any profit. After this expense has been met then whatever is left is what we call profit. Profit is what we must have if we are to better our financial status. It is this profit that has en abled every farmer to own a home. It is this profit that makes the mer chant independent. It is this profit that makes it possible for us to edu cate our children, so it is this profit that makes us wealthy or makes us poor. Now what has happened, or what has become of our profits. They have been sent to the mail order houses and the chain stores. This is an absolute fact when considered in the broader sense. Our money has gone to pay for goods which we have bought from these concerns and they have not only had the purchase price ;of the goods, but they have had that profit which is so essential to our prosperity. We have sent it out of our county and there can be no possi ble way for us to become wealthy so long as we continue to do it. Now we will admit, that it is not enough simply to make this assertion without proving it, so we are going to attempt to prove it to your entire satisfaction. We will admit, in the first place, that it is true that we i have sent our money away from home for goods and wares. Nov/ what hap pens when we do this? Well, in the first place we have no money left at home. This makes it impossible for any sort of progress because there is no money with which to pay for whatever improvements we might wish to make. Then we find that there is no market for our farm pro ducts because the local merchant has no money with which to buy it. What happens? You have to go elsewhere to market your produce. When you do this, you find a market created, owned, and operated by the chain stores or their sympathizers. It has always been the policy of the chain store and mail order house to beat down prices. When you go to them for a market for your produce they force down the price so they can sell low. You are the loser. Then they go to the manufacturer and tell him what they will pay for his products. They agree to take his entire output at a certain price and they show him how he can save by letting them have I his output and discharge his sales ! force. This adds to unemployment, I and further diminishes our purchas ing power for the simple reason that every man who is discharged loses his income and his purchasing power. This is what happens the first year. At the end of the first year the chain store owner goes to the manufacturer for lower prices. When the demand is made this time the manufacturer has lost his entire organization and he feels that it will be imposible for him to refuse to grant the request for a lower price because it will cost him too much to reorganize and go out after the business as he had for merly done. He grants the request and lowers the price of his goods. In order to do this he must cut his ex penses and this is done by offering less for the farm products, or what ever products he buys, and by cut ting the wages of those who work i nhis factory. This is repeated from year to year until it finally results in what we call a depression. Now you ask how does this affect the far mer. The answer is plain. Everything that goes into a factory to be made into a saleable product comes from Mother Earth, and a great deal of it comes from the farm. Every time a man in the city loses his job he loses at the same time his ability to buy what the farmer has to sell. Every time wages are cut the man or wo man who sustains the cut loses just that much of their purchasing power and in every instance it reverts back to the farmer. The chain store and mail order houses are continually beating down prices on your products and cutting wages of their employees in order to lower the price of mer chandise and in so doing they cut the price of your farm products and dim inish your profits, and remember that it is your profits that make you weal thy or the lack of profits that make you poor. We have tried to get this over to you clearly. We hope we have succeeded, and we hope that you may be able to see what has been happen ing to you through the years while you were sending your money to these concerns that have absolutely no interest in you. Their only desire is to make money for themselves. They have no community interest, COME TO SEE “Mrs. Wiggs —Of The— Cabbage Patch’ Dramatized by B. Y. P. U., School Auditorium 8:00 P. M. Tliurs.. Aug. 10 ADMISSION—15c and 25c. RADIO SALES AND SERVICE— (TUBES Tested Free.) PHILCQ AND MAJESTIC RADIOS GOODYEAR AND ATLAS TIRES STANDARD AND QUAKER STATE OILS FORD, GLOBE AND DOUGLAS BATTERIES (Guaranteed From Twelve To Eighteen Months.) CARS REPAINTED FROM.. . . $5.00 to $15.00 ALLEGHANY MOTOR SALES, oJrAivl A, NORTH CAROLINA Sell Your Livestock Thru The WYTHEVILLE LIVE STOCK MARKET LOCATED IN WYTHEHVILLE, VA., Near N.&W. Ry. Depot SALE EVERY TUESDAY, AT 1:00 P. M. We will have a weekly market for all classes of livestock, cat tle, lambs, veal, calves and hogs. We have new stock pens, latest Fairbanks scales, and have | plenty of room under shed to handle all classes of live stock. All stock must be in Pens before noon on the sale day in order that it may be weighed, graded and got ready for sale. Bring in your stock—we will have buyers for it All stock sold at auction. For further information phone 44 or call and see us. We sell everything Tuesday. WYTHEVILLE LIVE STOCK MARKET, Inc.’’™ 1m ». Hamilton, President PHONE 44. Unaware (BY MOLLYE ELLA WILCOX.) I am beautiful, but unaware.. There’s enough splendor about me To renew the sparkle in any man’s eye. What care I for depression ? Of course, I miss the refreshing raindrops When they fail to come. Or ’tis something makes the blossom perfect And the nectar yield to me when I caress the flowers. No matter, God always gives the rain for my necessity And then I work, toil happily with the rythm of the gift of life. Listen to my song. Look ye upon my joyous labor. Bum-m, bum-m, bum-m-m. My costume is more gorgeous than that of kings, Nor does it ever cost the-spring-of-of-life to countless men, And, oh, I gladly put it on exhibit just for you. I am a bumblebee. no educat ional interest, nor any other sort of interest in you. They want your money and when they have got ten it they have no further use for you. If you do not believe this, let your family get sick and income stop and go to them for credit and see what they have to say. You may have been trading with them for one year or for ten years as for that matter, but you see if they are will ing to help you in your time of need and at a time when you most need it. If these things are true, then why ir. the name of high Heaven do you not take your money to your friends who have helped you in times of adversity and show your manhood and your ap preciation ? RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT Whereas, an allwise Creator has seen cause to remove from among us the dearly beloved Rev. W. E. Poo vey, Presiding Elder of Mt. Airy Dis trict, and l Whereas, Cox's Chapel Church and Sunday School, Sparta Charge, deep ly feel the loss sustained by his passing Therefore, be it resolved: That we bow in humble submission to the will of Him who doeth all things well, That this church and Sunday School assembled July 30th cherish the memory of him who has so faith fully and earnestly labored among us, That a copy of these resolutions be placed in our church and Sunday School records, a copy sent to the North Carolina Christian Advocate and Alleghany Times for publication and a copy furnished the bereaved j family. Committee: T. C. Balack, Board' of- Stewards; Hazel Phipps, Lay Leader, Mrs. E. P. Osborne, S. S. Supt. Examination for Assistant and Junior Messengers The United States Civil Service 1 Commission will accept applications until August 8, 1933, for the positions of assistant and junior messengers in the Departmental Service, Wash ington, D. C. The entrance salary for assistant messenger is $1,080 a year, and for junior messenger $600 a year, less a deduction of not to exceed 15 per cent as a measure of economy and a retirement deduction of 3 1-2 per cent. As the States of Maryland, Virgin ia, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the District of Columbia have already received appointments in excess of their quotas under the aportionment, residents of thsse states and the Dis trict of Columbia will not be admit ted to this examination unless they submit documentary proof that they are entitled to military preference. Full information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Exam iners at the post-office in any city r SPECIAL! ^ —1 Snow King Baking Powder (large) —1 Snow King Baking Soda —1 Large Cake Dish All For 24c. —at— SMITHEY’S BOB. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE SMOKING 7 CAMELS NOW ? THEY HAVE FOUND a OUT THAT CAMELS I ARE BETTER FOR I STEADY SMOKING’! CAMEL’S COSTLIER TOBACCOS NEVER GET ON YOUR NERVES ... _NEVER TIRE YOUR TASTE I L O WES T PRICES Don t Always Mean Economy CUT - RATE SERVICE STATIONS ARE AN EX1RAVAGANGE Unskilled Mechanics, cheap oils that break down and cause cylin der wear, accessories that wear out in a few months—cost you too much money. <J Bring your car to us for service—Let us show you how we can save you money. EXPERT MECHANICS—NATIONALLY ADVERTISED OILS AND ACCESSORIES. OUR PRICES ARE VERY REASONABLE CasteVens Motor Go. North Carolina UNTIL WE LEARNED BETTER Until we learned better, we used to mix wood and steel in our car bodies and wheels. V It was the best way to make bodies—then. But the state of the art has advanced. Of course, it is more expensive to make an all-steel body than to make a wooden frame and nail steel panels on to it. The better way in volves an initial expenditure of several millions of dollars for new dies, which renders a change very costly. Cars, especially large expensive cars which are produced in small volume, cannot afford this, because the dies cost as much for one car as for a million. That alone explains why all steel bodies are not used in all cars. But our basic policy from the beginning is to make a good car better, regardless of cost. For example, when we discarded wood—steel body construction, it was not because we lacked wood. We still have some thousands of acres of the best hard wood in America. Economy would urge us to use up the wood first, and then adopt the better all-steel body. But we decided that quality was more important than expense. We weighed the reasons, for and against, before we made the change. We could see only one reason for retaining a mixed wood-and-steel body ——nailing the metal on, instead of welding an all-steel body into a strong one-piece whole. That reason was, it would be cheaper for us. Our reasons for adopting an all-steel body were these: A wood-steel body is not much stronger structurally than its wooden frame. In all American climates, wood construction weakens with age. Every used car lot gives evidence of this. Rain seeps in between joints and the wood decays. A car may have a metal surface, and yet not be of steel construction. Under extreme shock or stress the steel body remains intact dented per haps, but not crushed. Steel does not need wood for strength or protection. Wood is fine for furniture, but not for the high speed vehicles of 1933. In the Ford body there are no joints to squeak, no seams to crack or leak. The all-steel body is more expensive—to us, but not to you. By all odds, then, steel bodies seem preferable. Wheels also have become all-steel. No one argues that an electrically welded one-piece steel wheel, such as the Ford wheel, needs to be "strengthened" by adding wood to it. - The one-piece all-steel body is the strongest, safest, quietest, most durable body made. That is our only reason for making them. August 7th, 1933
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