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THE ALLEGHANY TIMES SUBSCRIPTION RATES fJLQO Per Year Published Every Thursday Entered as Second-class piatter at the Post-office in Sparta, N. C. ERWInSd. STEPHENS, .Editor THURSDAY; DECEMBER,- 21, 1933 Once again we come to the season of the year that brings joys untold to the hearts of childhood and a new sense of comradeship to the older ones. Nearly two thousand yeai’3 ago the shepherds watching their sheep on the hills of Palestine heard the angels sing “Peace on earth, good will to men" and wondered at the heavenly chorus. Today we catch faint echoes of thaj. chorus and won der. Peace on earth and good will to men. And why not? The babe born in the city of David grew to manhood, taught a vuevy. concept of,. God and a new philosophy "of dife, arid died in body, but jffia;spirit has come down through the., ages in th'e hearts of men. And * yet-vnth j-wo thousand years of His; teafchihgs Greed and Selfishness run 'rampart over the earth. Peaceful! *• earth* is an ideal yet to be* oijtsrmed: - But - as -Tennyson says, “Th^old^rder changeth, yield ing place % thfe new*,0 and there are many wfiiS*-^- ih^the new order of things a i6©hcepfcof living in. our America/ •tiet 'US -hope-so; -for no na tion, no *T)e6p!o,*~nb community <can nope to^Mfta tafe'-highest -type of civilizaticJWi ^a-^Civili^atidn-^that takes due regard for thh idgh&i1'of’ hH men,, by any tyfifferi li(eahs*^thah the way He gave 'ffil I&t uk-Work toward the day ‘tar^n^pe'acer • on earth .and, good wilf«U£ n4eh and - aftvong- men will be ndt just an ideal but a reality; As we^'fodk back over the past few months anti consider the ■ en couragem^ftt given- otlr efforts here by the bSdple1 of Mie^hhny, we are truly gmfefril 'for- the splendid co operation we have received. And as we look toward a new'year we pur pose in our hea.rts.Hp -make greater efforts to<, give ydu- a paper that re flects1 the' life oiT Pur people here. We have "our limitations and make mistakes, bit ire Hook forward to a new year full of hardjwQfk and en joyment ^Liupng you> and to each of you, cur„ , readers, , our . advertisers, and our cprj^popdenta, we wish you the same , old wish. A Merry Christ mas and.*agft|)jpy. New Vear. In presenting Uncle Doc’s article this weck-iSKfi-^wailt:^ distinctly un derstood 4i*au*he .tbougjxt and word ing is Unai^js. Doic’s-and not; purs. He lias been -su clqse. sti^dent of men and affairs and makes, some pertinent observations*’ »We do., not know from what source or. .sources he has obtain ed facj.s <j0; bujld; up the picture de scribed, but we are inclined to feel that he painls..th.e picture too dark. In spite bUthp- fact-that a few un principled men have . betrayed a pub lic trust itm pottage, there are thou sands andiiJ^QM§apds.,of, good men serving tha^ubUp; today in a credi table manner, men who cannot be bought o*djriJjed intimidated. We still havetiJacaad-nEiibded, far-seeing men in office greeting the destinies of the people w’itboutbias or prejud ice. It is true these men do not please ail the peopte. and. are severely criti cised and-; accused of various biased acts, but even the Mgn of Galilee was crucified Hor^ JIis way of life. And in a. ,great commonwealth like ours, with its divergent interests and opinions, ncr ,man, .no matter how honest and.-conscientious, can please all the people and any public act will arouse th^jchitips, With due -respect for Uncle Doc and his ofiinions and his- friendship we feel that now Is the time foi constructive, opinion,. time for look ing up a'nd.... working j.oward the light of a’new . day.. He himself says that you cannot cure bunions on your feet by putting, petroleum jelly on your heacb< Neither can we cure the ills of public Ufe by .concentrating on the blackness arid despair of it, but rather hjt -..planning , .constructive things aiuUfcy -,working to gej. the cooper at the people ,in making things a rejditj5u-Now.is tbe time for optimsim and. Work/-not despair and criticism. ifcnd--as our final contribu tion to thisadiscassion we should like to leave v&tbsyou a little. verse we learned yeferfr. ago. “Lcve, lif^, and laugh; Look op.tp God and lend a hand.” 1. <•' ah article from .the- State Deuartment of Revenue* relative to the tax in come in Worth Carolina. Last year in Alleghany!.ihe. 15ccnt ad valorem tax, distric^'. ievies, and current ex pense for Six-months schools cost the Ui-r-piLyers $10* 563. 00. Per three mefitus - he*- Sd^cs’ tax- yielded in thi; County slightly offer $300.00 a month At this iUkA-tbe sales-tax -will yield less jhan $4,<i00 a-year in the County, thus afford**# property owners in the County approximately $6,000.00 in savings a year. T$he report for other counties is**toiilar. So it seems that . -i E property owners in the State stand good to save thousands of dollars in taxes jhis yyear by reason of a sales tax. Auto License Should be Reduced Most of the auto owners of |.he State no doubt were under the im pression that the 1933 Legislature would reduce the price of license tags. It had been generally circu lated that such was the case, and few probably gave it any considera tion, resting upon the idea that their plates would cost less for 1934. They were rudely awakened to the fact that such is not the case when ■ they got notice on December 1st to ,come across with the same amount | they paid last year or else jhey will not-be allpwed to operate their cars upon the State’s expensive highways next year. Six cents a gallon tax on gasoline is a pretty high tax. Nevertheless, j auto owners are using it in great S quantify, to the benefit of the State’s treasury. It does seem, though, that there should be a limit some where to the taxation upon automobile owners. They seem to be the target for tax levies, and they are hit com ing and going, and sometimes stand ing still. When the owners of automobiles i drive up the gas tanks and pay six cents State tax and another cent and a half Government tax on each gallon of gas, plus a penny on each quart of oil, they should be allowed to drive over the finest highways in the world withouj. further taxation But each year they are called upon to pay a heavy price for license plates. We are wondering just how long they will stand for such treatment It should be remerbered that everj owner of an automobile is not a mil lionaire—not by a big sikht. And just because a person who has nc more of j.his world’s goods than will allow him to live a simple life but persuade himself that he is able tc own an automobile—that is nc reason why he should be punched and pinched and pin-hooked at every angle by the tax-gatherers and tax spenders. The Nnews view of it is that every auto owner in the State shoulc pledge his nexj. legislative repre senative to vote to reduce the above-mentioned tax. Harnett Co. News “QUESTION.” Greensboro News. The Daily News, aspiring to be no Horatio Algier, Jr., as if it could, has long since abandoned efforts jo ex plain or tray the phenomenal rise ol Tyre Taylor from a clientless lawyer fresh from the class room, to posi tions of major responsibility in parti san and governmental affaires. It may be that Mr. Taylor wae predestined to be a State and nation al leader, that he was born wij.h * silver spoon in his mouth, under the luckiest star of them all, or from the very beginning his chubby fist wa: tucked away in the hands of a god father capable of going and taking him political places. In fact, it maj be that North Carolina’s gift j.c young Democracy and official Wasn ington actually has it: “it” convey ing the idea of initiative, energy, ability or whatever qualties are re quired to land and stay on the public pay roll, stepping along all the while strictly upon a basis of merit. Hence there is no inclination tc speculate about the factors entering into Mr. Taylor’s most recent promo tion; from the class room to a Char lotte law office, which at best wa: not crowded wi^h clients during the comparatively brief time he warmer the big chair therein, to private sec rotary to the Governor executive counsel with j.he political recogni tlon of national president of the Young Democrats coming his way in the meantime, to a legal advisorship with the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration at Washington when State administrations changed and now afj.er not so many months of service on the Washington front, to chief of the R. F. C.’s division of bank exam ining. It is for others, if they so desire, to analyze the success of North Caro lina’s prodigy. During the analyses, j however, the Daily News does hope that somebody will tell just what Mr. Taylor, in this age when re-establish ment of faith in the financial slruc- ' ture is one of the administration’; major aims, knows about bank exam ining, particularly when he jump; the gun to a supervisory position. N Dr. Willis A. Sutton, Superinten dent of Sshools, Atlanta, Ga., in out lining a plan of work for the Nation al Congress Committee on study of the Use and Effect of Alcohol and Narcotics, states: “The major objec tives of the year’s work of this com mittee is to jransfer our attention I from the matter of the enforcement j of any one particular law to the un- | derlying and basic principles of edu- i eating and training our young people : to understand the evil effects that come from alcohol and narcotics and to live lives in keeping with this knowledge. This, we beleive, will be 1 the solution of all the problems in- j volved in the question of alcohol and J larcotics.’’ l “Alcohol and Narcotics” is the sub ject of a parent-teacher program in ' the December issue of Child Welfare Magazine. This program will be wide ly uscdby Congress paretn-teacher associations all over the country. A- 1 mong subjects ^Suggested for discus sion are “Unlawful Acts Due to the Use of Alcohol and Other Narcotics,” “Some Effects of Alcohol and Nar cotics on the Human System,” and ‘How Shall We Inform Young People in Home and School About the Na ture of Liquor and Narcotics and Their Effects on Those Who, Use 1 Them?” Uncle Doer Says Anyone should know that the norse leech’s daughters spoken of in last week’s issue of the Times are figurative and used to bring out a moral that all can understand. Now what is a leech? Webster defines it as “a wormlike, blood-sucking ani mal,” but I define it as anything or naybody who lives off the resources of another, let it be blood or money. Jo the Leech boys - on Wall, Street non grew up to manhood and went .o doing business under the instruc tion and leadership of Alexander Hamilton. They had the benefit of that master mind to help them to organize, incorporate, and go into business. Sinee then the family has multiplied exceedingly. They have reached out into every stajO in. the Jnion, and every city and town of any size, have incorporated and. fas tened themselves on .the .whole eco* nomic system till they are , as thick m ;our financial body. as the . scales jn Je.viathian, .spoken of in the 41st Jhapt; of Job. They have .as one and in unison ■ driven the life blood from .he channels of> ^rade and our whole financial structure, until now it looks ike the parent cannot survive with out a Wood transfusion, ,and where n the name, of high heaven is it coming from? The political doctors tell us to use the ballot. Thaj. is a nice, catchy phrase. Let us analyze the medicine .ittle and see how it works on the patient to restore him to health. We’ 11 suppose there is an election on land.. We pick our candidate to re present us in Congress or the Leg .slaj.ure. He’s elected; he goes t6 the capital; he takes his seat and soon discovers that he is in a hew atmos jhere where there’s ease, plenty, 'ahd contenment as far as he can see. And why not? There’s where the jreat financial arteries empty. He comes into contact with the hench nen of the house of Leeches and their paid, smooth-tongued lobbyists. They take him into their confidence and they see if they can chloroform aim and get his mind hazy and in clined to lose sight or be forgetful of the mandates of the people. If they connot chloroform him then they jhrow out their tentacles of feelers and see if he can be bribed. This, of course, does not apply to the Lech’s henchmen, already retained, but in the event that the people’s represen tative shows any sigri3 of obeying Jie mandate of the people and en tertains any such crazy and outworn ideas as the people should pay tax in proportion to their ability to pay. Now the next move to bring him co books is to organize, and it’s easy done, the plutocratic, subsidized, plunder-bund press, owned and con trolled by the leaders, and they will ;pen one broadside on him and shell him with shot, grape, and cannister until he is afraid to open his mouth n defense of his people. They make it so hot for him |.hat he is« ashamed to come home and face his people. Iff all this fails to remove from his mind the old fogy ideas he en tertained, then last' but hot least, they will hold the legislative body in session and starve the people’s representative in^o submission, while, the house of Leeches takes care of its henchmen. I find the people spo- I ken of in Isaiah, 56th chapter, 11th verse: “They must be connected with the house of leeches. They are called greedy dogs that never can get enough.” • < The house of Leeches has no poli tics. It does business with the maj ority party. The house of Leeches spoaen of is known by a more fami liar name as special interests. They do business in the twilight of the : day, when it’s light enough to see what they are doing and too dark to swear to their identity. If they could call all Europe theirs, 1 And the riche3 of Peru, Yej. they are greedy buyers And will take what belongs to you. All that will keep them from giv ing me a few shot is that I’m too small game for the ammunition. In Memory of John Wiley Blevins On December 1G, 1933, a shadow 1 of gLom was cast oven- the Eunice ! oemmunity, vyhen it was learned i that one of ij.s best citizens, John j Wiley Blevins, had passed aivay! He had been in declining health for sev eral years but still able to attend to bis mercantile business until about three weeks ago, he became very ill ind gradually grew worse until the Jnd came. Everything was done for lim that kind hands and medical j skill could do to releive his suffering i and prolong hia life but L seemed'c that his time had come ana earthly [ 1 power was of no avail. So he passed ] on to the Glory Land to join his i good wife who had preceeded him in I deoth several ' years ago, and other i loved ones who had gone on before. , John Wiley Blevins was bom Sep- i tember 12, 1852, and passed away December 16, 1933, age, 81 years, 3 months and 4 days old. On January 28, 1873 he was mar ried to Miss Nannie' Evans. This union was blessed with eight chil-1 dren, five girls and three boys. One} daughter, Mrs. Minnie Edwards died! several years ago. One son, Glenn, I died at the age of 16 years; and one litj-le girl died in infancy. Those living are: Mrs. I. M. Higgins, of Bel Air, Maryland, Mrs. G. A. Holder, of ! Galax, Va., Mrs. Mack Wagoner, of Ennice, N. C., Walter, and ex-sheriff Vance Blevins, both of Sparta, N. C.! “Uncle” Wiley, as he was famil iarly known, was a model citizen. He was a leader in every oetivity for the betterment of Civil political or moral conditions of the county. His advice, in various matters, was sou ght continually and always seemed to be wise and good. “Uncle” Wiley professed a hope in Glirisj and joined the Primitive Bap tist church at Baywood, Va. many years ago. Later he moved his mem bership to Crab Creek, a church he help build. Like a “tree planted by1 the waters,” he remained a true and steadfast member until death. | About 18 years ago, because of their advanced ages, he and his wife 4 noved to the home of one of laughters, Mrs. Mack Wagoner and ived their ^he remainder of their ives. Every act of kindness and con iteration was given them to ■heir old days as comfortable as pos iible. While here he became a mer chant and enjoyed^, good mercantile business.-^ , . JR “Uncle’' WU^^as ft good, kind hearted, clever man and always wil ling to help those in need. His hon esty and integrity Was never ques tioned, His wprd was always consi dered good as his bond. “Uncle" Wiley is gone. Death to him as peaceful" sleep. He leaves a vacancy in the home which Mn never be filled, but his memory will live on in ^he hearts and mind* of his friends and loved-ones. With the passing of Wiley Blevins the home loses'a "good, Christian fa ther and grandfather; the community and Alleghany county a good model citizen: and Crab Creek church a loyal and faithful member. Besides his relatives he leaves a host of friends to mourn his departure. Funeral services were conducted from Crab Creek church December 18, by Elder Vass. Ex- lieutenant governor R. A.- Doughton read the oh and in a few remarks paid a glowing tribute to the life of the de>-,cu inan. The flowers were many and beautiful! Interment was hr the nearby cemetery beside that of his wife who had preceded him in death several years ago. “Uncle” Jeff Blevins (hjs only liv ing j>rother,*i^ who is 8& years-old) was iinatilS 'to'attend ‘the. funeral. * ,M "" " * . . \L~r .. y ' ^ BIG VALUES IN CHRISTMAS CARDS * 1500— 5c. CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR lc. EACH ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF OTHffi CHRIST MAS CARDS—ASSORTED. BUY THEM AT B. and T. DRUG COMPAQ Sparta, -----.. .North Carolina "3 NOTICE The town tax books are now in my hands for collection. Please see me at once and pay your taxes. The town has obligations that must be met. All cars are required to have license tags on or before January, 1. R. R Gentry _ Town tax collector SPARTA ±es, we ve made all preparations. We’re now ready to demonstrate, sell and service the complete Maytag line of high quality washers. Come in. Learn how the Maytag earned its world-wide reputation for washing faster—more thoroughly—more gently — more economically and for more years. Learn why people call the Maytag “the world’s finest washer”— why it will give you the lowest cost per washing of any washer. Or, if you pre fer, phone for free home demonstration. MODEL 30 Famous square-tub, aluminum Maytag — now improved. Still only. $140.00 MODEL 10 Lowest price washer ever built to Maytmf' Quality standards. Now only. $69.50 ALLEGHANY MOTOR SALES Ph°ne 20..... .. Sparta, N. C. Manufactured by THE MAYTAG COMPANY, Sew ton, /mm Notice—We find that we will be un able to continue to carry notes and accounts, and must have payment on or before Dec. 15. After this date don’t be sore with us if you find your accountor note put out for collection. 4t 12-14 Sanders A Company. Notice—The JCdwards Transportation will leave West Jefferson Dec. 22 at 7 a.m. Sparta 8:50 am. for Bel Air, Md. For reservations write W. li. Edwards, Darlington, Maryland. For Sale- Two—» and 8-year-old colts. Well matched mare and horse. See John Choate, Sparta, N. C. Notice—t will make round- trips "to Winston-Salem every Thursday. Leave your order for hauling at Al leghany Motor Sales. Wayne Hopers. 85.00 Reward for Information lead ing to arrest and conviction of party or parties who entered my house Nov. lift .orlSth or any other time and robbed me of coats, breeches, shoes blankets, pillows, etc. and a ten*. ' Chauncy Bllto 1 i 4t—ltrjfi c . v _ JJoftUM! ' Strayed—one 8 weeks-okl sow pig, black and white spotted. Anyone knowing whereabouts of pig, please notify Eltie Richardson, Sparta, N. . •; •* NOTICE ^ Bring your shoe repairing to the Sparta Shoe Shop. Good- work at reasonable prices. All. work guar anteed. A few choice young turkey kens and gobblers, for sale. Prices right. R. E. Hawthorne. NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE7" NORTH CAROLINA ALLEGHANY COUNTY la. The Superior Court—Before the Clerk J. Cam Fields, plaintiff, -vs J. Mack Osborne, defendant. Under and by virtue of an ■ execu-' tion in attachment dirtcted to the undersigned by the Superior Court of Alleghany County in the above-en titled action, I will, on Monday, Jan. 1st. 1934 at one O’clock P. M. at the court house door at Sparta, sell to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy said execution, all the right, title, and in terest of the defendant J. ftack Os borne in the following described real estate, to-wit: Being a one seventh undivided in terest in what is known as the Jennie Reeves plaoe, lying and being in said county, Prathers Creek Township, ad joining the lands of Eugene Transou, E. L. Williams and others, containing about 156 acres, and fully described by metes and bounds in a deed from* D. C. Duncan, Administrator of W: G. Reeves dated Dec. 1st, 1930 and re corded in the office of the Register ol Deeds of said county in Book 40 Page 570 and 071. Ibis the 23rd. day of Nov. 1933.' R. B. McMillan, Sheriff, . By Walter M. Irwin, D. S. I :i. .:>- ;>caUg7t-' *> 12 MONTHS'“WRITTEN GUA RANTEE $4.50 to 5.90 Alleghany Motor Salei, Sparta, -N. CL i *:•*«*• Reins 4 Sturdivant Funeral Home Ambulance' Service Day er Nljtht. —Licensed XSmhnlmera . 7- SPARTA, N. O. 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A general motor tune-up will insure easy starting and peppy performance on frosty mornings. ' ’ V*- A. ■v’i .: • —GILLETTE AND ATLAS TIRES—1 GENERAL REPAIRS . '' POPULAR PRICES^ SPARTA. F. M. JOINES, Manager. ^ , — t 1 ; ' NORTH CAROLINA M A SKATER NEEDS HEAETHY NERVES • "Ji I NEVER KNEW HOW GOOD A ^ CIGARETTE COULD TASTE 1 UNTIL I CHANGED TO CAMELS I NOTICE THEY NEVER GET ON MY NERVES,NO MATTER. HOW MANy I SMOKE. 5j>v TT?*3vr> ; CAMEL’S COSTLIER TOBACCOS MWW H*ur1itrves...%xe* . . i) .M . i-- iVil V id*-'.' ; , !%.* t>u !>»£££ • -« * -, »• ;v.i* i»»4*1
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