The Alleghany Times
H. B. Zabriskie .'. Editor and Publisher
Mrs. Sidney Gambill ... Local News Editor
Published Every Thursday at Sparta, North Carolina,
and entered at the Sparta, N. C., Post Office as Second
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Thursday, April 5, 1984.
Who Shall Drive?
Within the recent weeks we commented upon the
address of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace that
America must choose which course it was going to fol
low, particularly regarding its agriculture. These choices
were recently summarized as follows:
“(1) National isolation—raising under strict regi
mentation only so much as we can consume at home and
withdrawing from production anywhere from 40,000,000
to 100,000,000 acres;
“(2) A revival of international trade, accepting
in payment for our goods the goods of foreign buyers
and lowering our tariff wall to make this possible;
“(3) A middle ground, chosen as a matter of ex
pediency, whereby only 25,000,000 acres of good land
would be taken out of production and only one-half a
billion dollars’ worth of foreign goods would be admit
ted. He leans, he says, to the international rather than
the nationalistic policy.”
More recently the views of Secretary Wallace were
discussed by John W. Davis, prominent attorney, who
was the Democratic Presidential nominee in 1924, who
said: “Assuming that the Government may do anything
it chooses—a concession I for one am quite unwilling
to make—I wonder why some advocate of decreased pro
duction has not proposed an alternative but even more
certain method of abolishing farm surpluses.
“Why not enact that no machinery whatever should
be employed in agriculture except hand implements, a
horse-drawn plow and drag harrow? True, that would
put more corns, if possible, on the farmer’s hands and
would probably starve a large part of the urban popu
lation. But it would do away with surpluses all right
and new occupation as farm laborers would be opened
up to those of the unemployed who were not too much
weakened by hunger to reach it.
“Is it conceivable that American farmers or Ameri
can citizens will submit to that sort of thing? Are they
ready to support the army of Government agents, em
ployes, inspectors, reporters and spies that would be
used to carry it on ? Have they not enough of these
already? Are they willing to bow their necks to the
flood of rules, regulations, proclamations and edicts that
would be issued in order to fit their daily lives and con
duct to the prescribed system?
“If there are to be orders, somebody must give them,
without impugning the high purpose and integrity of
the great majority of our public servants, are we so
sure of their constant wisdom, their disinterestedness,
their ability to resist temptation, their freedom from
political influence, that we are willing to trust them
with unlimited power?
“Every Socialist, every advocate of social discipline,
of a planned economy, of a nationalist regimentation—
call it what you will—must answer in the end this
question: Who is to sit in the Driver’s Seat and hold
the Reins and Whip?
“And the answer cannot be made in such vague
collective terms as the State, the Government or Society,
for these only move by human hands. Who are the
men, gentlemen, that you would set to rule over us?
“The farmer who raises more than he can sell
suffers in not being fully paid for his efforts. That is
unfortunate for him and bad for those whose prosperity
is linked with his. To avoid this the Government steps
in and pays him in advance to reduce his acreage and
lessen his labor so that he may escape the danger of
unrequited toil. But what it takes from the taxpayer
to make payment to the farmer lessens so much of the
taxpayer’s return for his own effort.
“So that all that has happened in the end is that
one man’s burden has been shifted to another man’s
back. That may do for the moment, but as a permanent
policy it is obviously unthinkable. For it is as true today
as when Justice Miller wrote it, that for the Govern
ment to put its hand in one man’s pocket and take
money to be given to another is ‘none the less robbery
because done under the forms of law and called taxa
tion’.”
Mr. Davis raises the important question as to who
shall sit in the driver’s seat. He has been closely con
nected with Wall Street during a great part of his legal
practice and is a Conservative. He does not yet realize
how far America has left the old ways. One thing is
quite certain, namely, that never again will America
allow the financiers and capitalists to occupy the driver’s
seat and run the nation’s business and finance in their
own interest rather than for the public good. The suf
fering and experience since 1929 has been sufficient to
make their resumption of unrestricted authority impos
sible.
REV. E. E. WYATT HONORED
ON ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH
Members cf Pleasant Grove
church -and a number of other
persons honored the "Rev. E. E.
Wyatt on Easter Sunday, his
seventy-eighth birthday an
niversary, by setting a delightful
birthday dinner on the lawn in
front of the church. The Rev.
Mr. Wyatt has been a minister
for forty-two years and is con
sidered as one of the county’s
best citizens, being highly
respected.
The following persons were
present:- Mr. and Mrs. George
Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Hindricks, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Tilley, Mr. and Mrs.. T. S.
Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. F. 0. Petty
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Taylor, Mr. and Mr9. Charlie
Richardson and daughter, Mrs.
Cardie Orsborne, Mrs. Levett
Sheets and two daughters, Mrs.
F. 0. Richardson, Mrs. Floria
Jane Taylonr, Mrs, Dallis Fender
and two daughters, Mrs. Maude
Wyatt and daughter, Misses
Lauria Richardson, Bessie Hind
licks, Grace Taylor, Dorothy
Tay'-jv. Faie Taylor, Minnie
Richardson, Iva Grace Anderson,
Eva Bowers, Carrie Hamm,
Virginia Hoppers, Athline Hop
pers, Lethia Bracking, Nervie
Orsborne and Josephine Petty
Brackins, Emmett Petty, R. V.
Orsborne, Robert Bowers, Vester
Mabe and two sons, Major Mabe,
Robert Bowers, Talmadge Wil
liams, Ray Long, Cox Long,
Elizie Pruitt, Golden Anderson,
Cal Richardson, Daniel Dixon
and two sons, Kemp Brackins
and brother, Posey Pruitt, Robert
Joines, J. E. Osborne, Thelma C.
Orsborne, Howard Hendricks,
Kermit Pruitt, Everett Hoppers
and Dean and Jack Taylor.
It is thought that there would
have been more people in at
tendance had it not been for an
epidemic of measles which is pre
valent in the community.
and which con tains Four Great Treasures
Patience Meant Endurance
“Why do you call the Psalms
poetry?” somebody asks. “They
don’t rhyme.” Hebrew poetry
does not consist of .rhyme nor
meter, but in balance of thought,
a parallelism. One line says a
thing and the next repeats it
with slight and skilful variation.
In the way of righteousness is
life; and in the pathway thereof
is no death.
Or the second line is an ad
versative clause:
Wealth gotten by vanity shall
be diminished; but he that gath
ereth by labour shall have in
crease.
Thus the balance and rhythm
are not in the words but in the
thought. Having in mind this dis
tinctive characteristic, it is easier
to understand why the Book of
Job is called sometimes “the
greatest poem” and sometimes
“the greatest of all dreams.”
Everybody knows Job, “the
most patient man who ever liv
ed”—a bit of knowledge based
on the remark in the New Testa
ment: “Ye have heard of the
patience of Job.” As a matter
of fact, Job was about as im
patient as a man could possibly
be, and properly so perhaps, for
he was the victim of trials quite
undeserved.
The word “patience” as the
New Testament writer uses it
does not denote the moral quality
of submission with cheerfulness
to a hard experience, but mere
endurance.
Job' was 'a rich farmer, cattle
owner and public-spirited citizen,
who headed all subscription lists
and had the satisfaction of see
ing his enterprises succeed and
his children grow up with good
promise. Suddenly calamity des
cends upon him. He does not
know it, but his soul is to be
tried.
Job’s crops are destroyed, his
barns burned, his children taken
sick, and he himself breaks out
all over with horrid boils. In
this *condition he is visited by a
group of three friends—profes
sional moralists and Pollyannas—
and between them and him the
dramatic debate ensues- They
tell him just where he has been
wrong and urge him to confess
his sins to God and beg forgive
ness. He responds sarcastically,
“No doubt but ye are the people
and wisdom shall' die with you.”
He denies that 'he has sinned
and refuses to tell God that he
has because it would be a lie;
and he won’t lie even to be re
lieved from all his misfortunes.
His conversation is far from
meek, but you can’t fail to ad
mire his indomitable courage. In
the end it triumphs. God says
to him in effect: “Job, you have
talked a good deal of nonsense,
and you have been very impat
ient, but you have helped me to
win out in my contest with Satan.
He said that nobody on earth
loves goodness for its own sake,
and I told him that you do. He
said I was wrong, but you have
proved me right. I am proud of
you and I was never so proud as
when you protested that you
would not lie even to please me.”
Piney Creek
Piney Creek, April 1.—Mr. and
Mrs. Brantley Taylor entertained
several of their friends Sunday
at a picnic and egg hunt. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Fender, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cox,
Mrs. A. C. Sturgill, Mrs. Belle
31evins Misses Ruby and Jessie
Edwarcfs, Reba Sue Cook, Mo
zelle and .Sarah Blevins, Hazel
and Elsie Fender, Ethel Huff
mani June, Fay and Charlesirie
Cox’ and Jessie Douglas, and
Blan and Kelly Neil Sturgill,
Robert, James and Sidney Blev
ins, Hoak Fender, Butler and
Billy Woodie, Dent Pugh and
Claude Edwards. Everyone pres
ent seemed bo enjoy the occasion.
Sarah and Mozelle Blevins en
tertained a number of friends
Saturday night at a party. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Pugh, Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Blev
ins, Misses Jessie and Lola Doug
las, Mary Ruby Fields and Logene
Pugh and Blan Sturgill, Guy
Perry, Dent Pugh, McNeer Fields,
Fred Pugh, Butler and Woodrow
Woodie. Games were played and
refreshments were served. All
present seemed to have a good
time.
GOVERNOR URGES SOUND
FINANCING OF EDUCATION
Durham, April 3.—The annual
Kappa Delta Phi Day celebration
at Duke University here was cul
minated tonight by an address
delivered by Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus, in which sound
financing of the educational fut
ure of North Carolina was urged.
Calling upon the state to make
an intelligent appraisal of edu
cational problems, the Governor
declared public education is a
state function which would pre
pare us for citizenship and must
be soundly financed, conceived
and enterprised.
Advocating no particular tax
ation as a substitute, the Gover
nor asserted the partial collapse
of education, not only in this
state but throughout the country,
is due to the failure of the prop
erty tax bo sustain education.
“We must see to it that the
future financing of education is
on a sound, broad basis, and that
it is founded and supported in
such a way that an adequate
revenue will be available and oc
curring depression shall not per
mit its destruction,” he said.
Laurel Springs
Laurel Springs, Mar. 28.—A
number of cases of measles have
been reported in the community,
although it is hoped that the
disease will not gain such head
way as to necessitate the closing
of the school. Persons who have
been exposed to the disease have
been asked to remain at home
until all danger is passed.
Among those who have been
ill with measles are Minnie
Richardson, Howard Hendrix
and Mrs. Lewis Church and son,
Frank.
Mrs. Everett Hendrix is very
ill.
Rose Marie Fender has been
ill with laryngitis.
Mrs. Will Miller, who recently
under a major operation, is now
at home and is improving nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Major Mabe are
the parents of a son, born last
week.
Mitchell Taylor is receiving
treatment in a hospital in John
son City, Tenn.
Edward Upchurch, who has
been ill for several weeks, is
improving.
Laurel Springs, Mar 28.—Mr.
and Mrs. Lindsay Houlthouser
have announced the birth of a
10-pound baby girl on March 27,
Miss Iva Grace Anderson spent
Thursday in Sparta.
Mrs. Inez Sheppard, Winston
Salem, spent the Easter holidays
at her home near Whitehead.
Mrs. W. T. Watson and daugh
ter, Ruth, visited Mrs. L. T.
Houlthouser Thursday.
Miss Elnora Watson visited at
the home of Mrs. L. V. Ander
son on Friday of last week.
Mother—Oh, Freddie, I thought
we had all agreed to economize,
and here I find you eating bread
with both jam and butter on it.
Freddie—Why, of course, moth
er; one slice of bread does for
both.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE *
Having qualified as Adminis
trator of E. L. Wagoner,' deceas
ed, I hereby notify all persons
having claims against his estate
la present them to me within
twelve months of this date, or
this notice will be plead in bar
•of recovery.
This March 30th 1934.
4tc-26 AT B. B.’WAGONER,
Admr. of E. L. Wagoner, dec.
Farm Note*
THE POTATO OUTLOOK
FOR 1934
A large potato crop is now in
prospect for 1934 if fanners
carry out their intentions to
plant as recently reported to The,
Crop Reporting Board of the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
The high prices now prevailing
are due to the very short crops
>f 1933.
Reports from growers indicate
that the United States potato
acreage for harvest in the 1934
season may be expected to total
over 3,400,000 acres or about
7 percent more than the 3,184,
000 acres harvested in 1933.
This prospective acreage with a
yield of 110 bushels, the average
of recent years, would result in
a United States potato crop of
about 375,000,000 bushels. It
would exceed the 1933 crop by
about 58,000,000 bushels, or 18
percent, and the preceding 5-year
production by about 20,000,000
bushels, or 6 percent. Such a
crop would be the largest pro
duced since 1928, when consider
able quantities could not be
marketed because of low prices.
The demand for potatoes is
fairly constant. Small crops
during the past 25 years have
consistently returned higher gross
incomes to growers than have the
large crops. If a crop the size
of that now in prospect had been
produced in 1933, growers would
have received a gross income only
about one-half as large as that
they have received for the short
1933 crop. The consumption of
potatoes has been declining
gradually during the past 10
years and now about 3,000,000
acres will ordinarily produce
what can be marketed at fairly
satisfactory prices to growers.
This would require a reduction
in acreage of about 6 percent
from 1933 rather than an in
crease of 7 percent.
If these prospects for increases
in the potato acreage materialize
and if average yields are obtain
ed, it is likely that there will be
more than an ample supply of
potatoes available for market
purposes throughout the entire
1934-35 marketing season. Dur
ing the past season, 1933-34, the
acreage planted to potatoes was
large enough to produce about an
average crop,- but yields per acre
during 1933 were reduced by
heat and drought in the Inter
mediate and Late States, so that
a short United States potato crop
resulted. The average yield in
the United States as a whole was
99-6 bushels per acre in 1933,
or the lowest since 1921. It
seems unlikely that yields in the
important producing States will
average as low in 1934 as they
did. during the past season. An
average yield would be about
110 bushels. Six times in the
past 10 years the yield has been
higher than 110 bushels per acre,
while yields of over 120 bushels
have occurred twice in that per
iod.—U. S. Dept, of Agriculture
Bulletin.
ALLEGHANY GIRL IS ON
A. S. T. C. HONOR ROLL
Boone, April 3.—The honor
roll for the winter quarter at
Appalachian State Teachers col
lege contains 102 names. Forty
countries and six states are
represented. Divided by class
es, the freshman has twenty-eight|
the sophomore sixteen, the junior,
thirty-three, and the junior
twenty-eight.
Alleghany county is represent
ed on the honor roll by Miss
Clarice Thompson, Glade Valley.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having administered o>n the
estate of Sarah A. Crouse, de
ceased, 1 hereby notify all per
sons indebted to her estate to
come forward and promptly make
settlement and payment to me,
and all persons having ,claims
against her estate 1 notify them
to present them for payment
within twelve months from this
date or this notice will be plead
in bar of recovery.
This March 20th 1934.
4tc-12 AT J. M. WAGONER,
Administrator of Sarah A. Crouse,
deceased.
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD
^JeN Mill* OF toads/
The highway along upper
Klamath Lake, Oregon, at time#
is covered for. a distance op
OVER TEN MILES WITH MILLIONS
OP TOADS MIGRATING TO HIGHER
1 LANDS FOR THE WINTER.
Orchid sun-baths
A GREENHOUSE SET ON BEARINGS TO
Small Measure
A SCIENTIFIC INSTRU
MENT HAS BEEN DEVISED
WHICH WILL MEASURE THE
HUNDRED THOUSANDTH PART
OF A MILLIONTH OF AN
INCH
ROTATfc WITH TM* SUN HAS BHN BUILT IN 005 TON
TO HASTEN THE 7 TO 8 TSAR GROWTH O* ORCHIDS.
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This Week
In Washington
(continued from front page)
are making themselves heard, now
that they have discovered that it
is not high treason to criticize.
One result of that is the plan
of providing capital funds out of
credits that are under Federal
control. The outlook now is that
these will not be direct Govern
ment loans to industry, but loans
by the Federal Reserve Banks,
which will be authorized to invest
their surpluses in long-term paper
passed on to them by local mem
ber banks. And another result
is the renewal of interest in
projects for further currency
inflation.
Silver Talk Again
The latest of these is now tak
ing form in the effort to frame
up a silver currency bill which
will at once restore silver to its
old monetary position, increase
its price and put a great quantity
of new silver certificates into cir
culation. Under the guidance of
Senator Elmer Thomas of Okla
homa, such a bill is being shaped,
with the cooperation of the silver
bloc and the farm bloc. Senator
Thomas has, before this, proved
himself about the ablest manipu
lator of votes in the Senate. He
is a thoroughly practical person,
and is not interested in bills that
can’t be passed. Therefore there
is reason to suppose that when
the new silver bill comes out of
committee, it will have the votes
behind it, in advance.
See Caatevens Motor Co. for
radio batteriei, tube* and aer
vice.—adv. tfc.
A Cure
Caller—What would you ' sug
gest to cure a chimney from
smoking?
Editor—I’d give it one of your
cigars.
NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ALLEGHANY,
Vera Wilson, Plaintiff
vs.
Marvin | Wilson, Defendant
To Marvin Wilson:
You are hereby required to
appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Alle
ghany County within thirty days
from the publication of this
notice and answer or demur to
a Complaint filed by the plaintiff,
praying for the bonds of matri
mony existing between the plain
tiff and defendant to be dissolved,
if such answer or defense is not
filed the plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the Relief asked
for namely, for divorce.
This March 21, 1934.
A. F. REEVES,
Clerk of Superior Court.
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