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
Class Mattter.
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Thursday, May 24, 1934.
Wealth’s Tribute To Humanity
% A check -of the estate of the late James B. Duke
reveals a shinkage of $156,240 since 1925, in an estate
slightly less than $76,000,000. This is, we take it, re
markable. We know of estates that have disappeared
since 1925, along with banks, trust companies and what
nots.
However, we call to your attention the fact that
more than $42,000,000 out of the total goes to charitable
purposes, including support of Duke University, hos
pitals, orphanages and other philanthropic institutions.
The generosity of this tobacco magnate can be
matched by the public gifts of other men in American
life. It is the astounding tribute that wealth pays to
humanity in the modern era. Men of wealth in the
United States set an example along charitable lines
that is not equalled anywhere, anytime.
Common Sense In Court
Found guilty of manslaughter a man recently stood
before Judge Coyle, of White Plains, N. Y„ for sentence.
He had knocked a friend to the ground, after a
quarrel which followed some drinking together. The
friend died, leaving a wife and three children, the size
of the family of the prisoner at the bar.
How many years would the sentence be? That was
the question which agitated the defendant, his wife and
children, who faced a hard struggle with the bread
winner in prison. What did the sensible judge do?
He suspended the man’s sentence, upon condition
that he abstain Jrom alcohol and that he pay $15 a
week to the widow of his victim, so that she and her
little ones will not be in dire distress. As the man was
earning $59 a week this should be paid without undue
hardship
The’point we make is that both families were helped
bv the suspended sentence. The prisoner’s family have
him left to support them and the victim’s family get
money that otherwise would not be theirs. The judge
was undoubtedly correct in describing his sentence as
one “for the best interests of society.”
One City Has Right Plan
One of the noticeable facts in the country’s crime
records during recent years is the number of young men
who are continually falling into the hands of the law.
Many reasons for this have been advanced by crimino
logists and much is being done in many states to keep
first offenders from getting into further trouble.
Jersey City, N. J., is one city that is probably on
the right track by trying to “nip” crime ‘ m the bud.
Mayor Frank Hague, discussing recently what his city is
doing along the lines, said “crime should be stopped in
the kindergarten and in the school.” (
“We deal with juvenile offenders, said the Jersey
City Mayor, “through a Special Service Bureau under
the direct supervision of an Assistant Superintendent
of Schools, who has under him in this bureau a specially
trained staff to deal with this all-important problem.
No publicity is attached to the work of this bureau.
“When a complaint against a youngster is made, we
investigate, call the child’s parents, and scrutinize his
environment. If anything is wrong in the child s home,
we try to straighten it out. If anything is wrong m
school, we have a talk with the teacher. We don t
permit the teacher to pass the buck to the principal. We
don’t permit the principal to pass the buck to the truancy
officer. We don’t permit the truancy officer to pass the
buck to the courts. . , , . ...
“I maintain that it is more important to correct the
boys and girls before they reach a penal institution than
it is to try and reform them after'serving a term for a
mischievous prank which labels them as social outcasts.
There is much food for thought in Mayor Hague’s
remarks. Wtj have always thought that too little was
done to get youngsters on the right path when they
first transgressed. . ... ..
It is interesting to note in connection with Mayor
Hague’s remarks that, according to United States Depart
ment >of Justice records, Jersey City has the lowest
crime report of any city its size in the country. And
this in face of the fact that it is only across the Hudson
river from the country’s greatest metropolis._
CARELESS CRITICISM OF
CHILDREN INEXCUSABLE
Why do some of us treat child
ren as if they were deaf, dumb
and brainless.
I think I have written before
on discourtesy to our own child
ren and to other boys and girls.
But I do not think it will be
amiss to take up the subect
again.
As recently as the past week
I had an intelligent looking
woman stand up before her two
children and say, “Mary is so
much smarter than Pauline and
Pauline is older of the two. I
don’t know what makes Pauline
ao dull. Somehow she just doesn’t
seem to catch on to things
quickly.”
I could not resist replying,
“well I don’t think you are help
ing her any by making such a
statement in her presence.”
Poor Pauline flushed and
squirmed and looked embarrass
ed. I guess she will have a nice
ly developed inferiority complex
when her mother gets through
with her. The ignorant woman
will never realize that she has
been a stumbling block in her
child’s way rather than a help
I have heard women compare
the looks of children within their
hearing. These critics never even
pretended to lower their voices.
They discussed their little sub
jects feature by feature, with as
much candor as if they were
talking about inanimate figures
of art.
“Jane’s complexion is her great
drawback. That muddy skin
makes it hard to find becoming
clothes.”
“Yes, that is true, and her
nose is the typical Jones nose,
plenty of it.”
“Very different from her lit
tle sister, isn’t she? Patsy is a
perfect doll baby, etc, etc."
How can people be so impolite
just because they happen to be
discussing a person of 9 years
JEREMIAH BUYS LAND
Between the days of Isaiah
himself and the times of the Un
known whose chapters conclude
the book came the dark period
of the exile, when Jerusalem was
destroyed and its best families
carried away captive to Babylon.
To this dark period Ezekiel and
Jeremiah belong.
Ezekiel living in Babylon,
sought by his exhortations to
keep up the spirit of his fellow
countrymen and fix their hopes
upon a restoration of the Holy
City and the reestablishment of
their national life.
Jeremiah, in Jerusalem, held
high the ideal of personal
civic righteousness and spoke
plain truths to the vassal king,
who was allowed by the conquer
ors to maintain a pitiful remnant
of authority and kingly show.
Jerejniah is one of the noblest
characters of history and per
haps the bravest figure in the
whole Old Testament. It is too
bad that his book is so badly
mixed up that the average .reader
can hardly follow it. He preach
ed in the temple and in the palace
and on the street corners, and
even on the city dump; and neith
er promises nor threats could
swerve him. Jehoiakim, the weak
and futile king, let the temple
go to ruin but fixed up his own
palace with a rich lining of cedar
and invited Jeremiah to inspect
it.
“Very nice indeed,’’ sneered
Jeremiah. “As a king you’re a
fine judge of Cedar. Your father
did justice to the poor and needy,
and it was well with him.”
But thine eyes and thine heart
are not but for thy covetousness,
and for to shed innocent blood,
and for oppression and for vio
lence to do it.
For such plain speaking and
for his warnings that the Assy
rians were sure to visit punish
ment upon the city, Jeremiah was
cast into prison. Then occurred
one of the most interesting busi
ness transactions of the Old Tes
tament. The Assyrians, as Jere
miah had prophesied, did come,
and they made their camp in
Anathoth, where "he had his own
little farm. Jeremiah had long
wanted to buy an adjoining piece
of land owned by a relative,
Hanameel. 'MBhat wily old man,
seeing an army of Assyrians
camped on the land, said to him
self: ‘‘Jeremiah is down there in
prison and probably hasn’t heard
that the Assyrians have arrived.
This is a good time for me to
unload on him.” So he hurried
to the prison, offered the land,
and Jeremiah bought it. But
Jeremiah was not fooled. He
knew he was buying ten thous
and Assyrians and he took care
to have the purchase properly re
corded in the presence of wit
nesses, and the documents safely
put away.
For thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; Houses
and fields and vineyards shall be
possessed again in this land.
HINTS FOR
THE HOME
To prepare sand finished walls
for wall papering first clean the
wall' thoroughly. Add plaster Paris
to the glue size to make a
thin paste. Brush this on and
when it begins to set, rub the
walls down with a rubber
squeegee; the kind used to clean
windows, thus producing a flat
surface.
* * *
Stains on mohair upholstery, if
not caused by the running of the
dyes, can be cleaned with a mild
soap and tepid water.
* * *
Householders in old structures
who are troubled with roaches
will find Sodium fluoride an ef
fective remedy to rid the place.
Use with a powder puffer and
blow it through all cracks be
tween the baseboard and the
flooring, around the plumbing
■and in other places where you
find the insects. Phosphorus is
also effective.
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In storing furniture the best
method to preserve the wood
finish is to wrap tightly with
heavy paper. The use * of wax,
oil or other preservatives often
presents problems later in trying
to remove them without injuring
the woods.
* * *
Before re-puttying windows or
glass door, where putty has dried
and fallen away, the wood should
be cleaned and painted with
clear linseed oil or thin paint,
thus closing the pores in the
wood and preventing the oil be
ing drawn from the new putty.
rather than one of nineteen.
Put yourself in a child’s place
and imagine two women giving
you the same experience. How
would you like to hear a con
versation like the following;
“I declare Sallie is real dumb.
She seems to be about the most
dull witted one in her family.”
“Yes, and her face is enough
to stop a clock. I wonder if
she has false teeth. There’s
something peculiar looking about
her mouth.”
What would you think and what
would you do?
And right here let me say
that children are much more sen
sitive than grown people. If
BLAINE ANDREWS
Blaine Andrews, 41, died at
his home near Sparta on Thurs
day, May 10, following gun shot
wounds self-inflicted the day be
fore. No reason was given for
the act, although he had been in
declining health for three years.
Mr. Andrews was bom in Al
leghany county on May 13, 1892,
a son of the late W. B. Andrews
and Mrs. Docia Andrews, and
had resided in this county the
greater part of his life. He was
a very prosperous farmer and
in his passing is lost a good,
faithful husband arid father and
noble and generous citizen. His
passing brings sorrow to many
but the greatest consolation is
that he was ready to meet his
Savior. He was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Leona Gentry Andrews,
three daughters, four sons, his
mother, three sisters, Mrs. J. S.
Edwards, of Galax, Va.; Mrs.
J. F. Stone, of Glenwood, Iowa,
and Mrs. Charles Hooker, of
Carson, Iowa, and three brothers,
Mack, of Warland, Wyoming;
Grady, of Dunlap, Iowa, and
Reid, of Galax, Va.
The funeral was held on Fri
day at the Cherry Lane Baptist
Church by the Rev. Mr. Walker,
the Rev. Mr. Handy, the Rev.
Mr. Martin and the Rev. Mr.
Brooks in the presence of a
very large crowd of sorrowing
relatives and friends.
Interment was in Cherry Lane
cemetery.
Pall bearers were; C. C.
Gentry, Glenn Edwards, John
Gentry, Kenneth Hudson, Bert
Edwards and Ernest Gentry.
Flower bearers were: Misses
Edna Gentry, Hazel and Ila
Lyon, Wilma Crouse, Grace and
Ethel Crouse and Mrs. Iva
Edwards Fortner.
such talk makes you furious and
embarassed, how must a child
feel after hearing herself pub
licly picked to pieces.
Think about this before you
discuss your children or their
little neighbors where they can
hear you. Yours,
LOUISA.
LOOKING AT
WASHINGTON
(continued from front page)
the board’s conclusion, which, in
some places was so condemnatory
that its sweeping charges had to
be made more parliamentary.
Another story is that the report
was sent to the Department of
Justice because it contained
charges against the m'embers '0-f
a certain code authority, with the
demand that they be prosecuted
for conducting it in the interests
of their business and against their
competitors.
The move to exempt little busi
nesses from strict code require
ments and to junk a number of
small codes was not a direct re
sult of the Darrow report, al
though, maybe, it was hastened
by it. For some time code of
ficials have been studying the
situtaion, with the discovery that
65 per cent of the time, per
sonnel, money and effort was
going to lake care of industries
that do not affect 15 per cent of
the recovery program.
Gen. Johnson, pointing out that
some little codes, not affecting
250 people, required as much
time as big codes, declared,
“We’re not going to fool with
them any longer.” He says
they can sign the President’s re
employment agreement and go on
the voluntary Blue Eagle basis,
just like the highly localized ser
vice trades—dry cleaners, res
taurants, bootblacks and other
“Kttle business.”
While estimating that the Re
covery program has put three to
four million persons back to
work, William Green, president
of the A. F. of L., told a Sen
ate sub-committee that he saw
little hope of any considerable in
crease in employment through new
codes. Along with the failure
of the NRA and AAA to reem
ploy the vast number of unem
ployed he pointed to the failure
to raise purchasing power to the
level expected. With something
like 10,000,000 unemployed it is
evident that the crisis is not over.
Mr. Green urges passage of the
LaFol'lette $10,000,000,000 public
works bill, which would carry the
unemployed over until private
industry is able to absorb them.
It is interesting to point out
that Republicans have won nine
out of fourteen contests over
seats in the House, which, it ap
pears, is a bit unusual because
the party in power, except in
open and shut cases, has generally
seated its own candidates. How
ever, it may be that the Demo
crats, with 316 seats against
the Republicans 116, were gen
erous because they did not need
the extra seats.
Reports from various states in
dicate an unusual rush to get on
the Democratic bandwagon, thus
indicating a belief on the part of
candidates, at least, that the party
is lined up for victory in the
fall. Pennsylvania, an example,
shows Democrats scrapping for
nominations in districts where,
ordinarily, the party candidate
had no chance at all. In other
states there is the same activity.
The city of Washington exhibits
no sign of the depression, as far
as the naked eye can see. Hotels,
streets, theatres and restaurants
are having good business, far
ahead of last year, as visitors
stream into the nation’s capital,
NOTICE OF SALE
As Commissioner appointed un
der order of the Court in the
case of R. D. Richardson, Ad
ministrator of Daisy Barnett vs.
John "W. Barnett et al, I will
offer for sale at public auction
at the Courthouse door in Sparta
on the 18th day of June, 1934,
at 10 o’clock A. M. the twio lots
of Daisy Barnett, adjoining the
State Highway, S. C. Richardson,
George Irwin and Beatrice Absher.
Said sale to be made for one-half
cash on day of sale, and balance
on six months time.
This May 15th, 1934,
R. D. RICHARDSON,
4tc-14 AT 1 Commissioner.
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD
World’s greatest Waves/
The constant west wind
BLOWING ON THE SHORELESS SEAS SOUTH
of Cape Horn create waves
IZOO FEET LONG FROM
CREST TO CREST.
Light jazz
COLOR MUSIC HAS RECENTLY
BEEN MADE DIRECTLY FROM SOUNt
OF INSTRUMENTS, AND FLASHED ON
A SCREEN IN TIME WITH THE OR
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New cities -
1700 NEW CITIES HAVE
COME INTO EXISTENCE IN THE
U.S. IN THE LAST FORTY YEARS.
(Copyright, by Tti« BeU Syndicate Inc.)
some come for pleasure, others
are drawn here by business and
government problems and huge
government construction projects
attract others. The same activity
is observed, too, although to a
lesser extent, at many state capi
tals, where government, more
prosperous than industry, is spend
ing money under various recovery
programs.
Nobody expects the foreign
governments to make substantial
payments on their war debts to
this country and the subject be
ing widely discussed here and
throughout the United States is
almost academic. Finland will
probably meet her obligation on
June 15th, but the rest of them
will be in default, even under
the recent ruling of the Attorney
General, who held that past token
payments prevented the stigma
of default to Great Britian and
others.
While thoroughly convinced
that the war debts are just, and
should be paid, this writer seefe
absolutely no prospect of collec
tion, regardless of how many
epithets may be hurled at other
nations and what legislation Con
gress passes. Nor should those
who expect to understand the
situation lose sight of the fact
that the foreign nations, already
the recipients of generous con
cessions in funding agreements
and interest reductions, feel that
they are unbale to pay install
ments in dollars or gold or bonds
of the United States.
Whether the foreign nations
would be willing to pay their
debts, if allowed to do so in
goods or services, is speculation
since our tariff, and other laws,,
exist for the express purpose of
keeping their goods out and en
couraging the use of American
services. Anyway you look at
it the problem grows and the
longer the debts are pending the
less likely is any collection.
See Castevens Motor Co. for
radio batteries, tubes and ser
vice.—adv. tfc.
Nerves
Nerves
► Do they torture you by day?
Keep you awake at night?
What is it that keeps hospitals open and doctors
busy? NERVES.
What is it that makes your face wrinkled and
makes you feel old? NERVES
Nine times out of ten it’s NERVES that make ypu
restless, worried, haggard.
Do they make you Cranky,
► Blue—give you Nervous Indi
gestion^ Nervous Headache?
When nerves are over-taxed, you worry over
trifles, find it hard to concentrate, can’t sit still.
Nerve Strain brings on Headache.
Nervous people often suffer from Indigestion.
There may be absolutely nothing wrong with the
organs of digestion, but the Nerves are not on the
job to make the organs do their work properly.
Do they interefere with your
► work; ruin your pleasure; drive
away your friends?
You’re cheating yourself and the man who pays
you if you work when your NERVES are not
normal.
You can’t have a good time when you are nervous.
You can’t make or keep friends when you are
keyed up and irritable. You may excuse your
self, but to others you are just a plain crank. £
Nerves
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