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faCtfMt&fi. | NO. 26—CONTACT Little America, Antarctica, May 21 (via Mackay Radio)—Every day I realize more and more what a wonderful scientific age we are living in. Here we are, 56 of us, living on a gheet of snow and ice with 1600 feet of water under us in total darkness^ 2300 miles from the nearest human habitation, and so surrounded with ice, some of it 30 and 40 feet thick for hundreds of miles, that all the combined navies and icebreakers in the world could not reach us. And yet we have electric light and many other lux uries and through the miracle of radio, we know pretty well what John N. Dyer of Haverhill, Mass., Our Radio Engineer is going on in the rest of the world. Three small incidents dur ing the past few weeks, involving Commander Novi He, with whom I live in a little hut built on the way down, made me ponder these things. In one of the news broadcasts we are receiving we learned that his favorite baseball team> the New York Yankees, were about to open their season, which gave NOTICE OF SALE NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEGHANY COUNTY. By virtue lof execution from the Superior Court of Allegha/ny County jin the cate of J. T. Par sons vt. A. L. Dotson and others, I will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash on the 2nd day of July, 1934, at 11 o’clock A. M., at the Courthouse door in Sparta all the right, title and interest of A. L. Dotson in and to the fol lowing described land: Beginning at a stake Wright’s line N. 160 poles to a Spanish oak; thence East 80 poles to a white oak Floyd Todd’s line and corner; thence North with Floyd Todd’s | line. 50 pioles to a chest nut Comb’s corner; thence West with Comb’s line to a chestnut; thence South with Comb’s line 80 poles to a stake; thence West 26 poles to .a chestnut oak; thence South 130 poles to a stake; thence East 36 poles to the beginning. Containing 59 54 acres, more or less. This June 1 1934. 4tc-28AT r. b. McMillan, Sheriff of Alleghany County WITH THE CLOUDS George a chance to radio his good wishes for a successful season full of home runs, to Col. Rupert, owner of the team, and Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. This mes sage, we understand, was deliv ered to the team just before the first game and while it didn’t make them win it, we are happy to know they have won almost every game since and are way out in front. Learning that his i old friend, Hal Skelly, was about j to open in a new play, Command | er Novil'le sent him a message of | good will on opening night and | was tickled to get word that the i play, “Come What May,” proved a substantial success, He told me he hopes it runs until we get back and can see it. Some run! We expect to get back to Broadway in about August, 1935 Not all of our contacts with the world are so pleasant. We also hear considerable grief. Yester day, Commander Noville got a sad tale of woe from a pal of his in New York, asking for a loan of $25, which he promptly arranged by radio. Not such a good idea, that. Contrary to the general belief ^Little America is built on a blan ket of about 40 feet of snow, | not ice> although there are many feet of ice under the snow. This fact gives us a great scare once in a while. We’ll be sitting at dinner or around the table work ing, and all of a sudden the house will give a lurch and shiv er, making us hold our breath and wonder what is going to hap pen to us. Nothing has yet and we’re hoping—. These are called temblors and are exacatly like moderate earth quake shocks and frankly, we don’t like them oven a little bit. They tell us they are dye to the .settling of the snow and that Little America is tem porarily out of danger. We ab sorb these assurances but back in our minds there lurks the thought that these shocks may be caused by some disturbance under the ice. And we wonder what is going to happen to our -Ant arctic village—and us.—next Oc tober when our hundreds-of-miles wide-ice foundation starts to melt. Our tunnels, where we store our food are beginning to smell like a butcher’s ice box. They ai'e full of chopped up seal's. We got about half of the 500 seals we had to kill in before darkness prevented us from working on the bay ice any longer. Now we have plenty to last us for the winter. The rest are lying out there on the ice. We’ll dig them out of the snow when daylight returns in August. We needn’t worry about wild animals taking them away. There are no such animals down here. Spring must be well 'under wray up there where you live by now. I’d like to see a few flowers and some birds. Well, when the weather gets too hot to please think of us in Little America—in the dark and 35 to 50 degrees below izero. Are YOU HAPPY After Meals Or Do Gas on Stomach and Sour Stomach make you Miserable? ALKA SELTZER Too much food, or the wrong kind of food, too much smoking, too much beer, make your body over-acid. I hen you have distress after eating, gas on stomach, heartburn, sour stomach. AT.KA _ SELTZER relieves these troubles promptly, effectively, harmlessly. Use Alka-Seltzer for Headache, Colds, Fatigue. V COLO* HCADAOMI niuraloia MTMUI MIN* "Morning After Feeling, Muscular, Scuitic and Rheumatic Pains. Alka-Seltzer makes a sparkling alkaline drink. As it contains an analgesic (Acetyl-Salicylate) it first relieves the pain of everyday ailments and then by restoring fixe alkaline balance corrects the cause when due to excess acid. Alka-Seltzer tastes like carbonated mineral spring water—works like magic. Contains no dangerous drugs....does not depress the heart....is not laxative. Oat • drink at vour Drug Store Soda Fountain. Keep a package In your home medicine cabinet Mt. Zion Piney Creek PI O., June 12.— Mr. and Mrs. Bob Edwards made a business trip to Sparta Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Smith and family, and Mrs. Mary Cox vis ited at the home of S. E. Smith last week. Mrs. L. A. Hampton, Strat ford. visited her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, Saturday. H. Clay Smith, S. E. Smith, Claude J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Pugh and Mrs. W. F. Pugh made a business trip to Sparta Saturday. Mr. a"nd Mrs. H. Clay Smith and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Irwin. Bruce Perry and Cole Parsons, Piney Creek, were in Sparta Saturday on business. . Lester Osborn, Eugene Crouse, Ester Black and Bryan Douglas left Monday for Kentucky and West Virginia, Rufus Pugh, of near West Jefferson, visited relatives in this community a few days recently. Mrs. Sarah Williams is ill. John F. Cox who has not been able to walk since before Christ mas, does not improve. Those visiting Mrs. Sarah Wil liams Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. James Weaver, Ben Weaver, Cora Weaver, Eugene Crouse, Winnie Crouse, Zenna Crouse, of Piney Creek; Ben Williams, Kemper and Arthur Douglas, Crumpl'er; Oma Church and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Taylor, Seottsville; Rev,-O. W. Marshall, Glade Valley; Mrs. S. E. Smith, Claude J. and Thomas Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Osborne, Mrs. Delia Weaver, Fred Weaver, Martha Weaver, W. H. Weaver and Cicero Pugh. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Angell, Kannapolis, visited Mrs. Angell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pugh, last week. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Pugh, they visited relatives at Linvill'e and Crossnore, the latter part of the week. Memorial and Decoration ser vices will be held at Rocky Ridge church on the fourth Sunday in June, at 2 p. m. Everyone is invited to attend. Glade Valley Glade Valley. June 12.—The Daily Vacation Bible School, sponsored by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Glade Valley church, and supervised by Rev. O. Wi Marshall, opened Monday, June . 11. and will continue through ’ June 22. Assistant teachers are Mrs. Clay Thompson, who has had excellent training for this type of work at the Assembly’s Training School in Richmond, and Miss Clarice Thompson, who i,s active in the music department. Decoration services will be held at the Glade Valley church on Sunday. June 17. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Miss Annie Belle Corry. whose home is in Georgia, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge since her return from Ashe county, where She has been as sisting in the Chautauqua work. Miss Corry will leave this week for Chapel Hill to enter summer school. Those who will attend the Young People’s Conference at Davidson this year are: Misses Evon Eldridge and Nina Shoaf, and Ted Wyatt and Roscoe Col lins. Mrs. Collins will go as an officer of the Winston-Salem Presbytery. Laurel Springs Laurel Springs, June 21.—Fred Roberts. Jr.. Winston-Salem, spent last week with Mrs. L. V. An derson. Miss Edith Caudill, Cherry Lane, visited at Mrs. L .V. An derson’s home last week and was accompanied home Saturday by Mrs. Anderson, daughter Jean, and little granddaughter. Helen Louise Houlthouser. Kemp Taylor, Pageton, W. Va., visited his sister, Miss Mary Taylor, of Citron, over the week end. Kyle Watson and Platt Wad dell left Thursday for Idaho. Do You Know? + + PhotogfAfh, Catt.ifii.tn Visional Sttamfhipt THAT the vibration of steamship whistles cause great bergs of ice to fall off the Taku Glacier, a portion of which is shown above? Taku Glacier is in Alaska and is one of the great ice fields of the world. It is to be seen from steamships plying between Vancouver, B. C., and Skagway, Alaska, the water at the foot of the glacier being deep enough to allow boats to cruise within two hundred feet of the ice field. AGED PINEY CREEK COUPLE ENJOYS BIRTHDAY DINNER On Sunday, June 3, relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Moxley, Piney Creek, who are affectionately known as “Uncle John’’ and “Aunt Sarah,” met at their New River home and gave them a bountiful birthday dinner. Interesting talks were made by Rev. J. W. Hoppers, Rev. E. A. Wyatt, Rev. W. C. Childress and Rev. J. C. Swaim. A long table was erected on the spacious lawn and the ladies loaded it with good things to eat including a huge birthday cake. Dinner was served picnic style ard everyone enjoyed the delic ious eats. The afternoon was spent in making pictures, boat riding and engaging in social chats. Use ful gifts were presented to the honor guests and everyone left a wish for many more happy birthdays for this remarkable eighty-one year old couple. The following were present: Mr, and Mrs. S- S. Landreth, Rev. J. W. Hoppers, Mr. and Mrs. Nel son Atwood, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Pugh, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ward, M. V. Hoppers, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moxley, Mrs. George Mc Glamery and children, from North Wilkesboro, Miss Blandina Ward, of North Wilkesboro, Mr. and Mrs. George Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Myers, Mrs. Will' Smith, Rufus Taylor, Misses Vesta and Velma Pugh, Dale, Wade, Blaine and Kyle Ward, Guy, Dent, Graham and Albert Pugh, Miss Loraine Moxley, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Mc Millan, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Fen der and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Wil bern Atwood and children, George Caldwell, Roy Douglass, Rev. A. A. Wyatt, Rev. W. C. Childress, Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Swaim, Lee Black, Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Ed wards, Reid Jones, F. J. Pugh, Aldred Sturgill, Bennie Vandike, Misses Lola, Edith, Bessie and Virginia Douglass, Mrs. May Moore, Mrs. Laura Sturgill, Glenn Woodie, Miss Phoebe Fowlkes, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moxley, Miss Edna Ward, Jarvis Blevins and Paul Douglass. A farmer named Brown court ed a lady unsuccessfully for many years, during which time he drank her health every day. When for the first time he was observed to omit the custom, a friend said: “Come, Brown, your old toast.” “No,” was the reply. “As I cannot make her Brown I’ll toast heivno longer.” See Castevens Motor Co. for radio batteries, tubes and ser vice.—adv. tfc. Twin Oaks Sparta P. 0., June 11.—Mrs, Stella York returned home Fri day after spending a month with her daughter, Elsie, at Johnston Willis hospital, Richmond, Va. Miss Elsie York is visiting friends and relatives here. Her many friends will be interested to learn that she has accepted a position with the Children’s hos pital at Roaring Gap, for the summer, as nurse. She graduat ed from Johnston-Willis hospital I last September. Several persons from here at j tended the Communion services at Center Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gambill land Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gam bill visited at Carl Irwin’s home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joines have moved here. Harvey Irwin returned Friday from a trip to Maryland. Engineers are driving stakes SALE OF LAND FOR ASSETS By virtue of decree of the Superior Court in special pro ceeding entitled C. L. Hash, Administrator of William Hal sey, deceased, vs. Clemie Halsey et al, heirs at law of William Halsey, 1 will offer for sale upon the premises on Saturday June 23rd, 1934, at 2 o’clock P. M. a certain tract of land situate in Piney Creek Township, ad joining the land of Annah Perry, J. W. Landreth, Willie Wyatt and W. F, Parsons con taining twenty-two acres more or I less. Terms of Sale: One-third cash, 1 one-third on a credit of six j months, balance on a credit of !' twelve months, purchasers re- ! quired to give note and good j security for the deferred pay- j ments. This May 21st, 1934. C. L. HASH, Administrator of William Hal sey, deceased. 4tc-14AT for the widening of U. S. High way No. 21 from Twin Oaks to Roaring Gap. Grading is ex pected to begin within the next few days. Work has already be gun on the culverts. About 35 or 40 people enjoyed a fish “fry” at Twin Oaks last Friday night. Can You Imagine! CAN YOU IMAGINE the future time ond money sov ed by a mon in Philadelphia,Po., who after Spending over f2,ooo. and being confined 6 months with stomach trouble was positively relieved by i3 worth of BISMA-REX/ EXPLANATION Bisma-Rex is a new antacid treat ment that is bringing welcome re lief to thousands everywhere who suffer the agonies of indigestion and other acid stomach ailments. Bisma-Rex acts four ways to give lasting relief in three minutes. It neutralizes excesr acid; relieves the stomach of gas; soothes the irritated membranes; and aids digestion of foods most likely to ferment. Bisma-Rex is sold only at Rexall Drug Stores. Get a jar today at B. & T. Drug Co., Sparta. If you’ve escaped trouble so far on thin old tires, thank your lucky stars—and have us put on new Goodyears!—blowout protected by patented Supertwist Cord in every ply. Let us show you why the public buys MIL LIONS more Goodyears than any other tire. Try our real tire service! 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