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, August 2, 1934.
Fling The Gladness Boomerang
by John Edwin Price
“When a bit of sunshine hits ye
After passing of a cloud,
When a fit of laughter gits ye
An’ yer spine is feeling proud,
Don’t fergit to up an’ fling it
At a soul that’s feeling blue,
For the minute that ye sling it
It’s a boomerang to you.”
Who is there that does not like a cheerful soul?
Who is there that doesn’t have sufficient clouds and
dark times in his life, so that he welcomes the ray of
sunshine that accompanies a person who radiates good
cheer?
The man who has gladness to share has a very
valuable asset which he can always invest to advantage.
A man who goes about with a watering pot of good
deeds and encouraging words is going to share with
someone when the gladness flowers bloom.
Or to again change the figure, if you throw a stone
into the center of a pond the waves not only go out in
the opposite direction from the stone but they also ripple
back toward you. The same law holds true about glad
ness. When you fling some gladness into another’s life
the waves of its influence are sure to come your way.
Someone has said that happiness is a perfume. You
cannot spray it on others without spilling some on your
self. No matter what figure, is used to express it the
truth is the same, there are boomerang qualities about
the influence we let go out from our lives into others.
That’s why I say, “Fling the gladness boomerang.”
Did I hear someone saying, “Aw, he’s just enlarging
on the old statement, ‘Cast your bread upon the waters’ ?”
Well, I ain’t said that I ain’t.
Nature’s Balance
The Agx-icultural Adjustment Administration has
been carrying out a program to reduce crop production
in order to prevent surplus supplies forcing the price
below the production costs and ruining the farmer fir
nancially.
In its campaign cotton production was limited for
this year to about 10,000,000 bales. The wheat crop was
to be reduced to a little more than 700,000,000 bushels.
Nature has been assisting in both of these campaigns.
Drought, insects and floods have this year reduced the
size of the crops and some people are already beginning
to wonder if we are not going to have a shortage.
For the five years 1928-1932 wheat averaged nearly
850,000,000 bushels. The July report indicates a crop
of less than 500,000,000 bushels, or about 235,000,000
bushels less than that aimed at by the A. A. A.
The cotton program is working out almost exactly.
The indications are that the present estimate of cotton
production will be around 10,200,000 bales, or just a
little more than the even 10,000,000 bales contemplated
by the Bankhead Act. Figures for tobacco and hog pro
duction likewise show the prospects in line with the
A.A.A.'s'plans.
Federal Regulation of Highways
A public demand for more rigid inspection of buses,
trucks and other vehicles operating on the public high
ways may result from the recent tragic disaster in New
York state where a bus, with defective brakes, crashed
through an elevated railing into a lumber yard below
and resulted in the death of seventeen persons.
One of the most amazing attitudes in the present
era is the public indifference to deaths on our highways.
Nearly 30,000 persons are killed each year and ap
parently the great American people like the idea and
are perfectly willing to pay the price for speed.
If the states, and those interested in state’s rights,
fail to provide adequate safeguards for the public and
permit the present death rate to continue, it is inevitable
that a demand will arise for Federal control of interstate
traffic, which will affect every individual crossing state
boundaries. Such regulation seems necessary to obtain
adequate protection on the highways.
It will be of little avail to cry out against the sur
render of state’s rights and to deprecate the enlargement
of the Federal bureaucracy unless the states make the
roads reasonably safe. The public demand for relief
against so many avoidable accidents will not take into
account theoretical squabblings over the method neces
sary to get results. The states are on trial in the matter
of highway safety and if they bestir themselves the
problem can be solved without Federal activity.
Tobacco, the Tax-Payer
It is about time that the tax payers of the United
States stood up in their places to make a bow in the
direction of tobacco. Regardless of one’s smoking habits
the products of the weed contributed $425,162,129 in
the last fiscal year to the support of the Federal Goverir
ment.
The tax on cigarettes, cigars and manufactured
tobacco brought in more money than all the individual
income taxes paid by the people of the United States.
The total was more than the sum collected by the
Government from the processing taxes designed to bene
fit millions of farmers. It was larger than the $397,515,
851 paid in corporation taxes.
Tobacco was the largest source of revenue for the
Internal Revenue Bureau, paying more money than any
other single source of taxation, including beer and liquor
combined.
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■^yB-KUUr^UAUIOR
THE FIRST MIRACLE
The tenth in our list of the
disciples is Thomas, a moody fel
low who insisted on thinking
things out for himself. “Doubt
ing Thomas” he has been called
because after the resurrection,
when some of the disciples claim
ed to have seen Jesus, Thomas
answered stoutly:
Except I shall see in his hands
the print of the nails, and put
my finger into the print of the
nail's, and thrust my hand into
his side, I will not believe.
It is ’unfair to Thomas to re
member only his doubt and to
forget that when the disciples
were trying to dissuade Jesus
from His last dangerous journey
to Jerusalem it was this same
Thomas who exclaimed, “Let us
also go, that we may die with
him.”
There was as number eleven
another Simon, whose surname,
“the zealot,” does not mean that
he personally was of an over
zealous disposition but that he
had been a participant in one of
the sporadic revolutions against
Roman authority.
And finally there was Judas,
the only one of the twelve who
was no# a Galilean but Who, as
a member of the royal tribe of
Judah, felt himself superior to
the crowd of fishermen, publicans
and common folk. Better edu
cated than the rest, a man of
business ability, he was treasurer.
When Jesus said, “Take no
thought for the morrow, saying,
what shall we eat or what shall
we drink,” it may have sounded
all right tto the other eleven, but
you can imagine the look of
mingled cynicism and worry on
the face of Judas who had to pay
the bills. Equipped by talent
and training to be of larger ser
vice that any of the others, he
was the only traitor.
These, then, were the “twelve”
who were destined to change
human history.
The public life of Jesus ap
pears to have covered just three
years: a year of organization and
small beginnings; a year of dra
matic deeds and great successes;
a year of diminishing popularity
and disappointments.
He started quietly in the littl'e
towns near His home, talking to
whomever would listen where peo
ple gathered.
There was a marriage in the
neighboring village of Cana, and
He was invited with His mother.
At a critical moment in the cele
bration Mary caught a look of
distress in the eyes of the hostess
and with quick feminine instinct
divined the situation. The wine
had given out. There occurred
then the first miracle of Jesus,
the transforming of water into
wine.
Very few sermons are preached
about this miracle, and it is
usually glossed over as being not
quite in keeping with the char
acter of His life and work. But,
it was significant.
Looking At
Washington
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2320 planes, with a corresponding
increase in ’flying personnel. Ex
pressing the opinion that this
country was comparatively free
from the threat of overseas air
invasion because no airplane has
been developed capable of carry
ing an effective military load
across the Atlantic or Pacific, the
committee, nevertheless, felt that
the army air corps must be ready
at all times for war service.
While the public’s equity in the
common stock of five major mov
ing picture companies dropped
from a high of $960,000,000 in
1930 to $140,000,000 on the lat
est quotations, the industry, which
suffered a loss of $19,589,393
last year gave 110 persons larger
salaries in 1933 than that receiv
ed by President Roosevelt. These
figures were contained in a re
port on an NRA six months’
study of the producing, distribut
ing and exhibiting branches of
the film industry. The highest
yearly pay check, $315,000, went
to an unnamed actor, and the
second highest, $296,250 went to
one artist, who received $10,000
a week when employed.
Sol A. Rosenblatt, who directed
the investigation, reported that
the 113 persons who received
$75,000, or more in 1933 includ
ed 51 actors, 28 directors, 22
executives, 9 producers, two writ
ers and one attorney. Of the
five largest companies, one is
bankrupt, another operating in
receivership, a third recently re
organized, another showed a loss
of $16,000,000 in 1933 and the
fifth had a net income of $7,000,
000.
Norman H. Davis, ambassador
at large, and his naval experts
are back home after a number
of conferences with the British
Admiralty and members of the
Cabinet concerning the Five-Power
naval conference scheduled for
next year. While the conver
sations were friendly and pro
nounced as “beneficial,” there
was little usefulness to them in
the absence of Japanese partici
pation. In fact, there is extreme
doubt as to whether the confer
ence will be held at all. Japan
wants parity and Great Britian
wants revision bo give her an in
crease in the number of cruisers
with other charges. The United
States would be practically satis
fied with the existing treaties,
feeling that they have been bene
ficial and economical in operation.
Intimation that Japan will seek
a new political accord with the
United States and Great Britian
in the Pacific before attempting
to negotiate a naval treaty in
1935 produced unfavorable re
actions in Washington and Lon
don. The attitude of the United
States is that the Kellogg-Briand
anti-war pact is sufficient and
that a non-aggression pact is not
needed. Official channels declare
that nothing has been heard about
reported Japanese intentions and
that political questions are not
expected to be discussed in the
preliminary naval' conversations.
London reports that unofficially
Japanese interests ha.ve been dis
seminating propaganda in favor
of a Three-Power political agree
ment affecting the Pacific in order
to avoid renewed political discus
sions affecting the Fab East.
Sometime ago attention was
called to the new housing pro
gram in the rural areas of the
country and tbe revelations were
amazing. Recent surveys of near
ly two million dwellings in fifty
nine cities revealed that a simi
lar condition exists in metropoli
tan areas.
For example, sixteen percent of
the dwellings are over-crowded,
sixteen and six-tenths percent need
structural repairs and forty-four
and seven-tenths percent need
minor repairs. A lack of sani
tary facilities is also disclosed.
Ten and two-tenths percent of
the residential units were with
out indoor running water; 20.4
percent were without indoor water
Mt. Zion
Piney Greek P. O., July 30.—
Mrs. Carl Cheek and children,
Akron, Ohio, are visiting relatives
and friends , in this community
this week. Mrs. Cheek will be
remembered as Miss Mary Weav
er, of Peden.
Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Jones,
West Jefferson, visited Mrs. W.
R. Jones last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Smith and
son, Robert Lee, and Hez Walker,
Dawson, Ala., left this morning
after spending a week with re
latives and friends in this
community. While here they
visited parta and Roaring Gap.
Mrs. Ernest L. Harris, Miss
Bernice Short and J. M. Williams,
Charlotte, visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. R Jones last week.
Mrs. R Lee Smith, H. Walker,
Mrs. Ida' Shepherd, Mrs. George
F. Smith, Mrs. Mary Cox and
granddaughter, Georgie, Robert,
Lee and Howard Smith and Mrs.
S. E. Smith and son, Thomas,
visited at the home of W. F.
Pugh Tuesday.
Mrs J. Roy Cox and son,
Furches, are spending some time
with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pugh.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Edwards
and Eugene Black, Peden, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cox en
tertained a few of their friends
Saturday night.
The condition of Joshua Wil
liams, who is ill, does not seem
to improve.
Abertine Hurt, Mary Gentry
and Page Smith, Nathans Creek,
Mrs. Mary Van Dyke and chil
dren Bennie, Hazel and Nellie,
Peden, and Hez Walker, of
Alabama, visited at Clay mith’s
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Smith and
son, Hez Walker, and Mrs. S.
E. Smith and son, Thomas,
visited Mrs. L. A. Hampton last
Friday. Among others visiting
there were Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Phipps, Lee and Zenna Mae
Phipps, Independence, Mrs.
Robert Edwards and children,
Robert, Ella and Edna Edwards.
Those visiting the home of S.
E. Smith during the past week
were Mrs. Carl Cheek and two
children of Akron, Ohio, Miss
Martha ’Weaver, Mrs. Mary Van
Dyke and children, Peden, Page
Smith, Nathans Creek, Mrs. L.
A. Hampton, Stratford, Mrs.
Robert Edwards and daughters,
closets and 25.5 percent had no
tubs or showers. The incomplete
returns revealed that 2.34 percent
of the house were unfit for human
habitation.
Drastic revision of the govern
ment’s ocean mail-merchant ma
rine policies are expected to fol
low hearings which will begin in
September. Forty-six ocean mail
contracts are involved. Last year,
the ocean mail service cost $26,
054,680. Under the new policy,
it is expected to be carried on a
basis of actual weight at a cost
of around "$3,000,000. The dif
ference between these sums repre
sents a subsidy paid to steamship
lines competing with foreign com
panies.
Postal figures show, for ex
ample, that one company received
$363,295 for carrying mail last
year which would have cost only
$25.52 on a weight basis. Under
the present merchant marine act,
companies receiving ocean mail
contract are .required to use the
subsidies to construct a certain
number of ships so as to build
up our merchant marine, but
Postoffice investigators report that
only 32 new ships have been
built and that more than $120,
000,000 of the $121,000,000 that
these ships cost was borrowed
from the government.
CRYSTALS
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD
Giving great weight IIL
_ TO SMALL MATTER/
Scientists have computed that the
MATERIAL COMPOSING CERTAIN STARS IS
40,000 TIMES HEAVIER THAN WATER. A
MERE CUBIC INCH WOULD WEIGH $4 TONS.
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Pl-OUR FOR &JEl/
Successive explosions op ordina
ry FLOUR DUST FROM GRAIN ELEVATORS
have been used by U.S. government work
ers TO RUN ENGINES.
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Meat without umit
There is no known top to
temperature, the heat op some
stars being estimated at • • •
72,000,000°F„ But there is a
DEFINITE BOTTOM, AT-459*F, AT
WHICH A SUBSTANCE IS DEVOID OP
ALU HEAT.
Ella and Edna, Sparta, Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Phipps and two
children, Lee and Ella Sue, In
dependence. Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Smith and son. and Hez Walker,
Dawson, Alabama, Mary Cox and
grandchildren, Georgie, Jessie and
Dean Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Smith and children, Mir. and
Mrs. George F. Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Jones and W. F.
Pugh.
Twin Oaks
Sparta P. O., July 24.—Edwin
York, Burkesvil'le, is visiting rela
tives here.
Felix Irwin and family, Bel
Air, Md., who have been visiting
here for two weeks, returned
home Monday.
Frank Atwood and family, Har
vey Irwin and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Irwin were
visiting here Sunday night.
Mrs. Grover Campbell, son and
daughter. Judge and Evangeline,
of Keysville, are visiting relatives
in this county.
Rob and Claude Gambill and
Leo Irwin made a business trip
to Galax Monday.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Adminis
trator of the estate of the late
J. |J. Miller, deceased, I hereby
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present
them to me within twelve months
or this notice will l?e plead in
bar of recovery and all persons
indebted to said estate are hereby
required to make prompt pay
ment of said indebtedness.
M. E. REEVES,
Adm’r, lot J. J. Miller, dec’d.
This July 9, 1934 4tc-2AT
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a CAMEL!
It’s easy to overdo at strenuous summer sports. So remem
ber that smoking a Camel helps to chase away fatigue and
bring bade your natural vigor. Enjoy Camel’s "energizing
effect” as often as you want. Camels never jangle the nerves!
“Get a LIES with a Camel!”
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