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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., Past Office as Second Class Matter. Subscription Rate: One Dollar a Year, Strictly in Advance Thursday, February 7, 1935. The Flea On The Dog Also Wins The Race. By John Edwin Price As a part of an on-going, successful universe you, too, should be successful. So surely as you are full of life are you full of potential success. This is a successful world where life is ever Lord of death, where human beings need not permanently lose that which is rightfully their own. The very fact that life continues to manifest itself in its myriad forms proves that it still is Lord of death else the world would have long ago succumbed to the forces of destruction. Man’s continuing optimism and improving of his lot up through the ages is a very heartening thought. The foxes have no better holes today than did those when the Kings of Kings walked in Galilee. The dogs of today are no finer by their own initiative than the curs that licked Ahab’s blood. But man ever builds himself more stately man sions, better conveyances and better means of en joyment. Moreover he provides more and easier education for each succeeding generation. Further more, man is never satisfied as a whole with any degree of achievement but has within the capacity to respond to the divine urges he’s able to receive which ever beckon, “come up higher.” Of course, all men d-o not always respond' to the call of the ideal. This thought flashed on my mind the other day when I saw two dogs racing. Now, ordinarily I am like the artist who couldn’t see why there was so much excitement over a certain horse race. He said that he knew that in every group of horses there was one that could run faster than the rest, but he didn’t care which one. However, I was interested in this dog race though I knew that both pups were lousy with fleas. I was interested because, when one of the dogs won the race, the thought flashed on my mind that the fleas he carried also won the race. This is an on-going world with plenty of re serves in nature to carry all human beings safely and successfully through the race of life, even the human fleas who aren’t trying to win (except pos sibly by stinging the dog) but are content to ride free on the dog-gone world. There are said to be Several million on relief in this country. Probably all but a few thousand would much rather be in the race of life on their own power. I can fully sympathize with them. I, too, was smacked down 6arly in the depression. These men and women know that the biographies worth writing concern those who have carried loads —not those who had to be given free rides. On the other hand there are some today who could run a pretty good race on their own but who WON’T try. While the flea on the dog also wins the race we would remind these few that they don’t have half the fun and thrills possible through effort and success. South Carolina Boy, Amateur Astronomer, To Be Rewarded For His Discovery Of Star We want to call to the attention of our younger readers the good fortune wdiich has come to' a 17-year-old Columbia, S. C., boy. During his spare time he delivers newspapers but that did not prevent him from being industrious and intelligent. Now he is reaping an excellent reward. Robert A. Lewis was an amateur astronomer. With his home-made telescope he saw a new star in the sky, which shows that young Lewis had dili gently applied himself to study, was intelligent, and alert. He reported his discovery only to find that it had been noticed nine days earlier by an English man but that does not take anything from the credit due Lewis. Now, the Director of the McCormick Observa tory at tiie University of Virginia announces that he has arranged a two-year scholarship for young Lewis at the University of South Carolina after which Dr. S. A. Mitchell says he will bring the boy to the University'of Virginia to study under him. So, from his own efforts young Lewis has already attained a certain recognition. We hope he will take advantage of the good fortune, study And apply himself diligently and reap even larger fame. Many Offices In Various Paris Of World Necessary To Handle Business Of “Mickey Mouse” The exploits of Mickey Mouse on the screen are well-known but few people are aware that his business affairs, other than celluloid, require offices in New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan and Sydney, Australia. More than sixty concerns have been licensed to reproduce him in book form, on package covers and on toys! Let it be noted, however, that Mickey’s guard ians are careful that he lends his name and like ness to nothing upon which mothers may frown. Many frequently mistake their needs in this matter of proper protection by the law. Instead of improvement in laws, what often is required is an improvement in those to whom is delegated the task of enforcing the laws. * * e* * “Demagoguery is strictly entertainment. It uses minimum of information, with a maximum of to the emotions.”—James H. Collins. And it be added that the public always pays s prices for the show. A nickel isn’t supposed to be as good as a dol but it goes to church more often. and which con tains Tour GretlTjL^, _ . _ . '£utiUUCZ • tiAtiTUN GOD DID NOT FORGET Only God did not forget Joseph, and his dreams, which had been the original cause of his trouble, were finally to bring him release and success. In a previous chap ter we have recalled the famous dream of Pharaoh and how, by its interpretation, Joseph was able to organize the food supplies of Egypt so that the abundant har vests of seven years were stored away against the famine of the succeeding seven years. All other lands were desolate, including the land where his fath er and guilty brothers dwelt, and at length the brothers are forced to go to Egypt to buy corn; they open negotiations with Egypt’s great official. And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not. His hour of revenge had come. For several days he kept them guessing. He locked them up and after their release kept Sim eon as a hostage until they should return and bring their little broth er Benjamin with them. They promised, and started off. Imag ine their surprise when they open ed their sacks to find not merely com they had come to purchase but the money which they had given in payment. They hurried on to Jacob, their father, and told him how the governor had receiv ed them and of his demand that they should bring little Benjamin when they came again. How they went again to Joseph, still without recognizing him; how they were received and enters tained at his palace; the trick he played upon them to test their love for little Benjamin and so stir up the memory of their dif ferent treatment of the other little brother whom they supposed they had killed. So came the people of Israel into Egypt, saved by Joseph, whose name was potent enough to secure protection and provend er for them, and for four gener ations. And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundant ly, and multiplied, and waxed mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. A new king, a new crisis, a new hero to meet the crisis; the next great character of the Old Testament, Moses. It was his part to take the children of Israel out of Egypt, as it had been the work of Joseph to save their lives by getting them in. And when tile day of deliverance ar rived, and they marched forth into freedom and the wilderness, the procession was led by the bones of Joseph. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitiy sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you (he was a dreamer, you see, to the end); and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. The Family Doctor By John Joseph Gaines, M. D. YOUR COMPLEXION Youe* complexion is your ban ner—the flag under which you sail. It announces to all observ ers the state of health beneath it. A rotten complexion is the herald of some mighty bad blood on the underside of the skin. Were I to search for a penful of perfect complexions, I would go out and visit a country school house with its two acres of play ground, and would watch the youngsters racing in the pure air at playtime; I would see every cheek glowing in perfect health— no prettier picture on earth. I stood not long ago at a busy street-comer in & crowded city; hundreds of people passed me as I studied their faces; I was think ing of complexions. Some were drab, some sooty, some blazing with chemical tints; all were ex tremely abnormal. The BEST remedy for the com plexion is DEEP BREATHING. Country people, as a rule, breathe better than their city kinspeople. If you live in the city stop go ing to bed at midnight and rising at late hours; the fellow that gets up at eight o’clock and begins the day with no breakfast will soon have as bad a complexion as the cartoonist could desire for for him. The city girl should rise at six or seven A. M. and drink a glass of pure water; then she should seek the window that admits the purest air; she should raise the window and take deep breaths, expanding the lungs to their limit; she may hold the inhaled air till she has counted ten,with the elbows held at the level of the shoulders. Notice the differ ence in the complexion. Eat regu larly—sensibly. Through State Capital Keyhole* (continued from front page) should be spent the present might not be a bad time to make them known. LIQUOR—Many legislative and political leaders believe that the Dey House bill to call a referen dum on two wet and one bone dry proposition should be “en titled an act to perpetuate the Turlington law in North Caro lina.” They figure that the two propositions for legalized liquor would split the wet vote and that the drys would stick together on proposal to retain present absolute prohibition. Another bill now circling around legislative halls would provide a referendum on a system of State sale of liquor. What will happen is, of course, in the future but it is comparative-' ly easy to strike out the section calling for a referendum. The drys realize that and are on their toes. PUBLIC HEALTH — Senator Griffin, of Franklin, introduced a bill to require your child (if you have one) to be vaccinated against diphtheria between the age of six and 12 months but it ran into some rocks in the health committee. It developed- that diphtheria anti-toxin sensitizes some patients against other vac cinations with “horse” serums. The committee couldn’t agree on whether it was better to allow the child to be exposed to diph theria or take chances on barring it from vaccination against cer tain other contagious diseases. ISN’T QUITTING YET—Sena tor W. G. (Cousin Willie) Clark, of Edgecombe, wants it under stood that he is not going to quit the race for lieutenant Governor because his candidate, Senator Carl L. Bailey, of Washington County, was defeated for Presi dent Pro Tempore of the 1985 Senate. Cousin Willie isn’t sure he will make the race in 1986 but he avows that if he does he will give Senator Paul Grady, of Johnston, former Senator George McNaill, of Fayetteville, Senator Harriss Newman, of New Hanover, or other potential or actual candidates “a run for their money.” TOUGH BREAK—Parole Com-, missioner Edwin M. Gill spent much time preparing his brief for presentations before the ap propriations committees of the General Assembly.’ He made detailed studies of the best meth ods of parole investigation and supervision and then when the money-spending committees met Commissioner Gill was confined to his bed with an attack of the mumps. As a result his brief had to stand alone for his cause. Mr- Gill subscribes to the axiom that the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. NOT BEHIND — lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham isn’t letting any grass grow under his feet in the race for the guber natorial nomination on the Demo cratic ticket next year, in the opinion of many political wise acres around Raleigh. They opine this his committee appointments in the Senate and his conduct in presiding over that body are not hurting bis chances of nomination even if Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, and Congressman R. L. Dough ton are getting the publicity breaks right now. DR. NOBLE—Prior to conven ing of the General Assembly many news writers were predict ing that the Legislature would attempt to abolish the office of executive assistant revenue com missioner, held by Dr. M. C. S. Noble, Jr. The Legislature has been in session almost a month and no one has peeped for pub lication about a^lishing Dr. Noble, but talk of making the revenue commissioner elective has cropped out. [* Soo CutntM Motor Co, for radio batterios, tubas and sor> viao.—adv. tie. The Woman’* Angle] by NANCY HART Astrid, new Queen of the Bel gians, was 28 last year, and can cook and take care of her hus band’s socks. Something new in royal domesticity? * * * German frauen and frauleins are reported to be leaving busi ness for the home in greater and greater numbers. * * * Giving a cocktail party? Well, even if you aren’t you may have a buffet supper, and by all means get some of those gaily colored toothpicks, stick them into a big grapefruit until it looks like a porcupine and then impale green and ripe olives on the outer ends of the picks. * * * A novelty in makeup for the very festive party is green face powder and purple eye shade. It would take courage to wear it, but it certainly attracts atten tion. • * * Electric appliance manufactur ers are forever bringing out new gadgets for the table. The most recent one is an electric biscuit baker—six to eight at a clip, cooked right on the table! * * « Forget all the old “don’ts” about wearing diagonal and cross stripes even though you are under five feet tall. But remember that those “don’ts” go by the board only because of proper propor tioning. If contrasting colors are used at the smallest widths of the body rather than at the hips, and vertical lines are used to heighten the effect, if jackets are short and well fitted you needn’t worry about being short. * * * During the winter the import ance of a fine, smooth textured skin is doubly important when arms and shoulders are exposed by low-cut gowns. Use one of those long-handled bath brushes whenever you bathe, and use a body lotion or an oil if your skin is inclined toward dryness. • * • 1BUN6 \0UNO NEW YORK •M4W6UKBW1 There’s a shop in New York that specializes in a new me chanical massage for men who are growing bald. The machine has dozens of little fingers to stimu late the scalp. * * * Do you like beer with your Sunday dinner? You can’t have it before one o’clock in any New York restaurant. It’s one of the rules. * * * There’s a piece of property in New York that doesn’t belong to anyone. A mistake was made once, and nobody owns any deed to that one small piece that lies at the intersection of some down town streets. • * * Add to your list of New York oddities, a woman who’s been a butcher for years! « * * A sandwich man walks up and down outside a store on Fifth Avenue at 46th. His sign reads, “Don’t buy Nazi goods. Blank sells German Goods.” Didn’t know the feeling ran that high. *, * * A friend, reading on the re lation between climate and pro ductivity tells me that for great est efficiency, New Yorkers should go south in winter and north in the summer. Millions would like to; the wealthy do.. • * * Mrs. Hugh Herndon at a cock tail party. Friends tell me she had her pilot's license before her more famous flying husband. * * * Don’t duck behind a rock if you hear a shot when walking in Central Park. It’s just the official gullscarer. He’s employed by the Park Department to fire a shot gun when the sea gulls come in from the Atlantic. It’s against the law to kill them, but the Park doesn’t want to feed them. * * * The district from 14th Street to 69th Street, bounded by Park Avenue and 9th Avenue was. set aside as a “no vending district” by New York’s Board of Aider men, but like so many rulings, this one hasn’t been actually en forced for many moons. So it is that in certain sections, pedes trians practically stumble over sidewalk vendors at every step. ^\CKS COUGH Dffgp FIRST IF YOU ARC AM AVCRAGS AMERICAN yDU CONSUME 160 POUNDS OF FLOVR A VBAR. YOU CAT iS POMPS or hop* one mu * bwd_ Cur ii***t) TWP *ar vptmM* m cAksc mrs*S,Fre. > "*£ WGROCER4' I WAS W«r USED IK) 1310 ff/ LONDON. MEDIEVAL MERCUAHTfy bought only*/* 6 ROSS; •awaasOT ORIGM OP THE WORD. PEOPLE LET YOU VALUE YOUR OWN THINGS Dear Girls:— Everyone thinks that Sally Green is a fine wife and mother. And why shouldn’t they think so, for Sally is of that opinion her self and has sold the idea to her whole family as well as to their friends. Her husband, Jim, is also con sidered a splendid man and for the same reason. (Ae never hears a disparaging remark about the one of them from the other. While they do not bore other people with a recital of their partner’s fine qualities, neither of them pass up an op portunity of letting folks know what , clever, competent, loyal companions they married. They have a high opinion of themselves and of each other, and other peo ple accept them at their own valuation. And while I am on the sub ject I should like to tell you about two little girls I once knew. Everything that Jane had' she thought was splendid. Marjory, the younger sister, imagined that what she had was never quite as nice as Jane’s. On one occasion their mother bought two hats just alike excepting for the flowers around the crown—those were the days when people bought hats to wear on Easter for the first time. Jane immediately said that hers was the prettiest hat she had ever seen. Marjory was green with envy, and so unhappy that Jane’s mother finally persuaded her to trade hats with Marjory. As soon as Jane realized that she was the owner of the other hat she decid ed that she liked red poppies better than pink rosebuds any way, and by night had poor Mar jory regretting that she had ever consented to a trade. And so it is with the Greens and the Browns. John Brown complains that his wife is lauy and extravagant while Clara Brown ,tells all and sundry about John’s mean ways and undepend ability. " . And folks accept them at their own valuation. “Folks who live with a person usually know them,” they say, "and though he seems to be a fine fellow, I guess Will Say Tramp—Lady, could you spare a bite to eat? I ain’t et for two days. Sympathetic Lady—You poor man! Just wait until I call my husband. Tramp—Don’td o that. I’m a vegetarian. that is just a front he wears for the public.” So let us remember that if we would try. to help our partners on to success, one of. the best ways is to let the public know that we admire and approve of them, ourselves. And remember this also, that when we are help ing them to success, we are work ing for ourselves as well . Yours, LOUISA. NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR ASSETS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE THE CLERK State of North Carolina, County of Alleghany. R. E. Black, Administrator of Robert Perry, deceased. vs. Mrs. Pearl Perry, Aileen Perry, and Evelyn Perry, defendants. Under and hy virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Alleghany county in a special proceeding entitled R. E. Black, Administrator of Robert Perry vs. Pearl Perry, Aileen Perry and Evelyn Perry, 1, the under signed Commissioner will, on the j 16th day of February, 1935, at the ; Courthouse door at Sparta, N. C., at as>e o'clock p. m. offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, a certain tract of land lying and being in said county and State, .Piney Creek Town- i ship and bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast cor ner of the Pinaiy Creek high school lot running south 15 west 4294 to stake in Sold; north 77 west 34 2-4 poles to stake in fence; north J3)i east 9394 pales with fence to stake; morih 1 west 794 poles with fence to a rock, McGuire’s corner; north 71 east 36 poles with school lot line to a stake; north 52 east 994 poles to the beginning, con taining 6 acres. This January 16, 1935. i SIDNEY CAMB1LL, 4tc-7AT Commissioner Reins - Sturdivant Funeral Home Ambulance Service Day or c Night Licensed Era hairnets SPARTA, N. C. Telephone 22 SOCIETY MATRON. <*/#*/> Say* Mrs. AU atoa Boyar, young N*w York aocial leaden "Camel* an ao mild and rich! And lt*a ing a Camel will revive
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