Mrs. A. D. Hayworth and Miss
Ethel Moxley, High Point, are
visiting their father, Peyton Mox
ley, and other relatives.
Mar. and Mrs. Hicks Hash,
Toughkenamon, Pa., are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
a son, Harold Edwin, on Wednes
day, August 7, in Chester county
hospital. Mrs. Hash Will be re
membered as Miss Edna Miller,
Piney Creek- She is a sister of
Mrs. Add McMillan, Sparta
Mrs. H. E. McMillan, North
Wilkesboro, spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley McMillan
Mrs. Margaret Williams, daugh
ter of Bud Edwards, is a visitor
here from Spearfish, South
Dakota.
Mrs. Minnie Cox, Cox’s Chapel,
spent some time recently as the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Mc
Millan.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Irwin and
sons, Harold and Wallace, who
spent the past three months in
Los Angeles and Claremont,
California, returned home, last
week, after a leisurely trip, in
cluding points of interest on the
w»y*
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gambill,
Crumpler, spent the week-end with
relatives in Sparta.
Mrs. C. W. Higgins, daughter,
Mary Cecile, and son, C. W., Jr.,
spent the week-end in Greensboro
and Charlotte.
Woodrow Woodruff and Robert
Lee Nichols are spending some
time at Andrews.
John Higgins and David Hig
gins left Monday for a trip to
Missouri. They expect to be away
10 days or two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Essie and
Miss Elizabeth Lundy, Winston
Salem, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. E. Copenhaver.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Andrews
and daughters, Mabel and
Georgia, of Glade Valley, have
returned from a two-weeks visit
Spartan Theatre
SPARTA, N. C.
Fri. A Sait., Align it 30 A 31
John Wape
“Man
From Utah”
Chapter No. 8 of Serial
“Jaw* Of Jeopardy”
Alto Cartoon
Mon. A Tuea., September 2 A 3
Midnight Show
Sunday Night 12:01
Mae West
“(Join To Town”
Newt and Popetye Cartoon
Wed. A Thurt., September 4-5
William
Powell
Ginger
Rogers
“Star Of
Midnight”
Selected Short Subject!
COMING SOON
Cora Sue Collins
in
“LITTLE MEN”
with relatives in Odebolt, Iowa,
and Nebraska City, Nebraska.
They were accompanied home by
Mrs. Nora Smith, who is to visit
relatives here after an absence
of 22 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Osborne
and sons, Robert and Eugene, and
Ernest Williams, of Twin Falls,
Idaho, are visiting relatives in the
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Johnston
and daughters, Mildred and Norma
Jean, of Akron, Ohio, are visiting
Mrs. Johnston’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Rector.
Mi-, and Mrs. A. L. Rector, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Hoppers and Mr.
and Mrs. Quincy Blevins visited
in Galax Sunday afternoon.
Mr- and Mrs. J. A. Moxley and
Miss Mary Clapp, Cleveland, Ohio,
are visiting relatives here.
Miss Gladys Wingate, Indepen
dence, Va., spent the week-end
with her sister, Mrs. D. F.
Sturdivant.
Mr. and Mrs. a. k. van, Jef
ferson, were in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Phipps and
Kemp Rector visited relatives in
Lynchburg, Va., during the week
end. They were accompanied home
by Miss Frances Wrench, who
has been spending the summer
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hancock
expect to move soon to Spruce
Pine.
Rev. R. L. Billings and Rev.
C. W. Campbell will baptize a
number of people near the resi
dence of Rev. Lee Hampton on
Saturday, August 31, at 2:00 p.
M.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Starbuck
were the guests of Mr. and Mi's.
Jesse Davis and Mrs. Don Shores
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Reeves
spent Monday in Sparta.
Mrs. Robert Landreth, Wash
ington, D. C., is visiting relatives
here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wagoner
visited in Galax Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Reeves at
tended a dental meeting in Wythe
ville Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Carson and
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Doughton at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Julia
Tilley at Laurel Springs Sunday.
Mrs. H. K. Boyer, Charlotte, is
visiting Mrs. J. M. Cheek.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wagoner
returned Monday from a several
days visit with relatives in West
Virginia.
Mrs. Alec Gibson, Mrs. Carl
Kirby and M. A. Higgins, all of
Ennice, ware in Sparta Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Boyer
and daughter, of Charlotte, are
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Carson.
Mrs. P. Miller, Laurel Springs,
spent last Saturday in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wagoner
spent the week-end in Beckley,
W. Va.
Miss Mabel Billings, Laurel
Springs, visited in Sparta last
Saturday.
Miss .Pearl Fields and Miss
Clyde Fields spent Thursday in
Charlotte.
Mrs. J. R. Edwards has been ill
for the past three weeks.
Misses Donese Russell and
Elizabeth Roe, Helton, are the
guests of Miss Vancine Choate.
Miss Mariennice Osborne left
last week for High Point, where
she will take a course in beauty
culture.
Edwin Hale, Mount Airy, spent
the week-end with Mrs. Hale
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stevens,
Greensboro, visited relatives here
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith and
Mrs. Annie Hawthorne Cornett,
Independence, were shopping here
last Friday.
Miss Reba Doughton, Washing
ton, 0. C., visited her mother,
Mrs. R. L. Doughton, last week.
R. A. Doughton and Bayne
Doughton made a business trip
to Raleigh last week.
Mrs. W. J. Tolbert and chil
dren left Monday to join Mr.
Tolbert in Atlanta, Georgia, where
they will make their home.
Miss Margaret Cheek has re
turned to Boone after spending
a few days at her home here.
Mrs. G. D. Mann, Asheville, is
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Beginning' August 31st
Eugene Wave . $5.00
Frederic. 5.00
Nestle. 4.00
Oil of Tulip wood . 6.00
Nutri-tonic Oil .. 3.50
Duchess Oil..—. 3.50
Empress . 3.50
Two $3.50 Wares for $5.00
lily’s Beauty Shop
SPARTA, N. C.
1TE P. O.
visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs.
G. A. Martin.
A series of revival services is
being conducted at Cox's Chapel
this week.
Mr. and Mrs- S. J. Thomas and
daughter, Susie, spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Doughton.
Dr. F. G. Woodruff, High
Point, spent the week-end here.
Mrs. J. L. Doughton has re
covered from a recent severe ill
ness and has returned home from
the hospital.
A Sunday School convention is
to be held next Sunday at Piney
Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gambill
and daughter, Billie, spent a few
days last week at Asheville and
Chimney Rock.
Misses Alice and Hattie Brown
and Sam Brown spent the week
end in Jonesville and Boonville.
The team of tennis players from
Sparta, which includes T. R. Bur
giss, Dir. C. A. Thompson, Edwin
Duncan, J. B. Reed, Alton
Thompson, Ralph Cheek, Burton
McCann and Bayne Doughton,
have won two consecutive victor
ies over opponents from Galax
and Iron Ridge.
A Bible school is being conduct
ed in the Sparta high school
building this week. Teachers are
Mr. Kimball, Mrs. R. L. Berry
and Miss Annie Marie Choate.
Mr. and Mrs. Vann Reeves, Mr.'
and Mrs. Hiram Edwards, Mrs.
•Bess Spicer, Tom Fender, Mrs.
Connie Edwads, Mrs. George
Crouse, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Mack
Reeves, Mr. and Mrs- Lester
Reeves, of Bennetsville, S. C., Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Wagoner and Mr.
and Mrs. S. O. Gambill were
among those who attended the
Primitive Baptist association meet
ing in Beckley, W. Va., during
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. John R- Edwards,
of Downingtown, Pa., are visiting
relatives here.
John C. Mitchell, of Houston,
Texas, who has been visiting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. W.
Reeves, left for his home Thurs
day.
Miss Dora Halsey, Paul and
Carl Halsey and Mr. and Mrs.
E. T. Wyatt visited Mr. Wyatt’s
brother in Mullens, W. Va., over
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Curtis, of
Lenoir, have announced the birth
of a son on August 24, at the
home of Mrs. Curtis’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Maxwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobson Hash,
Seibert Hash and Charles Greer,
all of Fox, Va., spent Tuesday
night in Sparta. Mrs. Hobson
Hash and Seibert Hash underwent
tonsil operations Tuesday.
Miss Grace McCoin spent the
past week-end in Jonesville.
Mrs. Jerome Stuart, Miami,
Fla., and daughters, Mrs. M. M.
Hendricks, also of Miami, and
Mrs. W. W. Gates, of Detroit,
Michigan, who have spent the.
past three weeks as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Halsey, left
Sunday for their respective homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Jones, who
recently sold their property near
New Hope, expect to leave soon
with their two sons to live in
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The little son and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Miller, of
Laurel Springs, underwent tonsil
operations Tuesday.
Miss Margaret Sammon, of
Eastern Carolina Teachers col
lege, is the guest of Mrs. R. C.
Halsey.
A little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Woodruff has been dangerous
ly ill from a ruptured appendix
and peritonitis. He underwent an
operation in Elkin hospital last
Thursday and is thought to be
improving..
Mrs. Wiley Irwin, who has been
ill for some time, is not thought
to be improving,
Mrs. Tom Rector, two daugh
ters and son, we visiting relatives
in New Jersey this week.
Mrs. Sophia Roe and (laugh
ters, Gila and Sara, and Mrs.
S. P. Bennington, all of Cedar
Springs, Va., were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Roe.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roe and.
children, of Helton, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Roe.
Miss Lou Reid Landreth, of
Washington, D. C., is spending
a few days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Landreth.
Miss Jessie Shupe, of Galax,
Va., is visiting the home of G.
C. Landreth this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Landreth
and family visited relatives at
Edwards Cross Roads Tuesday.
Miss Lou Reid Landreth and
Alton Landreth visited friends in
Lenoir recently.
Produce Price*
Prices being paid yesterday
(Wednesday) by Sparta business
houses for produce were as fol
lows:
Eggs, 25 cents; butter 18%
cents; chickens—fryers, 16 cents,
old ones, 16 cents; No. 1 pota
toes, 50 cents per bushel; onions
7% cents par pound, and ' '
Lexington Pilot.
Are Approached By
“Tall, Dark Man”
Lexington, Aug. 27.—Three
experienced air pilots .residing here
report they hare been approached
over the week-end by a tall dark
man holding what appeared to
be proper credentials from the
Ethiopian government, who sought
to hire them for service in the
pending war with Italy. The
visitor is said to have agreed to
deposit substantial sums in bank
for pilots accepting what is said
to be liberal salary and expense
offers.
Neither of Jhe three local men
has accepted the proffer, though
the visitor Is quoted as saying
he would .return in a few days to
again urge acceptance. He is
quoted as saying that Ethiopia is
in the market for 1,700 airplanes
and pilots to fly them in repelling
the expected air invasion by II
Duce’s forces.
DEPUTY GRAND LECTURER
TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK
From September 2 to Septem
ber 7, Mr. Marquette, Deputy
Grand Grange Lecturer, will be
with the Sparta lodge, and on
September 4, the Grand Master
and Grand Secretary of the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
will meet with members of the
local lodge.
The public is especially invited
to .attend the meetings to be held
during this period.
DEATHS
ARTHUR JORDAN
Arthur Jordan died on Mon
day afternoon, August 26, about
four o’clock, after a lengthy ill
ness. Surviving are the widow,
two daughters and one son.
Funeral services were held yes
terday (Wednesday) at Mt. Car
mel.
MRS. MOLLIE ATWOOD
Mrs. Mollie Atwood, an aged
citizen of the Mt. Zion section,
died Wednesday at 1 a. m.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. ni. Wednesday.
MRS. ALICE SMITH
Mrs. Alice Smith, widow of
the late, Robert Smith, passed
.away during last .week, and was
buried Sunday near Roaring Gap.
Rogers And Post
(continued from front page)
family’s shielded section of the
church. A purple screen separat
ed the relatives from the more
than 2,000 within the building.
There was a prayer, a quartet
sang “Lead, Kindly Light,” and
the Rev. W. R. White spoke a
brief sermon.
The earlier ceremony at the
capitol was climaxed with a brief
eulogy by Gov. E. W. Marland,
who spoke as a crowd of more
than 15,000 persons clamored
about all floors of the large
limestone building.
From the sunny .skies above
came the drone of circling air
planes piloted by Post’s former
buddies. Long banners of som
bre crepe sailed behind them.
When the body was removed they
roared low and showered blos
soms. *5
C la remora, ^Okla., Aug. 27.—
The airplane 'crash that killed
Will Rogers aiid Wiley Post was
called the saddest news to the
United States since the assassi
nation of Abraham Lincoln, in
a memorial address Thursday by
Congressman Joe Lee.
The services were conducted at
the Will Rogers airport, affec
tionately named for the humorist
by the people of Claremore, Home
town.
It was the warm, soulful June
season and love was k» the air.
“Dearest,” re crooned, “I will
get you a nice diamond ring for
Christmas.” ,
“No, darling,” she whispered,
“I will take the ring now. Let
Christmas bring its happy sur
prises just as usual.”
School Official*
And WPA Man Hold
Discussion Today
Possible WPA projects for Al
leghany county were discussed
here this morning by H. Walker
Powell, supervisor of projects and
planning of the WPA for the
Sixth North Carolina district; C.
R. Roe, principal of Sparta high
school; Clay Thompson, superin
tendent of Alleghany county
schools, and W. P- Halsey, chair
man of the Alleghany county
Board of Commissioners.
In this discussion, among the
possible projects mentioned, the
one that seemed most likely to
be attempted first was that which
would provide for the erection of
one or more new schools in the
county.
NEW TIMES FEATURE
STARTS IN THIS ISSUE
Raymond Pitcairn, lawyer, busi.
ness executive and a vigorous
champion of the American ideal
of personal liberty, gives his per
sonal opinions in a series of ar
ticles which he has written on
subjects which are of interest to
citizens of this country at the
present time.
His first article, which is short,
is entitled “Politicians versus the
People” and appears on page 4
of this issue. Turn to it now and
read it, and read the other ar
ticles in the series which will ap
pear in subsequent issues. The
TIMES, in publishing them, neith
er endorses nor takes exception
to what he says.
Plausible
“You say that I am the first
model you ever kissed?”
“Yes.”
“And how many models have
you had before me?”
“Four. An apple, two oranges
and a vase of flowers.”—College
Life.
Nothing to Kick About
“Mr. Chairman,” said the
speaker, “there are so many ribald
interruptions I can scarcely hear
myself speaking.”
“Cheer up, guv’nor,’,” said a
voice. “You ain’t missin’ much!”
—Liverpool Standard.
Kumquat—I’m tired of life. I
don’t know what to do.
Cheespocket—In that case go
over to Germany and shout:
“Down with Hitler!”
The twenty-sixth annual term of
Glade Valley high school is to
open on Tuesday, September S.
For the new term the faculty
will be as follows: Rev. C. W.
Ervin, principal and teacher of
English and History: J. Howard
Collins, assistant principal and
teacher of Science; Miss Annie
Belle Cory, teacher of French and
Mathematics; Miss Margaret Dow
dle, Home Economics and Bible;
Mrs. Ellen Guemutt, muisc teach.
&r and dean of girls; Mrs. E. B.
Eldridge, Matron, and E. B. Eld
ridge, superintendent and treasur
er. Mr. Collins will be the only
new member of the faculty, and
he will come to the school, it is
said, highly recommended, by Ap
palachian State Teachers college,
Boone, of which he is a graduate.
Mr. Collins formerly lived at
Mooresville, but has resided in
Boone for the past five years,
four years as a student and one
year as an employee of the col
lege.
According to Mr. Eldridge, pros
pects for a full school are good,
and much work is being done on
both dormitories. Several of the
living rooms and the dining hall
have been repapered and painted.
Mare than 100 new books have
been sent to the library during
the summer, and one set of refer
ence books, it is understood, will
be added.
W. L. Ray and family, of Wins
ton-Salem, visited friends of the
school during this week. Mr.
Ray is a former student of the
school and now holds a prominent
position with the Southern Public
Utilities company in Winston
Salem.
See Castevens Motor Co. lor
radio batteries, tubes and ser
vice.—adv. tfe.
NOTICE
To Whom It May Concern:
While I was at Mrs. Harris
Green's, Glade Valley, N. C., Coy
and Clay Roberts were accused
by some of taking some bools
from my pick-up. After investi
gation I find these hoys of good
character.
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Edward*
Saturday, Sept. 1<
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B.
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located within a few hours truck
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principal industrial cities in both
Carolinas. Rates are 714 c per
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5c for each additional month.
Donald L. Dennison, Monroe,
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For Sale: Carbide light plant
in good condition. Price reason
able. See Graham Myers at the
Cash and Carry store. 5tc-29
Don't Trust In Luck: Do busi
ness with a dependable man when
in the market for a good* mule,
horse, or a team. See or write
R. M. Fletcher, of Booneville, N.
C-, located on highway no 67,
nine miles east of Elkin, N. C.
I have four nice two-year old |,
colts at Frank Delp’s, Piney
Creek, N. C. See them. 3tc-29
Learn Beauty Culture: Special
low rates during August. Write
or call Hinshaw School of Beauty
Culture, North Wilkesboro, N. C.
4tc-5
1 now have expert assistance
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Hemstitching, 7Me a yard. We
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Fried Fish
and
Turtle Stew
will be served Monday,
September 2, from 12
noon to 8:00 P. M. All
invited.
Reasonable Charge
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Get Ready for Fall!
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It it high time to do something about
autumn clothes. Your prints and pastels
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of the new lines.
We invite you to come in and see our new
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cool days arrive.
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'
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SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA.