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Piney Creek P. O., Sept. 16.—
■ Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Truitt and
son, Howard Lee, of Baywood,
Va.. and Blake Hampton, Piney
Creek, were in this community
last week. They were dinner
guests in the home of S. E.
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Richard
son, Berwind, W. Va., visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Shepherd recently.
Mrs. Bessie Critcher and son,
Claude, of New Hope, and Mrs.
Caroline Taylor, Laurel Springs,
visited Mrs. W. R- Jones Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Taylor will spend
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
W. R. Jones.
Mrs. Will Woodie and son,
Bill, are visiting relatives in
Hickory.
C. D. Ross has moved to a
place near Joe Cox’s mill.
Sheriff Walter M- Irwin and
two deputies were in this 'com
munity on business last week.
W. R. Jones is visiting relatives
and friends in Maryland.
T. E. Pugh is suffering from
tonsilitis.
Will Woodie made a business
trip to Wilkesboro last week.
Claude J. Smith, of the CCC
camp at Southport, reports killing
a rattlesnake recently that
measured 3 V4 feet long, with a
bush axe.
Oma Church, Scottville, spent
two days last week with Mrs. S.
E. Smith.
Several persons from this
community attended the decora
tion and memorial service at
Scottville Sunday. Rev. G. A.
Martin delivered an interesting
s turmoil.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shepherd
had as dinner guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. George F. Smith and
Mrs. W. R. Jones.
R. B. McMillan and Claude
Miles and son, of Sparta, were
squirrel hunting in this com
munity Saturday.
Mrs. S. E. Smith visited Mrs.
"John Maines, Scottville, Sunday.
Other dinner guests were Miss
Minnie Foulks, Dobson, and Oma
Church, Scottville.
Mrs. T. E. Pugh visited the
home of W. F. Pugh Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Cox, \pho has been
ill, is improving.
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Ennice
Ennice, Sept. 17.—Miss Cecil
Combs, Galax, spent the week
end with her mother. Mrs. Alice
Combs.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Evans and
family spent Friday afternoon at
the home of W. C. Higgins.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Edwards
and family spent Sunday at G.
N. Evans’ home.
Those visiting at the home of
W. C. Higgins Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Campbell and child
ren, Misses Ilene Hollingsworth,
Emma Bowman, Ruth Lowry,
Klein Thompson and Lucille and
Billie Reeves, of Mount Airy, Mr.
and Mrs. Larrie Cooper and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Combs.
Miss Annie Combs spent the
past week with her aunt, Mrs.
Floyd Combs.
A large crowd attended the
baptizing at Hooker Sunday.
G. N. Evans made a business
trip to Galax Friday.
Miss Rubye Higgins spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Taylor, at Laurel Springs. While
she was there the group visited
Robert Joines in Wilkesboro hos
pital.
Miss Gay McMillan, who has
been spending some time with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Greene, has returned home.
Mrs. A. M. Greene and Mrs. |
Roe Dickens spent Monday after-1
noon with Mrs. W. C. Higgins. I
G- N. Evans and W. C. Hig
gins made a business trip to Elkin
Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chappell.
High Point, are spending .a few
days with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Spurgin Hall and
children, of High Point, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Hall’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Greene.
Little Pine
Ennice P- O., Sept. 16.—A
large crowd attended the Com
mmunion service at Cherry Lane
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Wagoner
and family spent Saturday night
at J. B. Collins’ home.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wilson
and son, Doris, spent Saturday
night at the home of J. L.
Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Hollaway,
Bull Head, spent a few days last
week with relatives.
Miss Bessie Chappell spent
Saturday afternoon with Miss
Zelma Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Chappell,
High Point, spent Saturday
night with home folks.
Mrs. J. L. Greene visited her
sister, Mrs. A. R. Murphy, Thurs
day.
Mrs. Monroe Hollaway spent
Wednesday night with her sister,
Mrs. J. L. Greene.
Misses Bessie Chappell, Zelma
Greene. Ottie and Attie Bedsaul,
Worth Meddley and Edward and
Lester Brooks motored to Roaring
Gap Sunday.
Vox
Vox, Sept. 9.—Mrs. Annie
Choate returned home from a
week’s visit with friends and rela
tives at Galax.
A large crowd attended the
baptismal service'at Rutherford’s
mill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Caudill
announce the birth of a son on
September 5.
The school at Vox is ’progress
ing nicely under the management
of Clair Wyatte.
Misses Gertrude and Dorothy
Andrews and Miss Ruby Cook
attended the fair at Galax Mon
day.
Mrs. Everett Fender and daugh
ter, Elaine, are spending a few
days at the home of Mr. anfl
Mrs. 0. M. Caudill
Those who visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Caudill Sun
day were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ray,
Mr. and Mrs- Glenn Fortner, Mr.
and Mrs. David Cook, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Evans, Miss Retha
Evans, Page Evans, Miss Ruby
Cook, Buford Cook, Gene Spur
lln, Raymond Brown and Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Sexton.
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THE MENACE OF THE
LOBBY
By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
Nitiwitl Chairman, SmUmIi of tlo
Ropoblle
Congress, as thii is written, is
plunging into a probe of lobbies
and their influence upon national
legislation.
Not a bad idea—even though it
may prove a two-edged sword,
slashing at pressure politics from
within as well as from without!
But whomever it may wound, the
investigation will serve a worthy
purpose if it brings forcibly to the
attention of the American people
the growing evil of rule by or
ganized groups—whither composed
of office-holders or of private citi
zens. For it is through the power
of lobbies and of pressure politics
that such forces seek to utilize Con
gress as a lever to loosen the foun
dations on which rest our American
form of government.
The American people must real
ize—
That if economic theorists can,
by Federal law, prohibit or utterly
control the organization of busi
ness, big and little . . .
If visionary zealots can, by Fed
eral law, control the birth, the
rearing, and the governing of all
children . . .
If the educational zealots can, by
Federal law, control all education
and eliminate the private and the
church schools and colleges . . .
If the zealots in the arts and
crafts and unions can, by Federal
law, control the methods, the tech
nique, and the volume of all pro
duction . . .
If every other group devoted to
some moral or economic theory can
force it on the people through preS’
sure on our national legislature . . .
Then the republican form of gov
ernment, under which the United
States became great and its people
free and happy, will be supplanted
by a tyranny depriving citizens of
liberty of mind, of body and of
action.
Only when the system of pres
sure politics—from within or with
out—is finally destroyed, will the
great body of unorganized, self
reliant American citizens, who con
stitute the backbone of our nation,
come into its own.
The Difference
Henpeck (who has just over
heard his wife scolding the maid)
—You and I both seem to be in
the same unfortunate position,
Mary.
Mary—Not likely! I’m giving
her a week’s notice tomorrow.—•
Sheffield Telegraph.
Proof Enough
First Burglar—I need eye
glasses.
Second Ditto—What makes you
think so?
Well, I was twirling the knobs
cf a safe and a dance orchestra
began to play—Boston Evening
Transcript.
Financier
Husband—How much did you
pay for them eggs?
Wife—I had to pay 30 cents
a dozen.
Husband—Well, we’re too poor
Twin Oaks
Sparta P. 0., Sept. 16.—Elsie
and Ruby York, Winston-Salem,
visited relatives .here Sunday.
They were accompanied by Ruth
O’Neil, Arthur Shores and
Dempsey Clinard.
Sam Williams left today to
resume his college work in State
College, Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gambill
were dinner guests at Irwin hotel
Sunday.
Leo Irwin left Thursday to
enter school at Chapel Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Wagoner
and family visited Clay Edwards
here Sunday.
Mrs. Minnie Wagoner and small
son spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. Odus Mabe.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Horton
visited relatives at Pries last week.
Mrs. George Petty has been
ill for a few days.
Sparta P. O., Sept. 10.—Curtis
Moxley and family, of Bridge
port, Pa., returned home Friday
after visiting for a month in
Alleghany. They were accom
panied by Marie Joines, who will
spend the winter in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. L. C. Tucker returned to
Winston-Salem Tuesday after a
few days spent visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. R. H. Joines visited rela
tives in Winston-Salem last week.
Clay Edwards and family spent
Sunday with relatives at Elk
Creek, Va.
A reunion of the Absher fam
ily and relatives of Alleghany
and adjoining counties, was held
in the. grove at the home of Mrs.
Martha Absher, near Sparta, Sun
day. About seventy-five or
eighty assembled about twelve
o’clock with well filled baskets.
A* long table was soon loaded
with delicious things to eat. Mrs.
Absher is reported to be the old^
est member of the Absher fam
ily now living.
Stratford
Stratford, Sept. 9.—Mrs. F. W.
Cheek is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. R. M. Fletcher, in Baptist
hospital, Winston-Salem.
A. O. Joines spent part of the
week in East Bend prior to the
opening of the high school, where
he is principal.
Miss Ida Poteat, who is head of
the art department in Meredith
college, returned to Raleigh Mon
day after visiting Mrs. J. T. Fen
der for the past few weeks.
Dr. J. Arch McMillan, editor
of Charity and Children, and
other outstanding speakers spoke
at the Baptist association meeting
held at Mt. Carmel church re
cently.
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Minerals in Food
To anyone who has not studied
chemistry, it moat be baffling to
read about iron in the blood, lime
in the bones, and phosphorus in
tbe nerves. Indeed,
it does sound spooky.
Nevertheless, it is
true. More than
that, the presence of
minerals in the right
quantity is very im
portant, not only to
general he alth but in
the prevention of certain diseases.
Of course, the source of min
erals is the food we eat. Perhaps
the best known source is milk and
milk products. From these we get
most of the lime or calcium and
phosphorus we use. In children,
these minerals furnish the building
material for bones and teeth. When
they are insufficient in amount, the
well-known disease called “rickets”
results.
Iron has long been a stand-by
among home remedies. Adults will
remember the days when “iron
tonics” were popular. Today, we
know that iron is easier and
pleasanter to take in food. The
best sources are cabbage, lettuce,
spinach, milk, egg yolk, liver, peas,
string beans, and beef.
Iodine is familiar to residents of
the so-called goiter belt in this
country. Its great contribution is
to the very important thyroid
gland. We find it in many foods,
but most abundant in fish and other
seafood, onions, and lettuce.
Perhaps you have noted this fact
while reading. The mineral-rich
foods are also the vitamin foods.'
This fact makes everything simple.
Just build meals around the essen
tials—green vegetables, fruit, milk,
bread, and butter—and stop wor
rying.
Baptist Missionary
Meeting Held Sept.
12 at Scottville
The meeting of the Women’s
Missionary union of the Sparta
Baptist church, which was held
at the home of Mrs. Jones
Waddell, at Scottville, on Thurs
day, September 12, was very
interesting.
Those present were: Mrs. B.
E. Reeves, Mrs. Tulbert, Mrs.
Katherine Duncan and Mrs.
James Gambill and daughter,
Lucille, all of West Jefferson;
Mrs. Josie Fields, Rev. and Mrs.
J. F. Fletcheo- and Mrs. Mont
Cox, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; Mrs.
B. C. Waddejl, Grassy Cr“ek, and
Mrs. C. A. Reeves, Mrs- Will
Reeves, Mrs. Amos Wagoner,
Mrs. C. A. Miles, Mrs. R. L.
Hickerson, Mrs. Will Pugh, Mrs.
C. A- Thompson, Mrs. T. R.
Burgiss, Mrs. Clete Choate, Dr.
and Mrs. G. A. Martin, Mirs.
Crutchfield and daughter, Mrs. E.
D. Jones, Ruth W. Hackler and
Mrs. Bain Doughton. Sparta.
We’re, .ready to help in the annual
about-face from ,an informal sum
mer to a dressier fall. We’re
ready with aid for skin and hair
that wind and sun have damaged.
Early appoints are advised!
Telephone Main’ 146
BERTA SPURLIN
Over fifteen years experience
Appearing In Person
Zeb, Zeke, Eddie and Elmer
The Sensational
“Crazy Cut-ups”
This popular group of musicians is broadcasting daily
over Radio Station WBT, Charlotte, and is conducting the
Crazy Barn Dance over the same Station every Saturday
Night.
At West Jefferson High
School “Gym”
West Jefferson, N. C.
Monday, Sept 23, 8 P. M. Sharp
Admission 15c and 25c
Sponsored by the Ashe County Woman’s Club. Proceeds
to go toward buying books for the Public Library.
Fun Galore-Sizzling Hot String Music-Singing,
Fiddling, Yodeling, Banjo Picking, Acting
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
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