The Alleghany Times
Alleghany County’s Only Newspaper
Published every Thursday by the
Gazette Printing & Publishing Go.
117 West Grayson Street Galax, Virginia
H. B. Zabriskie, Galax, Va.-. Editor
Mrs. Sidney B. Gambill, Sparta, N. C. Local News Editor
Sparta Office in Sheriff’s Office in Court House
Entered at the Post Office at Galax, Virginia, as Second Class
Matter under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1872.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1935.
A New Year .Prophecy In Acrostic
by John Edwin Price
ew starts will be made by millions to con
quer their bad habits and establish new
ones which will help them lead more vic
torious lives.
veryone will feel better in 1936 as certain
economic forces now at work which are not
likely to be blocked by the political pow
wows will create more jobs and a greater
sense of security.
Weather will still be the main topic of con
versation and we will have plenty of it,
whether we like it or not.
outh will take heart as those in control
of jobs will realize that the greatest crimes
against the civilization of the future are
committed by those who block employment
and give beginners in life a warped idea
of what it is all about.
Economists and practical business men will
more and more see that neither knows it
all and that theory must ever be curtailed
by practical knowledge and new practical
methods brought into being by the trying
of new theories—as in ages past.
Apples will continue to be the symbol of
man’s fall but men will resolve anew to
make every fall fruitful of new knowledge
with which to consciously make something
of themselves.
ight thinking will hold a higher place in
man’s esteem. While holding fast to what
is good in his heritage from the past,
man in 1936 will honor his own ability to
think in order that he may leave an honor
able heritage of his own aggressive effort
for other men to revere in the years ahead
as coming from the wisdom of antiquity.
The Literary Digest Nation-Wide Poll
—Is It A Certain Vote Against Mr. Roosevelt?
The public generally and the politicians parti
cularly are speculating upon the import of the
nation-wide poll of the New Deal, now being con
ducted by The Literary Digest. This magazine has
made a specialty of conducting tests of public
sentiment, scoring with remarkable accuracy the
trend of opinion, in some instances down to a
fraction of one ^ per cent. The good faith of The
Literary Digest is, we think, unquestioned.
Concerning the present straw vote, addressed to
the same list canvassed in 1934, partisans say, on
one side, that it doesn’t prove anything and, on
the other, that it spells inevitable defeat for the
President next year. Obviously, neither conclusion
is correct.
At present, with partial returns from voters,
whose names were taken from telephone directories,
motor registration lists and other rosters, a majority
has replied in the negative to the question: “Do you
NOW approve of the acts and policies of the
Roosevelt New Deal to date?”
The 1934 poll, conducted by the same magazine,
showed a majority in favor of the President’s course
and forecast the Democratic victory at the polls
in the congressional elections. Significantly, the
present poll shows a change on the part of those
participating in this balloting, with a perceptible
slip in the support accorded the New Deal.
The question arises whether a vote disapproving
the New Deal now is a certain vote against Mr.
Roosevelt for reelection next fall. His opponents
maintain the affirmative, insisting that the trend
against him is running stronger than ever and
will be “in flood” when election day rolls around.
His supporters point out that a vote against the
New Deal may come from two widely divergent
groups, one objecting to it because it goes too far
and the other incensed because it does not go far
enough. Moreover, they pin their faith in the
President’s resourcefulness and personal popularity.
Anyway, the Digest poll, whatever it may mean,
is interesting. Certainly, at this time, it indicates
no land-slide for either side in 1936.
New Year Resolutions, Although Unkept,
Are Often Of Considerable Value
It is about time for our readers to begin
formulating their resolutions for the new year which
will arrive next week.
Of course, most of the resolutions will be dis
carded by many but the mental check-up which
individuals attempt during such a period of self
appraisement will be worth more than the few—or
many—broken resolutions.
To the young people of Alleghany county we
express the hope that they will take some time
during the remaining days of 1935 to think of the
possibilities of a well-ordered life and that, to some
degree, at least, they will attempt to plan a course
for themselves during 1936 which will lead them
to greater individual, accomplishments and prepare
them for larger responsibilities.
As far as millions of little boys and girls are
concerned 1936 is just a year until Santa Claus
comes around again.
* * *
What this country really needs is better drivers,
not better roads.
Bruce
Barton
* . . . Can’t Evade Problems
A man has just been in to
worry me about the children. He
points out that t^xes are getting
worse and I am getting older,
and that if I set up annuities and
insurance trusts and do a lot of
other things, my children may
perhaps be better off.
As far as insurance is con
cerned, I have been a booster for
it all my life. My father, who
was a preacher with a large fam
ily, and a small salary, used to
remark that he had “kept him
self poor paying insurance prem
iums.” But the insurance prem
iums enabled him to sleep peace
fully at night and, having seen
us all through college, he proceed
ed to cash in his insurance, and
he and Mother had a good time
on it during their last years.
How completely they might
have spoiled their days and nights
if they could have looked forward
into the future- Suppose they
had known in 1900, that this
country was going to do a nose
dive in 1929 which would be fol
lowed by the worst depression in
history. Suppose they had said
to themselves: “What a terrible
ordeal that may be for our child
ren and grandchildren. We ought
to do something about it,”
Well, they couldn’t have done
anything about it. And, as things
have turned out, we are still eat
ing regularly; we have a dry
place to sleep, and so far have
neither applied for a dole or
sought admission to a nudist
camp.
The changes that are going to
come in these United States are
beyond the imagination of any one
to forecast. Our children and
grandchildren will have to meet
them, as we have had to meet
the problems in our own lives.
What we can do for them beyond
health and education is not much.
* . . . Self Reliant Are Educated
President Jfcmes A. Garfield was
asked: “What is your definition
of a college?” To which he re
plied: “Mark Hopkins on one end
of a log and a student on the
other."
Not luxurious dormitories or
Gothic recitation halls; not rich
endowments or mammoth football
bowls, but a great teacher in per
sonal contact with his pupils,
stirring their imaginations, stimu
lating their minds.
Mark Hopkins had the teaching
genius in the top degree. What
was the secret of his success?
Answering that question in his
autobiography, Bliss Perry quotes
his own father, who had been
one of Hopkins’ pupils: “After
beginning by asking the pupil
what the textbook said about
this and that topic, the Doctor
would invariably inquire, ‘What
do you think about it?’ It stole
the hearts of young men to hear
such a man as he was plumping
down upon them from his desk,
as if it were a matter of much
importance, such a question as
that. It suddenly increased their
own self-respect.”
And Bliss Perry adds: “To dis
cover that you had a mind—nar
row, commonplace, or ill-trained,
perhaps—but a mind of your
own, was a thrilling experience.”
Many students graduate from
college without ever making that
discovery. For them education
has been twenty years of mental
massage. They come into the
world with no plan except to
find a boss who will keep tell
ing them what to think and do.
You can go twenty miles from
a railroad into almost any cross
roads town and find men and wo
men who have self-formed convic
tions and operate their minds un
der their own steam. Such folks,
however ignorant of books, are
educated.
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Lorgnettes and monocles and
Rolls Royces paraded up to the
Metropolitan Opera house last
week to the opening of the new
season. Flashlights, jewels, opu
lence were the, order of the even
ing. And the house was sold out
a week in advance to the tune~of
$16,000 box office receipts.
* * *
Hansel and Gretel was greeted
by piping cheers from an audi
ence of children at the Metro
politan matinee on Friday. . , The
name of its composer always
strikes me as almost as amusing
as the opera—Engelbert Humper
dinck.
* * «
A rumor that goes the rounds
is that one of the major film
cohcerns in Hollywood is having
a play written from a successful
movie. That would be the first
turn of the worm in that direc
tion, and quite a reversal of the
usual procedure.
* * *
To see a barber in New York
pull out a roll of bills big enough
to wrap up a wet dog is some
thing of a shock, at first. Fre
quently the bills are in denomi
nations of fifties and hundreds, j
and eyes pop from all sides—
until people know the answer.
Dozens of barbers are “bookies”
—bookmakers for the horse bet
ting fraternity.
* * *
It’s something of a shock to
walk along 42nd Street near
Fifth Avenue and see the stores
of practically Lilliputian dimen
sions there. Specialty shops,
there are several that can’t be
moire than six or eight feet wide
and ten or twelve feet deep
just big enough to hold shelves
of silk stockings, a proprietor
and a customer—or at a squeeze
—two or three.
• * *
On the site of the old Wendel
home where penny-pitching was
always the order of the day, has
risen one * of the most artistic of
modem buildings to house the
store of some other small change
artists—a five, ten and twenty
five cent store.
» * *
The Winter edition of the New
York Telephone Directory is out.
And it's fatter than the last—
another sign that things are pick
ing up.
Qnly On* Wife
“Ah, Mr- Branson, and how is
your most charming wife?”
“I have only one."
Nuts and Kernels
Troy Isaiah Jonas
It is not so much the kicking
as the amount of ground one has
to kick on.
A dream is where your mental
clutch is slippin’.
Talk about “stable” govern,
ment. We have a branch of it in
West Jefferson.
Whenever you see a fellow
resting on what he has done he
has had very little to make him
tired.
When we speak of our cousins
once removed we wish sometimes
they would stay that way.
Most of the self-made persons
either knocked off too soon or
joined the CWA.
An artificial heart would be
all right. If one woman got it
out of fix there would be a
mechanic with a monkey wrench.
The people who do the knock
ing a<re the ones who are on the
outside wantin’ to get in. ,
The two by “fours” are usually
the ones “behind”. The two by
four does the most "lumbering”.
As the farmer said, “It’s been
weatherin’ for the past few days.”
An aviator went into the ice
business but it was too much of
a “crack up.”
Lincense plates are green on
black. And it does match some of
the drivers 1
The Promise
“My, how careful you are of
your toys—you’ve picked up
every one. I suppose your mother
promised you something for do
ing it?”
"No, she said I’d get something
if I didn’t!”
The tramp returned empty
handed from his quest for food.
“What’s the matter?” asked
his partner. >
"Ge,” said the tramp. “I just
saw a terrible poor family I was
going to make a touch but I took
one little look in the window and
decided that they was too poor
to help us. Why, I looked in and
there, imagine it, were two girls
playing the same piano.”
Ought to Bo Good
Diner—“This salmon isn’t near
ly so nice at that I had a week
•m »
Waiter—“It should be, sir, it’s
from the same fish.”
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SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON -:
By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D
Member of Faculty. Moody Blbla
Institute of Chicago.
0 Western Newspaper Unions
Lesson for December 29
REVIEW: 8IGNIFCANCE OF THE
EXILE AND THE RESTORA.
TION
GOLDEN TEXT—The mercy of the
Lord Is from everlasting to ever
lasting upon them that fear him,
and his righteousness unto chil
dren's children.—Psalm 101:17.
PRIMARY TOPIC—How God Re
stored His People.
JUNIOR TOPIC—How God Re
stored His People.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC—Learning From Great Men.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC—God’s Providence in History.
The method of review most be de
termined by the teacher. The grade
of the class, the aptitude of the
scholars, and the genius of the
teacher are features to be consid
ered. For senior and adult classes,
the following suggestions are made:
I. Study the Lessons of the Quar
ter as Illustrating the Philosophy of
History In God’s Dealings With His
People In Their Captivity and Res
toration.
Assignment of topics should be
made at least one week In advance.
Only adult classes could be expect
ed to use this method. The follow
ing subjects might be assigned:
Why God permitted Israel to go
Into exile.
What cure the exile effected for
Israel.
What changed views of life result
ed from the exile.
The bearing of the exile upon
prophecy.
The relationship of divine chas
tening to divine love.
II. Character Study.
Assign the outstanding heroes of
the quarter's lessons to members of
the class to have them report This
assignment should be made at least
one week In advance. Some of the
outstanding characters for consid
eration are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Eze
kiel, Daniel, Nehemlab, Ezra, Zerub
hnhpl nnd Malachi.
III. Summary of Content*.
Tills Is a method readily usable
at all times, and It can be adopted
to most of the grades. The follow
ing suggestions are made for the
carrying out of this method:
Lesson 1. The prophecy of Isaiah
Is the grand center of the Old Tes
tament It pictures the Servant of
Jehovah, with great wisdom, glori
ously executing the divine purpose
of redemption, at the cost of great
suffering.
Lesson 2. Before he was born,
Jeremiah was ordained by God as
a prophet to the nations. Be so
really took to heart the doom
which awaited his people that he
wept sorely.
Lesson 3. Jeremiah stood in the
gate of the temple In order that the
multitudes might hear him. He told
the people that God required them
to amend their ways, solemnly
warning them of Impending Judg
ments.
Lesson 4. While Belshazzar and
his lords were engaged In drunken
revelry, the mysterious hand record
ed the divine Judgment, There Is a
coming day of Judgment.
Lesson S. Because of Judah’s
apostasy, God permitted tbs Baby
lonians to destroy Jerusalem and
take the Jews Into captivity.
Lesson 6. Ezekiel sets forth per
sonal responsibility. On his part,
it was to hear God's word and to
sound forth the warning. The peo
ple's responsibility was to hear and
obey.
Lesson 7. Though Israel went
Into captivity as a chastisement. In
due time the Lord restored them. In
due time God will make good his
covenant agreement with the Jews.
Lesson & God used niese proph
ets to stir up the people to build
God's house.
Lesson 9. Ezra was commissioned
to lead the people to forsake their
sins and return to God.
Lesson 10. On hearing of the dis
tress of his brethren in Jerusalem,
Neliemlah took the matter to the
Lord in prayer. The Lord gave him
favor with the klnfc, permuting him
to go back to build the walla of
Jerusalem, bearing credentials of
authority from the king.
Lesson 1L The method used in
bringing the people back to God was
the reading of the Word of God to
them. Because the Word was made
plain to the people, they repented
of their sins.
-Lesson 12. Malachl, as an aid to
Nehemlah In effecting reforms,
pointed out the sins of the people.
He set forth a day of Judgment
when righteous retribution would
be meted out to the wicked, and re
wards given to the faithful.
Slow Freight
Man to conductor—“How long
does it take this train to get to
Belleville?’’
Conductor—"A little over three
hours P*
Man—"That’s poor service.
This train is slower than a lazy
snail.”
Conductor: “Well you can get
off end walk if you don’t like
it.”
Man—“No. I'll ride, I’m in
no hurry.”
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Discussing Six Causes Of
Marital Discord
Dear Girls:
A few days ago I read a short
piece by a hotel woman giving
six reasons for marital discord.
As well as I can remember, she
blamed three of these on men and
three on women. First, she said,
strange as it may seem, some men
never give their wives any allow
ance for clothes, beauty treat
ments, etc., and they have to
pinch such things out of the
house-keeping money. Second—
some men insist on dominating
in the home, and third—they eat
breakfast in a rush and come
home late for dinner which tends
to make them quarrelsome and
tired out. The women’s faults
are these: First—they do not try
to economize in the home. Sec
ond—they confide their family
affairs to some intimate friend,
and third—they "can’t cook.
There is a good little bit of
common sense in the above. For
instance, the man who does not
give his wife an allowance for
her personal needs engenders a
disgruntled and rebellious spirit
in his wife, and many times, be
cause of this, she does not econ
omize in other ways. I knew a
woman once who had a very stin
gy husband but he ran an account
for gasoline at one of the filling
stations which he settled each
month. Mrs. L. seemed to take a
special delight in using up as
much gasoline as she could. She
ran a regular transfer for the
neighborhood. “Let Tom pay
The Family
Doctor
by John Joseph Gaines, M. D.
BABY
My nearest neighbor is a grand
mother since quite recently. Her
youngest son’s baby is now 3
months old. The mother of the
infant is not fully recovered from
an exhausting confinement and
she is with her mother, recuperat
ing. The infant’s father is in
contract employment, hence he is
away and hence grandma, with
her vast experience, cornea in
handy.
Two days ago, I was called by
telephone. “Baby was sneering,
and the tiny nose was getting
red; there was some restlessness
in this unusually good baby. What
to do?”
Did I go into a medical fit and
give this baby calomel, aconite
and other poisons? I did not. I
told the grandmother to keep that
room at a steady temperature and
to give baby plenty of pure
water. I advised a very simple
laxative that was clearly indicat
ed for elimination. Then, be
quiet please, I recommended red
onion-juice, a drop on a little
sugar every hour or two!
I just telephoned this hour,
before I turned to my typewriter.
“Baby is all right,” was the wel
come message. Just a word more
about keeping up elimination
through bowels and kidneys and
a caution about feeding a 3
months baby too much starches.
Also a final injunction to use
just plain horse sense with the
perfectly new youngster, the
pride of the neighborhood.
The incident is dlosed. I won
der just how many young mothers
and older grandmothers will pick
up a grain of practical utility
aut of my discourse this week.
Facta of the Casa
Reporter—Were you and Mur
hy cool and collected after the
vesteidav ?
for it,” she would say, “I ean’l
get any money out of him foi
anything else.”
On the second count, abou'
men trying to dominate the bouse
hold, nothing is more out of dat<
in the present era than the mai
who wishes to boss. Marriage if
now considered a partnership be
tween a man and woman, whc
care boo much for each other t<
try and force their wills upoi
their mates. They share theii
fortunes and misfortunes, shar*
and share alike, and in that way
they keep each other’s love anc
respect and lay the foundatior
! for a happy home. The man who
requires that his word be law,
loses more than he gains. Might
jis no longer right, as it was in
the days of our primitive fore
fathers, and the only thing a man
gains by continuing this anti
quated policy, is the reputation
of being a bully over his helpless
family.
But even so, the wife will do
well to keep her troubles bo her
self. So often the intimate
friend in whom she confides,
broadcasts her secrets to the com
munity and the wife is looked
upon as a spineless creature. Keep
family troubles in the family, is
a good motto.
And then these third items
seem to have something in com
mon. True enough, the man who
rushes through breakfast and gets
home late to dinner is not only
quarrelsome himself but usually
has a quarrelsome wife. But I
wonder, if he had sat down to a
marvelous breakfast, prepared
just right, if he would rush off
so hastily? And if he knew that
he could be sure of a deliciously
cooked dinner each night, perhaps
I he wouldn’t be late.
So it seems that a fault in one
partner brings out a fault in the
other. 11
Those of us who are not mak
ing a go of our marriages might
check up on ourselves and get
at the bottom of the causes and
effects of our failure.
Yours,
LOUISA
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