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The Alleghany Times Alleghany County's Only Newspaper Published every Thursday by the Gazette Printing & Publishing Co. 117 West Grayson Street Galax, Virginia H. B. Zabriskie, Galax, Va... Editor Mis. 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. Sparta, N. C., Thursday, January 30, 1936._ The Mountains Of Faith Will Stand When The Mists Of Doubt Have Cleared Away An Inspirational Editorial by John Edwin Price The mists of doubt sometimes enshroud the mountains of faith. But the mountains will still be standing when the mists have rolled away. In a world of disturbing change this seems to be one of the dependable things. We may observe it as a fact of the past or consider it as a truth to steady our steps into the future. The mists of various forms of slavery have often obscured the view from the valley of man’s mountainous faith in liberty. The mists of ignorance have at times mistified man’s faith in the power of knowledge. Man would have gone the way of the Dinosour had not -his mountainous faith waited solidly until the mists that befogged his view had cleared away. On a motor camping trip the writer once pitch ed his tent a-top one of the Allegheny peaks in western Pennsylvania. In the morning a peculiar view presented itself. The mists in the valley below looked like a sea of billowy waves obscuring the view except fol lower peaks here and there which appeared as islands poking up above the surface. Today we stand on the mountain-top of faith. Many mists befog our view. The distant inter national view is hard to make out. The industrial valley below is about hidden although from what we saw yesterday we believe things are coming along down there. Our immediate personal situ ation is also a little misty. But we know that the mountain of faith will stand when the mists of doubt have cleared away and so we make our way down in and through the valley with this knowledge as our assurance. When mystified too greatly let us climb again the mount of faith that, looking down, we may note mist for what it is, shifty, non-substantial and impermament. Long Live The King! The King Is Dead; The passing of King George V. of England is sincerely mourned by all peoples. He was a great stabilizing force in a disturbed world. As a man, he commanded the respect and admiration of every body. We in America have had a closer view of royalty in his person, through the motion pictures and radio broadcasts, than we ever had before. And what we saw and heard of him, we liked. Americans feel, too, that they know the new King of Great Britain, Emperor of India, etc., etc., His Majesty Edward VIII. He has visited us sev eral times, and made a splendid impression where l ever he went. To this young man, trained though he has been for the high position to which he has succeeded, the task ahead of him is no easy one. He comes to the throne of the greatest Empire the 1- world has ever known, in a time when the relations between nations are under such strain as has never been felt since the World War. Edward VIII has had thrust upon him the job not only of preserving the British Empire, but in no small degree that of preserving the peace of the world. Every American must wish him success in both tasks: for an important part of his realm is our own nearest neighboV, Canada. Also, perhaps, our greatest national concern today is peace. ■ Arthur Brisbane Says “News” Interests Him More Than Anything I Arthur Brisbane, famous columnist, was asked by the Editor of Cosmopolitan, to tell what inter ests him most in the world today. He answered II in one word, “news.” 1 Defining “news” and its importance he states: p “One important news item of today will be important ten thousand years hence. At the Corn ing Glass Works, science has cast a telescopic lens, biggest in the world, two hundred inches wide, t more than sixteen feet across. This cosmic eye, ground, polished, and mounted, will carry the sight and mind of man one billion two hundred million ‘light years’ into space. I “News,” he goes on, “is of four kinds: good news, bad news, important news and interesting “Good news in one part of the world may be bad news in another. Crop failure in the Argen tine might raise wheat prices here. News that science had made real gold synthetically, in un limited quantities, could be good, important, inter esting or indifferent news in various countries. "It might make Uncle Sam feel foolish, with his ten thousand ft^Hions of gold buried in a hole in the ground. „ ‘The newspaper is the national mirror, reflect ing what it sees. The editor may well say: ‘If you not like what you see in the mirror, change your or change your civilization, do not break the "Offhand, millions would say that the most new^ would announce an end of wax, disease. ■ condition would prevent elimination of which seems necessary before real civili can be built ... 'reat news for the world and its happiness be the substitution of a desire to help others desire to enrich ourselves. That will come; necessary for men of exceptional power 1 the whole race as boys on a college feel toward the college.” Bruce Barton ■s<w* - * ■ . . Dancing Alarms Russia A new danger is threatening the noble Russian experiment. In sidious enemies are seeking to undermine Communism by en couraging the young people to go in for the tango, the rumba, and the foxtrot. ‘'Not only our youth, but our workers are being corrupted by these dancing teachers,” says a Communist writer in Moscow. “It is impossible to foxtrot and be a good Communist. We cannot be lie ce that all this is of spontan eous origin. Back of it there must be an organized movement which is intended to bring a glor ious chapter of history to a dis graceful close.” The fears of this Communistic writer are well founded. Dancing leads to laughter, and nowhere in the world is a politician who does not tremble when he hears a hearty laugh. Can you possibly imagine a drearier lot of human beings than the solemn faced leaders of the Soviet? Is it con ceivable that Hitler ever sees a joke? Or that the august front of Mussolini Could heave and quake in the throes of a belly laugh? Also, young people at a dance are acutely conscious of the un equal distribution of sex-appeal. Look in on any dancing party and you discover something which must be very disturbing to the Soviet mind—a few girls with a dozen young men around them, and dozens of girls with none. The Soviet has sought bo level down sex-appeal by putting the women into ugly costumes and making them as homely as pos sible. But once let the pretty girls make themselves up fancy, and right away the competitive spirit breaks out like measles all over the boys. The smarter ones immediately want to make more money in order to outdo their rivals. Indeed, the principal prop of capitalism is the desire of a man to make more money so that he may get the girl he wants and give her more after he gets her. By all means let Stalin stop this business of dancing and laughter. And dancing presently will suggest to the minds of youth that the Five Year Plan is not nearly so important as the Plan for Tonight. • • * * . . . The Fut, Fast Years An unknown, slender young fellow set an airplane down at the flying field near Paris, and said; “I am Charles Lindbergh.’’ Calvin Coolidge ^ms in the White House. New high*, were being re corded daily in tHa stock market. Model T Fords out-numbered other cars on the road. People were flocking to Florida to make for tunes. Stream-lined and air-conditioned trains were unknown, and some ol the smartest motion picture men were sure that the “talkies” never would amount to anything. Hardly any one heard of Rex Tugwell or General Hugh Johnson or Huey Long or Father Cough lin. If at this period you had pre dicted the imminence of the na tion’s worst period of depression, the collapse of tho^ands of banks, the abandonment of the gold standard or the appearance in Washington of J. P. Morgan with a circus midget on his lap, you would have been regarded as a fit subject for pathological obser vation. From all the above you may suspect that the writer has been fiddling around with a newspaper nearly ten years old, and you are correct. It is an interesting ex perience, once in a while, but as a daily habit it would be depress ing. One is reminded too vividly of the rapid flight of time. Hollywood Star-Lites by Chuck Cochard Hollywood, Calif., Jan. 18.— Talent is going to waste in Hol lywood, and light is being hidden under a bushel. There are count less film stars and featured play ers who posses unusual men tal and physical endowments which have never been transfer red to the screen. Fred Astaire composes songs (good ones)—but, just the same Irving Berlin wrote the complete score for “Top Hat” and the cur rent Astaire-Rogers filmusical, “Follow the Fleet.” Gene Ray mond also is drawing down roy alties on a successful song of his own composition, the while he plays a romantic starring role in “Don’t Bet On Love.” Lily Pons is a brilliant pianist, a former prize winner at the Paris Conservatory of Music—but she didn’t touch a key in “I Dream Too Much.” Preston Foster sang with the La Scala Opera company before RKO Radio signed him—and he has played in eight successive pictures without warbling a note. Erik Rhodes won a Marion Talley music scholarship, sings in five languages—but does it all at home. Erik Blore, famous for his bulter roles, was rated as the second best song writer in Lon don—and hasn’t written a song since American films claimed him. Katherine Hepburn is an ac complished dancer of the Russian ballet school—but her talented toes never twinkle for the silver sheet. * * * STAR-LITES: Robert Mont gomery and Myrna Loy will be co-starred for the first time in the screen version of the stage triumph “Petticoat Fever,” This ought to bring Montgomery back into the top bracket for, the part is made to order for him . ... . Eddie Cantor’s new musical film has been renamed “Strike Me Pink” in which he appears with that Broadway feminine singing star Ethel Merman- By the way, this is the funniest Cantor opus to date and that’s something. . . . The story “Lovely Lady” will be the next starring vehicle for Kay Francis .... Errol Flynn, star of “Captain Blood,” will return to this city during the week with his dainty and charming wife, Lili Damita. His hext screen as sighment is expected to be the leading masculine role in "The Charge of the Light Brigade.” If you haven’t seen “Captain Blood” you’re missing a real thriller and a new male star who undoubtedly will soon be a national matinee idol. • • * Fred Astaire, now one of the biggest drawing cards in the movies, was brought to Holly wood a few years ago by M-G-M for a role in Joan Crawford’s “Dancing Lady.” Executives fail ed to see his possibilities and RKO grabbed him. They featured him with Ginger Rogers and bingo they had 'tHI biggest money making combination of last year. And to top this, the Film Daily poll picked two Astaire-Rogers pictures in the ten best of the year of 1935. Now to make amends for this mishap, M-G-M has secured a name that for the past five years on Broadway has meant the tops in dancing. None other than Clif ton Webb (sort of Fred Astaire ish). He will play opposite Joan Crawford in the musical “Ele gance.” You can bet your money that Webb won’t be hidden behind Crawford. * * * The death of John Gilbert cli maxes another chapter of the glamorous history of Hollywood as well as the life of one of the grandest fellows who ever lived. At his death, he had very few close friends. Probably the most faithful pal John ever had was Jim Adamson, the M-G-M barber. Adamson, it is said, for many years kept Gilbert when he was a nobody in the picture business. He fed and clothed him when he was an extra and when Gilbert’s day came he wasn’t forgotten. To his dying day John Gilbert cherished Jim as his best friend. And so with John Gilbert’s death, the trio which made “The Big Parade” famous are no more —Renee Adoree, Karl Dane and John Gilbert Most surprising to yours truly is the fact Gilbert died a wealthy man. * * * DO YOU KNOW: That Alice Faye got more fan mail than any other female star when she sang on the radio with Rudy Vallee? • • » Fred MacMurray has unsurped Gary Cooper's distinction of be ing Hollywood’s tallest star. Fred la six feet four. * • * INSIDE GOSSIP: Last week’s famous Latin leading man is Don Alvarado and his new and-up-and coming feminine companion is Binnie Barnes. WHAT famous blonde female singing star, who has just been signed for a group of European pictures, now on her way to New York will get a divorce, from her husband in Paris? Only last week he was' seen at a famed nite spot In this burg with a Beverly Hills socialite. That’s * all for today. Wait till next week. The American Bankers Associ ation thinks happy days are here again. Thirty, sixty and ninety, no doubt.—Norfolk Ledger-Dia **?*' | SUNDAY kHzL.I I SCHOOL LESSON -: By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D* Member of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for February 2 JESUS ENLISTS HELPERS LESSON TEXT—Luke 5:1-11. M.tS. GOLDEN TEXT—They forsook all and followed him.—Luke 5:11. PRIMARY TOPIC — Jesua Finds Some Helpers. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus and the Fishermen. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—How Jesus Calls Us. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—Our Call to Serve With Christ. The work of Jesus had now pro gressed far enough to make more workers necessary. He, therefore, called and trained the helpers need ed. The spread of Christianity de pends upon the testimony of men and women who have come Into an experiential knowledge of Jesus Christ. I. Jesus Teaching by the Seaside (vv. 1-3). His fame was now so widespread that the people pressed upon him to hear the Word of God. The man ner and matter of his teaching gained the attention of the people, for he taught as one having author ity and not as the Scribes. The peo ple came to hear the Word of God. It Is true today that people will flock to hear the preaching, of the Word of God. The people will not flock to hear the preacher discourse on politics, literature, current events, and human philosophy. These peo ple were hearing the living Word expounding the written Word. II. The Mighty Draught of Fishes (vv. 4-7). Before these disciples were called into the Lord's service. It was nec essary that, In a most concrete way, they be shown the wisdom and pow er of Jesus Christ. 1. Christ’s command (v. 4). It was to launch ont into the deep and let down their nets for a draught of fishes. It was necessary for them to learn that if fish were to be caught they must cast their nets where the fish were. Z The disciples’ hesitant obedi ence (v. S). Peter as spokesman ex plained that they bad a night of disheartening failure. They had given themselves to a whole night of exhausting toll, with no success. While they acknowledged their fail ure and unwillingness to continue on the ground of their own Judg ment, they expressed willingness to proceed on a new ground of action; namely, "At thy word." Happy are they who are willing to go forth with unfaltering courage on the ground of Christ's commandment 8. Reward for obedience (vv. 6, 7). By Jesus' guidance they were able to take such a draught of fishes that their nets broke and the boats were In danger of sinking. Abun dant success will crown the efforts of the disciples who render Implicit obedience to the commands of the Lord Jesus Christ. III. The Disciples Called to High er Service (vv. 8-11). 1. The effect of the miracle upon the disciples (vv. 8-10). This miracle was so manifestly the work of super natural power that Peter acknowl edged himself to be In the presence of a divine being, even expressing the fear that comes to all when brought face to face with God. . Z Their new vocation (v. 10). Jesus not only spoke words of good cheer to the disciples, but made clear to them their work in the com ing years. They no longer were to spend their time In catching fish, but henceforth were to be fishers of men. Literally, they were to catch men alive. This is the exalt ed xcalllBg of every one who Is Christ’s real disciple. 8. Response to the call (▼. 11). They left all and followed Jesua They bad such a marvelous demon stration of wisdom and power of Christ that they were now willing to give np their temporal Interests and give themselves to the new work; that of winning men to Christ. Obedience to Christ meant not only sacrifice, bnt a life of fruit ful service In winning souls for him. IV. Ths Calling of Matthew (vv. 27, 28). Matthew was a despised tax-gath erer. He was called from a remu nerative position to give np all and follow Jesua He, together with James, John, and Peter, gave top all to follow Jesus. He had the cour kg? of his convictions, for he made a great feast to which he invited his old friends so that he might In troduce them to Jesua Christ. This act of Matthew was a result of ma ture dlllberatlon, for considerable time had elapsed since hts call. His experience with Jesns was so bless edly real that he desired that his friends should have a like blessing. Men and women of reputation and Influence should capitalise on them for the salvation of the lost Intro ducing their friends to Jesus Christ Christ ,1s not only able to arivo all hinds of sinners, but to use them when saved In his work. An Affectionate Nature A sweet disposition, a lovely soul, an . affectionate nature, will apeak In the eyes, the lips, the % world °/groceries * " Alice louise keog^ l:: -^-T El® unrt <f nwasurG., 3%wk^0icw-\Wt\ iwW I ^ENrAxjl theameraset INCOME * SPENT/ FOOD. This is amplft reason why iHeannual\ productfon ®P our (j ttopoo American food] c«.cca» #1 - » * 111,000,000,000. * ^ r ~7J\l£> fiujLUjiB ctoeA M37~ jsnc/ucfavtehti, '£/uuclb> v*gelab/e& t**i/sma/ls'L * C 1** World Cartoon Com***, | SUCCOTASHtf ‘ Msicj<auxrA*rti ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS OF CORRESPONDENTS Dear Louisa: Why is it that I am a failure as a hostess? I have a nice home and I try to keep up with my so cial obligations. 1 have nice things to eat and I am sure the service is proper because I have made it a point to study up on how to entertain. But with all that, my guests seem to sit around as if they were at a fun eral and everybody seems glad when it is time to go home. I do so want to be a charming hostess but I don’t know what I lack. Can you help me out? MRS. McW. Answer: From your letter, Mrs. McW., I gather that you are so anxious to be a success that you bring a sense of tension or strain to your parties. Unless people feel at ease they cannot enjoy themselves, an.d the hostess is the one who sets the pace at a party. Have you ever gone some’place and been met by a hostess who seemed worried and distraught? You could ,fairly see the worried thoughts popping through her mind about he.r food, about her servants and about her guests. If a servant made a mistake, in stead of ignoring it, she suffered so much embarrassment that the guests suffered equally as much. I think that the, first requisite for a successful party is for the hostess to look as though she was delighted to have one as a guest, not because she owed them a date, but because she really wish ed to welcome them into her home. Forget about the minor annoyances. It is impossible for guests to have a good time if they feel that their hostess is do ing her duty and that it is quite a burden. The second requisite for a suc cessful party. I think, is to invite congenial people. Half of your battle is won if you bring to gether people who have interests in common. You say you have nice food and that should go a long way to wards making any evening a suc cess. Don’t try to have such elab orate menus. The trend today is towards simple meals, prepared beautifully Therefore, to sum up—to be a successful hostess one should be at ease and, at least appear to be having a good time. Bring to gether congenial people and re fuse to let minor annoyances af fect one’s disposition. See that your refreshments, whether sim ple or elaborate, are seasoned or flavored properly and are pleas ing to the eye. Don’t try to be too stylish or proper if the people you are entertaining are unaccus tomed to such service—if you want them to enjoy themselves. . If you do all these things, I am sure you should be a very successful hostess. Yours, LOUISA Dear Louisa: One of my children suffers from colds all during the winter. My husband says that some chil dren are like that but it seems to me that he ought to be taken to the doctor. MRS. L. Pr Answer: While we do not presume to give medical advice in this col umn, I believe that you really should see the doctor about your child. Many - doctors, nowadays, believe that' on£9fek diet causes colds, but irpup eats same food rest of the fam ily and they are free of colds, there must be some other cause. Too much meat and starches cause acid in the system, which is not absorbed, and this is a common cause of colds. Cut out polished rice, steam or bake your potatoes in their skins, use brown flour instead of white, use plenty of fresh vegetables, and fruit with as little cooking .as possible, and see if your child improves. If he doesn’t I should most certainly spe my doctor if I were you, a* your child may have some nose, throat or lung condition which should be treated before it is too late. LOUISA. See Castevens Motor Co. for radio batteries aad tubes. tfc. ^ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Administra- - tor of J. S. Wagoner, deceased, all persons having claims against the estate are hereby notified to file same at once, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. This 8th day of Jan. 1936. CARY WAGONER, Atdmr. of J. S. Wagoner 4tc-30AT . Helping Your Fanpiiy to Better CONTROL 4 COLDS Whan Cold* Thraotan.. Vicks Va-tro-nol helps Prevent many Colds At the first warning sneeze or nasal irritation, quick!—a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol upeach nostril. Espe cially designed for nose and throat, where most colds start, Va-tro-nol helps to prevent many colds—and to throw off head colds in their early stages. If a Cold Strike*.. 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