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Mrs. Sidney B. Gambill, Sparta, N. C. Local News Editor
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ISparta, N. C., Thursday, March 12, 1936.
Meteorologists Are Predicting
Colder Winters
Now that the severe cold of the winter seems
to have been broken by warmer weather the
meteorologists are studying figures that reflect a
winter of unusual severity and predicting an era
of cold and wet winters.
The cold weather of the first two months of
the year broke many established records, with 50
degrees below zero being recorded in North Dakota
for the years’ lowest. Many sections report con
secutive weeks of below normal mercury readings
with average temperatures setting new lows during
the six weeks ending with the middle of last month.
Heavy snows visited most of the States, with
Paradise Inn, Wash., topping all places with 170
inches. Many states had thick snow on the ground
for weeks and in many parts of the South small
children saw snow this year for the first time in
their lives.
An Ideal Textbook
—The Newspaper
A Worthwhile Editorial
Reprinted From “Newsdom’’
Newspapers are being used as textbooks in
Chicago high schools. The new technique is to
teach the student with live material. An excellent
Too many of our educational institutions burden
the youngster with monotonous • lists of dates and
names of the past without any reference to their
present significance. „ , . .. .
The newspaper is exceptionally fitted for timely
studies. No matter what the field, be it economics,
politics, commerce, labor, agriculture, international
relations and a host of others, there will be found
in the columns of the newspapers ample material
to kindle the youngsters interest and aid him m
his studies. , . ....
Nor need we fear that the youngster will be
duped by propaganda. There is propaganda in
every newspaper, but our publishers and editors do
their' physical and mental best to keep this propa
ganda down to a minimum. Under the proper
guidance the student can be taught to separate the
chaff from the wheat. . . .. , .
Chicago’s example might well be followed by
educators elsewhere. The public confides m the
press. The parents of school children cherish their
home newspaper almost as much as the family
Bible. Why not make it a textbook ?—Newsdom.
liberty
Under The Constitution
A Worthwhile Editorial
Selected by the National Editorial Association
Today certain critics are subjecting the Ameri
{can Constitution to virogous attack. They are saying
it is outmoded and unable to cope with modern
conditions. And they are suggesting changes and
| amendments which, in some cases, would amount to
[ complete emasculation of the rights and liberties
! we now enjoy under Constitutional protection.
Let us not be too hasty about changing this
I document of which a major portion is devoted to
protecting our rights and liberties. The constitution
has been amended many times, and may be again,
I but never in such a manner as to abridge the rights
| of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and
, the other inalienable rights guaranteed within it.
It is usually easier to criticize than to defend,
i and the critics of the Constitution have found many
p listeners and not a few converts. Lest we forget
the virtues of this marvelous document, let us recall
the words uttered in 1878 by England’s greatest
statesman, William Gladstone:
“The American Constitution is, as far as I can
see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a
* 1 given time by the brain and purpose of man.”
Some things are timeless. Among those things
are freedom1—freedom of action within the law,
j^m of expression, freedom of speech. The
tution has nothing to do with booms or de
>ns—nothing to do with partisan politics, nor
those who interpret it, ' the Supreme Court
United States.
he Constitution guarantees us those essential
es for which men fought for thousands of
How much would the citizens of Germany,
,, Italy or Poland give for a constitution such
s? It is our most priceless heritage, and we
a duty to posterity to pass on to them the
same liberties which were handed down to us.—
Plymouth (Wis.) Review.
Advertising space is what a newspaper sells
it is rarely given away by any newspaper in
ich it is any good. Neither is it sold “dirt cheap”
publisher who believes his paper to be worth
to the advertiser.
* * *
They say there are folks who have an insect’s
of life and its problems. (Most insects
farther than 6 feet).
* * *
„ are many nails in a man’s shoes but the
sticks up where it doesn’t belong makes
at everything in general. So it is with
ornery little problem.
“Don’t try to change your
voice.” That’s the advice of
Ellen Claire Couch, prominent
dramatic coach and teacher of
speech.
“You are born with your indi
vidual voice—soprano mezso or
contralto—and are likely to 'in
jure y-our speaking apparatus by
any attempt to change the timbre
or quality. No woman should
try to force her voice below its
natural pitch,” says Miss Couch.
She also suggests that many
girls make a mistake in thinking
that the rule about speaking
softly means the use of low,
throaty tones. Even a high so
prano voice can be as soft and
well modulated as a naturally low
one.
Care in the pronunciation of
words, and a pleasant natural, un
affected voice that best expresses
one’s individual personality, is
more important to success than
voice tone, according to Miss
Couch.
XXX
Silk prints for spring are
sprinkled with stars, vegetables,
birds, beasts and fish. These are
spattered like polka dots over the
fabric and are so tiny that one
must look closely to recognize
their real form. One effective
creation features white beets on
a wine background. Flowers, too,
are popular in the microscopic
designs, and one can find chess
men, flower pots keys, and even
the alphabet utilized in the dot
technique.
White on dark backgrounds is
favored for daytime, with vivid
clear tones and many colored ef
fects in larger patterns for even
ing wear.
XXX
Glass sauce pans with which
you can cook right over the flame
are among the newer novelties to
win favor. They are fitted with
detachable handles so that the
food can be served in the same
container in which it is cooked.
This makes for considerable sav
ings in time and convenience, as
well as fewer dishes to be wash
ed. And there are glass match
ing covers to go with the sauce
pans.
Do you keep a bottle of hand
lotion on a kitchen shelf? A
quick massage aftea- each washing
will help to prevent redness and
“chapping" and keep your hands
soft and white. Some of the
lotion makers are now offering
large, economy sizes so that their
product can be used more fre
quently and, also, so that it may
be used on the legs, ankles and
knees during cold weather.
XXX
Spring meant tonic time to an
older generation. Today it means
greater attention to the import
ance of vitamins in the diet, for
we now know that most “tonic”
effects come from the vitamins
in our foods. Milk, eggs, plus
sunlight or cod liver oil, plenty
of fruit, and the new green vege
tables such as lettuce, celery, en
dive, parsley, cress and spinach
will help supply yOur quota of
spring tonic vitamins.
XXX
It’s so simple you’d think it
would have been done long ago,
but a brand new type of metal
kitchen stool just shown in
Chicago’s Merchandise Mart has
a simple folding back rest that
drops down completely out of the
way when not needed and lets
the stool slip easily under a kit
chen table.
XXX
Handy Kitchen Hint: A damp
cloth will enable you to pick up
easily, the smallest fragments of
a broken glass.
XXX
King Henry, of England, was
so pleased with a roast his chef
prepared that he drew his sword
and knighted it on the spot. That’s
why we ask for sirloin today.
King Henry made it Sir Loin!
Hollywood Star-Lites
by Chuck Cochard
Hollywood, Calif.. Mar. 7.—
Ladies—discover what flower you
are like and you have solved your
fashion problem from then on!
Says Omar- Kiam, chief costume
designer for Samuel Goldwyn pro
ductions and one of Hollywood’s
most famous stylists:
“Once the smart woman dis
covers her floral type and dresses
accordingly—even suiting her ac
tions and personality to that
type—she will find herself actu
ally blossoming.”
Greta Garbo is a “water lily”
according to Kiam’s method of
figuring. The two stars for
whom he is at present designing
costumes are Miriam Hopkins,
the blonde, and Merle Oberen, the
brunette, are honeysuckle and
wild rose, respectively.
Kiam’s list for the ten most
distinctive “floral types” of Holly
wood stars: Greta Garbo, water
lily; Katherine Hepburn, poppy;
Merle Oberon, wild rose; Miriam
Hopkins, honeysuckle; Marion
Davies, iris; Dolores Costello,
gentian; Princess Natalie, Paley,
lilac; Jean Parker, mountain
laurel; Josephine Hutchinson,1
forget-me-not; Billie Burke, morn
ing glory.
STARLITES: When the color
ful Gloucester schooner, O ret ha
Spinney, sails out to .sea, none
other than Spence Tracy will be
stationed at the helm for he has
been signed for the role of the
captain in Kipling’s saga of Lab
rador fishing banks, “Captains
Courageous’’ in which he will co
star with Freddie (David Copper
field) Bartholmew. . . . Your
correspondent is indeed very
hi ppy over the good news that
Rudolph Friml’s tuneful operetta
“The Firefly” which launched
Emma Trentini to fame, has just
been purchased by M-G-M for
screen production. Maybe I’m
taking in too much territory, but
I would almost bet my life that
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson
Eddy will co-star . . . nothing
could be sweeter. . . Because of
their success together in “Petti
coat Fever” Robert Montgomery
and Myrna Loy will again play
the leads in “Love on the Run”
which is the story of the adven
tures of an American news cor
respondent. stationed in Londoni
and a duchess who is seeking
escape from an unwelcomed mar
riage. . . Due to a change in set
up, Robert Taylor, ( a new sen
sation among the screen’s male
heart breakers) has been cast in
the role of the quick-witted
American in P. G. Wodehouse’s
“Piccadilly Jim” in place of Rob
ert Montgomery.
THE TIP OFF ON CUPID:
In Hollywood, when a ro
XXX
mance comes to the point where
the principals will neither deny
or affirm anything, it’s a pretty
good sign of marriage.
This is meant to reduce any
element of surprise within the
next four days if Steffi Duna and
John Carroll decide to tread down
that narrow aisle peopled with
bulging eye-balls.
XXX
THOSE MARQUEE NAMES:
A local theatre advertised the
following dual bill.
THE GHOST GOES WEST
YOU MAY BE NEXT
XXX
DO YOU KNOW: That Ruby
Keeler was born August 25, in
Halifax, N. S. . . . she is five
feet, four inches tall and weighs
105 pounds . . . she is a blue
eyed brunette . . . she has only
been married once . . . began
her career at the age of 13 in
the chorus of “The Rise of Rosy
O’Reilly” ... her only pets are
bullfrogs?
XXX
THROUGH A KEYHOLE:
Henry Fonda dining with Mar
garet Sullivan and Director Wil
liam Wyler at the Seville club. . .
Herbert Marshall lunching daily
witlT Gertrude Michael at the
Paramount commissary. . . Henry
Wilcoxon and Isabel Jewell are
being seen everywhere together.
. . . Other familiar terms are
Sylvia Sidney and Fritz Lang,
and Marlene Dietrich and Willis
Goldbeck. . . Bruce Cabot still
hopes for a reconciliation with
his wife, Adrienne Ames.
INSIDE GOSSIP: Last week’s
young society girl was Patricia
Havens-Monteagle and the inter
ested radio Man was Tommy Lee,
head of the Don Lee Pacific coast
network. It is rumored around
this here berg that because of
interest in her he was respon
sible for her obtaining a movie
job.
XXX
WHAT new male : star (whom
I mentioned a few weeks back
as playing the lead in a musical
that gave a girl stardom over
night) is now being seen places
with a brunette star! Here’s a
hint. Two- weeks ago Hollywood
thought romance was really
blooming when he was being seen
everywhere with the female star
of his present picture (she is
known all over for her parts
as the sweet country girl). That’s
all for today. Wait till next
time.
Asusla and Battery
Judge—Why did you beat up
this man?
Prisoner—Three years ago he
told me that I had better con
sult an alienist.
Judge—Then why did you wart
until today to hit him?
Prisoner—This morning I hap
pened to And out whit an alienist
I SUNDAY
SZL* I SCHOOL
--LESSON
By RBV. p. B. F1TSWATSB. D. O..
Mtmktr •( Faculty. Moody Bible
I imitate at Chicago.
• Wcetera Newspaper Union.
Lesson for March 15
JKSUS TKACHK8 HIS DISCI
PLES TO PRAY
LESSON TEXT—Luke 11:1-1*.
OOLDBN TEXT—If we ask any
thing' according to hla will, ha hear
ath ua.—1 John 1:14.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Whan Wa Pray.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Teach Ua to Pray.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC—What Jeaua Saya About
Prayar.
YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC—Why Should Wa Pray!
Prayer la a matter which ought
to be of great concern to every be
liever, for, “The Lord la nigh unto
all them that call upon him, to all
that call upon him in truth. 'Be
will fulfill the desire of them that
fear him; he also will hear their
cry, and will aave them” (Ps. 145:
18, 19). Ttpre waa something
about the praying of Jesus that so
Impressed the disciples that they
requested him to teach them to
pray (Luke 11:1). May everyone
of us enroll at once In the school
of prayer with Christ as our Touch
er. In response to the disciples'
request, Jesus set forth the fol
lowing principles of prayer.
I. The Right Relationship of the
One Praying (v. 2).
1. Filial—"Father.” The suppli
ant In prayer must be a child of
God. God’s gifts and blessings are
for his children. This relationship
can only be entered Into through
regeneration. Not all men have u
right to say, "Our Father," when
addressing God.' Only those who
are children of God by faith In
Jesus Christ can so address him.
2. Fraternal—“Our Father." God
has many children. His children
are bound up together In nature
and Interests. Even In our secret
prayer we should address him as
“Our Father," which Is a recogni
tion of the Interest of others along
side of ours.
II. The Right Attitude in Prayer
(Y- 2).
1. Reverent adoration—"Bellowed
be thy name.” Aa children we have
certain right* and privileges, yet
holy reverence becomes ns.
2. Loyalty—“Thy kingdom come."
When praying to Qod we should
come with a spirit of loyalty whleb
cries out, "Thy kingdom come." We
should not only receive him as the
Lord of our lives, bnt should loyal
ly labor with him in Inducing oth
ers to submit to his rule.
3. Submission — “Thy will be
done." We should have no will of
our own regarding the rule of God.
We should let him direct us In all
things.
III. The Right Spirit In Prayer
(vv. 3-8).
1. Dependent faith—"Give us this
day our daily bread" (v. 8). Yto
should realise that not only bread,
but life Itself Is ours to enjoy be
cause of him and he Is able to do
for us “exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think.”
2. Penitence and love—“Forgive
ns our debts” (v. 4). We should
come to him realizing that we have
sinned, and cry out to him for for
giveness. Our heart should be so
Oiled with love for others that we
will forgive those who sin against
us, as God has so willingly forgiven
us.
3. Holiness and caution—“Lead
us not Into temptation" (v. 4). Be
cause we nr* God's children, and
realising the depravity of our na
tures and the consequent tendency
to practice that which displease*
him, we should shrink from that
which, if Indulged In, would dis
honor him, and earnestly cry unto
him to lead us not Into the place
where we would likely fall.
4. Intercessory (vv. 6, 0). The
man who asked for bread did not
ask for himself, but for a friend.
Prayer which pleases God is un
selfish In Its requests.
5. Perseverance (w.7,8). Though
tbe friend refused at first and of
fered excuses, because of tbe one
making the request would not take
“No" for an answer, he arose from
hi* bed and gave him as many as
he needed. Prayer pleases God and
gets results.
IV. Encouragement to Pray
(w. 9-12).
1. God’s promise (w. 9, 10). True
prayer cannot fail of answer, be
cause God definitely promises that,
“Everyone that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh flndeth; and to
him that knocketh H shall be op
ened.”
2. Example of an sartbly father
(vv. n-18). Me father will give
a atone to his son who asked for
bread, nor a serpent instead of a
fish, nor a scorpion Instead of an
egg. God la Infinitely more will
ing to answer the prayers of his
children than earthly parents are
to give good gifts to their children.
V. The True Goal of All Prayer
(v. 18).
God’s best gift is himself la the
person of his Holy Spirit All
those who practice the principles
which Jesus taught In this model
prayer shall experience the bless
ing of the Holy Spirit
Bruce
Barton
* . ... There Are Other World*
A man who has made some
money without work, and there
fore thinks he knows everything,
was recently delivering himself on
the subject -of religion. He dis
missed the idea of immortality as
mere superstition, the yearning
of children afraid of the dark.
“Of course, there is no other
world,” he said.
To which a friend responded
quietly: “You yourself have al
ready been a resident of another
and very different world. The
world in which we now have our
existence is a world of alter
nating periods of sunlight and
dark; it is a world wherein hu
man beings draw air into their
lungs and expel it, eat and drink
through their mouths, and walk
around on their own legs. For
nine months you lived inside your
mother’s body, in a world where
there was no light, no air, where
no nourishment reached you
through your mouth and you
were moved about on other legs
than your own. Suppose an
embryo were endowed with in
telligence and imagination. How
could it ever form any notion
of this outside world? Wouldn’t
any description of it seem ab
surd? Wouldn’t the embryo say,
as you have just said, ‘There can
be no other world’?”
The, smart man is still thinking
up his answer.
Just before I Teft the house
this morning I held a conver
sation with a member of my fam
ily in the presence of our dog.
As we talked, his little head
swung back and forth, his round
eyes looking first at one of us
and then the other, trying so,
hard to understand. He dwells in
the same house, eats the same
food, breathes the same air that
we do. But w’hat we say and
do and think and hope is utterly
beyond his comprehension. He
and we are citizens of two differ
ent worlds.
I have friends who live in
worlds which I nevec have been
able to enter. They see values
in pictures my eyes cannot see;
music speaks to them in a lan
guage I do not understand; they
have spiritual experiences which
never have come to me. When
I am in the presence of the best
of them I have no difficulty in
believing that there are possibili
ties of human life far and above
our highest imaginings. Even
beyond and above the mystery
called Death.
XXX
* . . . . The Show is a FloP
When the tension between Eng
land, France and Italy was at its
highest point recently, the French
veterans sent an appeal to their
Premier not to make war on
Italy. They said that armed con
flict with the soldiers who had
been their brave allies was un
thinkable.
Now this is a very interesting
development in history. In times
past the veteran use to sit around
the tavern, relating his deeds of
courage and urging the young
men to prepare themselves for
the day when they too would
fight.
The veterans of the World War
went back to their respective
countries with no impulse to
boast; memories were graven on
their hearts that never can be
erased; modest, quiet, tight-lip
ped, they have kept their war
stories to themselves. In almost
every country they are now lead
ers in the cause of honorable
peace.
The young people who come to
my house tell me that in all col
leges and schools the anti-war
sentiment is very strong. Does
this mean that modem youth is
less courageous than its for
bears? Not at all. It means
that the whole world is coming
to realize that war as it used to
be and war as it is are two
entirely different things. There
may have been glory in hand-to
hand conflict; there is no glory
in long-distance slaughter.
The age-old road-show called
War has lost its following. To
day the scenery is worn and tat
tered and spotted; martial music
has lost its magic, the costumes
and the well-worn lines of the
principals seem to belong to the
years of Nellie the Beautiful
Cloak Model. The show is a
flop.
The Family
Doctor
by John Joseph Gaines, M. D.
THROAT, ACUTE
AND CHRONIC
Laryngitis is one of the most
common affections of the throat.
It may be acute or chronic. The
latter form is rare, I’m glad to
say, because it strikes terror to
me, the thought of tuberculosis
of the larynx. My purpose in
this sketch is to deal with the
acute form only.
This varies from slight hoarse
ness with no fever, to the most
profound illness, with loss of
voice and dangerous temperature.
Diphtheria and croup are the
most formidable of throat ail
ments of childhood. An old
author once said that croup is
attended by loud, rasping cough,
seldom a cough in diphtheria. That
was when diagnosis depended en
tirely on physical signs.
The first symptoms of laryngitis
in any of its forms is loss of
voice. This tells us that the dis
ease is in the larynx—in the vocal
"box.” It is the signal for im
mediate action. Get the physician
at once.
Mouth-hreathers are by far the
most likely to be attacked. To
take young children suddenly out
of a warm house into xero tem
perature without warm muffler or
wooleh wrap placed lightly over
the breathing-passages is to invite
trouble. The change from warm
air to cold should be gradual.
Teach children to breathe through
the nostrils, if suddenly exposed
to cold. They will never forget
it. And, be sure there are no
adenoids to obstruct.
Prevention is golden here. Keep
the child’s bowels freely open.
Require plenty of drinking water,
and good, plain, nutritious fori.
Air the bedrooms well during the
day. I would not house children
too closely. Cultivate tolerance
for pure outdoor air but w.rap
the body warm. Keep feet and
legs warm and dry especially.
Treat the victim with sweating
and inhalations of turpentine
vapor, eucalyptus, or from slak
ing lime, until the doctor arrives.
Singer—Did you note how well
my voice filled the great hall?
Friend—Yes, people were kind
enough to leave so, as to make
room for it.
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for digestion's sake," says Frank Bock,
famous wild animal collector. "I rec
ommend Camels for flavor," he contin
ues. "They are rich and mellow. And
they are a delightful help to digestion."
CAMELS SET YOS RI6NTI
They are a friendly aid to
digcation. No matter how
many you unoke, Camels
oarer get oo your nanrea.
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