Blind, It Seems
Sitter Of Sparta Man
la Charge Of Clinic i
For Blind, At Which
18 Persona Were Treated
(Mrs. Edna W. Johnson, of
Greensboro, medical social worker
with the State
Commission for the Blind, who is
mentioned in the.article reprinted
below from the May 24 issue of
The Raleigh News and Observer
as being in charge of the recent
clinic for the blind, is a sister of
J. K. Wagoner, Sparta.—Editor)
by Hole* Norris
Miracles do happen.
The most wonderful things come
when they are least expected.
Even sight can be restored to
eyes long dark.
Ask any of the happy men and
women whose eyes were treated
last week at the School for the
Blind by doctors provided by the
State Commission for the Blind.
They will tell you. They will say,
“Once we were blind but now we
see. Could anything more won
derful have happened to us?’’
Take, for instance, the case of
Mrs. A. C. McPhatter, of Bolton,
who humbly thanks God because
“He's made men wise enough to
restore health through His power.”
Tears come to her once unseeing
eyes as she speaks of being able
to see her two children again
after six years of almost total
blindness, and to look from her
window in the infirmary at the
School for the Blind and see the
green of God’s trees in their
spring freshness.
Mrs. McPhatter is one of 18
who received treatment at the
third of the clinics conducted last
week by the Commission for the
NOTICE OF RESALE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
North Carolina,
Alleghany County.
The Federal Land Bank of
Columbia, Plaintiff
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G. L. Spurlin, et al, Defendants
Under and by virtue of power
vet.ed in me as Commissioner in
the above entitled matter, I will
offer for sale at public auction,
under order of resale in the
above entitled matter, at the
Court House door in Sparta on
the 12th day of June, 1936, at
11:00 A. M., the following
described lands:
All that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land containing 162}£
acres, more or less, situate, lying
and being on the waters of Glade
Creek, in Gap Civil Township,
County of Alleghany, State of
North Carolina, having such shape,
metes, courses and distances as
will more fully appear by refer
ence t* a plat thereof made by
L. E. Edwards, Surveyor, 9th,
Dec. 1924, and being bounded on
the North by the land! of David
Crouse and Wiley Edwards, on
the East by John Edwards and
G. W. Thompson, on the South hy
Lonnie Brooks and Hort Wood
ruff and on the West by the
lands of Henry Longbottom. This
being the same tract of land
heretofore convoyed to said
Gwyn L. Spurlin by John M.
Richardson and wifo, by deed,
dated May 14, 1904, and recorded
in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Alleghany County, in
Book “R," page 249; by deed
from Dock Edwards and wife,
dated Dec. 24, 1924, recorded in
caid register of Deads office in
raid County in Book 34, Page
131, and by deed from Emetine
Spurlin, dated Dec. 29, 1924, and
registered in said Register of
Deeds office in Book 34, Page
132.
Terms of Sale: One-third Cash
on day of sale, and balance in
two equal annul installments.
This May 11th 1936.
R. F. CROUSE,
4tcp-l 1 AT Commissioner
ed at the School for the Blind,
five Negroes received medical care
at St. Agnes Hospital.
Going Into Countias
Another clinic will be held in
July, and next fall the commis
sion plans to oonduct a State
wide diagnostic clinic, with visits
to each county to determine what
can be done for its blind. Before
the creation of the commission,
there was no agency to do this
work, no provision for restoring
the sight of the blind through
State aid.
Mrs. Edna W. Johnson, medical
social worker with the commission
for the Blind, was in charge of
the group at the infirmary made
happy by the work of the State,
which employed Dr. V. M. Hicks
and Dr. P. P. Powers, Raleigh
specialists, to perform the oper
ations.
"You' ought to have seen them
when they came in here,” Mrs.
Johnson said. “They were grop
ing about, discouraged, unable to
walk alone. But look at them
now. They are the happiest peo
ple I’ve ever seen.”
Mrs. Johnson, who had a day
and a night nurse working under
her, led the way to the oldest
patient in the infirmary—76-year
old John F. Young, of Farmville.
“He’s a fine patient,” she said,
“one of the best we have.”
Young’s eyes were still bandag
ed to protect them from the light
following an operation to remove
a cataract. He lay perfectly still,
as all patients are. required to do
for five days after the treatment.
“I didn’t know I was going
blind until seven or eight years
ago,” Young said, “when I was
out squirreling with Ap Mew
bom—everybody knows Ap. When
I looked down the sights I found
out that for the first time I
couldn’t see the squirrel.”
But now he says that even with
the bandages over his eyes, he
can see more light with the one
eye on which they operated than
he could before with his eyes
open to thq day.
Then Mrs. Johnson led to the
youngest patient in the infirmary
—five-year-old Bobby Peel, of
Hamlet, who had one eye remov
ed to prevent infection of the
other. Last Thanksgiving a knife
w,as accidentally jailed into one
of his eyes. To prevent sympa
thetic ophthalmia—the infection
of the good eye by the injured
one—the operation was perform
ed. But Bobby didn’t quite un
derstand and was afraid his visi
tor was a doctor. He called for
his mother, Mrs. H. R. Peel, to
return to his bedside and stay
near him. His good eye had been
affected by the other and he is
still very nearsighted, though it
is hoped full vision will return.
As Mrs. Johnson, left the room,
she explained that the Commission
for the Blind plans to educate
the public in the necessity for im
mediate treatment in case of in
jury, even of the slightest nature,
to one or both of the eyes.
Mrs. McPhatter was chatting
with Mrs. Helen Hatten, of Scot
land Neck, who likewise had an
operation last week. Mrs. Hat
ten’s one eye—the other had al
ready been removed—was still
bandaged, but she said that
nevertheless she was able to see
a glimmer. “If God will just
answer my prayers and give me
eyesight enough so I won’t have
to be led about, I’ll be thankful,”
she said fervently.
“I haven’t seen the favor of my
two children in two years,’’ said
Mrs. McPhatter, who during that
time has seen only shadows. “My
first thought when they took my
bandages off and I could see again
was to praise the Lord. My next
thought was about my children—
I’ll see them again.”
A group of men were sitting
nearby. There was George Car
penter, for whom it was the
third—and successful—trip to the
clinic. The first two returned sight
to his right eye, but still there
was something wrong with his
left eye—his vision was double.
But now that’s wholly corrected,
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Carpenter was wearing the
thick glasses necessary for vision
after the lens have been removed
from the eyes. Without glasses
the patients are able to see, but
a "glimmer” covers everything.
The others in the group said they
could see well with Carpenter’s
glasses, which had passed from
person to person around the cir
cle, to see if such a miracle as
new sight had really happened.
Lloyd Smith, of Surry county,
another member of the chatting
group, was so helped by the first
clinic he attended in January that
he was able to plant com this
spring. He said his new vision
was priceless, and Carpenter
agreed. “I wouldn’t take a thous
and dollars for it,” he said.
“Money can’t buy sight.”
Smith, who was blind six years
in his right eye and for three
years in his left eye, said his
vision gradually faded. Carpenter
pointed out that his case was dif
ferent. “Mine went almost all of
a sudden,” he said. "I was driv
ing along one day ,and thought
there was a mist on the wind
shield—it was early in the morn
ing. But when I tried to wipe
off the mist it didn’t do any good.
Then I thought it was my glasses
with mist on them, but it didn’t
do any good to wipe them,
either.”
The others in the group were
E. C. Ayscue, of Vance county,
now able to see with one eye af
ter three years of blindness;
James McF,arlane, of Raleigh, who,
with sight returned through an
operation, can now fill his office
as secretary of the local Inter
national Association of Machinists;
J. H. Cozart, of Lenoir, who even
through a thick bandage can see
more light than he could before
an operation was performed on
one of his blind eyes; Gene Ma
son, of Wilson, whose left eye was
removed to save the other from
sympathetic opthalmia; and Luther
Wilkerson, of Fuquay Springs,
who had ptsosis—drooping of the
eyelid—so much that he was un
able to see out of one eye—but
his lid no longer droops and in
the brief intervals when bandages
are changed, he has learned that
he can see again with the .affected
eye. None of them could have
had the treatments if the State
had not provided them.
There are three children whose
eyes have been corrected for
strahisnis. Their faces beamed
with the prospect of being like
children with eyes not crossed.
Then there are others from over
whose eyes bandages have not
been removed. Patiently, they
await the time when the thick
wads of cotton and gauze will be
taken off and they will see again
if, as they fea-vently hope, the
operations prove successful.
Perfectly still they lie, afraid
that if they move they will dis
turb the delicate structure of their
eyes. “If we feel like we want
to move,” one of them said, “we
just think that if we lie still we
may be able to see again, and
then we lie stiller than ever.”
Twin Oaks
Sparta P. 0., June 1.—Harvey
and Bower Irwin, Stratford,
spent Saturday night in Winston
Salem with their brother, Charlie,
who has just completed a busi
ness course at Draughn’s and has
accepted a position at Mayodan.
Mr. Snelson, who was operat
ed on in an Asheville hospital
for appendicitis last week, is re
ported to be getting along nicely.
Mrs. Stella York, who has
spent two weeks with her daugh
ter in Winston-Salem, returned
home Sunday.
Miss Elsie York has sufficient
ly recovered from an operation
to enable her to return to the
home of her mother, Mrs. Stella
York, at Twin Oaks. She will be
here for several days to receive
any friends who may wish to
call on her.
Miss Ruby York, who is em
ployed i n Winston-Salem, 1 s
spending a few days with rela
tives here.
and Mrs. T. E. Pugh and
er, Logene, and Mrs. Belle
i were shopping in Sparta
and Francis Ross, of
spent Wednesday with
P. 0.#
who has been in
__„ at Elkin for some time,
is spending his vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fields.
Paul Allen, of Wilkesboro, was
in this community recently.
John Grubb, of Nathan’s Creek,
visited his sister, Mrs. Elbert Ab
sher, last Week.
Vesta Pugh !• spending some
time with relatives in Hudson.
Eula Parsons visited Mozelle
Blevins Saturday.
Mr
daughter,
Blevins
Saturday.
Harley
Scottville,
Thomas Smith.
Mrs. Cordie Cox and son, Dean,
were visitors in the home of Tom
LaRue recently.
Mrs. J. F. Shepherd was shop
ping in Sparta recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cleary
announce the recent birth of a
son.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Clinton Hal
sey,’ Sparta, were visitors in the
home of J. T. Landreth Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Pugh and
Miss Ethel Pugh spent Sunday
with Mrs. P. C. Edwards, Topia.
Mrs. Hallie Douglas, of Piney
Creek, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pugh.
Mrs. Paul Fields and daughters,
Beulah Maude and Grace, visited
Mrs. Mary Cox recently.
Velma Pugh, of Topia, visited
Mrs. T. E. Pugh recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pugh were
dinner guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Roy Cox Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Cox visited Mrs. J.
F. Shepherd and Mrs. W. R. Jones
Sunday.
Miss Madge Jones is spending
a few days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Jones. She has
accepted a position in Boone and
will begin work soon.
C,arl Hampton and sons, Reid
and Chap, of Stratford, were in
this community recently.
LOOKING AT
WASHINGTON
——i III i ... mi i
(continued from front page)
Brazil is said to be negotiating
agreements with Germany and
Italy without according this coun
try “most-favored-nations” treat
ment. Australia is said to have
applied discriminatory tariff rates
against certain American goods.
Particularly disturbing is the sit
uation in North China, where the
Japanese are charged with en
couraging smuggling of goods into
China and-' Vith practically pro
hibiting the Chinese government
from collecting duties. This means
in effect, that the trades of other
nations, being forced to pay duties
in China, will be unable to com
pete with the Japanese and will
therefore lose the Chinese market.
Just exactly what steps will be
taken by other nations in regard
to the smuggling traffic in North
China, are uncertain but it is said
that the recent agreement of the
United States to buy silver from
China is calculated to put pres
sure on Japan and that the proba
bility is that Great Britain will
also take action to halt the
smuggling operation.
FIVE-TO-FOUR DECISION
Another five to four decision of
the Supreme Court has voided the
Municipal Bankruptcy Act. under
which Congress two years ago
authorized political sub-divisions
of States to readjust their indebt
edness in Federal courts. The
majority held that the law invad
ed the rights of the States but
Justices Cardozo, Brandeis, and
Stone, and Chief Justice Hughes
agreed that the statute had been
framed with “serious regard to
the structure of the Federal sys
tem.”
TO APPOINT LIBERALS
By this'time, it is apparent that
a majority of the Court is ada
mant in its opposition to New Deal
I legislation, although three Justices
l have expressed their approval in
I twenty-two dissenting opinions.
| This means that there will prob
jably be no effort to amend the
Constitution. The Administration,
looking at the adverse decisions as
temporary obstacles, will press
toward its objectives. Meanwhile,
the President will fill expected
vacancies in the Court with jurists
holding views in accord with the
“liberal” Justices. Two appoint
ments would a thus provide the
majority necessary to sanction
most of the itpeet legislation.
As a result of the Guffey decis
ion, all thought of little NRA’s in
basic industries will be abandoned
for the present and the activities
of the National Labor Relations
Board greatly restricted. Hereto
fore, the N. L. R. B. has assumed
that companies with large inter
state trade were under Federal
law against unfair labor practices
but the Court has made it plain
that labor relations in manufac
Daring the last month several
incidents have happened tending
to bring into prominence the Far
East and possibilities to affect the
relations of the United States and
Japan. About three weeks ago,
the United States called to the at
tention of the Japanese Govern
ment large smuggling operations
from Manchuria into northern
China. About a week later, upon
the heels of news telling of Japan,
ese troop movements south of the
Great Wall, the State Department
reiterated its faith in anti-war
treaties and observed that it ex
pected other nations to observe
them. Shortly thereafter, the
Treasury’s silver purchase pro
gram brought aid to the weak
ened Chinese currency system
and made it unnecessary for the
Chinese Government to accept aid
from Japan. Then the President
boosted the tariff on cotton textile
goods affecting Japanese ship
ments to this country. So far,
there has been no counter-move
ment from Japan.
With thousands of extra em
ployees working night and day,
the Government is racing to pay
the bonus to approximately 4,000,
000 surviving veterans just as
soon after June 15th as possible.
Few citizens have the faintest idea
of the enormous amount of work
necessary in handling the three
and a half million applications,
involving more than three million
loans on certificates and the prep
aration of individual letters to the
veterans, each containing the
i ' . j
proper numner or *ou bonds ana
» check for the balance due.
These will be sent by registered
mail and distributed through 46,
000 postolfices.
SPENDING BONUS CHECKS
More than 37,000,000 bonds
will be dispatched, and as they
draw 3 per cent interest, some
veterans will hold them until ma
turity, but most of the veterans
will turn them into cash. To do
this, the bonds must be taken to
the local postmaster, who will for
ward to the nearest of 236 desig
nated paying centers. By return
mail will come a check for the
full amount and a government
check that can probably be cash
ed anywhere. On June 10th,
Postmaster-General Farley will
speak over a nation-wide radio
hook-up to explain to veterans
the payment plan and tell them
what they will have to do for
identification.
Undoubtedly, the relief prob
lem is the major issue facing the
American people. Unemployment
has persisted in the face of un
fear that it will be a
burden on the Govern
number of years, and
maintain that it will l
lifted as the country i
social and economic si
IS IT TO BE PERMANENT
Whether the policy of
the unemployed has been *9
efficiently administered is a M
tion upon which political pd
sans will dispute, but that In
form of relief is to be conti n|
regardless of the Party in pci
is hardly disputed. Moreover,|
general assumption is that sell
disorders have been averted d
because the governments of
Union have made substantial t
tributions to htse in need. T
some families have taken adv
tage of the situation, that th
have been some mistakes ma
and that no scheme works perf<
ly, is the patent observation
regard to an inescapable situati
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