I 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
Mrs. Sidney B. Gambill, Sparta, N. C.. Local News Editor
Sparta Office in Sheriff’s Office in Court House
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Entered at the Post Office at Galax, Virginia, as Second Class
Matter under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1872.
_ Thursday, June 18, 1936. _
Who Makes The News
—The Citizens Or The Newspaper?
From time to time the Times office is called
on the telephone, or visited in person, by someone
who asks that certain news items be withheld from
the news columns of the paper. All kinds of rea
sons are put forth by these persons, some even say
ing that if news is published they may lose their
jobs. Such requests cannot be granted by this
newspaper.
We appreciate the reasons they give, and can
understand why they make the requests, but if we
granted the request of one single person we would
feel honor bound to grant it for all persons. And
if we were known to have granted it to one single
person we would be besieged with similar requests
from dozens of other persons.
The Covington (Tennessee) Leader, in a recent
issue, commented upon the request “Please don’t
print my name” as follows: “Perhaps it is neces
sary to state once more that this paper does not
make the news—and if citizens of this city or com
munity do not wish their names printed under
adverse circumstances, the best protection they can
obtain is to quit making the news themselves. If
their names are placed on police dockets, they have
made the bad news, not the newspaper.”
We think that the Covington Leader’s comment
explains particularly well why newspapers cannot
grant requests that names be omitted from news
stories even though the publication of names may
be unpleasant to the parties concerned.
The Farmers’ Real Enemy
—The Drought
Throughout the age-old discussion of the farm
ers’ problems, blame for the trouble of agriculture
has seldom been put in the right place, says Dr.
Isaiah Bowman, president of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. The villian really to blame for most of the
recurring difficulties of the farmers is not Wall
Street, or the railroads, the packers or the Board
of Trade, Dr. Bowman says.
The villian’s real name is Drought.
The drought in the high plains of western Kan
sas and eastern Colorado, which began in 1892 and
lasted until 1896, was the cause of a great economic
depression which resulted in political unrest and
upheavals. But only a few years of rain changed
the picture and brought prosperity back. In 1900
the U. S. Geological Survey could see no agricultural
future for the high plains of Texas, but a few years
of normal rainfall started a new movement of
settlers into what proved a fertile land, given enough
water.
Every agrarian rising in the world’s history is
possibly traceable to drought. In Australia seven
years of drought killed 40 million sheep, and reduc
ed wheat production by two-thirds. But when the
rains came at last, wheat crops multiplied six-fold
and cattle and horses doubled in, three years.
Farming is, in a real sense, a business of gamb
ling on the weather. In that sense, the farmer is
a more daring speculator than the plunger in Wall
Street. Give him plenty of rain and he wins great
profits; withhold the rain and he loses even his
farm if he has not protected it with a large enough
“margin” of reserve capital.
There is no political way, however, of guaran
teeing rain.
The American Voter’s Supreme Function
—Casting His Ballot For A Presidential Candidate
Now that the Republicans have nominated Gov
ernor Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, as their candi
date to oppose Mr. Roosevelt and his policies, the
people of the United States will have to make up
their minds whether they want one or the other as
President for the coming four years.
Of course, we are cognizant of the fact that
Mr. Roosevelt hasn’t been renominated and that
the Democratic convention, which meets next week,
has not, as yet, endorsed his program. However,
the reader may take both for granted in surveying
the political scene. , *
The success of the American government de
pends, in f\nal analysis, upon the ability of the
voters to make such a choice. In exercising that
function they are entitled to have, and should have,
a fair presentation of the arguments of both sides.
They should be fair-minded enough to listen to the
President and his advocates and to give equal at
tention to the efforts of his Republican opponent
and his supporters.
Few public questions have ever been correctly
solved through invectives, insinuations and abuse.
Reasonable individuals, whose interest is the welfare
of the United States, will appreciate intelligent
debate of the issues as framed. Any writer or
speaker, who aids the public discussion by enlarging
the information at hand, will be performing a public
£ aervice. a.*®**-**
You can figure out for yourself what kind of
would be if every citizen was just like
r t/ianajf-Worts
“It is easy for a woman to de
velop her chest and All out hol
lows on her neck,” says a promi
nent health specialist who has
taught hundreds of women to
gain as well as to reduce. Ac
cording to him, a few simple
exercises, practiced regularly, will
do the work.
Here is one experience that is
particularly recommended:
Stand erect with feet together.
Clench your fists, making the
muscles in your arms quite tense
anu stretch them at shoulder level
out in front of you. Now, keep
ing the muscles in hands and arms
stiff and uncomfortable slowly
force your hands up over your
head and down toward the back
as far as they will go. Then try
to force them down and back a
few more inches.
Feel the muscles in your neck
and shoulders stretch and pull.
Keep head up and chest expand
ed. Inhale as you force your
arms from front to back. Ex
hale as you bring them forward
again. Repeat twenty times.
The breast stroke you used
when you learned to swim is ex
cellent for a flat chest and hol
lows in the neck. Hold arms at
shoulder level in front of you—
palms facing each other. Then
slowly bring them backward as
far as you can. Keep on forc
ing them back until your should
ers actually hurt a little.
A movie Actress noted for her
lovely hands, reveals how she
keeps them smooth as satin and
white as snow. She says she
never fails to rinse, them in very
cold water after each washing and
that, after a careful drying during
which she pushes back the cuticle
around her nails, she always ap
plies hand lotion. “In ad
dition,” the star added, “once a
week I go to bed wearing rubber
gloves into which I have put
damp bran or moist com meal.
Either of these tends to remove
cigarette and other stains from
my fingers.”
XXX
To help mold the chin into a
slimmer line, here’s a good night
routine: After washing your face
and neck with warm soapsuds,
rinse in warm water and dry your
skin. Apply cold cream, and then
pick up the soft flesh under your
chin, kneading and rolling it firm
ly between your forefinger and
thumb. This will help to chase
away the fat cells.
XXX
Remove the cold cream, splash
on cold water and dry your skin.
Then apply your favorite astring
ent lotion or skin freshening
tonic to your neck and chin. In
the morning bathe your face and
neck 'again with cold water.
XXX
An exhibition of recently dis
covered letters from Elizabeth
Barrett Browning to her poet
husband has attracted consider
able attention. These letters
were written on thin note paper
like the familiar “onion-skin”
which was in vogue in the 40’s.
This same type of crisp, sheer
notepaper is sold at many of the
stores now for personal letters
and especially for air mail pur
poses. And the envelopes are
lined in the foreign manner in
dark blue or gray tissue.
If you like something witn a
little more body than taffeta to
trim your ooat, grosgrain is a
good choice. It’s especially good
for stand-up collars and to bor
der the pockets and front of a
ooat. One of the shops has such
a coat in black, which is swagger
cut, with patch pockets, and it’s
the new seven-eighths length.
XXX
Household Hint: A few tiny
pieces of ginger, grapefruit or
orange peel or candied fruit will
1 give an added flavor to fruit
J salad or fruit cup.
XXX
“Certainly it’s intoxicating,”
! says Harmony Gal, Mae Mitchell,
I about Harry Von Tiller’s new
song hit, “In Our Cocktail Of
Love,” "and so easy to take—
darling!” concludes Mae.
Wise and Otherwise
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Definition
Enthusiasm—Another name for
hysteria.—Lucifer** Lexicon.
Where’s The War?
If we believe each nation’s re
ports of its own casualties, there
never has been any Ital ©-Ethio
pian war.—Life.
Weather Proverbs
When on her fourth day the
moon appears spotless, her horns
unblunte<d and neither flat nor
Dept. Of Commerce
Weekly Business
Review
Although record drouth con
ditions over the Southeast have
taken a toll of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars from the farmers,
hot weather was a factor in sus
taining gains in retail trade to a
substantially higher level than last
week. In some areas, retail busi
ness gained sharply ove. the
previous good week as Summer
caused a flurry of department
store buying, particularly in East,
ern cities. There was some sea
sonal recession on the West Coast.
While there were spotted drouth
conditions throughout the coun
try, the severity of the situation
was centered in Georgia, Ten
netssee, Alabama, thi Carolinas,
Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland.
Tantalizing thundershowdrt skip
ped about in the affected States,
but so far have been insufficient
to quench the thirst of parched
crops that have been without
moisture for more than sixty
days. Adding to the drouth dam
age, heavy hail storms lashed crops
in sections of Georgia. Agricul
tural workers estimated the loss
over the drouth area at $150,
000,000 to $200,000,000 and food
prices have soared as illustrated
by the advance in retail cabbage
prices from one to four cents.
Birmingham reported scatter
ed showers but crops burned up,
while there were also some scat
tering but beneficial rains in
Tennessee. In Hamilton county,
Ohio, the hay crop was cut in
half, according to the Cincinnati
report, while the potato crop was
seriously impaired and com was
being replanted. Corn was hold
ing up well in 'Kentucky, but to
bacco was being replanted and
'wheat and potatoes were damaged.
St. Louis reported beneficial rains
over most of Missouri, although
crop yields were greatly curtail
ed. The Northwest had an over
abundance of rain, according to
the Portland and Seattle reports
and conuitions were improved in
the Minnesota and Dakotas reg
ions. Hail damaged deciduous
fruit trees in Southern Idaho. Six
hundred cars of peaches were
shipped from Georgia, compared
with 737 last year. Portland es
timated the Northwest apple crop
at 24,200,000 boxes, or 60 per
cent. of peak year production.
Dallas reported the Texas cotton
crop in excellent condition. Cool
weather retarded corn and truck
vegetables in the Denver area,
but ranges were benefitted and
the lamb crop was above the 10
year average. A light Columbia
river salmon catch was reported
by Portland, due to high waters.
Reduction in relief rolls was
widespread with private industry
accounting for much absorption.
Industrial centers maintained
operating schedules at recent high
levels with indications pointing to
was reflected in steel centers, but
rail and miscellaneous orders
offset the automobile decline. In
Pittsburgh 36 blast furnaces were
in operation, a new high for the
recovery period and with operat
ing mills crowded to capacity, re
habilitation of old idle mills was
started. In addition to rail, ear
and structural steel orders, Pitts
burgh received an order for 25,
000 tons of pipe from Shell
Union Oil Co. Tinplate mills In
Cleveland we$e operating at ca
pacity and production was sus
tained at the auto parts plants in
Northern Ohio with Fisher Bodies
operating at capacity to turn out
25,000 bodies weekly. Akron tire
factories also operated at capac
ity. Although employment was off
slightly in Detroit, industrial pow
er sales were higher than the
previous and 1985 weeks. Mining
of diatomite was started near
Clermont, Fla. A half million
dollar trailed assembly and manu
facturing plant was announced in
Los Angeles. Houston reported a
$175,000 can'factory; St. Louis
e $550,000 power expansion pro
gram by the Monsanta Chemical
Co., at Monsanto, 111.; Memphis,
manganese ore mining in Perry
county. V
Labor troubles caused the
transfer of activities of a Stock
ton, Calif., industrial concern,
while labor conditions in Portland
continued unsettled although ll,
000 pulp and paper mill workers
were given a wage increase. In
Birmingham 225 striking coal
miners returned to work but 2,
200 Tennessee Coal, Iron A Rail
road Co., workers remained out.
quite erect but betwixt both, it
promises fair weather for the
greatest part of the month.—Am
herst Record.
among them have ceased, little
piggies seem to be making a
comeback. A Kentucky girl was
borh with fourteen toes.—Syra
cuse Herald.
Now that AAA depredations
'Philadelphia V£ere I C?otne
by A. B. Chapin
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The Family Doctor
by John Joseph Gaines, Si. D.
A SMALL FIRE
CAN Bt STOPPED
When a fire breaks out, we
sound the alarm; we hurry-skurry,
breathless, excited—call the de
partment—turn on the hose—a
house is burning! If the fire is
discovered in time, the building
is saved.
Now these bodies of ours are
the veritaole houses we live in,
and they sometimes eaten nre. as
pnysicians know. Tnen we Degin
10 procrastinate; we wonder if
tue rever—nre won t cue out or
itself, 11 we keep on at work
alia iet it aione. We nate to go
to a uocwr—and we can't really
anora to lay otf and oe sick!
fou know how it is.
The fire grows into a holo
caust. The physician fire-chief,
is called m a nurry; he finds the
building in great danger 01 de
struction, a not a total loss—
just by neglect of the small fire.
If you are running a tempera
ture—a little every afternoon—
which breaks Into a perspiration
just after going to oed at night,
consult your pnysician at once.
The stitch in time may save a
hundred later on. A fever in
variaoly means that something is
radically wrong; it is a warn
ing. A battle is going on inside
—the forces of good against the
demons of evil. The cause of the
warfare must be removed.
If your child is running a tem
perature, look after his throat,
his lungs, his digestive tract; he
has a poison somewhere. Find it
and force its elimination. But,
be sure you are right before you
do anything. You cannot afford
mistakes. They cost lots of
money, and may cost a life. Don’t
neglect the small fire; it is the
easier to put out. “First aid" is,
to clean house. Apply water out
side and inside. And put noth
ing into the body that might
feed the flame. Call the doctor
in time.
The Bend
Mouth of Wilson, Va., P. 0.,
June 8—Miss Sylvia Phipps left
last Tuesday to attend commence
ment exercises at Radford State
Teachers college, East Radford.
Miss Elizabeth Ward and Miss
Zenna Virginia Osborne spent the
week-end at Lancaster, S. C.
Miss Opal Cox, Independence,
spent the week-end with friends
in this vicinity.
Mrs. Verna Phipps and daugh
ter, Ilene, spent Tuesday in Ga
lax.
Z. T. Ward, Charles Cox and
Vergil Cox were business visitors
in Roanoke Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Cm, Inder
pendente, spent Wednesday with
tiie latter’s grandmother, Mrs.
Jtncy Osborne.
Mr. and Mrs. Osco Ward re
turned home Sunday after spend
ing several days at Monroe, N.
C., at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
W. C. Dutton. Mrs. Dutton and
daughter, Ruth Clarke, returned
with them for a three-weeks
visit at the Troy Black home.
Kyle Wood visited friends at
ill
Bruce
Barton
_Sov*__
News Not Always Baa ... *
My Favorite newspaper is the
Foxboro Reporter Foxboro. Mass.,
the town where i have my farm,
in its columns I read the reports
of the annual Town Meeting
where my fellow citizens meet,
debate, and settle their govern
mental problems with intelligence
aiid dispatch.
I read of good fortune that has
coic.e to some of my neighbors;
I mark the courage of youth in
Continuing the ancient customs of
marriage and child-bearing, care
less of the disturbed condition of
the earth. And I am pleased to
see by the obituary notices to
what ripe old age the average
roan may extend his days if he is
wise, enough to turn his back on
the turmoil of the city and dwell
in :i country town.
This spring, however, when the
floods were raging, the Reporter
brought a disturbing paragraph.
It said that the water in my lake
had risen so higfi" fFRHRoverflow
ed the dam and caused serious
damage in the garden;, which is
the pride of my wife*(©hea?t. At
the f.rst opportunity I travelled
up to Foxboro, expecting to find
a vast devastation.
Imagine my delight when all
seemed to be in order. The
farmer pointed to a new ditch
which he had dug, and said that
by diverting the water just a
l;;tle he had kept everything un
der control. Even the cellar was
not flooded.
It reminded me of the taxicab
strike in New York, of which my
wife and I received our first news
from screaming headlines in the
newspapers of Hongkong, China.
We sent cablegrams back to our
family. They replied that, being
busy, they hadn’t read the papers
and didn’t know there was a
strike.
I am a great admirer of news
papers. but the years have taught
me a certain calmness. Very of
ten I have discovered that things
are not always so bad as they are
printed.
‘ ' X X -X
Some Money Taboo . . . . *
A friend says he was fortunate
in his first employer, who was a
wise and upright man. Because
his enterprises had a habit of
turning into profit, all sorts of op
portunities were laid on his desk.
He could pick and choose. When
ever a proposal was made which
touched the ethical border-line,
he never hesitated. He would say
firmly: “There are some kinds of
Money you’re not supposed to
make.”
My. friend, who is something
of a philosopher, says that this
remark has saved him much loss
and trouble, and he offers three
suggestions as to money you and
I arc “not supposed to make.”
1. You’re not supposed to make
money on your home. It is pos
sible, of course, to buy or build
your home at a time when real
estate values are favorable. But
the chnnoes for enhanced values
should not be the important fac
tor In the plan for a home. It is
your home it’s not a money mak
ing proposition.
2. ‘Y u’re not supposed to make
miney by borrowing on your life
insurance. Occasionally a man
has been able to finance a profit
able undertaking by a temporary
loan on his policies, but if the
history cf all life insurance loans
were written it would be a tragic
narrative.
3. You’re not supposed to make
money without work. The men
who suffered worse in the stock
market crash were not investing;
they were grabbing. They were
not trying to lay up a reasonable
surplus for .their declining years.
They were trying to make a clean,
up so they “wouldn’t have to
work.”
Do you agree with these three
comments. Do you think it would
be a good thing if every class
room and office wall could have
painted on it the old man’s warn
ing: “There are some kinds of
.money you’re not supposed to
make?”
Saving Tima
There was once a Scotchman,
married to a school teacher who
talked in her sleep. The Scotch
man received a night-school edu
cation.—U. S. S. Reina Mercedes.
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FARMS FOR SALE
56 Acres near Hooker .... $800
Hm dwelling house, corn crib,
stables, spring, fruit trees
18 Acres near Elkin ... $30 an Acre
No buildings, mostly cleared land. 8 acres in lespedesa
A BARGAIN AT THE PRICE
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SPARTA, N. C.