Sparta High School New*
Basketball Result*
On January 14, the Piney
Creek high school teams defeated
the Sparta high school girls and
hoys. In the girls’ game, the
score was 27 to 12, arid the
Sparta boys last with a score of
21 to 18.
Both Sparta teams, however,
were more successful in the games
at Piney Creek Tuesday after
noon of this week. The girls
defeated the Piney Creek gills
with a score of 12 to 18, and
the Sparta boys won over the
Piney Creek team with a score
Of 16 to 12. ‘
The Glide Valley girls will play
against the Sparta girls in the
Sparta gymnasium Friday night,
January 22.
The same evening, the Sparta
high school boys will play the
tpwn team. The public ns invit
ed to see these games.
XXX
Last Friday night, January 16,
the Junior class of Sparta high
school entertained with a party
Mt. Zion
Piney Creek P. O., Jan. 18.—
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Pugh spent
a few days last week with Mrs.
Pugh’s mother, Mrs. Teague, who
is ill, near Oval.
Mr. and Mrs. Bland Sturgill
visited Mrs. Mary Cox and Mrs.
H. C. Smith last week.
Mrs. W. P. Pugh spent last
Wednesday with her daughter,
Mrs. J- Roy Cox.
Miss Martha Weaver visited
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Weaver, New
Hope, recently.
Those visitrife Mr. and Mrs. W
P. Pugh Saturday night were Mr.
and Mrs. H. Clay Smith and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Gerge Pugh
and Mrs. and Mrs. Hallie Dou
glas. ,
Mrs. S. E. Smith entertained
a few friends Sunday in celebra
tion of the 12th birthday anni
versary of her son, Thomas.
Those present were Harold, John
and Ray Absher, David and Joe
Perry, Howard Smith, Fred Pugh
and Jesse Cox. .
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Hallie Douglas Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. W- F. Pugh, Mr. and
Mrs H. Clay Smith and daugh
ter, Edna Rae Smith, Miss Ethel
Pugh and W. R. Jones.
' Miss Martha Weaver, Peden,
spent Sunday night with Mrs. S.
E. Smith.
Those visiting Mrs. Rebecca
Smith during the past week were
Mir. and Mrs. H. C. Smith and
children, George F. Smith, Mrs.
W. F- Pugh, Mrs. Mary Tan
Dyke, Mrs. George Pugh, Mrs.
Cordie Cox, Carrie Smith, Ethel
Pugh and Georgie Cox.
See Cestevens Motor Co. for
radio batteries and tubes. tfe
Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home
Licensed Embalmers
Ambulance Service
Day or Night
Phone 85
Sparta, North Carolina
in the school gymnasium. Mem
ber* of the class and faculty
were present and spent a delight
ful evening with lively games and
contests. Delicious refreshments
were served.
Cfte
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sized that the royal family is a
family.
There is none of that jealous
bickering; which > features almost
every other court in Europe.
When the ex-King was debating
the most important decision of his
life, his brothers were with him
frequently, urged him to stick to
his guns and not be influenced by
public opinion. ,
Chief confidant at the time was
the man who stood in line of
succession, the then Duke of
York, who, according to those
close to the throne, was not par-,
ticularly anxious to have the
crown and sceptre thrust upon
him.
York, incidentally, is not the
most popular of King George’s
royal sons. While not unpopu
lar, he had been put in the
shadow in recent years by his
ten-year-old daughter Princess
Elizabeth, and to a certain extent
also by his engaging young Scot
tish wife.
The latter apparently had no
idea that her husband ever might
become king, or else did not care,
for she turned down her royal sui
tor twice before finally consent
ing to marry him. It was Queen
Mary who egged on her son to
make the third proposal which
finally won the present Queen of
England.
Queen Elizabeth, by the way,
always has been nicknamed
“Queen Elizabeth” by Edward,
her brother-in-law, whq always
joked about the possibility that
the Duke of York would succeed
him. The Queen herself always
signs her name “Lizzie,” while
her daughter, the heir apparent,
still is called “Lizzie,” the name
which she gave herself in baby
hood.
Busy Duka Of York
- Undoubtedly with the idea that
the throne might pass on to 1dm,
the Duke of York wag given more
official jobs to perform than any
of his brothers except Edward.
Incidentally, he is not nearly as
close to his elder brother as is
Prince George, the youngest.
Perhaps because George has
suffered from ill health, Edward
took him under his wing, and the
two made a tour of South Amer
ict together as salesmen for the
Empite. Both Prince George and
the new King were educated as
sailors, the latter having fought
in the Battle of Jutland.
The British Navy treats its
royal officers with very little
deference. They get just about
the same routine as any other
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Glass at 79
WMHINOTON ... Above la Sena*
tor Carter Olaaa of Virginia, who
at 79 is fho oldest member of the
C. & ft—ta He first served in
the 57th Congress. He was Secre
tary of the Treasury in the Wil
son Cabinet' Senator Glass cele
brated his birthday two djys be
fore tbs opening' of Che present
75th Congress.
officer: Prince George visited the
United States on the cruiser Dur
ban and created such a stir by
his piano-playing in Hollywood
that he was reprimanded by his
commanding officer., He retired
from the Navy due to one thing
—seasickness.
The new King is an officer not
only in the army, but in the navy
and the air force, having left the
navy to earn his wings as a
pilot. Like the older brother
whom he succeeded, he is a be
liever in democracy, and has his
house listed in the daily chart
calendar with a number instead
of a name. He has taken a great
interest in the problem of clear
ing London’s slums, also in the
labor movement. He was the
first member of the royal family
ever to visit a trades union head
quarters.
I
Left-Handed Tennis
Exactly the opposite of his gay
and debonair brother, he is ser
ious, not particularly brilliant,
some people say even dull. How
ever he performs his duties with
typical British thoroughness, has
dedicated thousands of corner
stones and opened as many char
ity 'benefits, has represented the
crown at the Serbian, Norwegian
and Italian royal weddings, and
at the coronation of King Carol
of Rumania.
His chief exercise is lawn ten
nis, which he plays with his left
hand. He also plays an excellent
game of cricket, has shot big
game in Africa, is a chief of the
Maori tribes in New Zealand, and
a boy scout.
His daughter, Princess Elisa
beth, wad taught as a very little
girl that she must always curtesy
to her royal grandfather and
grandmother, and sometimes used
to convulse the family by darting
out from odd corners to perform
this ceremony. After the ad
vent of her uncle Edward to the
throne she was not so respect
ful.
Incidentally, Wallis Simpson
during the earlier days of her
friendship with Edward, then the
Prince of Wales, once complained
that he did not introduce her to
members of his family. There
upon he took her to the home of
the Duke of York, where she met
Princess Elizabeth. The incident
brought a reprimand from King
George upon his eldest son.
Stopped Stuttering
The new King’s chief handicap
is an impediment in his speech.
He used to stutter to the point
where it was difficult to carry on
a conversation with him. By
speaking very slowly he has now
largely overcome this.
Horsiest member of the royal
family is the Duke of Gloucester
(previously Prince Henry), who
was educated at the British mili
tary academy at Sandhurst, and
is now a cavalry officer in the
Tenth Hussars. He is an expert
polo player, the best cricketer in
the Royal family and a great
hunter. He has shot and eaten
lions in Africa, but as a regular
die, goes in for English fox-hunt
ing.
Gloucester is the most snob
bish of the royal brothers and
not particularly popular in . Eng
land. , George, the youngost broth
er, is.only 89,: and in many re
apeete:* resembles the gay and
dashing Edward. ,
He is ene of the best dancers
hi London and once won a Char
leston contest dancing at Cannes
with the Marchioness of Milfor
LOOKING AT
WASHINGTON
(continued from front page)
of Congress may want to do more
than the Chief Executive desires.
Take the idatter of .relief. Un
doubtedly the President, while de
termined that no citizen shall
starve, is anxious to lighten the
financial burden of relief and
keep the rolls closely cropped.
The minute such an idea gets
into action, however, there is a
rush of sentiment and a bunch of
votes in Congress for maintaining
all favors of the past. When the
President proposed an allowance
of $790,000,000 for relief needs
until June SO there was an imme
diate pronouncement that the sum
was “tragically inadequate” and
scores of Congressmen laid plans
to fight for,, more money.
CONGRESS MAY WANT MORE
When the President took office
the pressure of the national
emergency 'kept Congress in line.
The 74th Congress, which began
in 1936, had a clear recollection
of the unquestioned order from
the people in the recent ejection
to support the President. The
present Congress knows that the
people ware undoubtedly behind
Mr. Roosevelt last November but
some of them have the idea that
to keep the voters behtnd them
they must continue thep process
started by the President’ and keep
up the flow of money even if
the President himself wishes to
taper off the flood. It may yet be
that 'one of the hardest tasks
ahead of the President will be to
stem the impetuous determination
of Congressmen to spend and
spend and spend so long as the
funds are in a way to work
political benefits.
BATTLESHIPS BEGIN
Now that foreign powers did
not renew the treaty to limit na
val armament it iB not surprising
that the President has authorized
construction of two new battle
ships, following the example set
by the other nations. The ships
will be under construction f/,r
some years and when completed
will provide partial replacement
for three battleships which will
be over-age at that time. There
are eleven other super-battleships
underway for other nations and
while the President voiced his re
gret at ordering the building of
the warships he found that “if
we are not to reduce our navy
to obsolescence the replacement
of capital ships” could not longer
be delayed.
In this connection it should be
recalled that France has four
battleships building, Germany
three, Great Britain two, and
Italy two.
BUDGET PROSPECTS
The government of the United
States is operated on a fiscal year
basis which begins on July 1st and
ends on the following June 30th.
The fiscal year 1937 begpn last
July, and the fiscal year 1938,
about which the President talked
to Congress recently, will begin
on July 1st. In his message, the
President estimated that the Gov
ernment will spend, exclusive of
recovery, and relief, $6,157,990,
000, and that its income will
amount to $7,293,607,000. He
hoped that emergency expenditures
could be held to $1,537,123,000
and that the budget during the
next fiscal year will be balanced
so far as income and outgo is
concerned but not including the
$401,515,000 required to meet
statutory debt .retirement.
CONTROLLING FACTORS
Thq next fiscal year, which be
gins on July 1st, 1938 and known
as the fiscal year 1939, should see
a completely balanced set of
books for the Government and a
start made on reducing the pub
Alleghany Boy On
Honor Roll At
University Of N. C.
Leo H. Irwin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Carl Irwin, Twin Oaks,
made the scholastic honor roll at
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, where he is a stu
dent, for the first quarter of the
present term.
It will be remembered that
young Irwin made the honor roll
each quarter for the entire term
through his freshman year, last
year.
To make the honor roil a stu
dent must make an average of
"B” (90 to 96) on all courses.
lie debt by applying the surplus
of income to that purpose. The
year of a balanced budget, how
ever, is by no means as near at
hand as it apparently seems. There
are factors which make the goal
recede into the future years. For
example, the estimated income is
predicated upon continued recov
ery, the cost of relief depends
upon wider employment by pri
vate industry and the other ex
penditures of the Government
depend upon an absence of new
legislation by Congress which
will increase governmental ex
penditures.
WARNING TO COURTS
In his message to Congress,
President Roosevelt set forth very
clearly his faith in the Constitu
tion as it stands but pointedly
stressed the need for the courts
to give a liberal interpretation to
its terms in the light of modern
problems. Stressing the work of
the legislative and executive
branches in attempting to “meet
the demands of democracy,” the
Chief Executive declared that the
“judicial branch also is asked by
the people to do its part in ma
ing democracy successful.” Son
thing of a warning is seen in 1
declaration that it is not to be <
sumed that “there will be pi
longed failure to bring legislate
and judicial action into clos
harmony” and that “means mu
be found to adapt our legal fort
and our judicial interpretatio
to the actual present nation
needs Of‘ the largest progress!
democracy in the modern 'world.'
Four ways are open to accomi
plish this end: <1), a changed at)
titude on the part of some mem|
bers of the Court. (2), a change
in personnel by death or retired
ment and new appointments. (8)j
by Congressional action enlarging
the Court by the appointment d|
additional judges of a sympathetic
disposition. And, (4), by a const!*
tutional amendment. The attitude
of the majority of the member
of the Supreme Court apparent!)
precludes any development aloni
the first and second ways an<
there is not much support for thi
third course. This leaves only tin
of amendment available
avenue
to give the Federal Govemmen
the powers which the Presiden
and his party feel are necessar]
to meet national problems. «
Bargains In
Farm Lands
I have three farms listed
with me for sale as fol
lows:
56 acres at $15 per acre.
18 acres at $20 per acre,
located within two miles
of Elkin.
600 acres at $30 per acre,
located on a highway.
C. W. Ervin,
Glade Valley, N. C.
Starts
Friday,
Jan.
m
I Sale Starts Friday, January 22nd |
Children’s Hose
Pair
;X ioc
Raincoats
Raincoats for every member
of the family.
One-third Off
CHILDREN’S
Dresses
49c
LADIES’
Print Dresses
79c
LADIES’
Silk Dresses
One-third Off
LADIES’
Rayon Step-ins
10c
COTTON
Princess Slips
29c
Ladies' Hose
Ladies’ rayon hose
Pair
29c
Children's Shoes
Pair
79c
Ladies' Shoes
Pair
1 $1.49
Ladies' Hose
Ladies’ wool and silk hose.
Pair
15c
Ladies' Hose
Ladies’ ringless silk hose.
Regular 69c values.
I have in stock a large quantity of Fall and Winter
Merchandise and in order to make room for my Spring
Stock, I am offering for the next 30 (days my entire stock
at greatly reduced prices. Listed below are only a few
of the many bargains that you will find at this sale.
Men’s Dress ShSirts
Men’s good quality Dress Shirts at greatly reduced
prices.
H98c values
« .
$1.49 values
98 ell
$2.00 values d»1
at. «Pl
One table of Piece Goods at.. 7c yard
One table of Piece Goods at . . 10c yard
One table of Piece Goods at ... 12% c yard
One table of Piece Goods at .. .. 15c yard
Men’s
Shoes
One lot of
men’s shoes.
$1.69
Men’s & Boys’
Caps
25e»
49c
Men’s
Hdkchfs
Each
31
Boys*
Overalls
Pair
4H
Men’s
Work Shirts
Each
39e
Man’s
Overalls
Men’s heavy
weight over
alls and jack
ets.
79e
I
Man’s
Sox
Men’s grey
sox. Pair
7e
Men’s
Sox
Men’s fancy
sox. Pair
9t
We Pay Cash For All Kinds (3% Produce
Men’s Hats
Regular
$2.00 values
Regular ‘
$2.98 values .Si.
Men’* and Boys*
UNION SUITS
m
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Boys'
LUMBER JACKETS;/
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Many items of Groceries at Greatly Reduced Prices will
be included in this sale. Also dishes and cooking ware.
JAY HARDIN
I SPARTA,
MMI
NORTH CAROLINA.
Curtain Good*
One lot of curtain goods.
Yard
6c to 10c
Outing
Heavy 27-inch outing.
Yard
8c
36-inch Outing, yard llftc
Domestic
Good grade domestic. Only |
ten yards to a customer.
Yard
7c
Window Shades
39c
Window Curtains]
Pair
49c
Towels
9c
Table Damask
Yard
39c |
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