The Alleghany Times
Alleghany County’s Only Newspaper
Published every Thursday by the
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117 West Grayson Street Galax, Virginia
H. B. Zabriskie, Galax, Va. ...... Editor
Mrs. Robert M. Gambill, Sparta, N. C. Local News Editor
Sparta Office in Sheriff’s Office in Court House
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Sparta, N. C., Thursday, April 8, 1937.
The Spirit Of The Century
—Speed, And More Sfpeed
A Worthwhile Editorial Reprinted from the
Loudoun-Times Mirror, Leesburg, Va.
The spirit of the Twentieth Century is speed!
The automobile chug-chugged its way into the
American scene as the twentieth century dawned.
Nobody took this “foolish contraption” seriously.
It was a passing fad—a relatively harmless toy
for the young bloods of the day to play with—and
if an occasional chicken lost its life, the damage
could be righted by a few contrite words and per
haps a dollar.
The fad, however, did not fade. Instead, the
automobile became an all-important factor in mod
ern civilization.
It is unfortunate that we have not yet learned
to enjoy this marvelous instrument of transportation
without paying a tremendous price.
Year after year the traffic death record grows
worse. That it did not improve in 1936, at a time
when most encouraging advances were noted in law
enforcement and traffic engineering in general, in
dicates but one thing—that highway safety must be
solved by each individual for himself.
The traffic problem is YOUR problem, Mr.
Motorist. Your stake in it is high, for it is your
very life. Will you continue to substitute chance
for caution, or will you, by driVing sanely, soberly,
do your part to end this senseless killing on the
highways ?
About Farm Prosperity
And Crop Production Regulation
Farm prosperity in the United States can be
assured under two conditions, the production of
unlimited yields with markets available at fair
prices or the production of limited crops when the
market is not large enough to take full crops.
Under normal conditions there does not seem
to be a market for the wheat and cotton that the
farmers of the United States can produce if their
seasons are favorable. This will be true until for
eign demand for cotton and wheat pick up con
siderably and there is little evidence that such will
be the case in 1937.
When it comes to limiting production few
experienced agriculturists believe it can be done
without legal means to compel all farmers to comply
with necessary limitations. So far as we know
farmers have never been able to effect voluntary
regulation of production and we doubt if they will
ever be able to overcome the difficulties that have
prevented this in the past.
Consequently the regulation, if it is to be effec
tive and fair, must be backed by a law that can be
enforced. Under the decision of the Supreme Court
this cannot be accomplished by the Federal govern
ment and past experience shows us that it cannot be
done by the States. At best, the present Soil Con
servation act can make only moderate progress
toward crop production regulation.
Mt. Zion
Piney Creek P. O., April 5.—
Mrs. Cora Uolvert, North Wilkes
boro, and Mrs. Lena Billings,
Laurel Springs, spent Sunday
with their sister, Mrs. W. R.
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Miller, Pi
ney Creek, and Mrs. Mary Cox
^isited Mrs. Delia Weaver, Peden,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cas Taylor and
Mrs. Ted Sharp and children, of
Charlotte, were in this commu
nity Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Cox and
son, Paul, and T. E. Pugh were
at W. F. Pugh’s home Sunday.
Rev. J. C. Swain was a dinner
guest of Mr, and Mrs. S. E.
Smith Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Cox and grand
daughter visited Jesse and Dean
Cox Saturday.
Those visiting Mrs. Mary Cox
on and near her 82nd birthday
anniversary, which fell on last
Wednesday, were Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Shepherd, Furches; Mrs.
H. J. Taylor, Grant, Va.; Mrs.
Ted Sharp ond children, Mary
Frances and Edward Ray, of
Charlotte; Mrs. Elbert Young and
son. of Volney, Va.; Mrs. Ruby
Dixon and son, of Grant, Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. Bland’ Sturgill, Pi
ney Creek, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Roy Cox, of the Mt. Zion com
munity. Mrs. Taylor brought a
cnic dinner which was served
a real picnic style. Mrs. Cox
many useful gifts.
S E. Smith and son,
Thomas, visited Mrs. Roscoe Bil
lings and children Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Smith
and children and Rev. Rosroe Bil
lings went to the home of the
late Mrs. Emmett Evans Sunday.
Mrs. Evans died .in a hospital
Saturday.
Evelyn Perry and Radine Fen
der, Piney Creek, spent Wednes
day night with Verna Parsons.
Thomas Smith spent Tuesday
night with Ronda Busic, Piney
Creek.
Miss Verna Parsons visited at
Piney Creek last week.
Mrs. Ethel Douglas and chil
dren are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
D. E. Douglas.
Turkey Knob
Mouth of Wilson, Va., P. O..
Mar. 31.—Mrs. Newt Phipps and
daughter, Kathleen, visited Mrs.
Nannie Williams Saturday after
noon.
Edd Parsons spent a few days
last week visiting relatives in this
community.
Miss Maxine Parsons attended
a birthday party for her niece,
Ailee.ne Parsons, Sunday.
Mrs. Cleo P. Cook, who has
spent the winter with her son,
Hubert, in Forest Hill, Md., re
turned home Thursday.
Robert Stewart has moved to
Laurt B. Rutherford’s place.
Mrs. Lydia Finney spent a few
days last week with Laura B.
Rutherford
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HOME
NEWS
Deep shades of polish are re
turning to favor among the smart
| set, particularly for dress occas
ions. Inspired by the vogue for
'bright color accents, they are ap
I pearing more and more, among
the softer, subtle tones. Fre
quently a bright accent of polish
matches a red or wine-red note
in gloves, flower or ornament.
The new deep polish tones vary
from flaming cardinal to highly
lustered shades of ruby and bur
gundy. Frequently seen as a
smart pick-up with all-black, bur
gundy is used with costumes ac
cessoried in wine or vintage tones,
or as an “intrigue color” with
beige and with the new soft blues
and greens. It is usually worn
covering the entire nail, or—now
that long talons are going out—
with a tiny line left bare at the
half-moon and at the finger-tip.
The vogue for massive costume
jewelry is helping to revive the
interest in deep lacquers, as heavy
rings and bracelets demand a
bright polish accent to give the
hands balance. Simplicity in
dress, extravagance in accents is
a 1937 trend.
Although fine tailoring is still at
a premium, it’s no longer chic to
look mannish. The most interest
ing feature of this season’s sports
apparel is a casual look that re
quires utmost care in fitting,
grooming, and choice of acces
sories.
Red-heeled navy blue shoes and
a matching red leather bag were
high lights of a smart ensemble
that .recently made style-wise New
Yorkers stop and look around.
Glimpses of a slate blue dress
could be seen beneath the navy
blue-fitted coat. The hat was a
trim, roll-brimmed model of fine
navy blue straw.
Lina Cavalieri, world-famous
beauty who rose from a flower
girl to a Russian princess and the
toast of two continents, at last
reveals in her memoirs the secret
of her lovely skin. It’s glycer
ine! Still fresh and youthful
looking at sixty-two, she says:
“Women should never let their
skins become dry. When this
happens, beauty begins to fade.
Even now, when I am no longer
young, I rub my entire body with
glycerine every night. And every
morning I cleanse all grease frobi
it. That’s all.”
Where grass is killed by shade,
it is a waste of time and money
to resow the plot every spring.
New grass stays green for a
month or so but gradually dies
out again. The nearest approach
to the ideal covering for bare
ground under trees is the com
mon Myrtle (Vinca minor,). It is
one of the most desirable ever
green plants, with close dwarf
habits of growth, and blue or
white flowers profusely during
spring and off and on throughout
the summer.
Today’s oilcloth has lost the
stifling, disagreeable odor it once
had, and there are handsome new
patterns, good-looking enough to
spread for Sunday night-suppers.
They come in cheerful McIntosh
apple designs, in Scotch Ta.rtan
plaids, in climbing flower trellises
and in patch work quilting de
signs. All of them are bright,
washable and useful in many
rooms in the house, as shelving
as well as for tables.
Household Hint: If you have
Nuts and Kernels
Troy Isaiah Jones
No use for Congress to peck
! on poor old Dr. Townsend for
! contempt. If they tould read
, the public mind they would have
a whole nation to indict.
If there is anything in the
worth of ‘riggins’ some of the
women this Easter looked like
the “Normandy” speed and all.
I don’t want to carry the com
parison too far but some looked
like the inspiration of a tug
boat.
Sometimes I think that I will
send that garlic smuggler Musso
lini what I think and see if Hull
will apologize for me.
Sometimes I wonder if the
world did what it should, just
how many turnips and parsnips
could be grown in Germany.
If a woman acted in the su
preme court like' she does when
she is driving a car, the court
could rely upon her to take a
middle of the road position in all
decisions.
Talk about being laid out be
fore they are dead, that is. the
members of the supreme court!
If they would have a lying
down strike instead of sitting
down, it would be easier to have
a labor turnover.
:According to the opponents of
the administration, the govern
ment has gone into one of the
nation’s biggest businesses—the
packing business—packing the
courts.
Elementary Pupils
At Glade Valley
Make Honor Roll
The honor roll for Glade Val
ley Elementary school for the
seventh month follows,:
First Grade: Lucille Brooks,
Ben Harris, Marie Lowe and At
tree Greene.
Second Grade: Don Ray Gen
try, Betty Jo Gentry and Neal
Harris.
Third Grade; Ruby B.rooks,
James Ayers and George. Lee
Eldridge.
Eourth Grade: Ruth Brooks,
Bryan Eldridge,: Eva Sue Wago
ner and Billie Mi Heaps.
Fifth Grade:- Junior Harris,
Bert Harris and Pansy Staper.
Sixth Grade: Ruby Baugus,
! Ruby Dancy, Iris Brooks, Mae
! Harris and Thelma Greene.
Cute Kid
“If you are good, Richie, I’ll
give you this bright penny.”
"Hawen’t you got a dirty old
nickel?”
small scatter rugs and highly pol
ished floors, avoid the danger of
slipping by sewing small pieces
of rubber under each corner of
the rug and in the middle.
Sister; What are you looking
all around the room for?”
Little Brothen: “Nothing.”
Sister: “You111 find it in the
box the candy was.”
Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home
*
Licensed Embalmers
Ambulance Service
Day or Night
Phone 85
Sparta, North Carolina
AUCTION S ALE
Personal Property
Saturday, April 10-10 a. m.
I will offer for sale at my residence, 5 miles South of Sparta
end 2 miles West of Glade Valley on the date above mentioned
the following personal property; Shorthorn and Hereford cattle,
9 cows with 4 good young calves—average age 5 years; 1 two-year
old heifer; 1 eight-months old heifer; 1 three-year old Holstein
heifer and 1 four-year old Jersey cow. Also some other Jersey
cattle. 1 brood sow with 8 month-old pigs; One O.I.C. purebred sow;
2 four-month old shoats; a model A Ford Pick-up in good con
dition; A No.-l Home Comfort Range as good as new; several
carpenter tools; all my farming tools and equipment such as a
hay ,rake, section harrow, plows, etc.; Irish potatoes, com, fodder,
hay, etc.; some old-fashioned curly maple furniture and all my
household and kitchen furniture. p
A clean-up sale. No by-bidding. Will also sell nay farm at a
reasonable price. If weather will not permit sale on 10th day of
April come first day convenient.
TERMS will be made known on day of sale.
This the 23rd day of March, 1937.
W. S. BROOKS, Sparta, N. C. I
! Sensational News
| Dwellers in our rural districts j
■ sometimes wonder how law abid- J
j ing citizens dare to venture forth
into the streets of New York or
j Chicago. If a resident of either
I of these great cities were to visit
i the Southern mountains and tell
| folks there he had never seen a
I gangster of witnessed a street
I murder he probably would be set
down as an incorrigible liar. Simi
larly some of us city dwellers
think of the Mountain folk only
in terms of moonshine whiskey
and feuds.
I happen to have lived in the
southern mountains for ia while
I and some of the feudists were my
i i I,
. •- 11: 1 •; . _ ... i, V .
friends, quiet, modest, rather dif
fluent old fellows, the^" prided
themselves on their family vir
tues, and one and all were devout
members of the Hardshell Baptist
Church.
When we were, in the Orient
two years ago there was a strike
of the taxicab drivers in oUr home
town, New York. Reading the
dispatches in the English n«lwsJ
papers of the Par East led us to'
believe that 5th Avenue was
knee deep in blood. When we
got home we found that most of
our friends hardly knew that a
strike existed; their worry was
not about themselves but about
Sparta High School News
I
Senior Play
The cast has been chosen and
rehearsals begun for the Senior
play, “Easy Money.” This event
promises to be one of the most
attractive features of commence
ment. Complete announcement
will be made later.
Boxing And Wrestling At
Sparta Gymnasium
On Saturday, April 10, at 8 p.
m.( Coach R. W. Watkins, of
Appalachian State Teachers col
H* Didn’t
Job has patience, but he never
had a windshield wiper to fail
him in a downpour of rain.—
Greensboro, (Ga.) Herald-Journal.
lege, Boone, will be in the
Spartr. gymnasium with his
wrestling champions, Lloyd Hobbs
and Cline Farthing for a match
that promises to be the best
| show if its kind ever held in
i Spe.rta. Hobbs, of Edenton, N.
C., weighs 190 pounds and has
won 21 straight college meets,
| haying been defeated only twice
in three years.* Farthing, from
! Boone, has won 20 straight match
| es and weighs 180 pounds. Both
I boys are Southern Intercollegiate
! champions,
The wrestling match will fol
i low about ten bouts of boxing by
| the Sparta school boys, beginning
I with the primary grades and fol
lowed by grammar grade and high
school bouts.
us, exposed bo the awful dangers
of Hongkong and Shanghai.
Insurance Security
When I was fifteen years old
my father took me into his study
and gave me a talk about life
insurance. He was' a preacher,
with a large family and a small
salary.
“Paying my premiums has kept
me poor, and often m debt,” he
said,, “but I am well rewarded.
I can lie down and sleep soundly
at night.”
In order to bring the lesson
home, he applied for $3,000 of
life insurance on the. twenty pay
ment plan for me, saying he
would carry it until I graduated
from college and I could go on
from there.
Twenty years seemed longer
at that time than a hundred years
seem now. I wondered if I would
ever live to the ripe old age of
thirty-five when the policies
would be paid in full.
Well, I have lived that long,
and these policies, and some oth
ers, are all paid up. Father him
self lived long and, having edu
cated his children and seen they
all started, he cashed in his in
j surance and was comfortable ir
his old age.
I Remembering this lesson, ]
have signed my checks for prem
iums very cheerfully, but nevei
with so much satisfaction as dur
ing the past few years. Nothing
has happened to any of the big
insurances companies, and nothing
will.
See Castevena Motor Co., foi
radio batteries and tubes. tfc
FLOWERS
, For All Occasions
At B & T Drug Co.
SPARTA, N. C.
Lots and Farm Land
At Auction
Sat., April 17 ӣ*
FIRST SALE
We will sell for Roberson and Parsons on the above date
15 good building lots and 27 acres of meadow land locat
ed 4 miles South of Galax on the State Highway leading
from Galax to Low Gap, N. C. Each of the building lots
contain about one acre. 1
This land is a part of what.is known as the Robert Winesett farm and
is located near A. J. Edwards’ store.
Good school on adjoining property, near church... Electric power line
through this property.
This is in one of the best communities in Grayson or Carroll Counties,
and property is rapidly increasing in value in this section.
SECOND SALE
Immediately after the above tale we will sell 8 good build
ing lots, owned by Joe W. Parsons, located seven miles
South of Galax on State Highway near the North Carolina
line and die Blue Ridge Parkway.
Both of the above sales will be made on the premises.
THIRD SALE
We will sell on the same date 135 acres of land owned by
J. M. Parsons and known as the Alex Winesett land. This
farm is located in the Snow H ill section and will be sold on
the premises of the property mentioned under the second
sale herein.
Good Music-25 Bags of Sugar given away at Sales.
Easy Terms can be arranged on all of this property.
SALE CONDUCTED BY
PARSONS AUCTION COMPANY