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Sparta, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 23, 1937.
Merry Christmas!
To each and every resident of
Alleghany county, we present the sea
son’s greetings and our heartiest wishes
for a Merry Christmas!
it is our sincere wish tnat m every
heart there abounds at this time the peace
and happiness and contentment that makes
of this the most helpful and inspiring sea
son of the entire year. In each heart we
trust there is cause for joy and gladness,
and out of each heart w© feel sure there
comes a kindly pd neighborly feeling for
all mankind. The Christmas Spirit now
iihds its way into every corner of the
civilized world; into the hovel and the
palace alike; into the fastnesses of forest
homes and homes set upon the plains;
into the hearts of those who possess much.
The Christmas Spirit—the greatest leveler
of all—now touches the hearts of all man
kind alike and kindles therein the beacon
light of Hope—a hope that was born
beneath the star of Bethlehem almost two
thousand years ago; a hope that keeps
the eyes of the world turned to the future
and the hearts of the world united in a
prayer of Peace On .Earth Good Will
Toward Men.
In this, the most beautiful season
known to man, there should be found
time for every heart to count its blessings
and to give thought to their source. The
age-old lesson of the lowly birth of the
One the Christmas season honors should
serve as a solace to those who feel life’s
burdens heavy upon them. It should
lighten the heart and make it glad.
A season of joy and gladness for
young hearts, it is likewise a season when
old hearts are made young again, when
the spirit of childish innocence is restored
by memories, the bonds of friendship re
newed and the welfare of our neighbors
' with new importance. It is a season
for renewing our pledge of (friendship for
about us; a season for demonstrat
bjr smile and hand-clasp and cheering
our love for those who.make up
individual circle of neighbors and
friends. It is a time for thankfulness that
we have it in our power to make those
friendships endure.
wut oi me Jrast comes once more the
light that guides mankind to : higher and
better things and toward a haven that is
■tare magnificent than anything yet built
hr hands. We see that light-we know it as
:':0m Christmas Spirit. And now as hearts
mellow beneath it, and are filled
it; as it is scattered abroad through
and laughter and gifts and glad
some song, we enter the Christmas season
with only love and kindliness. We find
Hope and earthly happiness bora anew
within us, and a tenderer feeling toward
those about us. It is this mystic power of
the Spirit of Christmas which makes this
the most sacred and inspiring holiday of
all. It is with this mystic power in our
hearts that we repeat the wish now upper
most in our hearts—the wish that this will
be for you and yours
| A Merry Christmas!
Cold Type
The printed word has an enormous
wer over the public mind. If people
ear by word of mouth some report that
at first thought unlikely, they are
d to reject it. But if they see the
report printed in a newspaper they
' it as the truth.
Few read era realize, perhaps, just
,ch time newapapxayfcfiplh spend.
[true,
"ord to
ted in
people
largely
by the
business forever. People who purchased
such misrepresented goods would take
them back, and also tell their friends
about their unsatisfactory purchase. For
that reason advertising is prepared with
a regard for the truth—and truth always
pays. That is why you can always depend
on the business institution that advertises
what it has for sale.
In The Next War
Roger Babson, economist and writer
on business topics, says that the United
States will be involved in the future
I European war for two reasons, first, be
cause this country will not stand by and
see civilization destroyed in Europe and,
second, because the real goal of the next
struggle will be the hegemony in South
America and Mexico.
Mr. Babson makes the additional
statement that the second reason was in
cluded in statements made to him by
“Russians, Germans and Italians.”
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What Other Editors Say
|A Lesson In The Ice
From the Winston-Salem Journal
Let us read a lesson -written in the ice of
the recent “sleet,” “glaze,’’ or whatever it may
be termed.
On the slicki slippery streets and highways,
I there were quite a few minor collisions here and
there; some plunges into side ditches and car
drivers abandoned their cars at the foot of danger
ous hills in a number of instances. But in this
community there were few if any grave accidents,
xjic icoauu ivi uus; xuwiy aypreui
ated the menace of the ice-covered streets and
highways. Practically every drivei' operated his
car with extreme caution. Few drivers attempted
to go fast. So, even when collisions actually
occurred, the impact of the cars was light, injuries
and 'damages being of a minor nature.
And here is the lesson written in the ice:
Danger and death are always present on the streets
and highways. We recognize great danger when
streets are slick, and when it is real foggy. Therer
fore we drive with caution. But when the sun
is shining and the thoroughfares are dry) we too
often take it for granted that no danger lurks on
the highway. We “open up” andi drive two fast,
too recklessly. And before we realize what has
happened, sudden death has gripped the steering
wheel.
What we need to appreciate is the ■ presence
of danger that is ALWAYS on street and highway.
By careful driving when the streets are slick we
prevent aocidents. By careful driving all the
time we can prevent accident, injury and death.
Isn’t this end worthy of the relatively small price
we are asked to pfcyT ' - ’
If Hie World Can Have Peace
From the Radford News-Journal
How much the world has to lose if it is in
volved in war wag brought out in a recent speech
by the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamber
lain. He pointed out that so greatly has inter
national trade increased in the last five years that
it is now back nearly to the level of that prosper
ous year of 1929, being as 98.3 is to 100. Com
paring the world with 1932, ill 1936 R was as
111.8 is to 100. Thus, though the economic pic
ture has appeared t» be made np of downward
lines, it is true that more goods age being soH
between nations than at any time since 1929. To
day, as always since the World War, the great
need is to reduce .customs - hairier submerge
nationalism, and realise that trade is the surest
way to happiness. '
Bat always in the background of any plans
made for bringing the exchange totals np to new
levels is the gigantic “If." “If* die next war
never comes, if the world can have peace, the
imagination fails to outline the gorgeous kind of
world humankind might have. In spite of fears,
of battles on two continents, the march forward
of trade has been steady. The situation is one
which demands peace for development.
Drive carefully and you might live to see
Christmas day.
Every generation worries about its young
people but few generations do anything about the
matter except to criticize the youngsters.
The population of the United States, accord
ing to the experts( will soon be stationary. Maybe
the qualtiy of our people can then be improved.
The Low Down From Hickory Grave
About every other day, when you pick up a
papert you will see where they an sbootia* an
other dozen or one-half dozen, over then in
Russia. And pretty soon they an gonna have to
do a little lookin’ around, to find people to shoot,
like in the early days in the U. 8. they had,
“<* they thought tf»y w«Wd
never rim out of 'em, and they shot 'em just fitr
a buffalo robe.
* sAnd some day It will maybe he tile same* Ip
Russia. And It is kinda fanny that you will i|n4
people hen in the U. S. A, on soap boxes and
other places, hen and there—and you will find
’em favorin’ making over our own Govt, and try
rat some foreign idea, or some new ism or asm
that has not been used, bat sounds gnat
Bat the ducks talkin’ np these big ideas,
hey would not be so hot for ’em, except they
igure they maybe can be the top-sergeant with
i nice new job, and a new for lined overcoat—
tod not the guy standin' np against the wall.
Yodys, with the low down,
Today* Arid
Tomorrow
(By Frank N. Stockbridga)
TODAY AND TOMORROW
MANHATTAN holiday
Christmas again. In many parts
of the country it will be a white
Christmas. Here in New York,
where I will spend the holidays,
there is little chance that snow
will be on the ground to greet
the eyes of eager youngsters on
Christmas morn.
Freezing weather was not ex
perienced regularly in Manhattan
until a few days ago, but ice
skating has been a popular sport
at Rockefeller Center since be
fore Thanksgiving, made possible
by an artificially frozen outdoor
skating rink. Here crowds gather
to watch couples swing gaily to
music “piped” from somewhere
within tho vast Radio City. I am
told that spectators are often re
warded by the appearance of no
tables and stars of stage, screen
and mike who have given way to
the national urge to emulate the
graceful Sonja Henie.
STAR .of Betfaelhem
Placards in the subway cars an
nounce a special Christmas dem
onstration at the Hayden Plan
etarium. This marvel reproduces
the heavens by projecting myriads
of tiny synchronized lights on the
huge domed roof of the audito
rium. Stars and planets are ex
actly in place, can be rotated to
reproduce any time of year, at
any spot on the globe. The
thought occurred that at this sea
son of the year the most impor
tant star we know is nowhere in
the sky but dwells only in the
memory and hearts of mankind.
This is the Star of Bethlehem
that guided the Three Wise Men
over trackless deserts to the man
ger beneath the inn. Astrono
mers have claimed that there
never was a really a single star
of the magnitude and brilliancy
described in the Bible But they
hasten to add that according to
modern calculations, the three
planets that appear as bright
stars in the heavens appeared so
closely together in 7 B. C. that
they might well have seemd a
single cross-shaped star of great
intensity.
’CHANCE . ’villain”
In the South oh West, when
ever one speaks of New York, it’s
an even gamble, that the three
thoughts, ‘skyscrapers — shows —
! Stock Exchange,” will flash across
the brain of the'listener, and in
about that sequence. Skyscrapers
are nothing nest to most. Every
one in the nation sees the movies
sooner or later than Broadway.
But the Stock Exchnage still re
mains somewhat of a vague mys
tery. A great many people at
tribute a large proportion of the
country’s ills to the sinister mach
inations of Wall Street. And
members of the 'Change are usu
ally considered the deepest and
darkest villains in the plot To
refresh my memory, J strolled
down to Broad and Wall streets
the other day to look over the
temple-like edifice that houses the
1,300-and-sotno members who
make direct transactions on the
floor of the Exchange
DOESN’T ■ bar or Mil
The history of the present
Stock Exchange dates hack more
than 140 years tO"lta original or
ganization by a group of 24 stock
brokers who signed an agreement
among themselves to abide by
certain fair rules of trading.
These first members used to do
business in the shade of a but
tonwood tree near what is now
No. 68 Wjfll Street When it
rained they repaired to the shel
ter of nearby coffee houses. To
day members conduct trading on
the floor of the great hall, one
of the largest enclosed spaces in
the world, 100 feet wide, 183
feet long and 79 feet high. Busi
ness starts at 10- o’clock and stops
at 3 every day except Saturday,
when the 'Change quits at noon.
Contrary to popular misconcep
tion, the Exchange as an organi
zation does not buy or sell securi
ties. It collects no part of the
proceeds of any transaction. Its
members merely trade on the
floor of the Exchange for their
own account or as brokers for
other*.
NO SEATS . tUy stand
Strangely enough, .when one
b*y» a "sea*“ on the Stock Ex
change he pays for standing room
the bargain price
There are no
c!«ffca.^em_
cfclate around the If tradini
“poets’ on the floor that are th
actual market centers for fron
50 to 60 different stocks, all list
ad on the big board. Here securi
ties are bought and sold, bid foi
and asked. Quite in the fashior
of any other auction sale. All
transactions ara verbal. No
ten contracts are made. In
»ften the nod of
in
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Weekly Washington Merry Go-Round\
(Trade Mark Registered)
by Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen
New Deal Expects High Court To OK Loans To Cities i
For Power Plants; U. S. Takes Big Step Jan. 1 As 21!
States Begin To Pay Idle Benefits; Roosevelt’s Wish To
Answer Court Reason For Stand On Utility Rates; Dr.
Lubin Sticks To Public Work Despite Juicy Offers From
Business.
Washington — There is one
Supreme Court case in which the
Administration feels certain of
victory. This is the Duke Power
Company and Alabama Power
Company case involving the right
of the PWA to lend money to
municipalities for the erection of
power plants.
Cross-examination from the
bench indicated that most of the
nine justices Were favorable to
the Government Even Justice
Butler, one of the conservative
jurists, intervened at one time to
protect Secretary Ickes, PWA Ad
ministrator, from being mis-quot
ed.
The Power companies switched
their counsel at the last minute
from able Dean Acheaon, ex-Un
dersecretary of the Treasury, to
William H. Thompson, Indianapo
lis telephone company lawyer, j
Thompson had written a last
minute addition to Acheron's
brief, seemed unfamiliar with the
case, and floundered badly.
Finally Justice McReynoMs,
who has voted consistently against
every New Deal measure leaned
forward and plaintively remark
ed:
"You know I'm with you, but,
you don't give me any help.”
That afternoon McReynolds de
serted the hearing entirely and
went duck-shooting.
White Home Muedm
A Roosevelt museum has grown
up in a ground floor room of the
White House, south side. Con
sisting of gifts the President has
receive^ in the past fipre years,
the collection is a jumbled ex
pression of the love, gratitude,
ambition, patience, nr self-seek
ing of the hundreds who have sent
their handiwork to the White
House.
There is a sombrero, a Ashing
basket, a toy cannon, a key-to
the-city an<| a miniature light
house. There is a bust of Will
Rogers, a bust of Roosevelt, a
mahogany gavel, an oaken gavel,
an Indian drum, wooden shoes,
and a brig at full sail mysteriously
done inside a bottle.
Somebody thought the Presi
dent mould like a miniature spin
ning wheel, and it is there, stand
ing beside an outrigger Indian
canoe. There are amateur por
traits In oil of the President, and
one done in cross-stitch. There
is n pfttow with n cross-stitch
Stars wd Stripes <bme «n the
front.
Host numerous «f all the ob
jects in the collection are the
varied assortment of beer steins.
January 1, 19*8 will ring in
more than a new year. It will
also mark a notable milestone in
the evolution of social legislation
in United Staten
On that day 11,565,000 work
ers in »*l States and the District
of Ootnmbia become eligible for
the summer of 1936.'
No computations are as yet
available on the number of job
less entitled to draw benefits. A
worker must be idle two weeks
before he starts receiving com
pensation. But in view of the
business necession< authorities an
ticipate that the number of ap
plicants will be large.
Payments will average $15 a
week for a maximum of 16 weeks.
Both figures vary according to
the individual state systems. Un
der the federal law each State
sets up its own insurance plan
within certain general standards,
with the Treasury acting as the
repository for all the funds.
This reserve will amount to
$350,000,000 on January 1. Ap
preciable expenditures from this
fund, experts believe, will prove
an important stimulative factor
as the money is certain to go
directly into trade channels. Also.j
New Dealers are counting on the
benefit payments to pile up po
litical capital for the Adminis
tration. • -!
Republicans voted for the Soc
ial Security law. But it was a
Roosevelt spraaured measure—a
fact that New Deal orators will
stress.
Big State* Benefit
Still another favorable feature
for the Administration is the. Act
that most of the big industrial
States, which have been hit hard
est by the slump are among the
21 that begin paying benefits New
Year's Day. These are the
States that have the largest vot
ing populations and their pres
sure for relief is most persistent
and aggressive.
Actually, all States now have
unemployment insurance systems.
But because of legislative and
other delays, 27 failed to get un
der the wire in time to make
their enemployed eligible for pay
ment^. by January 1. Their acts
will blcon&e operative later in the
jear.
The big States andi, the num
ber of workers in each to be
come eligible for Job insurance
January 1 are: New York. 2,
646,000; Pennsylvania, 2,404,
000; California, 1,216,000; Mas
seehuaetta 661,000; Connecticut,
408,000; Texas, 706,000; Mary
land 296,000; Minnesota 896r
000; Tennessee, 296,000'; Ala
bama, 277,000; North Carolina,
879,000; Went Virginia 316,000;
Virginia. 816,000.
Inter—ting Advice
Young Senator Josh Lee was
criticising the Senate farm hill
and in the course of his remarks
related tills story
"I live in the little town: of
Norman, Okla., where two state
institutions are located—the state
university and the state insane
uylum. The difference between
the two is that it is absolutely
“One day a fanner pulled jd
his car alongside the fence of
the asylum to fix his carburetor.
An inmate walked up and asked,
‘What do you do for a living?'
“ ‘Oh, I’m a farmer.’
“ ‘Were you ever crazy?’
“ ‘Nd„ I never was.’’
“ ‘Well,’ drawled the inmate,
‘you’ve missed something. It
beats farming.’ ”
Wise And Otherwise
Already
We’re not so sure II Duce,
through hie son, can learn much
from Hollywood. Most' every
thing he does now is super-colos
sal.—Omaha World-Herald.
Why Not?
Explorers of that lofty island it*
the Arizona sky came across two
mice and some arrow chips but
no trace of current pork prices_
Atlanta Constitution.
Apparently
Mr. Hoover’s idea seeing to ho
to have the young Republicans go
around and ask the Old. Chard
what they’ve left to guard_Goo.
Ryan in Boston IletmW.
X mere ..amateur has oounted
seventy-five . sunspots which sug
gests that a professional might
be able to send the sun to the
cleaners.—New York Sun.
Looki Why worry about a job.
Learn barbering and solve the
whole problem. You can start
work immediately after gradu
ation.—Galax Barber School, Ilf
West Grayson St, Galax. 2tc-28
Significant!
It ought to be of some signifi
cance that, after 15 years of a
radio, the biggest hit of the air
is a ventriloquist’s dummy. —
Chattanooga Times.
Gna So!
For each dollar it spends, the
government now takes in 69 cents.
It is only the large number of
such transactions which makes
this possible.—Detroit News.