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year.
Alleghany Times
Almost fifteen years now the
Alleghany Times has been serv
ing the town and the county,
the merchants and the people.
Public support is appreciated.
Vol. 15. No. 40.
SPARTA, Alleghany County, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940
3c Per Copy
Our national debt
was one billion
twenty-five years
—ago, and now it amounts
to about 46 billion dollars,
direct and contingent, and
some seem to consider the
Federal Treasury bottomless.
Senator Byrd, of Virginia re
cently introduced into the Con
gressional Record, by unanimous
consent of the Senate, a state
ment by Wadsworth W. Mount,
assistant director of research of
the Merchants Association of New
York, on the subject, Excess Gov
ernment Spending Covered by
Printing Government Bonds.
The statement follows:
i
As long as the Government can
spend all the money it wants to,
over and above what it takes in
from taxes, merely by printing
government bonds, selling these
6 the banks, and then drawing
hecks against them, how can we
er hope to stop extravagant
(government spending?
And when the Government
nds three billions in such ways
thaft private citizens do not know
whieOi way to turn to make
monew, and therefore have com
paratively little need to borrow
from (the banks on safe terms,
where \else can banks invest your
maney Ion deposit but in Govern
ment bemds?
A banker knows that when the
United Skates Government prints
a Government bond it says in ef
fect that tthe Government will tax
the peoplei of the United States
to make (it good. He knows,
therefore, t|hat Government bonds
are the soundest security in the
country, just* so long as we do not
issue too maipy of them and have
inflation.
Before the Government started
spending sevei-al billions more
each year than it took in from
taxes, the savings banks, for in
stance, could saifely lend your
money, largely toj people who
wanted to spend it for private
•’dr-business uses, at a high enough
rate of interest to cover their ex
penses and pay you 4 percent.
Under present conditions, how
ever, one of the Jew remaining
safe places to invest back funds
is in Government bonds. There
fore, as the interest rate on long
term Treasury bonds has been
lowered until their average yield
is now approximately 2 M per
cent, at present about all the
savings banks can safely get for
the use of your money is enough
to provide for necessary expenses
and reserves and pay you only 2
percent, or even less, on your
deposits.
The Treasury has just announc
ed that to pay off some $426,000,
000 of outstanding obligations
which are due in September and
(turn to page 2, please)
A great deal
of wholesome fun
can be had
—in a Camera Club, a
Stamp Club, a Garden Club,
an active Boy Scouts organi
zation, and even in a live
Fire Department organization
with its Ladies Auxiliary, or an
Historical society. Many have
responded to the suggestions
made, in these columns, and ere
long there jriay be interesting ac
tivity in some of these lines.
The Alleghany Times offers its
service to any such club for pro
motion work, or indeed to any
movement for making Alleghany
County more happy.
Use the Want Ads more freely.
Tell folks what you want to sell
or trade. 20 words and two thin
dimes can do a lot sometimes.
Mail your ad and two dimes and
we’ll do the rest.
Great Pleasure
—it gives
us—to announce that, notwith
standing the definite loss we
suffered when Mrs. Robert
Gambill decided home duties
would not permit her to accept
our offer to continue with the
Alleghany Times, we now have
obtained the assistance of Mrs.
Mefa Phipps and Julian
Reeves. They both will repre
sent the Times, and will gladly
receive your items or subscrip
tions. Julian will help also in
the office, so that you may be
more sure of finding some
one “in.”
Topia
j Topia, Feb. 12.-—Mrs. Viola
jMoore, Baltimore, Md., is spend
• ing sometime with her mother,
Mrs. Lillie Williams.
Miss Vesta Pugh, Lenoir, at
tended the funeral of her uncle,
Steve Ward, Sunday.
| Mrs. W. R. Pugh was taken
to a hospital in Charlotte for
treatment, Saturday.
Carl Hampton, Sparta, was in
this vicinity on business last
week. \
George Weaver visited his sis
ter, Mrs. George McMillan,
Crumpler, who is .recovering from
“flu”, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Evans,
Sparta, visited Mrs. Evans’
mother, Mrs. Sara Weaver, re
cently. Mrs. Weaver is improv
ing slowly.
Belk’s celebrate
their fifth
anniversary
—of opening in Sparta this
Saturday* These five years
have been very satisfactory
and have shown a constant
and healthy growth in the vol
ume of business, states Mr.
Chester, the genial manager. And
in congratulating the firm on
completion of five years of busi
ness it should be remarked that
Mrs. Chester’s cheery presence is
indeed an asset.
Maple Shade
Maple Shade, Feb. 12.—Mrs.
R. C. Halsey spent a few days
with Mrs. Mae Halsey last week.
The latter has been ill with la
grippe, but is slowly improving.
Miss Ruth Cox has been ill with
“flu.”
Raymond DeBord of the CCC
camp spent the week-end with
home folks here.
Mrs. Lou Halsey and Mrs.
Dainty Halsey visited Mrs. Anna
Kirk Sunday.
Ina DeBord spent Thursday of
last week with Miss Jewel Hen
derson.
Miss Ruth Cox visited Miss
Kathleen Phipps recently.
Miss Maxine Parsons visited in
the home of Greek Parsons last
week.
A. J. Halsey visited C. M. De
Bord Wednesday.
Mrs. Verdie Halsey and son,
John, visited in the home of G.
W. Kirk Thursday.
Raymond Halsey, of Pennsyl
vanians spending a few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ahart
Halsey.
Mouth of Wilson P. O., Feb.
12.—Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Moore
and Joe Paisley, Tazewell. are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pais
ley for a few weeks.
Raymond Halsey returned home
last week from Pennsylvania.
Those visiting in the C. E Cox
home Friday afternoon were N.
F. Phipps and son, Monroe, R. G.
Parsons and Lloyd Delp.
V. B. Phipps was a business
visitor in Sparta Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Ward and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
Mamie Delp.
Miss Reka Paisley and Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Moore spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Gray
Phaff, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Mrs C. M. Debord has been ill
for the past week.
R. G. Parsons and daughter,
Aileen, were in Sparta Saturday.
Miss Ima Debord, spent Wednes
day with Mrs. G. W. Kirk.
Kyle Halsey and Clinton Mc
Means were in Sparta Saturday.
Mrs. Jennie Anderson spent the
week-end with Mrs. Ahart Halsey.
Lloyd Delp spent Sunday with
his aunt, Mrs. Myrtle Halsey.
Mrs. Nannie Williams visited
her father, Steve Rutherford,
Bay wood, who has been ill for
some time, last week.
A Lot of Counting
Counting at the rate of 160
a minute for 40 hours a week,
beginning when America was dis
covered, it would take a man
until 2,603 A. D. to count $20,
500,000,000—the cost of relief
in America since 1932.
The W. M. S.
—of the Methodist Church will
meet Friday, February 16, at 2rS0
at the home of Mrs. R. E. Black,
with Mrs. Ed Dobyns as joint hos
tess. Mrs. Granville Lyles will
have charge of the program.
Alleghany Times is a fine gift
to those who’ve gone far away—
and only $1.50 a year or 15c a
month. Send it to them a while.
Dave Boone says,
in the New York
Sun, regarding
—the candidacy of Frank
Gannett, of Rochester, N.
Y., for the Republican
nomination for president,
that Frank Gannett, who started
with one newspaper and built up
a chain of ’em in the days when
a man dared to take chances, has
tossed his hat into the ring.
It would be interesting to see
a newspaper man in the White
House. He’d be one fellow who
knew how to economize. A man
able to keep one newspaper going
has to be right smart, and a fel
low who’s kept a dozen going
ought to find running a govern
ment as easy as rolling off a log.
And the Cleveland (Ohio) News
gives a comprehensive sketch of
Frank Gannett, as follows;
A man who supported Frank
lin Roosevelt as governor, toler
ated hig. early New Deal at Wash
ington, then became his most
vigorous and tireless Ca'itic, this
weak announced he was going to
get Mr. Roosevelt’s job for him
self.
Frank Gannett, of Rochester,
N. Y., is owner of 19 newspapers
and a comfortable fortune which
he earned by rugged individual
ism, which he will preach as a
candidate for the Republican
nomination.
Mr. Gannett is without much
political experience; without most
of the “personality” traits which
make for political success. He
is not a back-slapper, nor even a
good mixer. But he, is not with
out assets as a Republican candi
date. He probably is the best
available front-man for the theory
that What government needs is
business men.
The Rochester publisher liter
ally started with nothing but an
exceptionally sharp mind and a
bottomless well of energy. He
worked his way through Cornell
University, as a reporter oh the
Ithaca News, finishing in 1898.
Two years later, he went to the
Philippine Islands as secretary to
Jacob G. Schurman, a member
of the first U. S. commission to
that territory.
Returning that year (1900), he
took a job as managing editor
of the Ithaca News and stayed
five years. He was editor of the
Pittsburgh Index for a short time
in 1906. Then, having saved
some money and established
credit, he bought into the Elmira
Gazette.
That was the beginning oi tne
GanViett chain, which is mostly in
New York State to this day, but
spreads out to Connecticut, New
Jersey and Illinois. Although he
started out as a writing man,
few of whom have business sense,
Mr. Gannett soon discovered that
his special talent was that of a
business executive.
Today he contributes a great
■deal to his own editorial columns,
and signs most of the pieces.
He seldom interferes otherwise
with the editrial operation, which
is part of his formula for suc
cessful publishing. Although in
tensely Republican himself, he
permitted "hia Hartford (Conn.)
editor to suupoit Mr. Roosevelt
in 1936.
Seldom, in fact, does he inter
fere with any detailed operation
of his properties. He specializes
in selecting men who will run his
business properly.
The Gannett enterprise has a
minimum of labor trouble and
a minimum turnover of help.
Employes share in the profits,
executives are picked from the
ranks.
Still, Mr. Gannett is far from
loose with his funds. He is a
stickler for economy and effici
ency, as any man must be who
makes $25,000,000 in 30 years.
Mr. Gannett is 64, a Unitarian
and a Mason. In 1920, he and
Caroline Werner were married
and their family consists of Sally,
16, and Dixon, 10. The publisher
shoots golf in the 80s, is a fiend
for (but no expert at) bridge.
He does not smoke, drink, or
swear, but is no prude and loves
a good story.
Friends of Mr. Gannett are
amazed by his physical fitness. He
keeps himself tanned to the
waist, eats with the greatest care
and exercises vigorously.
In 1936, Gannett was back
of Senator Borah’s bid for the
G. O. P. nomination, and per
mitted Borah to name him as
■required vice presidential choice.
This year his candidacy is ser
ious. His voice helped beat the
court-packing and reorganization
bills, and he now is out to win
New York’s 94 convention dele
(tum to page, 4, please)
1A. O. Joines and
| Mrs. Ruth Hackler
are about with
—their work of census taking
these days, and two interesting
things they report are, that 75%
| of establishments being reported
'are new businesses, and their
(work among the colored com
munity is jinuch easier than else
[ where, not because of different
reports, but because colored
churches and schools teach the
people how to answer the ques
tions properly and promptly.
Fishing, hunting :
regulations for !
the Blue Ridge |
—Parkway are especially1
interesting iin the final para
graph, where it says, “ALL
hunting ... in the parkway
is prohibited and, the possession
of loaded firearms within the
parkway boundaries will be con
sidered prima facie evidence of«
hunting.” Also, “whenever nec
essary for hunters hunting: on
adjoining: lands to cross parkway
lands, guns shall be carried un-1
loaded and with breech open."
The season for Fishing on
parkway lands will be the same
as open season in the adjoining
N. C. counties. Unless closed by
the State all major streams will
be open for fishing. Tributaries
and feeder streams may be closed
at times, but will be duly posted
at confluence with main stream.
Size of fish and limit for a
day’s catch shall conform with
State regulations.
Hours of fishing shall be from |
daylight to dark, ONLY, and
that during open season.
Tackle shall consist only of
rod, hook and line held in hand.
And hooks must be single. No
fish, minnows or chubs, dead or
alive, may be used as bait.
The only license required is
the State or County license nec
essary in the adjoining area.
The parkway is a sanctuary
for wild life of every sort, and
the killing, wounding, frightening,
pursuing or capturing at any
time any bird or wild animal is
prohibited, as also the taking of
any bird eggs.
NO loaded firearms will be
permitted on the parkway pro
per. When hunters cross the
parkway their guns must be un
loaded, and the breech carried
open.
These regulations were adopted
on January 17, 1940 by the N.
C State Board of Conservation
and Development, sitting at Ra
leigh. Paul Kelly, secretary.
Mt. Zion
Piney Creek P. O., Feb. 12.—
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Billings and
Edna Rae Smith attended the
funeral of Steve Ward. Crump
ler, at Chestnut Hill, Sunday.
W. F. and R. M. Pugh visited
their brother, Joe Pugh, at Rural
Retreat, Va., last week. Joe
Pugh is seriously ill.
Mrs. W. G. Williams and daugh
ters, Geralene’ and Wilma Jean,
and Mrs. Barnett Reeves, Peden,
visited Mrs. Mattie Smith Friday
afternoon.
Miss Edna Rae Smith visited
Mrs. Steve Ward. Crumpler,
Thursday.
Mrs. George F. Smith visited
Mrs. W. F. Pugh recently.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Pugh made
a business trip to West Jeffer
son Saturday,
Cox Shepherd visited relatives
in this community Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Pugh,
H. C. Smith, Howard Smith and
Thomas Smith visited Mr. and
Mrs. Hallie Douglas Sunday.
Mrs. H. Clay Smith and' daugh
ter, Edna Rae, visited Mrs. T. E.
Pugh Friday morning.
Lee Black, who has been ill
for some time, does not improve.
Mrs. Mary Wyatt and son, Ross
Bateman, are ill.
Georgie Cox entered school last
week after an illness of a few
weeks.
Your Government...
how familiar are you with it?
The CONSTITUTION—7. In
what part of the Constitution
is the Bill of Rights? 8. Do
all State Constitutions have
Bills of Rights? 9. How many
amendments have been added
to the Constitution since it
was established nearly 158
years ago?
—
Alleghany. County’s Court Hou.wi partially destroyed by fire in
Jan. 1933, but rebuilt, and now housing many of the, county
offices. Building faces southwest, and stands on the comer
where Routes 21 and 18 cross each other, in Sparta. •
Two were arrested
last Friday in |
Bullhead section
—.of Alleghany County by
Deputy Marshall W. M.
Irwin, of North Wilkesboro,
assisted by Roy Reece, Leon
Poore, E. E. Webster, Charlie,
Felts, and C. S. White. They j
raided a still in Bullhead sec- ,
tion, and destroyed 55 gallons j
of liquor, a ton of mash and a
125 gallon still, Thoge arrested
were Bob Pierce, who made a
$500 bond, and Bill Scraggs,
who was taken to Forsyth County
jail.
Town Council has
hired Clayton j
Fender to tend
I
—the water pumps, set the
meters, read them each
month, and collect for
water used. The water is
available now, and meters are
one dollar, for connection charge. !
The water rate is a minimum of
one dollar per month 'for the
first 2,000 gallons, and 40 cents
per thousand gallons thereafter.
Sewer charge will be 25 cents
per month.
Stratford
Stratford, Feb. 13.—Mrs, Rex
Wagoner is ill with sinus trouble.
Mrs. Blanche Hendricks has re
turned home after a few days
visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles
Boyer in Philadelphia. She also
visited her son, Eugene, of the
U. S. Navy who met her there
for a short stay.
R. T. Atwood is very sick,
threatened with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sturgill
have moved to Stratford into the
house belonging to Arthur Joines.
J. Frank Atwood is quite sick,
having a severe cold after fight
ing fire which got into the woods
near his home. * from burning
broom sedge in a field nearby.
Lonnie Hendrick has returned
home after visiting his mother,
who is sick, in Portsmouth, Va,
Mrs. S. Jane Sanders has been
with her daughter, Mrs. I. B.
Richardson for the past week.
H. L. Estep and daughter, Beu
lah, and Miss Mae Williams made
a business trip to Galax last Fri
day.
Fire Again, BUT,
—our hat’s off to the driver of
that Bus that stopped at 31st
and M streets last Monday and
put out a fire BEFORE the fire
department got there!! The
motor of a Plymouth coupe
cought fire and would have burn
ed the entire car if Charles Van
Size had not been a quick thinker.
VanSise, a driver for the,
Washington-Virginia and Mary
land Coach Company since 1937,
saw the smoke and immediately
stopped his bus. Working rap
idly with a hand fire extinguish
er, he had the fire completely
out and on his way in less than
two minutes.
—Georgetown (D. C.) News.
Up on Stilts
Farmers in Kent, England, use
stilts to tend! and harvest their
hop crop. To enable them to
reach the top of the climbing
vines, they have to master the
art of walking on stilts 10 feet
long.
Use the Want Ads more freely.
Tell folks what you want to sell
or trade. 20 words and two thin
dimes can do a lot sometimes.
Mail your ad and two dimes and
we’ll do the rest.
A meeting of
property owners
Tuesday night
—in the Court House dis
cussed at some length the
so-called fire ’hazards of
Sparta. Attorney Ira T.
Johnston, of West Jefferson* made
a very able presentation on be
half of the ownere who fear
somebody’s property nearby will
catch fire and endanger the
town.
The Town Council will meet
the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in March and probably
adopt some ordinances to regu
late building operations in the
town.
Did you catch it?
Perhaps not.
In the Topia news last week
was an item of unusual interest,
in that W. I. Caudill, now 77
years old, who has lived near1
the river the greater part of those
years, had a new experience Jan.
29 vrhen he walked across New
River on the ice. Have to go
back to 1888 to match it, evi
dently.
Wonder when Mr. Caudill’s
birthday comes.
Topia also reported twin calves
born to a Guernsey cow. That’s
new's.
Twin Oaks
Twin Oaks, Feb. 12.—Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Wilson, Ottis and
Odell Wilson, Glade Valley, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
R. C. Wagoner left Sunday by
bus to spend a few days with
fiiends in Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Finney left
Sunday to spend some time in
Buchanan, Va., where Mr. Finney
is employed in connection with
the construction of the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bare made a
business trip to Black Mountain
last week.
John Poole, who has been sick
for some time, is able to mingle
with friends at the cross roads
store again,
Carl Jones, Mrs. O. D. Hapner
and Mrs. J. L. Bare attended the
Lincoln Day dinner in Greens
boro, Mon.
A surprise birthday dinner was
given in the lobby of Irwin Hotel
Sunday in honor of the birthdays
of G. D. Hapner and Mrs. Joe
Bare. About forty persons came
wit!' well-filled baskets and a
very enjoyable afternoon was re
ported by all those present.
Mr. and Mrs. Kilby Atwood,
and Mrs. Mack Atwood spent
Monday at the home of Mr. At
wood’s father, R. T. Atwood,
Stratford, who has been sick for
several days.
The Goodman Lumber Com
pany has completed the instal
lation of their new 100 horse
power steam engine, which re
places the forty horse-power en
gine they have been using.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Irwin,
Stratford, spent Thursday night
with relatives here.
Abraham Lincoln s
big misstatement
was made in
—a speech that is now
considered a classic and
immortal. Some interesting
facts are brought out in the
following sketch.
Appropos of the 131st anni
versary of Lincoln’s birthday
last Monday, is the story circu
lated in reference to Lincoln’s
immortal Gettysburg Address.
The tradition had prevailed that
the address, consisting of 269
words, was delivered without
preparation, or that it was writ
ten by Lincoln on a Baltimore
and Ohio train between Wash
ington and Gettysburg. The
clarity and diction of the mes
sage is proof that it was care
fully prepared.
Competent testimony now avail
able, seems to prove that Lin
coln wrote the address in its en
tirety or in part, before he left
Washington. There is also con
vincing evidence that he gave it
the finishing touches in the home
of Judge David Willis in Gettys
burg, the night before it was de
livered.
After the Battle of Gettysburg,
it was decided that all the bodies
of Union soldiers be gathered
and buried in one place. Seven
teen acres of land was purchased
by the State of Pennsylvania,
acting as trustee for the 18
states that had Union soldiers
buried there. It was decided to
dedicate the cemetery on Octo
ber 23, 1863, and Edward Ever
ett, an orator of highest repute
in his day, was invited to make
the principal address. He asked
for more time to prepare his
speech and proposed November
19th as the date. This was ac
cepted.
On the day of the dedication,
the exercises were scheduled to
start before noon. When the
President reached the cemetery,
Mr. Everett had not arrived and
the exercises were delayed one
half hour. They began at noon,
an hour late. Mr. Everett spoke
for one hour and 57 minutes.
His oration was thoughtful and
eloquent but it is now regarded
as tedious reading.
Lincoln, as Chief Executive of
the nation, was asked to make a
few appropriate remarks form
ally setting apart the grounds
for their sacred use.
“The few words,” one of his
biographers wrote, “were such as
sank deep, but left his audience
unaware that a classic had been
spoken which would endure with
the English language.” Lincoln,
, himself, thought that the speech
was a failure and made a remark
to that effect to his companion,
Will Hill Lamon.
A young man, by the name of
Wayne McVeigh said to the Pres
ident; “You have made an im
mortal address.” Lincoln repli
ed, “You must not be extrava
gant about it.” Few, however,
realized at the time, that it was
an “immortal address.” The
sentence which proved to be a
poor prophecy was, “The world
will little note nor long remem
ber what we say here.”
Laurel Springs
i
Mr. and Mrs. David Tarlton |
and daughter, Ann, of Kannapolis, ]
visited Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Hop
pers Sunday.
Robert Taylor, a member of the
North Wilkesboro school faculty, j
j spent the week-end with relative* ]
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reeves and
children visited relatives at Fleet
wood during the week-end.
Several from here attended
church services in Sparta Sunday
to hear the Reverend Fletcher,
who is the prospective pastor for
the Baptist Church here.
Mrs. F. Miller and W. F.
Doughton visited Mrs. T. J. Car
son, Sparta,. Sunday.
Alleghany Times is a fine gift
to those who’ve gone far away—
and only $1.50 a year or 15c a
month. Send it to them a while.
.— -
n
ys, we have a plan,
—by which any boy in Alleghany can get a year’s subscrip
tion to The American Boy magazine without cost, except for
the three cent stamp it will take on the letter to bring us his
name, age, and address. Of course there’ll be some, work to
do-—you wouldn’t expect something for nothing, would you?
—but you’ll be happily surprised how easily you can get The
American Boy for a whole year.
Cut out this ad and send it, with your name, age,
address to W. S. Mead, Alleghany Times, Sparta.
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