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——"■ ■ -. ^V-JLECMany Aft ★TIMES PuBlifl|r''i Every Thursday SPARTA, N. C. Office in Transou Bldg. opp. Post Office Telephone 77 Walter S. Mead, Editor and Publisher Subscription Rates One Year by Mail __— $1.50 Less than one year, 15c per month One Year by Mail in Alleghany County .... $1.00 Less than one year, 10c per month All Subscriptions In Advance Advertising Rates Classified Ads, one cent a word. Minimum j charge, 25c. Display Ads, 30c per column inch. ; Short Notices and Cards of Thanks, 35c. Obituaries and Resolutions of about 300 words or less, $1.00 Send Money Order, Cash or Stamps Entered as Second Class matter at Sparta, N. C., Post Office, Thursday, May 16, 1940. RhaMlllllllMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiit'fYiiiirigiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii “Let There Be Light?' .... A Thought for the Thoughtful I looked above the trees tonight And saw the stars; They shone so bravely and so clear That I was cheered. Somehow my daily work on earth shall be More true and pure, Since I looked up beyond the trees And saw the stars. -—Ruth Stanley Volume Sixteen Today we begin the sixteenth vol ume of the county newspaper Don Shores established in Sparta in 1925 as The Alleghany Times. Not that that was an entirely new venture, for Mr. Shores himself had worked on The Star, which was established in Sparta in 1889 by A. C. Carson. So this is the 51st year of practically a continuous newspaper story in Alleghany County. Along during the years various papers have sprung up and had their day. Some have served a purpose and passed out; others have been an. adventure. The Star continued long, and estab lished itself firmly in the hearts and minds of Alleghany people. It changed hands at different times, and seems never to have prospered much after the passing of Mr. Wrench in 1923. Then from 1925 The Alleghany Times was the county’s newspaper, and seems to have gone along well until the sad fire of 1933. That fire was ruinous in many ways, for it destroyed the invaluable yearly files of The Star and also of The Times. Also it destroy ed machinery and equipment. In the effort to restore the paper too much was ventured in the line of modern machinery, and in the impossible strug gle with financial burdens the paper finally was sold to Mr. Zabriskie, of Galax, who kept up the regular week ly publication for six years. In January of this year the present j editor and publisher came to Sparta to live and endeavor to establish the paper | more closely in the hearts of Alleghany j people. Believing in holding to the richness of the old while not sacrificing the freshness of the new, the name of the publication was made to include both the “Star” of old days and the “Times” of more recent history. The friendliness and loyalty of Alleghany people have impressed us deeply in these few .weeks and months we have been with the paper. And that friendliness has not been expressed merely in words, but in deeds. Our efforts to increase our amount of county news have been wonderfully aided by loyal friends in every nook and corner. And our endeavor to increase our circu lation within the county have been seconded by more friends than we had any idea of. As an Alleghany County weekly paper we begin Volume 16 with bright prospects and high hopes. This is the 51st year of Alleghany County newspaper history, and our aim is to be worthy of the fine traditions of the past while pressing on to better service in the future. ‘ ‘Alleghany—Oddities’ ’ Robert Ripley has his “Believe It or Not,” and John Hix his “Strange As It Seems,” which have become very popular features to the newspaper readers of the nation. One thing they have taught us—the interest there is in the unique and the unusual. We have no notion of starting any sort of competition with them, but for some time it has seemed there was sufficient material right here in Alle ghany County so that we might have a corner almost every week devoted to Alleghany—Oddities. And, we are proud to say we have secured the service of the daughter of a former proprietor of The Star to con duct the column. Miss Frances Wrench comes of a newspaper family, for not only did her father conduct The Star successfully for some 12 years, she has two brothers working on the Lynchburg papers, The News and The Advance. We have some nice material in hand, and we shall welcome suggestions that will help to make Alleghany— Oddities interesting and entertaining. Speak Your Mind O reader^,—gentle and otherwise. Remem ber that the editors of Mile, always enjoy hear ing from you—whether you send bouquets or brickbats. Being human we prefer the former— but come what may! —Madamoiselle for May. I The Hickory Grove Low Downl □...........s You see people rushing up and down the country—in a lather—about our migrant prob lem, and trying to tell us why it happened and how dreadful it is—and how to cure it. If you was to take them too serious, you would get the idea that a spring zephyr and some dust was something brand new—some thing just invented—something terrible. You might get the idea that the wind just ups and blows people right smack out of Kansas and Oklahoma and clear into sunny California. From the Dust Bowl to the Rose Bowl, you might say, if you was comically inclined. I have been around Kansas and Oklahoma, and the better you are acquainted and the more you know about these places, the less you know about a Dust Bowl. But people have to get elected—and lots of things are concocted. But it is like poking around in a bee-hive—you can always divert a few, and anybody who has been around a dis turbed bee knows that it only takes a few to start a problem. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA From South Dakota Interesting things come in the mail, and last week here came something from an old Alleghany resident that contains so much of general interest it is being shared with our readers. Spearfish, S. D. Items Mrs. James Williams of Spear fish, S. D., gives us news of peo ple whose names have a familiar sound in Alleghany County. South Dakota is coming back again. We have had more mois ture this Spring than in many years. Prospects for crops are good. The Homestake Gold1 Mining Company is building a large saw mill , west of Spearfish and a hun dred families from around Lead, S. D., are moving here. Mr. and Mrs. Odell Edwards and son David', moved back to \Spearfish last week from Sturgis. He was transferred here by the Montana Gas Company, and is manager of the gas company here. Robert Edwards and Miss Max ine Tyer were married the 17th of February at the Methodist par sonage in Sioux Falls, S. D. Rob ert Edwards is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Edwards. His home was formerly near New Hope, and he is now employed at Alburg Garage at Sioux Falls where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. James Williams returned from Thermoplis, Wyo., after spending two weeks there ♦airing' the mineral baths. Mr. and Mrs. John C. McMil-1 lan and daughter, Ruby, were din Tier guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Edwards last Sunday. Bert Edwards, I wish you suc cess in the primary for Repre sentative of Alleghany County on May the 25th—Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hampton, i of Marine, visited with Mr. and Mrs. James Williams a few weeks ago. We. would be very glad to see iany one from Alleghany County. If they should be going through South Dakota, look us up in 1 Spearfish. We live on the main jhighway to the Yellowstone Park. Mrs. James Williams. Twin Oaks [ Twin Oaks, N. C., May 14.— j Walter, Glenn, and Troy Carrico land Mrs. Laura Poole, Whitehall ! and Churchville, Md., were called Ihome Friday on account of the serious illness of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Carico, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Reeves Greene at Ennice early Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harden, Mouth of Wilson, spent Sunday with Mrs. Gaston Reeves. Those visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wagoner Sunday were: Mrs. W. B. Ed wards and son, Tommie, Mrs. Kemp Estep and sons, Eldon and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. John Wagon er and daughter, Rachel, Mrs. Ve ra Edwards and daughters, Norma Jean and Patrica. Miss Mad aline Sheppard spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Rose Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. William Lamb and three sons, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Walston, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Kingcade and son, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Estes and son and two daughters, Benton, Kentucky, are now occupying four cottages here. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Reece, Bristol, Tenn, have moved to the Mrs. S. J. Thomas residence at Twin Oaks Farm. Several from here attended the funeral of “Aunt Caroline” Cari co at Edmonds Sunday. “Uncle Bud” Atwood, Strat ford, is seriously ill with pneu monia. Mrs. Lawrence Reeves and children and Misses Ruth and Ru by Atwood, are spending a few days with relatives in King this week. Miss Louise Kesler and Miss Rachel Wagoner, Winston-Salem, spent the week-end with Miss Doris Wagoner. Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Reed Crouse, Sparta, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Reeves, were dinner guests of Miss Callie Reeves Sunday. Among those visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bare Sunday were, Mrs. Joe Bare, Sr., Mrs. Lon Cox and children, Lau rel Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Pugh and children, Mr. and Mrs. Britt Miller, and Mrs. L. F. Davis, Galax. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Atwood were called to Mount Airy Friday on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Atwood’s father, Albert Center. E. J. Richardson, Baywood, call ed on friends here Sunday. Paul Higgins has sold his in terest in the Shell service station here to Rufus Colvard, Shell dis tributor, West Jefferson. NcwsOdditics jlX - W «l I •tflHE COLORFUL PART COPPER ^HAS PLATED IN CIVILIZATION WILL BE SHOWN IN THE HALL OP INDUSTRY ANO METALS AT THE world's FAIR IN N.Y. ■v k COPYRIGHT J.\«ClARK£ 1941 She model of an atom 'ENLARGED MORE THAN 2.0 BILLION TIMES WILL BE AN AMAZING REVEL ATION TO VISITORS i '■Tra.iKIMG' animated •dioramas will portray THE ROMANCE OF COPPER FROM ITS DISCOVERY BY SAVA&ES TO ITS PRESENT DAY (JSES IQn CONTRAST,the largest OPEN CUT COPPER MINE IN ^—1 THE WORLD, WITH MOVING L* shovels and train s,will> v; BE featured- C .2* V?jCPPE.rj,oldest of ""metals of commeqce, WAS FIPST MIMED AND USED By mam 3EFOQ.E The days of memes, the f(qst Egypt;ami KINI c, — Ill.....-. “DUTY” by John T. Miles, Cherry Lane tel"'. Upon every living creature is imposed an obligation, a duty. Life demands that this obligation be fairly and honestly met, and he who fails or neglects to meet it must pay a penalty. Duty is a ! stern taskmaster. It commands us to be useful, not according to lour desires, but according to our | powers. I When we fully discharge our 'duty we have tolerated neither slight, nor neglect of it, for the more we shirk our duty the high er it piles upon us. If we try to discharge our duty in a pretended way we will meet the flaw tomorrow. Then the op portunity has passed, and, as time waits for no man, we find our selves in a position, unable to recall and discharge the neglected duty. Duty is the condition of exist ence ; it is the passport to con tentment, liberty, character, and [freedom. It is the very founda tion of human rights. Duty and iliberty, of an individual, county, state or nation, must stand or jfall together. Duties seldom come through choice. They are general ly the lot of destiny. The reward of one doing his duty, not only gives him a free conscience, but enables him to show to the world that his mind is fixed on high and noble things. Thus his in fluence is to uplift and bring the country to a higher and nobler type of citizenship. The conscience that pursues duty daily develops character; and when one loses sight otf honesty, sobriety, and character, it does not matter what high ideas he might have in mind, what great things he might dream, what noble deeds he might have planned, he will sooner or later fall and become classed as a drone. Duty forces an acid test on manhood; it makes heroes and outstanding men in our country, i and shows the great difference between one that has his mind fixed on his full duty and one that is merely a pretender. Some duty meets us face to face each day. We cannot meet it by shirk ing, neither by long jumps, but we must follow it step by step. If we stop and think we realize that for every duty that con fronts us we are given time in which to do it, but we have no time to spare or to squander. Pleasure often appears to con flict with duty and so we do only what we are absolutely obliged to do, and we are seldom praised for such an effort. Washington felt that he owed to himself and the American peo ple a duty. He fought seven long years to gain freedom for him self and the American people, by pressing forward, with untiring efforts to discharge that duty. He gained our freedom and helped to establish a government of, for, j and by the American people, which gave to us the greatest freedom and rights as citizens of any people on earth. Washing ton’s striving to discharge his duty gave him the name of “Fath er of his country,” which has been repeated from generation to gene ration until he stands out in the mind of the school boy today as fresh as if he lived yesterday. The pleasure a man of honor enjoys is the consciousness of having performed his duty— a re ward he pays himself for all his efforts and pains to accomplish each duty as it presents itself. The first, the last, the greatest pleasure in life is the sense of having discharged our full duty. It justifies life; the doing is its own full, rich reward; the man that puts forth an effort to dis charge in full his daily duties will build a reputation that will fol low him on up the line of suc cess until the last page of his history is written, and then be handed down through the ages after he has been called to the Great Beyond. a .B Anniversaries It might be well to remember that many people were sadly dis appointed when a man was nomi nated for the presidency of the United States at the National Republican Convention in Chicago, exactly 80 years ago today, who was said to belong too much to the rough back-country ^ and to lack all the refinements needed to make a great or a good president. And then when he was elected some weeks or months later, many felt that the country was indeed at a very low ebb. And not only that, but ere long the whole na tion was engaged . in a bitter civil strife that continued four years. Had the wrong man been chosen for president? But, somehow, today the whole nation—South as well as North— seems pleased) to honor and laud the man who was nominated and elected in 1860— ABRAHAM LINCOLN Chestnut Grove Chestnut Grove, May 13. — Quincey Rector, who has been ill, is much improved. Those who took dinner at Allen Edward’s home Sunday were his mother, Nannie Edwards, Mamie McCann, Maggie Hoppers, Wayne i Edward’s home Sunday were his Cann and family. Wayne Edwards and Maggie Hoppers visited Mr. and Mrs: Phate Hackler Sunday afternoon. Paul Edwards, Harvey Brooks and Mrs. Howard Brooks visited S. L. Perry’s home Saturday night. Mrs. Quincey Higgins visited Mrs. L. M. Brooks Sunday. Chestnut Grove singing choir will sing at Little Pine Church Saturday night, May 18. Mrs. Stella McGrady visited at the home of Mrs. Mattie Hayes last week. Charlie Edwards and Mrs. Mat tie Hayes spent Sunday at Roscoe McGradys. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Blevins ....GJ BAD NEWS FROM ACROSS { THE WATERS By J. E. Jones ].•••■■■•lb Washington, D. C., May—The new European war brings trouble some news reports that are prac tically of the same moment as appeared in American newspapers in the Spring of 1915, 9 months after the beginning of the World War. The shortest way to define the foreign policy of the United States in 1915-16 was: “To keep Uncle Sam’s nose out of foreign wars.” That is exactly the honest position of America today. There may be officials and in dividuals who have different ideas on this subject but the policy of the United States Government is real Neutrality. There is an al most universal desire among American people as well as the representatives in the National Capital, including the Administra tion and Congress, to avoid in volvement in the affairs of coun tries engaged in war. You may call this “isolation” if you want to, or you may call it “pacifism”—that makes no dif ference, since the fact is both of the old political parties are evad ing all temptations and issues that would change the policy of the United States. They’ll stay there, fastened to peace, unless the peo ple, fastened to their radios and daily newspapers, go war-crazy. There is solid satisfaction and comfort in the present condition which finds national sentiment un ited for “America First.” But you don’t have to be very old to remember that the agita tion to fight with the Allies did not begin to crystalize until the very year before we were in the war, up to our ears, in April, 1917. In the previous November the presidential election was car ried by a mere scratch on the issue that President Wilson had Kept us out ot the war. that is history—and remember that “his tory repeats.” Some curious, un foreseen circumstance may inflame our country and bring about a change in the present sane for eign policy. When the change started late in 1916 it swept the Nation like a prairie fire. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was the wildest leader of all. He help ed us into the World War. Young America should watch his and her step and never for get the truism that “nobody wins a war, everybody loses.” RETURN OF AN OLD HERO General Charles G. Dawes, the “Hell and Maria” hero of the American Expeditionary Forces of the World War, and later hard boiled Vice-President of the Unit ed States came back to Washing ton a few days ago and found the “welcome” still shining on the Capital doormat. He told Wash ington, right to its face, that the budget must be balanced if na tional bankruptcy and ruin are to be avoided. The 75-year-old statesman and banker notified the National Capital that this was his “Swan Song.” And that helped make his warning more impres sive. ; PUMP PRIMING, EXTENDED! The National debt has soared for more than seven years, and during all that time our Adminis tration at Washington has forced changes in the democratic system handed down by the founding fathers with the tragic result that the 45 billion dollar debt limit of our Government is hugging the peak. The policies and benefits that have governed and protected sound private investments of the American people have been seri ously. injured. Monetary, economic and industrial conditions have been unsettled on account of a continuance of schemes manufact ured by braintrusters and political dreamers who put the Federal Government into the banking busi ness, the control of money and credits and “pump priming” in its broadest meaning. The New Deal is now attempt ing to extend pump priming with new and fantastic features into the nations of the Western Hemis phere with the United States, Mexico,-Brazil, Colombia and Nic aragua formally organizing the new Inter-Amerjcan Bank. This move is hailed in “Good Neigh bor” headquarters in Washington and elsewhere as a prop to sus tain the dream of “economic solid arity” among Latins. The New York Post reports that the new Inter-American Bank, financed by the United States and four Latin-American Republics, has several objectives, among which are: 1. “The first major step on the part of the U. S. to redistribute its gold and silver reserves among nations with which it trades and with which it desires to maintain friendly relations. 2. “The virtual disappearance of the private investor as a factor in the development of America’s foreign markets. 3. “The emergence of ‘Govern visited Willie Rector Sunday. L. M. Brooks visited Sam Perry Sunday. [■jitiiiiiititiiiiiiimiimtiiiiiiiiiMii.. Mind Your Mind | by James Watson, M. D. i Division of Mental Hygiene | State Welfare Department | .......... Of course it is not possible for me to answer all individual ques tions on mental hygiene sent ini from all parts of the state. Such questions, however, are very valu able because they indicate the kind of information about this subject which people want. It will be my purpose from week to: week to supply in these para graphs material which answers the questions as far as I can. For instance several inquiries have been received about books on mental hygiene. Within a week or two I will publish a list of books and pamphlets which peo ple have told me they found helpful in solving their own prob lems and in setting up programs in their communities. Other inquiries center around the fundamental question “What can be done about this problem of mental health?” This is the kind of question we are trying to provoke. It means that people really want to do something about it. Next week as a beginning of an answer to this latter question I will give you briefly seven ideas on how to maintain mental health in North Carolina, taken from a speech on that subject made last month by Dr. W. R. Stanford, of Durham, N. C. ment’ as the major—or even sole —source for capital to expand foreign trade and develop re sourceful but credit-shy nations.” Does objective number 1 mean that even though Congress sus pends the useless purchase of foreign silver this nation will be forced to continue to trade in the metal for its own account as well as for the account of others, presumably Mexico, which is the largest producer? Does numbers 2 and 3 mean that our Government is officially commending to all the Americas one of the most vicious of all New Deal theories of defeatism, namely, that private investment is a thing of the past and must be replaced by public funds, a theory which is causing such sig nal disaster in our own country today? Concerning this extension of pump priming through the Inter American Bank, the Post makes the following extraordinary State ment : “One unique feature about this bank is that it can have no super ior regulatory body. It’s an in ternational institution and no na tion could control it. Its boards of directors—to consist of one member from each nation—will have complete control over poli cies, over loans.” Is Congress aware of this clev er design to sign away irrevocably ; this Government’s freedom of ac tion in Latin-Ametican monetary l affairs to a board of five directors, ! four of whom are not citizens of the United States? _ Nearly 1,500,000 houses were built in England under govern ment subsidy since 1919. i . ' Live Stock Market WYTHEVILLE, VA. MAY 14 Total receipts 1,493 head. Light receipts on butcher cattle and a strong demand at steady prices. Calves higher. Hogs steady. A broad demand for good lambs. Good to Choice Lambs 77 to 84 lbs.. 11.50 A few Show Lambs a trifle higher Com’n & Med. Lambs, 68 to 70 lbs. . 10.00 Com’n and Fat Sheep, 1.00 to 4.00 Top Hogs . 6.00 to 6.15 Lights and Heavies, 5.50 to 6.00 Sows . 4.50 to 5.50 Select Calves, avg. 194 lbs.. 12.00 Top Calves, avg. 178 lbs. 11.25 2nd Calves, avg. 151 lbs. .. 10.50 3rd Calves, avg. 132 lbs.9.20 4th Calves, avg. Ill lbs. 8.15 Light and Com’n Calves, 5 to 7.50 No Good Steers Offered Bulk 900 to 1100, plain, 7.50-8.50 Medium Steers .*6.50 to 7.50 Com’n to Plain Steers. 5.50-6.50 No Choice Heifers Offered Common Heifers . 5.50 to 6.50 Good Heifers . 7.50 to 8.30 Best Cows . 7.00 Bulk Good Cows. 6.00 to 6.50 Ganners and Cutters, 3.50 to 5.00 Best Bulls quotable _ 6.70 Com’n and Med. Bulls _ 5 to 6 NOTICE Those interested in im proving the cemetery at Elk Creek Cfturch, bring your tools to work, Mon day and Tuesday, May 20 and 21. LON M. REEVES ' ' ...
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