ALLEGHANY
STAR+TIMES
OVER HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
52nd Year. No. 5.
Sparta, N. C.
Thursday, September 19, 1940.
Washington, D. C.,—The world
is in a turmoil today because
of compromise—compromise with
evil. Most of the troubles with
which it is afflicted could have
been stopped at their inception—
had it not been for compromise.
Whatever may be charged in this
respect against European nations
as a whole, some of the democra
cies of the world were guilty of
certain weaknesses which contri
buted to the catastrophe now fac
ing us. To what extent the United
States must share this responsi
bility is a debatable question, but
there is no doubt that in the
final analysis we must now suf
fer the consequences with the
other democracies. ^
XXX
Had Kerensky been backed by
the democracies of the world
when he attempted to establish a
genuine democracy in Russia, we
would not have had to face the
menace of Communism, which was
forced on the masses of Russia
because the democracies stopped
to compromise with the Bolshe
viki.
XXX
Had we not compromised with
Japan over the invasion of Man
churia, China would not now be
laid waste and the whole Far
East threatened with war for
many years to come.
XXX
!
Had we not compromised with
Hitler when he started to rearm
and when he began his persecu
tions in Germany; w'hen he in
troduced his Nuremberg racial
laws; when he conducted his fake
trials of the Catholic priests;
when he sent thousands of Protes
tant pastors to concentration
camps—had we not compromised
then, the world would not be in
the grip of the most destructive
war in history.
XXX
Had we not compromised with
Italy over Ethiopia, Albania would
have been saved and the Mediter
ranean would not be a raging
theatre of war.
XXX
“Japan needs to expand,” it
was explained, but no mention
was made of the fact that buying
land costs less than waging war to
seize it unlawfully.
XXX
“Hitler is resurrecting, Ger
many,” it was declared, but little
was said of the crushing of labor,
the stultification of education, the
wiping out of the non-Aryans,
and the attack upon Chrisianity
itself.
XXX
“After all, the Ethiopians are a
savage people,” we smugly re
marked, overlooking the fact that
Ethopia had been considered civi
lized enough to join the League
of Nations as a sister nation. We
compromised with cruelty, with
injustice, with theft and with
murder—and we are now paying
the price for that compromise.
XXX
If we are to help save what
remains of civilization, we must
call a halt to the policy of com
promise with evil. We cannot
save the millions who have al
ready died—but we can help save
those who remain. Even at this
late day we may stand by the
principles of true democracy, and
at least declare these principles so
that the world may know what we
believe. Let us be done with com
promise—let us live up to our
standards and beliefs.
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Our wo r I d
Germans Recognize British Bravery
Berlin, Sept. 16.—German pilots conducting a re
lentless bombing onslaught against London are en
countering heroic resistance, they declared today. The
great concentration of air defenders about the British
capital accounts for bitter fighting and a consequent
sharp increase in casualties on each side.
• • •
Japan Wants a Clear Path
Hanoi, French Indo-China, Sept. 17.—The crisis
between Japan and French Indo-China headed swift
ly toward a possible explosive showdown tonight, and
Japanese ships were on the way to take out their
nationals if necessary. Japan demands troop transit
across French Indo-China to enable her to strike at
China along Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s vulner
able southern border, and a naval base at Haiphong,
strategic port on the Gulf of Tonkin.
• • • *4\tt $
That German “Master Race” Again
Berlin, Sept. 17.—Thousands of leaflets extolling
the German “master race” and villifying Poles as
second-rate human beings were distributed to Berlin
households today by the “Volksbund for Germandom
abroad.” “Fellow German! The Pole is never your
comrade! He stands beneath every German on your
farm or in your factory. Be just, as becomes a Ger
man, but never forget that you belong to the master
race.”
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British Courage Wins Once More
London, Sept. 15.—A British “suicide squad” dug
for four breathless days and nights, then triumphantly
trundled a 1,100-pound German time-bomb from the
precincts of St. Paul’s cathedral late today and cheered
lustily as it was detonated harmlessly in the Hackney
marshes.
Victoria Cross For Conspicuous Gallantry
London, Sept. 17.—Award of the Victoria Cross,
highest decoration for bravery at Britain’s disposal, to
Lieut. Robert Davies and his “suicide squad” of four
men who removed a delayed action bomb from his
toric St. Paul’s Cathedral, was urged today by The
News Chronicle. There was some doubt whether the
V. C. could be given in the circumstances, since it is
awarded for conspicuous gallantry “in the presence of
the enemy.” But The News Chronicle observed that
“If their action is not gallantry at its most conspicuous,
then there is no such quality as bravery.” The Times
called the feat of the squad in digging up the bomb,
carting it to the outskirts of the city and exploding it
harmlessly “The outstanding deed of heroism so far
recorded in the capital.”
A Noble American Passes
Washington, D. C., Sept. 16.—Speaker William
B. Bankhead, of Alabama, died early Sunday morn
ing of an internal hemorrhage, after having become
ill Tuesday night in Baltimore, where he was prepar
ing to spea’*\a4 a Democratic rally.
President Roosevelt Joins in Tribute
Jasper, Ala., Sept. 17.—President Roosevelt, a
host of national leaders, and thousands of humble
folk joined in paying final tribute today to House
Speaker William B. Bankhead in this quiet little North
Alabama community. The President, six members of
his cabinet, and nearly 100 members of Congress sat
with the speaker’s family and close hometown friends
in the First Methodist Church where funeral services
were conducted for the veteran political leader. The
66-year-old speaker, who died early Sunday of a rup
tured abdominal artery, was first elected to the “war
Congress” of 1917-1918.
Suppose this appeared in a dis
patch from Berlin.; “Adolf Hit
ler has in six years built 44,000
bridges in Germany. His labor
battalions have constructed more
than 110,000 miles of truck roads I
and country roads. Under com
mand of the Labor Front, 2,000,
000,000 trees have been plant
ed, and 5,200,000 dams built to
controll erosin”—the reaction
would be dictatorship certainly
gets things done. Yet this kind of
thing has been done in a democra
cy. This work was not done in
Germany under Hitler, but in the
U. S. A. by CCC boys, all enlist
ed on a voluntary basis with no
body shoved around by a Fuehrer.
—Avery Herald
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Moose Musical
Jamboree
Friday, September 27, at 8 o’clock
SPARTA SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
One Hour and Thirty Minutes
Hilarious Entertainment
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VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT — WHIRLWIND
REVUE of Hillbilly Music, Instrumental and Vocal
Duets, Quartettes, Group Singing, Novelty and
Comedy Acts, Flat-Foot Dancers, and Black Face
Comedians.
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ADMISSION 15c & 25c
The fifty-second
consecutive
“Hour of Charm”
—program will be broadcast next
Sunday night, September 22, and
thirty, lovely ladies, members of
Phil Spitalny’s famed all-girl or
chestra, will celebrate the start
of their fifth year on the air for
General Electric, and quite ap
propriately the ladies will have
the run of the entire program
with Evelyn of the Magic Violin
replacing Maestro Spitalny on the
podium.
Conversationally, the girls will
recount the past history of the
orchestra, how it came to be spon
sored and how its existence has
given new hope to young femi
nine musicians wishing to get
ahead in the world' of music.
They’ll sing and play the first
number ever presented on the
“Hour of Charm’’ and will offer
a salute to each of the past five
years by playing selections popu
lar in each of the periods.
For the first time since the
orchestra auditioned for General
Electric, Mr Spitalny will not
| be on the broadcast stage but
Robert H. McNeill
will discuss
campaign issues
—in Sparta Court House on
j the evening of Thursday,
! September 26, for all who
! will to hear. Mr. McNeill is
an attorney of Statesville and
Washington, D. C., and the Re
publican candidate for governor
of North Carolina. He addressed
a large and enthusiastic audience
last Saturday night in Jefferson
Court House where he formerly
practiced as a lawyer, and some
from Alleghany persuaded him to
come to Sparta and discuss cam
paign issues further.
The meeting will be addres
sed also by Mr. Monroe Adams,
of Statesville, Republican Candi
date for the national congress,
and should be very interesting.
No doubt the small Court Room
will be filled to overflowing.
Governor Hoey to
Speak at Statesville
Carnation Event
Governor Clyde Roark Hoey, of
North Carolina, is scheduled to
| deliver an address in Statesville,
| N. C., on Wednesday, October 2,
I on the occasion of an “open
! house’’ event to be conducted by
I the Carnation Company, which
| operates a milk condensing plant
in Galax. The Carnation Com
pany has .recently completed a
new condensing plant in States
ville.
The Statesville event is expect
ed to be attended by between
6,000 and 7,000 persons, from
the 32 counties in which milk
routes of the, company are locat
ed, these including three counties
in South Carolina, as well as
] Cleveland and Stanly Counties in
North Carolina, in which the Car
nation Company has milk receiv
ing stations.
Governor Hoey, who will speak
at two o’clock in the afternoon,
will dedicate the industry to the
section of North Carolina lying
around Statesville. Other speak
ers on the program will be form
er Governor Cameron Morrison,
of North Carolina; A. C. Oooster
huis, of the dairy division of the
Carnation Company, and John A.
Arey, dairy extension specialist
of North Carolina State College,
Raleigh.
“To keep a snake from biting
you, croon to it,” advises a herpe
tologist. There are some things
we wouldn’t stoop to doing, even
to keep a snake from biting us,
Crooning is one of them.—St
Louis Star-Times.
will occupy a front row seat in
the audience . . . thus making the
i show a truly all-girl show.
Another, and
Bigger Snake
Story came
—in this week from Carl An
drews who is doing the stone
work on the Baptist Church and
Wayne Waddell’s house. And,
this time the evidence came right
along with the story, so all Spar
!ta could see if they would.
Some W. P. A. boys killed a
water moccasin snake 42 inches
long out on their job somewhere!
and brought it along to Paul
Crouse’s filling station to show.
Carl Andrews noticed it looked
a bit puffed and wondered if
if had swallowed a rabbit. So,
curious to see, he opened the
snake and found no rabbit—but
he did find forty little wriggling
snakes, every last one of which
was just seven inches long.
So there, 41 snakes, and not a
snake egg in sight anywhere.
j -
Heads Sheriffs . . .
Chatham county’s Sheriff G. H.
Andrews (above) is the newly I
elected president of the North'
Carolina Sheriffs association. He j
succeeded Sheriff C. David Jones
of New Hanover. In a letter to J
j State Director Edgar H. Blain,
j President Andrews commended |
the Brewers and North Carolina
j Beer Distributors committee for
! its “outstanding and efficient ser
vice” in ridding- the state of more,
| than 100 undesirable beer outlets
i as a part of the “clean up or I
| close up” campaign-.
j Revival Services
1—will be held with New River
! Baptist Church beginning Sun
:day, Sept. 22 with Rev. A. K.
' Taylor and Rev. L. P. Stamper1
in charge. |
It is the “pioneer tradition” |
| that Mr. McNary seeks to re-j
[capture. Nor was it merely sen
itiment which turned his thoughts !
to the men and women who settled
the Oregon country without the |
aid of Government subsidies or
j direction. Many who are far
| away from the pioneer tradition
realize that a human quality of
inestimable value has been weak
ened during the last seven years.
-—Washington Post.
President Roosevelt, in dedi
| eating the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park, Sept. 2,
said—“The greatest attack that
has ever been launched against
the freedom of the individual
is nearer the Americas than
ever before,” and added, “If
the spirit of God is not in us
and if we will not prepare to
give all that we have and all
j that we are to preserve Chris
tian civilization in our own
land, we shall go to destruc
tion.’’
Monroe Adams
of Statesville
will speak -
—on some of the issues in
the present political cam- j
oaign at the big rally to be
held in Sparta Court House
rhursday night, September 26.
Mr. Adams is the Republican
.•andidate for representative to
;he national congress, and is not
new as a campaigner. His coming
>n the same night that Robert
McNeil is to speak insures that:
;here will be enough discussion
:o more than fill Sparta Court
Room with interested Alleghany
/oters.
A birthday
celebration for
J. M. Wagoner
—and a family reunion were held
on Sunday September 8 at the
old home place near Vox where
the family was r^nrod. Saturday,
September 7th, was Mr. Wagon
er's 74th birthday anniversary,
and eight of his eleven children
were present with their children
to enjoy the occasion.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Wagoner of Sparta,
Dr. B. A. Wagoner and sons,
Arlington and John, of Wythe
ville, Va., Dr. W. G. Wagoner
and son, Billie,-of Bluefield, Va.,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Higgins and
family of Sparta, Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Sparger and daughter, Mar
garet, of Dobson, Mrs. Oscar Wa
goner and son, Lewis, of Sparta,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cook of
Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Childress, of White Plains, Earl
Wagoner, of China Grove, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Wagoner and
son Ronnie of Athens, Ohio, Mrs.
Bill Roberts and daughter Louise
of Independence, and Mrs. Mor
ris Edwards and children. Later
visitors were Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Truitt and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Gwyn Truitte and Mrs. J. C.
Blevins.
Four Thoughts for
The Thoughtful
A good look may save a good
life.
Perfect your own driving be
fore you knock the other driver's,
Let the race driver do the
speeding— drive sanely.
Famous last words—“I’ll gel
those brakes fixed tomorrow.”
PROFITABLE NAP
In Kansas City, Kas., Joseph
Dahlin, motor car dealer, fel
asleep in the lobby of a bank. He
awoke to find 29 cents in the
hat be had been holding in his
lap.
I Court Week
will begin
Monday
—and there are ten cases
on the Criminal Docket to
be called, and seven on the
Civil Docket. Of the civil
cases the majority are over lands
and land deals, though one is a
damage suit. Of the criminal
cases four are charges concern
ing drunken driving, against
Charlie Wright, Talmadge Wil
liams, Everett Hoppers, and
Dwight Baldwin. Bert Hendrix is
charged with forgery; Arlie
Crouse and Arlie Maines are
charged with manufacturing whis
key ; Roy Poole is charged with
violation of the prohibition law;
and Junior Wright, Coy Kirby
and Hopkins Brannock are charg
ed with larceny.
The Annual
Reunion of
the Woodruff
—Thompson-Myers families was
held at the lovely country home
of W. W. Woodruff near Boon
ville, Sunday, September 8th.
Members of the clans estimated at
three hundred were present from
New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia
and many sections of North Caro
lina.
Rev. Raymond Connell, Boone
ville minister, gave the address
of welcome and a local quartet
rendered some beautiful sacred
selections. The invitation of T. N.
Woodruff, of Low Gap to hold
the tri-familv reunion next year
at Cumberland Knob Park near
Low Gap, the second Sunday in
September' was accepted. T. N.
Woodruff was eleetd president
and will have charge of all plans
and arrangements for the 1941
reunion.
A surrptwoi-^ picnic dinner was
served on a W,g table erected in
a nearby grove. When all were
gathered at the table Rev. Mr.
Connell invoked God’s blessing
on the gathering and Rev. I. M.
Myers prayed that God in his own
good time and way would re
store “Peace on earth and good
will toward men”. Following this
“Uncle” Dave Woodruff handed
i in his resignation as “Father of
ithe Reunion” and designated
Noah Myers of Winston-Salem as
his successor.
Perhaps more than anything
! else, democracy and common
| sense are characteristic of Wen
! dell Willkie, for they profoundly
govern his thoughts not only in
his private life but also in the
way he relates himself and his
fellow man to the nation’s com
plex domestic problems and to its
perilous position in a world at
war. It should be said in passing
at this point that Willkie passion
I ately believes in all the things
j democracy stands for.—Pathfinder
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Coming Events
! GREATER MT. AIRY FAIR
I'Mt. Airy Fair Grounds Sept. 16-23.
WESTERN N. C. AGRI. FAIR
Hendersonville, Sept. 17-21
ASHE COUNTY FAIR
| W. Jefferson, Sept. 17-21.
COURT WEEK
Sparta, Sept. 23 to —
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Sparta Court House, Sept. 26
ALLEGHANY COUNTY FAIR
Sparta, Sept. 27, 28
N. C. STATE FAIR
Raleigh, Oct, 8 to 12
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