THE ALLEGHANY TIMES
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Published Every Thursday
Entered as Second-class matter at
the Post-office in Sparta, N. C.
ERWIN D. STEPHENS,.. Editor
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933.
We haven’t done much to re
organize our local government
—what you and I know to be an
outworn system bpilt up in the
days of the oxcart and unchanged
in the days of the automobile.
Nothing will be done about it,
unless you make your represen
tatives on the town boards, on
the county boards and in the
state legislature do something
about it.
And if they won’t do it, substi
tute other representatives for
them.—Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Make plans to attend the fair.
Improved farm products means
better farm prices.
Organized production will bring
about better markets for produce.
Tor epeal or not to repeal is now
the question.
The Drys feel confident of victory
in November.
The Wets feel equally confident of
victory.
Both Wets and Drys oppose the re
turn of the saloon.
The Wets claim prohibition a fail
ure.
The Drys point out the good ef
fects of Prohibition.
The Wets want controlled liquor
with a revenue.
The Drys oppose liquor controlled
or uncontrolled.
Let’s hope that whatever the out
come in November that all the people
will work together to see that liquor
is controlled so rigidly that King
Alcohol will no longer menace our
lives on the highways and that the
women and children of our land will
besafe from alcoholic fiends crazed
with poison. Change is the order of
the day. The people of our land
should unite to make this country a
better place in which to live and
make a living. Then all other things
will find their proper sphere.
FAIRS—And Warmer
(By A. P. E.)
The best ‘kick’ we have had lately
in the form of an inspiration was
from a yap over at the Galax fair
tother nite; stranger that he was
he muttered over something, and
in a very uncouth manner, says: “hie,
—got a drink?” And mayhap, the
weather elements rather suggested
of frost on this particular night, our
esteemed curio collector to still fur
ther give vent to this: “Scold—(hie)
—but had my ducks lined up (hie)
wouldn’t keer if hit snowed.”
Buy and by the stranger summar
ized our profile, being, and, we sup
pose, recognized his seeming error,
for later, he humbled himself to the
occasion, and asked “Ain’t you Sam
my (-)”
Of course, we ain’t Sam Dill, John
Doe, Tom-Dick-and-Harry, but what
we started out to say—while you
folks go see-planeing, teraplaning,
to the fairs and loose change fairly
picks up a little momentum—we
fortunate enough to have a birthday
that wasn’t a birthday.
Did you ever have this experience ?
We guess we had one, because the
date on the calendar which recalled
some ’steen years back when they
didn t have no sales tax, blanket
codes, flappers and their petting par
ties,—went by without any molesta
tions. And as we tell about (later)
there still ain t a thing happened.
According to our theory we have
had so many of these milestones to
slap us in the face, and (right here
we knock on wood). With allowances
for a passover which the high cost
of living permeates eversooften now
adays thats not in keeping with our
reach, either we observe fasting, and
once or twice we recall something
like corn beef and cabbage.
As the Times goes to press this
week there were no casaualties re
ported without it being our semi
annual bath (no snake-bites) and
receiving instructions to wash the
fly-specks off the windows as their
season of entourage was about over.
This working arrangement has got
teeth nowadays, especially on any
body’s birthday; and the more we
think about the dirty windows we
are askance as to why they don’t
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
WRITES FROM FRONT LINE
The Times is now in possession
of a letter written by an officer
in the Confederate army during
the War Between the States. It
is written on good quality paper
in a fine legible hand. The letter
is as follows:
I
Berryville, Va., June 22, 1863
Dear Mather: I have this morning
a few leisure moments and will let
you know something of my where
abouts and circumstances. We left
Fredericksburg 10 days since for the
| Valley by the same route Jackson
traveled last season. We moved up
the Rapshannock to Culpepper court
house and thence across the river and
over the Blue Ridge at Chester Gap
through Front Royal and by White
Pass to within 10 miles of Winches
ter. We then turned down the valley
to where we now are. We are in 10 or
15 miles of Harpers Ferry and, I sup
pose, awaiting the arrival of our pon
toon bridgers to cross the Potomac.
We crossed the battle field of Chan
cellorsville but I have not time to
give you any history of what I saw.
We waded the Rapidan and Rapahan
nock at the same places where the
Yankees crossed when they came to
Chancellorsville. We waded both
prongs of the Shenandoah just above
their junction, besides numbers of
smaller streams. We have had quite
a hardmarch. My feet are very much
swollen from it and I feel the same
sensations in them that I felt after
my recovery from fever last year.
This is the prettiest country my
eyes have ever seen. If we all only
have a little farm here after the war,
I would be delighted. One could live
so easy and nice. The grass is per
fectly thick everywhere all through
the woods and my eyes have never
seen such clover and timothy. The
fences are all gone and the stock also
so the whole country is a wilderness
of grass. It is distressing to hear the
people tell how they have been treat
ed by the Yankees. They have taken
everything they possessed on earth
that could be moved . , . and in fact
all their table ware, bursted up their
pianos, took all their stock, grain,
and meat, and left them to starve or
take the oath of allegiance and get
supplies of them. Seeing these things,
I no longer entertain any fears for
our cause. It is the cause of humanity
and will prosper.
General Ewell has captured some
six thousand prisoners in the Valley
at Winchester and other places. This
is the last letter you need look for
soon from me as we will soon be in
the Yankee country, I think, and we
will not have any chance to write.
How long we will remain is uncer
tain, though all seem very sanguine
of a successful campaign.
It is generally believed here by
those that ought to be a judge, that
Johnston and others will capture
Grant’s army at Vicksburg and that
Lee intends to annihilate Hooker’s
army this season, and that the close
of the present season will be the close
of the war. May Heaven great us
success and a speedy peace.
I wish I had time to write all that
I would like to. I could fill 20 pages
that I think would be .interesting to
you. I wish you could see this coun
try. You would be up for a move
right off. My clothes fit very well. I
am much pleased with them. You
need not send me anything else till
I come home. If Rica wants to come
to see me, I will get him a pass from
Gen. Lee, and then he can get here.
I was sorry he turned back.
Have to stop. Write often, directed
as usual.
L. C. GENTRY.
A few months later the writer of
this letter was captured and held
prisoner of war on Johnson’s Island
in Ohio. Letters written from this
prison show more despondency for
the Southern cause, but indicate that
he was well treated by his captors.
IT ISN’T JOHNSON’S
PRIVATE EAGLE
Kansas City Star.
It is generally recognized that
General Hugh S. Johnson, head of
NRA, has done a remarkable job.
But for that very reason there is a
temptation to stand back and watch
him carry the load, in the “let
George-do-it” attitude. \
But it isn’t the General’s job; it is
the job of al of us. A nation-wide
movement cannot succeed without
nation-wide cooperation.
Notice Of Omission
In the account of the funeral ser
vice of Mrs. W. F. Cox at Indepen
dence the name of Rev. J. D. Vass
was omitted. At the time the account
was written his name was not avail
able. The Times is glad to make this
correction.
put those flies under a code method
too, or else deport them off down
to -Cuba, for instance.
Well, birthday or no birthday —
happy thoughts meander through
our mind and comes a day when
Aleghany county’s big agricultural
fair looms up, and if we fail to ob
serve a reaction from this occasion
then and only then do we admit “Its
an ill wind that blows nobody good.’’
We hope to be-seeing you at the
fair.
SPOTLIGHTS OF THE NEWS
You will soon hear a former mem
ber of Mr. Hoover’s cabinet endorse
NRA in a radio address, and it will
be no other than our erstwhile Se
cretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley.
Two thousand Republicans joined
with 5,000 Tammany workers in the !
house-to-house canvass for NRA 1
pledge cards in Greater New York.
But New York Democrats and Re
publicans are not unlike oil and wa
ter. They won’t mix. Even number
addresses were assigned to the Dem
ocratic workers and odd numbers to
the Republicans so the opposing poli-t
tical parties were on opposite sides j
of the street.
Mr. American Innocent, who had j
his pocket picked by high pressure |
bankers and brokers during the hectic!
days of ’29 is not running a tempera
ture over the shreiks of anguish the
cash and carry-away boys are letting
out. Not an inconsiderable number
of our people are in dire poverty by
reason of the fact that they listened
to the siren song of crooks masquer
ading under the name “Banker and
Broker.” Stocks, bonds, mortgages,
and investment trusts were sold as
securities but a slight error was made
in that they should have been listed
as “in-securities.” But the season of
financial brigandage is over. The
good old days of “ketch ’em and skin
’em” were forever banished from
American business polity when Con
gress in extra session, under orders
of President Roosevelt passed the Se
curities Act. This Act does nothing
but bring into the open all informa
tion relative to the securities which
are offered for sale. Is there anything
wrong in that ? When you plank down
a thousand bucks for a pretty stock
certificate; have you no right to know
what that paper represent? Accord
ing to the bankers—you have not.
But according to Mr. Roosevelt—
you have. Take your choice.
Some months ago Senator Moses
referred to the western wing of the
Republican party as “Sons of Wild
Jackasses,” but the good Senator did
not indicate where their Sire was lo
cated. The spectacle of prominent
bankers publicly proclaiming that the
Securities Act—which safeguards the
investing public—will ruin the bank
ing business is evidence that the pro
per stable has been reached.
Figure this one out for yourself.
The Far Credit Adiminstration during
the 1933 crop season has loaned $56,
631,778.22 to farmers that they might
buj' sed. A considerable part of this
went to cotton farmers. Then in July
another branch of the same govern
ment, the Department of Agriculture
came along and offered the farmeis
more government money to destroy
a part of the crop that the first gov
ernment money had made possible.
Alarmed over the fact that farm
prices are lagging far behind indus
trial prices, Secretary Wallce admitts
the possibility of currency inflation,
through a redduction of the gold con
tent of the dollar within thre months.
“The disparity between the farmer’s
income and what he has to pay at
the store for the things he buys can
only be overcome if the increased
costs under NRA go into increased
purchasing power The farmer’s cash
position is slightly better than it was
in March, but his relative purchasing
power has taken a decided drop. The
“brain trust” should have thought of
this six months ago and made provi
sion to keep industrial prices within
gun shot of farm prices.
Schools, colleges, universities,
churches, hospitals and charitable in
stitutions are exempt from provisions
of the Recovery Act under a ruling
authorized by General Johnson.
Forty thousand families will be cut
off from food relief during Sept., in
New York City because of the ex
haustion of supplies, according to
Frank Kidde, chairman of the Food
Division of the Emergency Unem
ploymentRelief committee.
About 3,000 relief checks totaling
around $25,000 due White Plains, New
York, workers were held up because
T. Darrington Semple, Westchester's
new county treasurer could not obtain
a $200,000 bond, and was therefore
ineligible to sign the checks.
The southern farmer individually
and collectively, is as patriotic as any ;
other individual or group in the Uni
ted States. He has done his part in i
the past; he is doing his part now
and he may be relied upon to go to i
bat for his country at any future
time. But speaking very, very chari- j
tably, he is, at present, slightly be- :
wildered. He was promised certain ;
definite objectives in return for spe- i
cific performances. He has lived up
to the very letter of his agreement,
but those things which were promised
him are not delivered. There is the i
germ of an idea crystalizing in the
mind of the southern farmer that
someone slipped a fast one over on
him. In return for plowing up ten
million acres of growing cotton he i
was promised a fair return for his
labor, and as this is written—Sept.
15—cotton is quoted at 8 1-2 cents
per pound and if that is a fair return
for the cotton grower, the writer
of this column is the dead king of
Iqaq.
What happened to cause the July
August slump in farm prices? The
situation in cotton is paralleled by
practically that of every other farm
product. The organized manufactur
ing industries beat the unorganized
farmers to the punch. In anticipation
of higher costs of production and of
advancing prices, the textile and to
bacco industries worked feverishly
from March to July; they have piled
up a surplus of goods produced from
low' prices raw material and cheap
labor. With the advance in labor costs
since their codes of fair practice went
into effect; there has been a sharp
recession in industry, and the manu
facturers are now sitting back wait
ing for the public to buy their cheap
ly manufactured goods at an enor
mously advanced price. Hence the
city man has profited at the expense
of the farmer.
crude oil is being kicked upstairs
by Secretary Ickes, and where Crude
goes; its overgrown baby, gasoline,
goes also. In fact, one might in all
candor say that the child frequently
gets ahead of its mama. The annual
consumption of gasoline by all cars
including those on -which the second
payment is overdue, is fifteen billion
gallons. Readjustments of the oil ni
dustry threatens to shoot retail prices
of gasoline upward and the flivver
owner is beginning to wonder if a
few cents additional costs isn’t going
to stall the motor. A 3-cent per gal
lon increase which is “just around
the corner” means that that portion
of our population which is designated
by the high sounding name of motor
ist will have to kick in with $450,
000,000 extra dollars each year or else
they won’t “moat.”
An excitement seeking crowd in
Aimee McPherson’s Temple—tense—
expectant—bands played—lights bla
zed—‘Come to Jesus’ in Jazz—the
lights fade to dimness—a hush comes
over the audience—Texas Guinan is
getting religion.
There were murmurs of protest
among the Israelites when Moses in
troduced his code of fair practice
which has become commonly known
as The Ten Commandments, but the
Hebrews signed up with their tongue
in their cheek and set about to de
vise ways and means to beat the
game. Thirty-five hundred years have
passed with the net result that we
still have other gods before us; we
take the name of the Lord in vain;
we do not keep the Sabbath holy; we
commit adultery; we steal; we bear
false witness, and not a few of us
covet our neighbor’s wife. So-o-o-o,
as a certain radio comedian says:
why should we be discouraged if
Pi'esident Roosevelt’s codes do not
immediately cure all the ills of an
over-bilious social order. The codes
of Moses and Roosevelt are more or
less gentlement’s agreements, but the
heck of it is that so few of us are
gentlement.
One half of the $3,300,000,000 Pub
lic Works Fund has been allotted but
being allotted and being in a pay
envelope are two very separate and
distinct places.
France and Egland will soon make
a flat offer of ten cents on the dollar
in settlement of their debts to Uncle
Sam. The chisselers.
Cotton at its present prices of 9
cents would be about if sold on
a Gold Standard market.
WHAT HAS THE 18 th
AMENDMENT DONE?
(By Thos. H. Steele
When the 18th Amendment went in
to effect’ only 31 per cent of the
states were wet and partially wet.
After that 31 per cent went dry,
here’s what happened,according to
statistical abstracts U. S. 1923-1931:
Deaths from alcoholism decreased
42 per cent
lAlcoholic insanity decreased 66
per cent.
General Crime from drink decreas
ed 54 per cent.
Drunkenness decreased 70 per cent.
Auto wrecks (deaths) per 100,000
ears 50 per cent.
Drinking (admitted by liquor for
ces’ own figures) 77 per cent.
Here’s what happened in Canada
inder legalized liquor:
Deaths from alcoholism increased
LOO per cent,
cent.
General crime increased 89 per
Drunkenness increased 55 per cent.
Drunken drivers increased 830
ler cent.
Immoral crimes increased 76 per
:ent (in Ontario.)
Auto wrecks, (deaths) per 100,000
cars, increased 42 per cent.
In the United States under legal
zed liquqor there were 98 Keely In
ititutes, they have been reduced to
11 under the 18th Amendment, a de
crease of 90 per cent.
There were 275 institutions in all
'or treatment of alcoholic diseases,
low there are only 68. Decrease in
Irunkenness caused 207 to close.
In Chicago during legalized liquor i
he Washingtonian Home for Men,
or drunkards, had 700 to 1,000 pa
dents at a time and had treated 300
)00. Since the 18th Amedmeht it has
ieen turned to a hotel. No patients.
Wet Canada has in proportion, 3
dmes as many .automobile wrecks as
:lry United States, England 4 times
is many and Germany 6 times as |
many.
Over 40 countries are seriously af
fected by the depression, all of
which have legalized liquor. The 40
wet countries are worse off than
dry United States, and are suffering
more than the depression.
Quebec, Canada, with legalized li
quor for revenue, is floating a $10,
000,000 loan to pay current expenses.
Quebec is not as large as North Car
olina in population.
The breweries employ less men
for the capital required than any
industry. For example, in furniture
manufacturing, one man is employed
for each $550 capital. In breweries,
one man is employed for each $12,
820 capital.
In wet England under legalized
j liquor, 1,500 little babies are smoth
| ered to death by drunken mothers
each year, as shown by official re
ports. This savage debauchery is un
j heard of in dry United States.
Why Repeal?
Now you will ask, Then why the
fight to repeal the 18th Amendment?
Here are the two reasons why:
1. Before the 18th Amendment, 40
foreign nations were selling the Uni
ted States millions and millions of
dollars in liquor each year. They said
their liquor sales were cut 75 per
cent and their liquor dealers lost one
billion dollars in five years on account
of the 18th Amendment. They met in
London and organized an asociation
known as The International Associa
tion Against American Prohibition.
They raised a campaign fund of $5,
000,000 to break down our prohibi
tion and said: “We have millions of
money we will spend in a merciless
fight to destroy prohibition in the
United States. We will see that the
Volstead Act is modified and the 18th
Amendment is repealed.
z. A few multi-millionair -s, brew
ers and distillers in the U. S. organ
ized an association to help the for
eign nations repeal the 18th Amend
ment. Nearly a million a year is con
tributed for propaganda, to control
the press, news agencies, journalists,
to say prohibition is not enforced
and is a failure. The object is, tax
liquor and shift their taxes down
on the backs of the masses of the
people who become the liquor drink
ers. They hgve no care or regard for
the moral outcome and hardship of
the common people.
If the 18th Amendment is repealed
by these two powerful forces men
tioned, it will give the foreign liquor
interests and the multi-millionaire
tax dodgers a strangle hold on the
throats of the American people, then
only God can tell the outcome.—
North State News.
RATE PER WORD, 1 cent;
minimum charge per insertion,
25 cents.
NOTICE!
The County Board of Commission
ers will receive sealed bids for 35
cords of 16-inch round hardwood the
first Monday in October. Bids will be
opened at 2:00 P. M.
Notice—The Edwards Transportation
will leave West Jefferson Oct. 6 it
7 a.m. Sparta 8:30 a.m. for Bel Air,
Md. For reservations write W. B.
Edwards, Darlington, Maryland.
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