the realisation of our pro
gram cannot bo attained in six
months. From week to week
there will be ups and downs but
the net result Is a consistent
gain. ”—President Roosevelt,
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DEVOTED TO THE CMC. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY AND BORDERING COUNTIES
VOL 9.
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, SPARTA, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY. 4, 1934
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
EXPECT TO DELIVER MES
SAGE TO CONGRESS IN
PERSON
CongreM Convene* Jan. 3;
Brief and Harmanion* Settion
Indicated
Washington, Jan. 2.—In wide
contrast to the pulse-throbbing events
that brought its firse emergency
meeting, the 73rd Congress will as
semble in regular session tomor
row, probably to receive from Presi
dent P.oosevelt a personal account
ing, and recommendations for the
future.
The recovery program and the
budgetary complexities arising from
it bade fair to bulk large in the mes
sage that the members will hear,
either in joint session from the Presi
dent himself, or intoned by reading
clerks in Sentae and House sepa
rately.
On Capitol Hill today members ex
pressed conviction that the President
would appear in person. Physical ar
rangements were made in the House
chamber: secert service men visited
the Capitol to supervise preparations
and all gallery tickets were called
in. At the White House, however, it
was emphasized that the plans of the
President still were indefinite.
Follows WUsoa.
For Mr. Roosevelt to so keynot
the session would represent adherence
to a precedent followed by his Dem
ocratic predecessor in the White
House, Woodrow Wilson.. Since that
administration, other Chief Execu
tives have from time to time person
ally addressed their Congresses, but
not all have chosen to deliver their
pqnimi message in that manner.
The Congress that will hear the
message tomorrow gave to Mr. Roose
velt last spring powers so broad
that the gold buying program and
much of the other and more direct
ly-functioning economic recovery ma
chinery sprang from them.
The President will report to Con
gress and the people what those
agencies and plans have accomplish
ed, and suggest what nngsMststinn,
if any, they need. The specific recom
mendations are expected to come in
subsequent tnd supplemental com
munications.
Liquor Bills First
Congressional leaders prepared for
the session’s opening by placing a
couple of liquor measures at the head
of the long legislative line.
One was the tax measure Which
probably will levy two dollars a gal
lon on liquor. The other was a liquor
control bill for the now legislatively
dry District of Columbia
Democratic chieftains'on the Sen
ate side called the policy committee
together and tentatively outlined the
legislative course to be followed.
House leaders had already made simi
lar arrangements.
The Democrats having large ma
jorities' in both houses and buoyed
by faith in President Roosevelt’s
popularity, were serene-faced.
Both Senator Robinson, of Ar
kansas, the majority leader, and
Speaker Rainey predicted a short ses
sion, their definition of “short” be
ing along about May.
Meanwhile, House Republicans in
dicated plainly their course was to be
mapped carefully and that dissec
tion was to be used in selecting ad
ministration proposals to hammer.
After a meeting to which all mem
bers of the Republican steering com
mittee and Republicans on the House
rules committee were summoned. Rep:
resentative Snell, of New York, Re
publican leader, told reporters:
G. O. P. Program
“We recognize that it is the re
sponsibility of the majority party to
furnish the legislative program. When
they recommend something that is
sound, we are going for them: when
they recommend something that isn’t,
we're going to let our views be known
"We believe the oountry is not yet
ready for a one-party government;
we believe there is work for a mili
tant minority to do, and we’re going
to do that in a perfectly reasonable
and dignified manner.’’
Out of Democratic parleys earns
thte tentative order of business—for
the first few days at least
The House is to take up almost
immediately the liquor revenue
measure and it will be followed by
the District of Columbia control bill.
During this period Senator Rob
inson expects the Senate to go about
its work in leisurely fash km. The
Democrats plan to withdraw a meas
ure which would have e*. powered the
President to name a jvernor for
Hawaii from the continental United
States.
Once the House t« through with
tae Iir:uor proposals, the Senate will
takusthem up.
<rUe death rate among opium
tftsev-u-s is very much greater than
tin rage for the population at
t'bOLO Ijj i._
inwing
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AT WORK
W. P. N. Service
The House C mmittee which is to find ways and means to pay the bill is at work. The picture shows the committee in session in
rm N Ye GL- Sand«s- (D) Texas; Jere Cooper, (D) Tenn.; Thomas H. Cullen,
(D) N. Y.; Samuel B Hill, (D) Wash.; Chairman Robert L. Doughton, (D) No. Carolina; Allen T. Treadway, (R) Mass.; Isaac
N •;JrankLCrowIther;n R) ,N' Tf1 Idarold Knutson- (R) Minn.;. Standing—from-the left—Clement C. Dick
‘rnmn'ni?)Mn : ft d' ftd,L,fLe™ss- (?) Maryland; Charles West, (D) Ohio; James V. McClintic,
Califonifa' ' ^an'e Reed’ (R) "• R°y Woodruff, (R) Mich.; Thomas A. Jenkins, (R) Ohio; and William R. Evans, (R)
SURRY MAN KILLS WIFE
ud THEN KILLS HIMSELF
Large Crowd Attends Funeral
Near Zephyr
*A crowd of approximately 1,501.
paopla attended the funeral Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. James Nance, whici
due to the huge throng of friends
and the morbidly curious present,
was held in a grove at Mulberry
church, near Zephyr.
Final rites were in charge of Rev.
Neely Jordon, Rev. Levi McCann,
Rev. Richard Day and Rev. J. L.
Powers.
The .tragedy which snuffed out
the lives of the respected Surry cou
ple, orphaning eight children rang
ing, in age from nine months to 15
yean, occured early Friday morn
ing at the Nance home about six
miles northeast of Elkin. The hus
band, appearently insane, fired a
shotgun into the brain of his wife
as she lay sleeping with a 9-montha
oid infant in her arms, and then
sent a second charge into his own
heart.
The noise of the shooting did not
arouse the sleeping family and no
nnf eras aware of the tragedy until
later in the morning when one of
the older children got up to light
the fire. The baby was found in the
arms of its dead mother and a 4
year-old child was found asleep at
the foot of the bed.
The body of the father was found
on the floor beside the bed.
A coroner’s jury called to the
pronounced the affair murder
suicide.
Nance had been in ill health for
some time but had refused medical
aid. Members of the family had sus
pected insanity but the wife had re
fused to beleive such reports ac
cording to neighbors.
Surviving are the eight children:
Mrs. Margaret Nance Marshall,,
mother of Nance: three brothers, Os
wald Nance, Elkin: John and Avery,
of Mitchells River section, and Mrs.
Vallie Wood, half-sister, of Winston
Salem.
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Elkin Tribune.
LITTLE RONDON WARDEN
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY
RIFLESHOT
One of the saddest occurences that
has happened in this community was
on Sunday December 24 when Jim
mie Gambill age 12 accidently shot
Rondon Paul Warden age 12 with a
23 caliber rifle. The boys were out
playing and had the gun when it
waa accidently discharged and the
bullet entered the right temple of
the Warden boy. Dr. P. L. Choate
waa called and did what he could
j but the boy never regained conscious
[neaa and died about five hours after
| the shooting. The boy was a son of
the late Grover Warden and Mrs.
Donna Lambert Warden. He is sur
vived by his mother and three bro
thers one of them being a twin bro
j they The funeral was conducted from
Elk ’ Creek Church by Rev. C. H.
I McKnight and the remains laid to
J rest in the church cemetery beside
his father that preceded him to the
grave Just two months.
Seaboard, Jan.2.—The skeleton of
Charles Griffin, white man who dis
appeared 14 months ago, was found
in the woods near his home thir
morning byy a negro boy. Identifi
cation was made by his watch and
rifle. Griffin is believed to have com
mitted suloide.
I
ASHE CITIZEN FATALLY
INJURED IN ALTERCATION
SATURDAY
OEver Ham Accued of Crime
And Lodged in Jail
Aril© Ham, 22, was shot and
almost instantly killed about mid
night on Saturday, December 25},
at the home of Oliver Ham in
Ashe county, North Carolina
Oliver Ham, who Is accused by
officers of firing the fatal shot
escaped but was apprehended
Monday near the Tennessee line and
confined in the Jefferson jail. Luther
Hall, who lived with Oliver Ham and
Who is alleged to have been an ac
complice in the crime, was lodged
in the Ashe county jail at Jefferson
The tragedy, officers are said to
have been told was the result of a
drinking party.
Oliver Ham, a middle-aged man,
is a widower and the father of sev
eral children. It is said that he or
dered those present to leave the
home, whereupon a dispute started
and a number of shots were exchang
ed, resulting in the death of Arlie
Ham.
The victim of the tragedy was
unmarried and had only one arm.
The body of the dead man was im
mediately removed to the home of
his mother in the Harrigan com
munity in Ashe county, where he
made his home, for funeral services.
Large Crowd Attends
Dance at Irwin Hotel
was given by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Irwin
Saturday night in honor of Ted M.
Guhr, of Chicago, HI., and Elsie York ,
of Richmond, Va. j
There were 86 cars and an estimate •
of 350 to 400 present, all of whom
acted with all the courtesy and re
spect that could be asked of any
crowd. Those deserving honorable
mention for their part in furnishing
music for the occasion were: Glenn
and Kyle Smith, Ennice, Harvey Ir
win, Glenn Sheppard, Johnson San
ders, Rob Sanders, Stratford, Ford
McCann, Troy Irwin, Homer and Kyle
Reeves, Sparta, Loyd Blevins, Ennice,
Gene Carpenter, Twin Oaks, Cebert
Wyatt, Sparta, Rex Wagoner, Strat
"ord.
All present reported an exceeding
ly good time.
J. S. Chambers Claimed... By
Death at Home Near Sparta
r -
J. S. Chambers died at his home
in Sparta on December 31. after sev
eral months illness. He was 73 yean
old, married Miss Almeda Lyon and
; to this union were born three chil
dren, two of them had preceded him
co the grave.
' He joined the baptist church about
50 years ago at Mt Carmel and later
moved his membership to Chestnut
Grove and remained there until his
dath. He was a member of the mas
onic fraternity, a kood kind husband
father and neighbor and will be mis
sed in his church, his lodge, his home
and community. He is survived by
his widow, one son and two sisters,
besides a host of friends that mourn
dis passing.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the Sparta Baptist church
by Revs. Martin and McKnight anc
interment with Masonic honors li
the Sparta cemetery in the presence
of a large congregation.
SECRET SERVICE MAN
INSPECTS CWA ROAD PRO
JECTS IN COUNTY
On CWA road projects in the Co
unty fourteen miles of stone has
been hauled and placed ready for
crushers. A crusher, will be started
at Piney Creek Friday and another
in the eastern end of the County.
Tuesday Mr. Leeper, district engineer
Mr. Miles, and a Federal secret ser
vice man visited all road projects
in the County to check up on the
work. The Federal inspector did not
make any statement of approval or
disapproval of the manner in which
the work is being carried on, but it
is hoped that he will make a fovor
able report to the authorities
ILLNESS OF CHAIRMAN
PREVENTS REGULAR
BOARD MEETING
The regular meeting of the Board
of Education was not held Monday
on account of the illness of Chair
man M. E. Reeves, of Laurel Springs.
The other two members v/ere pre
sent and discussed a number of mat
ters pertaining to the County schools
but no official action was taken.
A county-wide teachers meeting
will be held on Saturday, Jan 6 at
the regular meeting hour. The date of
the meeting was erroneously given in
the Dec. 14 Times as January 5.
Wednesday a kindergarden class
was started in the Sparta High school
with Annie Sue McMillan as teacher
The purpose of this class is to ac
quaint pre-school age children with
some of the different phases of
school life. Local children between the
ages of 4 and 6 are eligible to enroll.
It was reported that 15 had enrolled
Wednesday.
Young Tarheel Comes
Back for Visit
m. spent two weeks with relatives
at Stratford and twin oaks during
the holidays. He left Alleghany with
his parents when he was a child,
going to Hoquim, Washington, where
his parents still live. He finished
high school in Washington. Then gra
duated from Boeing Air College, Oak
land, Cali, and is now employed by
United Airways Inc. Chicago, 111. as
an airplane motor repairman Young
Guhr has not visited Alleghany for
15 years, but declares he is coming
back to Alleghany for his summer
vacation this year. His mother will
be remembered as Miss Ethel Rey
nolds of Stratford, before her marr
iage.
CWA PAYROLL TO REACH
$3,000 IN COUNTY THIS
Week
CWA work is in full swing in the
County now, and it is estimated that
the total payroll for this week will
amount to $3,000. Twenty-nine wo
men are now employed in various
service projects in the county. Six
are employed in the sewing room;
six, in book-binding and slerieal work
in the courthouse; two nurses are
./orking in the schools and among
relief families, two, for clerical work
n the Sparta and Piney Creek high
>chools, and thirteen are employed
m gathering clothing and prepara
lng it for relief families. All women
so employed are paid out of F. E. R.
A. funds
AMERICAN LEGION ADVO
CATES SPIRIT OF GIVING
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit
of giving. The American Legion has
always given itself unselfishly to the
upbuilding of our communities and tc
the releif and succor of our truly
disabled comrades. To fully appre
ciate and enjoy hristmas, give. Give
to the needy. Many of the Legion
Posts in North Carolina and thou
sands throughout the nation are de
termined to make every effort to see
that the children of their respective
communities receive gifts for Christ
mas. When the Legionaires and other
citizens of N. C. have done these
things, they have trulyy lived. All
the Legion Posts of N. C. have been
urged not to let a needy child in
their respective communities fail to
receive a toy, fruit, nuts, etc. this
Christmas.
Practically every Legion Post in
North Carolina and in the nation will
be found right on the job, cooperat
ing fully with all existing state and
national agencies, and doing their
utmost also as a Legion Post to help
speedily bring adequate releif and
cheer to those who can’t help them
selves and the- children of such men,
especially during this holiday season.
Many of the Posts in North Carolina
have been hiding their lights under
the proverbial bushel: They have
been doing lots of good, especially
around Christmas and have not been
letting anybody know about it After
all, that is the best way for the va
rious Legion Posts to do it.
Twenty-eight Legion Posts located
in the following cities and towns in
N. C. won Most Distinguished Ser
vice citations from the national or
ganization of the Legion by enrolling
for 1934 prior to midnight Nov. 11,
1933, as many or more members than
such Posts had during the 1933 Le
gion year: Rich Square, Gatesville,
Williamston, Tar boro, Greenville,
Spring Hope, Mount Olive, Fuquay
Springs, Smithfield, Lumberton,
Dunn, Maxton, Fort Bragg, Madison,
Asheboro, Rural Hall, Newton, Lin
colnton, Hickory, Kings Mountain,
Shelby, Lenoir, Asheville, Marion,
Hendersonville, and Murphy.
Ten other Legion Posts in N. C.
equalled or exceeded for 1934 their
1933 entire total prior to midnight
Nov. 30, 1933, and thereby won na
tional Citations for Distinguished
Service (the Legion’s “D. S. C.’’)
this year. These winning Posts are
located in the following cities and
towns in N. C.: Beaufort, Farmville,
Henderson, Edenton, Rowland, Bur
lington, Roxboro, Concord, St. Pauls,
and Siler City.
DOUGHTON URGES EAST
ROUTING OF PARKWAY
Washington.—Afinal appeal which
he believes will bring the Appalach
ian Parkway from Virginia through
Alleghany Ashe, Watauga, Avery
and Mitchell counties, North Caro
lina, and thence to the Grandfather
Mountann and Linville Gorge before
entering the Smoky Mountain Na
tional Park was made by Represen
tative Doughton today. He made a
special appeal for the proposed East
j ern route, as it is known, instead of
i the western tracery which would
j cause much of the southern section
I of the parkway to be in Tennessee.
! Park service and public roads bureau
, engineers are to be given surveys at
! once on the routes proposed.
An investigation by the Milbank
I Memorial Fund shows that Cali
fornia has the lowest birth rate of
any state In the western United
States.
DEPOSITS IN BANK OF
SPARTA GUARANTEED UN
DER FEDERAL REGULA
TIONS
Sunday Mr. Edwin Duncan, cash
ier of the Bank of Sparta, received
from Walter J Cummings, chairman
of the board of directors of the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation,
a certificate stating that the Bank
of Spata had complied with all con
1 ditions imposed by law and was en
titled to become a member of the
Temporary Federal Deposit Insur
ance Fund on Jan. 1, 1934. This
means that all money up to $2500
deposited in the Bank of Sparta is
I insured and guaranteed for the tatal
j amount and that from $2500 to $10,
| 000, 50% of the total amount. After
j July 1, 1934 all money deposited up
1 to $10,000 is guaranteed for the full
amount.
It is thought that by this guaran
tee of deposits a great deal of money
will come out of hoarding and be
put into circulation throughout the
j country.
E. L WAGONER FATALLY
INJURED IN TRAGIC ACCI
DENT NEAR WASHINGTON
Amos Wagoner Seriously In
jured When Train Strikes Car
Word was received here Wednes
day morning of the instant death of
E. L. Wagoner and the serious injury
of Amos Wagoner in an accident at
Manassas, Va. about 9:30 Tuesday
night when the car in which the two
brothers were riding was struck by
a train. Both men were traveling
salesmen and were on their way to
Washington, after spending the holi
days with relatives in the County.
Amos Wagoner was carried to a
hospital in Washington. A long dis
tance message from the superinten
dent steted that doctors hoped that
Mr. Wagoner was not seriously in
jured, but that they were still mak
ing X-Ray pictures.
The body of E. L. Wagoner left
Manassas Wednesday and is expect
ed to arrive in Elkin today at 11:20
A. M. Relatives have been notified
and many of them are on there way
here
Mr. E. L. Wagoner, a citizen of
Whitehead, was prominent in the co
unty affairs, having formerly served
as Superintendent of the Coupty
schools, in which capacity he was the
guiding spirit in building up a good
school system in Alleghany.
The deceased is survived by his
; wife, six children, two sisters, one in
, Oxford, Penn, and one in Darlington,
| Maryland, four brothers, one in Ore
gon, one> in Georgia, one at Shelby,
and Amos, who was with him at the
time of his death.
As the Times goes to press funeral
arrangements have not been complet
ed.
Maxwell Rules Na Special
’Licenses Required for Trucks
On CWA Projects
Trucks employed exclusively on
CWA projects are liable only for the
regular license tax and not for the
additional tax imposed upon con
; tract haulers for hire, Commissioner
of Revenue A. J. Maxwell ruled yes
terday, following a conference with
Attorney-General Brummitt. The lo
jcal relief office received notification
j of this ruling Tuesday night and
j word was immediately dispatched to
owners of trucks on CWA projectsl
in the County.
ALLEGHANY CITIZENS
HOLD RESPONSIBLE POSI
TIONS ON LARGEST FARM
IN IOWA
Odcbolt, la. — Wiliam P.
owner of the largest farm In Iowa
and recipient of the largest corn '"tt
in the state, attributes his farming
success to the late Henry C. Wi
his friend for SO years.
More consicely, he says he's kept
his 6,400-acre farm out of &he red
for 35 years by means of a practice)
farming suggestion given him by gr,
Wallace.
Roation Practiced.
Theis was the planting at dover
on one-sixth of his farm evexy year
and plowing it under. This be
done faithfully.
“Naturally when Henry A. '
lace announced his corn-hog
I placed the same faith in tt
did in his father’s advice. If my
operation with the government's
Hfi 11 OAMfA Ad A _ A
will serve as a precedent for others,
I am thankful," Mr. Adams declared
Monday.
twopp, coming to Iowa gr.
owned a large wheat farm 111 N<
Dakota.
A Modem Pena.
Mr. Adams’ Iowa farm
in every respect
He has his own
fire hydrants and hose cart.
There are two elevators,
shop, dormitory and
farm hands, and all
essary for practical
100 Men Hind.
In the summer approximi
men are employed.
He has numerous
mules and many head
There are also show
his son, Robert.
Although 71 years old,
takes an enthusiastic
every phase of farming.
Couldn’t
“I tried staying-in
Chicago, but the lure
soon brought me
related.
Mr. Adams has another son, Jr
who is a financier in hicago, Rt
Succeeded his father as president
the First National bank of Ode^pIt
While waiting for reports at ffl)
corn loan officials, Mr.
a headline announcing
Alexander Legge, Chicago,
chairman of the federal farm board
and presiden^ of the International
Harvester Co. The Iowan
ector of the Harvester
the time Legge was presi<
Praises Legge.
“ Mr. Legge was a fine
£~ve up much to help his
ment when he was called for
Mr. Adams said
Mr. and Mrs.* Adams
travelled. They have visited
tinents and have been abroad a
mber of times.
Both are reticent about
publicity.
Should Be a Skipper.
Marine pictures and models
the Adams home. Mrs. Adams
her husband should be a skipper, If
his interest in navigation is any cri
terion.
But he has escaped narrowly
his life in two shipwrecks.
■ On one occasion, Mr. and Mrs. A
dams and their two sons were
wrecked 13 miles off the coast
Colombia when the vessel ran on a
reef. Another ship rescued them.
A Vestris Survivor.
Mr. Adams and his close frie
Dr. August Groman of Odebolt, are
survivers of jhe ill-fated Vea
which sunk 300 mi lee off the
ginia capes in November, 1928
Although 122 were drowned, they
were rescued by a freighter after
drifting in an overcrowded lifeboat
for 18 hours.
Mr. Adams related
humor which occur
incident of
tragic
hours while they were buffeted about
by the rolling Atlantic. In tha life
boat wiih Dr. Groman, himasKrand
three other whites were 41
Negroes.
Amused Passengers.
“All of the matches
an effort to send up
was pitch dark and I
time it was, so I sounded the chii
on a watch I was carrying.
“The Negroes were so amused
the watch tha^ I spent a
able portion of the night
hours for them.
“During the mad dash
boats I heard only one order
“A couple of newlyweds got in
same boat along with women and
children. An officer ordered the
out. He did, but his bride' perishcfc
and he was rescued/
Mr. Ross Rector*
ghany County,
charge of the
Adams farm. He
on the farm since T
tor, brother of Ross
in Iowa since 1905
boss in charge
earns on the Adam