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realization of our pro "gram cannot bo attained In six months. From week to woek there will be ups and downs but the net result is a consistent gain.”—President Roosevelt THE TIMES «a.nHi; | . . . is the people o# I UnitedSidtefc who have f | put it acronc dad make it ] and they are doing it.r I —General 2 DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY AND BORDERING COUNTIES B VOL 9. ALLEGHANY COUNTY, SPARTA, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1934 FORMER GRAYSON COUN TY MAN AND DAUGHTER MURDERED IN HOME NEAR RURAL RETREAT SATURDAY One of the most shocking trage that baa been enacted in this entire section for many years took place Saturday afternoon when T. Eugene 57, together with Us which is in Wythe county. | Met? ry F. B&usell, of Bristol, were later located by Wythe county officers in receiving treatment for bullet, wounds in a hand and shoulder, respectively, of the two men. They were placed under special guard.charged with the crime, and will be removed to the Wythe county jail In WythevUle as soon as their condition will permit, Sheriff George Crockett of Wythe county, stated Sunday. . The three pistols used by the . two and by Cornett in the gun battle are in the custody of Wythe county officers. Cornett is said to have used a D2 calibre Smith and Wesson gun, the younger Bausell a 52-20 Smith and Wesson and the elder an old model .32 calibre gun of the same make. An autopsy on the body of Mrs. Bausell was performed Saturday, nite by Dr. E. If. Chitwood, coroner of Wythe county, and the bullet which entered her brain, resulting in her death, was removed. The three pistols used in the fight were emptied by the participants. The gun which, it la alleged was used by Bemace K. Bausell, was a six shooter and bears several blood stains He guns used in the fight, the bul lets tsV»w from the bodies of Cor nett and his daughter and those t«k»n from the furniture sad walls of the room In which the fight oc curred will be examined by expert at the request of Wythe county of fleers. \ According to reports, the ybtlhg woman, and her husband wad. been separated since early in the fall and trouble arose between Bausell and hi* father-in-law over the custody of a five-year-old eon. A, younger child had been in the care of Mrs. Bausell since the separation while the older one had been in the custody of its father until recently when It was permitted to visit the younger at the home of Mr, Cornett. When Bausell came to the Cornett home for the child on the previous Sunday night, it is said, he was re fused permission to take it away, whereupon an altercation ensued be tween the two men, during which Bau sell was slightly wounded by his father-in-law and Mrs. Bausell graced by a bullet fired by her husband from the gun wrested from Mr. Cornett’s hands. Finally, after being beaten on the head with the gun, the latter forced his son-in-law to the floor, where he held him until he promised to refrain from any further mole station. ./ However, Saturday afternoon, Bau Belli accompained by his father re turned to the Cornett home. The elder Bausell, according to. reports went to the house and called for his daughter-in-law, who, when seeing them coming, took the children and went to an upstairs room where her father was preparing to make a trip to Wytheville. When she refused to come down, the eider Bausell Is said to have gone bavk to the car and spoken a few words to his son, who, after taking an object from the door pocket of the car, accompained his father back to the house. The two are said to have gone upstairs and forced open the locked door of the room where the murders were com mitted. The scene of the tragedy shows many marks of the shots fired. A bout eight bullet holes are visible in the furniture, walls and ceiling of the room, which would seem to indicate that the shots, with the exception of two, were all fired in the direction of the places where the bodies of, Mr. Cornett and his daughter were found lying. Seven or eight bullets are said to have been removed from the dead man’s body. The Bauaells left immediately with the child and when they met Mrs. Cornett, on their way out, were de terred from shooting her, it is said, only by her desperate pleas for mercy The Bausells according to reports, have stated that Mrs. Bausell was shot by a gun in the hands of her father but this statement appears to have been disproved by the fact that the bullet removed from the brain was steel jacketed and corresponded to the other bullets apparently fired while used in the gun MAGISTRATE DISMISSES KIDNAPPING CHARGE Sylva, Jan. 18.—Charges of kid napping against Alley Warfield, and Dock Turpin, Jackson county men accused of abducting Frank Rhine hart, a school principal, holding him captive two days and threatening him with violence, were dismissed by Magistrate B. O. Painter at the conclusion today of a preliminary hanrHncr The magistrate held the state had Called te ehow probable xause to bind the defendants over to superior court However, he ordered Warfield Tur pin held ter superior court on a charge of assault with a deadly wea pon in connection with an alterca tion with Rhinehart prior to the allied kidnapping. The preliminary hearing for the Turpins consumed three days. All attempted to set up alibis and the defense offered a surprise witness, Nelson Sexton, of Mountain City, Ga., who testified he "thumbed” a ride with Rhinehart in the latter’s automobile during the time the school principal said he was held captive. Rhinehart took the stand this afternoon aud denied ever seeing Sexton. he school principal reported he was aiezcd on a road near here dur ing the latter part of last December carried about in his captor’s automo bile for two days and subjected to various indignities and threats be fore being released. He said he rec ognised the Turpin’s as his abductors. ADOPTION OF BLUE RIDGE ROUTE FOR HIGHWAY IS URGED The next meeting in the interest af the road will be held in Hillsville >n Saturday, January 27. Much interest was shown at a meeting held Saturday in the court louse in Hillsville in connection with die Skyline Drive, which it is hoped vill be built along the crest of the jlPSJElidge, closely following the ap palachain trail. A main feature of the meeting was Jie decision of the cammittee to form sm association, permitting anyone who might desire to make a dona tion for damages incurred in remov ing buildings etc., to join. W. D. Tompkins, chairman of the msociation, delivered an interesting address. Committees were appointed to visit land owners along the proposed route for the purpose of obtaining rights of-way. w Mr. Tompkins, ^ his address, ad vanced the idea off getting together and continuing the* efforts to have the Blue Ridge route adopted. He urged that petitions be circulated in an effort to obtain the necessary rights-of-way. He explained that many people do not understand the proposition and say that it is a waste of money to build a road 300 feet wide. He said that the road would be beneficial for the advertising of the beautiful views of the state. “If they are going to spend money,” he paid, “shouldn’t we put forth every effort to bring it here to show tour ists the beauties of this mountain country?” Other speakers who approved of the chairman’s recommendations were Will Quesenberry, C. M. Willis, Glenn Eld wards, Reed Quesenberry, Dexter Goad and Miss Vinnie Cald well. The deceased man was a native of Grayson county, being a son of Mrs. Amelia Cox Cornett, who lives between Fallville and Elk Creek, and the late Peyton H. Cornett. In addition to his aged mother, he is survived by two sisters and five bro thers, as follows: Mr. Bayc Osborne, Mrs. Con A. Cornett and Ovis P. Cornett, Elk Creek; Summitt E. Cor inett, cashier of the Bank of Speedwell Dr. Horace V. Cornett, Philadelphia, Penna.; Dr. Baron F. Cornett, Blue field W. Va., and Carl C. Cornett, Marion. Mr. Cornett was an uncle of Miss Mayme Osborne, Galax. Funeral services for the slain man and daughter were conducted Mon day afternoon. A short service was held at the home at 1:30 o’clock, followed by the funeral at FairvieW Methodist church on the Rural Re treat circuit at 2 o’clock. The ser vices were in charge of Dr. R. B. Platt, Jr., pastor of Grove Avenue church, East Radford, and a former presiding elder of the Wytheville dis trict assisted by the Rev. W. D. Far mer, pastor of Fairview church. Both bodies were buried in Fair view cemetery. Grayson Carroll Gazette lb*. Robert Choate, of Maryland, visited his father, Mr. John choate, Tuesday night. ♦ MILLIONS ASKED FOR EMERGENCY EDUCATION The Federal Advisory Committee, consisting principally of representa tives of twenty or more national or ganizations, held a second general meeting in Washington, D. C., on January 7th to consider means for emergency aid in education. After much deliberation upon all the questions Involved the committee decided upon the following program: (1) -The emergency problem of keeping elementary and secondary schools open on as nearly normal a basis as -passible during the school year 1988-84 should be met by a federal appropriation of 850,000,000 to be allocated according to emer gency needs in the several states. This sum may be provided In one or two ways: (a) by a special provision in the relief act, or leas preferably (b) by a separate federal appro priation. ■* In either case such appropriation shall be administered perferably by a board of* which the U. S. Commis sioner of Education shall be chairman and executive officer. (2) In view of the fact that the inability of many communities ade quately to maintain schools is cer tain to continue during the fiscal year 1934-35, a federal emergency appropriation or allocation of not less than 3100,000,000 should be made available beginning July 1, 1934; this appropriation or allocation to be dis tributed in an abjective manner, de termined by a board of which the U. S. Commissioner of Education shall be chairman and executive officer, and based upon reasonable evidence of needs and resources. (3) That the instability of educa- J tional support even in the abler states and communities, due to the shrinkage of local ability to support schools during the depression, ..con stitutes an aspect of the present em ergency of such proportion as to en danger the effectiveness of the school throughout the nation. The funda mental relief which is necessary in order that public educational insti tutions may be adequately supported ran be secured through the adoption of measures for the federal emer gency aid to education during the 1934-35. The situation is so critical in education that the people are justified in using federal funds to insure the normal operation of schools. Accordingly, it is recommen ded that a substantial sum be distri buted from the Federal Treasury to various states to assist them in meet ing this phase of the emergency. It is the sense of this conference that the method of distribution should provide first, that a flat sum objec tively determined be distributed to all states; second, that a supplemen tal sum objectively determined but weighted to meet the needs of the poorer states be included in the dis tribution,and third, that the method of distribution be stated in the sta tutes, provided that a contingent fund not to exceed 10 per cent of the amount so provided for 1934-35 be reserved for distribution to states and local units to meet exceptional and unforeseen needs under the dir ection of a board of which the U. 8. Commissioner of Education shall be chairman. (4) Local funds should be released for school maintenance by: (a) refinancing school district in debtness of such municipal or county indebtness as may have been incur red in behalf of the schools. (D) provunng lcuciai ^ school districts or to municipal or county corporations, where, (in the case of the latter) the loan is to be used for educational purposes; pro vided that in both instances the loan shall rest on the security of delin quent taxes, frozen assets in closed banks, or other acceptable securities. (5) Out of any new appropriation made for Public Works not less than 10 per cent should be allocated for buildings for schools, colleges and other educational enterprises. Such grants shall be available provided that ah approved survey has been made, and that the survey shows the need for the buildings. In cases where such surveys have not already been made these surveys shall be made under the direction of the Office of Education through a decentralized regional organization. The cost of these surveys shall be charged to the Public Works appropriation for school plants. We recommend that the grant for such projects be made on a 100 per cent basis. In administering this fund major attention should be given to the needs of the rural schools. (6) A federal appropriation or al location of $30,000,000 should be pro vided to assist students to attend institutions of higher education for the period ending July 1, 1935, by (a) special provision in existing acts, or (b) by a separate federal appropria tion. This fuhd should be administered by the U. S. Office of Education. REYNOLDS AGAIN PRO TESTS DECISION OF PWA Washington, Jan. 14.—Senator Reynolds (D. N. C.), aroused by the Public Works Administration’s refus al to finance the„ Waccamaw Fibre Farm Forestry project near Bolton, j N. C., today called on the people of the State "who have a feeling on this subject" to write their protests to him. Senator Reynolds, in a formal statement, said the Waccamaw proj ect, if approved, ‘‘would create a pattern” for similar projects which would result in giving farmers a “market for wood,” and idle woods men “a job” Reynolds statement said: ' Because wooa nore raisea Dy our timber land owners is the largest crop raised by the farmers of North Carolina, I have devoted more time to the Waccamaw fibre farm project, which is located in Eastern North Carolina, than to any other problem in that portion of> the State. Voice Not Heard "The unemployed woodsmen live in remot« places and in this relief work, his voice has not been heard to any practical extent. I have tried to bring aid to these woodsmen and to the tree farmers of the State thro ugh this forest project. "Congress authorized that financial aid be given forest projects of this type, and legal, engineering and banking departments of the Public Works Administration approved this project. The project is classified as one belonging to a private corpor ation that was limited as to dividend and that is regulated by the SState The owners of the project have con sented that when the value of the 116,000 acre timber farm has been retumedto them in dividends, these 116,000 acres will become the prop erty of North Carolina. I was anxious -for the State to become the owner of this “reserve. “The State of North Carolina en acted legislation that was prescribed by the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, which guijrantefes absolute State regulation and control of the project. The project is more than semi-public. If this project were established in North Carolina it would create a pattern from which other similar projects in the State would result. Our State needs five or six more plants similar to the Champion Fibre Company’s plants at Canton, N. C. If these plants were within our State then our farmers would have a mar ket for wood and idle woodsmen would have a job. MARAUDER DESTROYS TREES in ELKIN CEMETERY Elkin, N. C. Jan. 11.—Of approxi mately 50 small American elm trees set out within the past week in Hollywood cemetery by CWA work ers for the purpose of beautifying the place, 34 were found cut down early Tuesday morning. As a result, a reward of $100 has been offered by the town commis sioners for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the per son guilty of the act, A bloodhound brought here from North Wilkesboro Tuesday afternoon trailed the guilty party from the cemetery for a distance of about half a mile to the highway in the vicinity of John Hudspeth’s filling station on highway 26. Here the trail ended, but officers plainly saw tracks of an automobile that had been parked in the edge of the woods some distance from the hard surface. Whoever was guilty of cutting the trees wore overshoes, tracks at the scene disclosed. His tracks measur ed slightly more than 11 and one half inches. Apparently he used a hatchet with which to chop down the small trees. The trees were left laying where they fell. SENATOR ROUP WRITES ABOUT WASHINGTON LAWMAKERS A recent issue of The Pullman Herald, Wash, carries an interesting article by Senator George W. Roup, who writes about "the doings of the Legislature”. One of the most impor tant problems before the legislators of that State is the question of li quor control, and quite a fight is being put up by various factions for certain control plans favorable to particular groups. Senator Roup is taking an active part in legislative proceedinvs in the State of Washing ton. He will be remembered here as the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Roup of Sparta. 1 PERFECT ORGANIZATION TO AID FARMERS Representatives from the following counties met December 20th. at Wllkesboro and organized the Wilkes* boro Production Credit Association: Wilkes, Alleghany, Surry, Yadkin, Caldwell, and Ashe. The organization will also embrace Watauga, but as yet this county has no representative from that county, tho it will have representation later. This organization was perfected under the auspices of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia which owns seventy five per cent of the stock, the other stock being owned by the looal holders. It was capita lized at $65,000.00 Directors were elected at the December meeting cwtu oouumjr out., wie uireccors mei and elected the following officers; Paul J. Vestal, Moravian Falls, Pre sident, A. S. Speer, BoonevUle, Vice President, T. W. Ferguson, Ferguson, Sec.-Treas. This is a fanners credit organization and will be open for bus iness about January 20th. It will make loans upon crops and livestock as collateral and will take the place of the Regional Agricultural Corpor ation of Raleigh. It might be stated, therefore, that the Regional Agri cultural Corporation of Raleigh will make no further loans after Jan. 15. Respectfully Submitted, T. W. Ferguson,Secy.-Treas. Wilkesboro Production Credit Assn. Jan. 12, 1934. CWA PAY-ROLL IS MILUON A WEEK A total of 72, 728 North Carolinians was on CWA pay rolls during the week ended January 16, drawing a pay roll of nearly $1,000,000, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State CWA Ad ministrator, announced yesterday Mrs. O’Berry reported that many hours of work during the week total ed 2,057,248 with the ts*a* pay roll being $928,03^.95. North Carolina’s total CWA quota, including jobs strictly federal in nature and special projects for women is 90,000. Women held down 5,745 CWA jobs during the week, pay roll for service projects being $58,427.72. Typical pro jects for women are: Bookkeepers, cafeteria workers clerical workers, dietitians, census, takers, home-making demonstratons, janitoresses, mattress making, toy making, weaving, laundry work, dis bursing agents, nurses, time-keep ers, teachers, farm housing survey work. Actual “staggering” of work on CWA projects in rural sections and communities of less than 2,500 popu lation was begun in some comities yesterday. The “staggep’ rule pro vides that no person may work on a CWA project more that 15 hours per week, the former limit having been 30 hours a week. The man hours for each accepted project will be unchanged, but the quotas where “staggering” is adopted will not be doubled but will be increased 80 per cent only. This will decrease ori ginal man hour quotas by 10 per cent. Sparta Man and Motorcyclist Collide Near Independence W. M. Jennings, of Cliffview, re ceived serious injuries Wednesday morning when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a truck about one mile east of Independence. The truck is said to have been driven by J. A. Osborne, of Sparta. The injured man was brought to Galax hospital where it was found that both of his legs were broken and that he had received other in juries. Latest reports from the hospi tal indicate that his condition is critical. The driver of the truck was given a preliminary hearing and it was decided that he was not responsible for the accident and was released. Mr. Osborne was proceeding toward Galax and stated that he was far on the right side of the road, when for some reason the rider of the motor cycle came diagonally across the high way and struck the front of his car with such force as to fling the rider clear of the motorcycle. Mr. Osborne is proprietor of a gen eral merchantile business just out of Sparta. Winston-Salem, Jan 9.—Tony A. Williams, 21, of Hanes, died here to day of injuries differed when struck Sunday night by an automobile al legedly driven by James Damey, 18, of Hanes, who was held on man slaughter charges under $500 bond. DOUGHTOw REGARDED AS PROBABLE CANDI DATE FOR GOVERNOR Despite Information from Wash ington that Congressman R. L. Doughton, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, is slated for a berth on the Tariff Commission, North Carolinians who keep up closely with such matters in season and out of season, are convinced that the veteran Congressman, who has been in the House for 22 years, will serve one more term there and then offer for Governor of North Carolina in 1936. If that prediction is correct, and those in a position to know are con fident it is, the entry of Mr. Dough ton would probably have the effect of narrowing instead of broadening the field. Among those now regard* ed as actively in the race or as giv I the matter most serious consid eration are Lieut.-Gov. A. H. Gra ham, of Hillsboro: Col. T. L. Kirk patrick, of Charlotte; Judge Wilson Warlick, of Newton, and former Judge T. L. Johnson, of Asheville. Among those most prominently list ed as potential candidates are Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, and R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia. There may be Others, but if either Mr. Doughton or Mr. Hoey enters the race the field is expected to be smaller than if both stay out. North Carolina has never had more than three candidates for Governor in a Democratic primary, but the race is far less of a foregone conclusion than it has been this close to any primary ever held since the legalized primary began more than 20 years ago. Governor Ehringhaus also figures largely in speculation on the 1936 campaign as a potential candidate against United States Senator Josiah W. Bailey. But last week, Governor Ehring haus figured even more largely in actual developments. Since Janu ary 1, the Governor has been con fronted with the necessity of ap pointing two Associate Utility Com missioners in compliance with the 1933 act abolishing the old Corpora tion Commission. These commis sioners may receive only $900 an nually, ^but their duties are regarded as among the most important to be performed by any public official. In terest in the appointments was heightened by the delay in making them. The Governor finally centered on Dr. William Louis Poteat, president emeritus of Wake Forest College, and Prof. Frank William Hanft, a member of the law faculty of the University of North Carolina and an expert in the field of public utili ties. In making these selections, the Governor passed up an opportunity to reward two political friends and to please scores of others who had endorsed some of the many candi dates for the positions. But it is generally believed that the Governor has once again demon strated the truism that no politics is often the best politics. Dr. Poteat has never been in politics but no i man in North Carolina in or out of •politics has a larger personal follow I ing Professor Hanft is unknown to the State at large, but by his record exemplifies the type of man thou sands of people in the State wished to see appointed to one of these positions. But while the appointments have been most favorably received, it is possible that the Governor added to the restiveness of the Western part | of the State which has been rather vociferously demanding more recog nition in the State government than it has received. Another action taken by the Gov ernor last week was also favorably received in the State as a whole but was definitely displeasing to citizens of the Far Western counties. The Governor declined to extend clem ency to four former bankers and public officials of Transylvania County who paid in $30,000 to the County on condition that the Governor relieve them of prison sent ences imposed by the court. If the recommendations of Senator Bailey is followed and Solicitor Car lisle Higgins is named District At torney in the middle District, the 1 Governor will have to appoint a suc 1 cessor to Solicitor Higgins, whose solicitorial record is now being in vestigated by Federal authorities. This Solicitorial district contains Surry County, in which resides A. D. Folger, about whom has centered much of western complaint. Mr. Folger, along with a number of other lawyers, would like to be an emer 1 gency judge, and the westerners have frequently pointed out that easterners now hold two of these positions while only one is filled by a westerner. Moreover, friends of Mr. Folger assert that he was given position as surance of such an appointment if wjn«T()N-SALEM PUBLISHES Coming form the ard-McCann, New on January 25 la a Carolinian—James II. Winston-Salem. Mr. Shields was, and ter known as a teacher thor. HeH has years. "Just Plain forthcoming volum his first book. Until word got out Salem last fall that the countenanced and hard principal of South Park Junior and Forest Park school had a novel with a publisher, f* sons outside of an intimate of acquaintance even knew 1 was writing a book. James Shields no doubt d% pensed the advice usual in tbs i mentary stages of instruction fg» those with the urge for literary 99 pression—write about what yen know. Anyway he followed it. For thirteen years he baa dealing out "just plain lamia,” ■ a part of the educational that goes under the title of Salem Public Schools. before he started dealing it eng he mas on the receiving end hi Ohio and North Carolina, completing1 bit formal education with the degr*e~Sf Mfl otAr nf P.HnnaflAn Master of Education from College—now Duke University, His natural inclinations schoolmastership came to the while ha was trying to sell biles after leaving the Trinity pus. He got a job in 1921 as of literature and composition in Winston-Salem High School, probably started giving good vice about writing about subjects to his students that ago. “Just Plain Lamin'1 is about jast that—learning as it is taught in _ public schools of a North Carottna, city. The author, although this first novel, is no novice at sional writing. He has been quent contributor to journals, and has the rnpntsftSb*! among educators of knowing he is talking about when it' to the public schools. Mr. ^thields is a North Gan byadopnon. He was bora in Port Washington, Ohio, the fourth a struggling minister. In the room village school of his town, he made the conquest of mentary reading, writin,' W ‘rithme tic. He came out of a small tional college with an A. desire for more learning. From what is now Duka Univer* sity he obtained his master's degree and in Statesville, N. C. found that his calling was not automotive manship. So he went to Winston-Salem spent 13 years in the public system there, rising to the of supervising principal. "Just Plain Lamin'’', a novel 0 a North Carolinian for national' dis tribution, is the result Charles J. Parker Raleigh News and B. and • Uncle Sam Wants Social EctaMHtte The United States Civil Service Commission yill accept epplicattWte nutil February 2 for positions <*f Associate Social Economist and An* sistant Social Economist to flU ve» cancies in the Children’s Bureau, De* partment of Labor. The entrance salary for Associate Social Economist is $3,900 a year, and for Assistant Social Economist $2,600 a year, less a deduction of ned to exceed 15 per cent as a msassM* of economy and a retirement dedue ion of 3-% per cent. All States exccept Delware, Iowa, Maryyland, Vermont, Virginia, Wait Virginia, and the District of Columbia have recieved less than their share at appointments in the apportioned de partmental service at Washington. Full information may be obtained from the Secetary of the United States Civil Service Board of Eremin ers at the post office in any dtf which has a post office of the fi**$ or the second class, or ftrom the United States Civil Service Comsalm' sion, Washington, D. C. Governor Ehringhaus was elected, though it is not asserted that dd Governor himself was a party te the alleged assurances. Raleigh News and
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