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The Alleghany Times Subscription Price $1 a year in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934. 6 PAGES Number 14. —V ^ NRA REORGANIZATION DROUGHT NEEDS FACED FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE PARK AREAS FOR WORKERS RFC COLLECTS SOME DEBTS ELECTION PREDICTIONS PORK BARREL ARGUMENT NEW TAXES COMING NATIONALIZING SILVER By Hugia Sims, Times Special Washington Correspondent The reorganization of the NRA, which will' take place soon, pro vides a permanent structure to be operated by an administrator un der control of a Board. The NRA will continue to supervise codes of “fair competition’’ and trade association control of in dustry will be regulated through the organization or under the Sherman Anti-trust Act. Offi cials declare while the NRA has permitted combinations in some instances in order to establish “fair competition,” it has safe guarded the public against “un fair competition” and that the set-up must be continued o.r anti trust laws must be rigorously en forced. Price-fixing will probably be eliminated except in emergencies and secret rebating, together with other ruinous trade practices will be prohibited. Blue eagles will be continued and its withdrawal us ed as a lever in cases of dispute but litigations will be turned over to the Department of Justice. Labor problems will probably go to the National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor. As to enforcement of anti trust laws', it is hoped to work out a method to secure coopera tion between the NRA, the Fed eral Trade Commission and the Department of Justice in order to give a “certain security to busi ness” which will be protected from conflicting decisions on the part of various* bodies. President Roosevelt, upon his return to Washington, gave his attention to the drought problem and the huge program which may have to be enlarged to meet the new situation. Since Congress appropriated $525,000,000 for drought relief, the drought area has been enlarged by more than three hundred per cent and the number of those for whom relief will be necessary has greatly in creased. At the same , time profi teering in foodstuffs will be pre vented, if possible. A survey of the food and feed supply of the nation has been made and is expected to reassure those who fear a shortage. The purchase of surplus commodities that otherwise will not be harves ted under market control agree ments has been' suggested and the Government urged to buy up large quantities of foodstuffs to be held as a weapon against un due price increases. Official's have relied upon publicity to pre vent profiteering but expect bo call upon other devices .if it proves necessary. Advocating the principles of insurance, Secretary of Labor Perkins declares that govern ment relief expenditures in this country have far exceeded the demands on public treasuries in countries that have unemploy ment insurance. She points out that unemployment is- by no means the only hazard confront ing the wage earner, declaring that around 295,000 workers are annually killed accidentally in in dustry, 150,000 suffer permanent injuries and nearly 3,000,000 tem porary disabilities. Moreover, about two per cent of our popu lation is sick at any given time, with an average loss of seven working days. There is always the advent of old age, which threatens the productive worker with idleness and no income. The “frightful costs of insecurity are very apparent at this time when around sixteen million people are (continued on page 4) Today Begin Reading o / BABY On Page 3 Opponent Would Meet Doughton In Joint Debate Joseph M. Prevette Chal lenges Veteran Congress man To Joint Discussion Of Issues In Each County Congressman R. L. (Farmer Bob) Doughton, veteran repre sentative in the national House of Representatives from the ninth North Carolina district, was challenged Friday by his Re publican opponent, Joseph M. Prevette, of Jefferson> to a joint debate in each of the nine counties of the district. Mr. Prevette offered Congressman Doughton the privilege of fixing dates for the debates. The Ashe county attorney said “if there ever was a time when the voters should hear both candidates for Congress and learn their views on the issues in the coming campaign, now is the time.” Cpngressman Doughton has re presented the ninth district (the old eighth) for the past 24 years. He is now chairman of the powerful ways and means com mittee and makes his home at Laurel Springs in this county. Mr. Prevette, a native of Wilkes county, moved to Ashe more than three years age. He represented Wilkes county in the North Carolina legislature about 16 years ago. The Congressman’s attitude toward the challenge has not been learned. The Jefferson candidate, ac cording to a statement mailed the TIMES, forwarded the follow ing message to Congressman Doughton: “I feel if there ever was a time when the voters of this district should hear both candi dates for Congress and learn their views on the issues in the coming campaign, now is the time. “I realize the disadvantage I will have in debating national issues with one who has had nothing else to do for past 20 years but inform himself on na tional matters; however, unless I am equal to the occasion to de bate same with you and can convince the voters that my views on such matters meet with their approval, I do not deserve to represent the finest class of people in the United States as their representative in Congress. Therefore, I take this opportunity to challenge you to a joint debate on the issue of the day, we to speak at least once in each county in the district, and oftener if possible. “I hereby agree to allow you to fix the dates to suit yourself, except our debate not to take place on days. when county con ventions of either party are being held. “I hope to hear from you by return mail \ signifying your in terest.” Teachers Without Work May Apply For Relief Jobs Announcement of the program of Emergency Relief in Edu cation for unemployed teachers has just been received at the office of the County Superin tendent of Schools. Applicants for the work may have a choice of several types of relief classes, including gen eral adults education, as well as nursery school. Teachers who took special training last year will not take the training course this year; all other teachers who are appli cants will take the course at Boone, beginning on August 27, and will receive pay while at tending the training class. All applicants must file their applications in duplicate and they must be approved by County Superintendent of Schools and the Local Director of Relief. CHILDREN FROM ORPHANAGE TO GIVE CONCERT HERE The Oxford orphanage singing class will present a concert of songs and drills, pageants and folk dances at Sparta on Tues day, August 28. Fourteen children will take part. It is hoped that the public will attend this concert to be presented by these children from the orphanage. Glade Valley H. S. To Open For 24th Term Tues., Sept. 4 Glade Valley high school will open for the twenty-fourth ses sion on Tuesday, September 4, with the following faculty in charge; Prof. W. Clay Thompson, Principal and teacher of Science and History; Rev. C. W. Ervin, English and Bible; Miss Anne Belle Corry. French and Mathe matics; Miss Margaret Dowdle, Domestic Art, 8th and 9th Bible; Mrs. Ellen Guerrant. Music and dean of girls; Mrs. E. B. Eld ridge, Matron, and E. B. Eld ridge, Superintendent and Treasurer. There is no change in faculty other than that Mr. Thompson takes place of principal as the former principal, Mr. Ervin, pre fers to give more of his time to teaching. Prof. Thompson 1 has had three years experience in the school and is well fitted for his new duties as head of the high school' department. The prospects for a full school are very good as several new ap plications have already been received. The school is offering an unusual opportunity to ambitious boys and girls at a nominal rate. In addition to re gular high school courses the school gives special training in public speaking. leadership, de bating, glee club. sewing music and culinary management. The students have free use of a library of over 2000 well selected reference, classic,' and other books and special supervised study periods for all classes are pro vided. Teachers To Meet Here September 1 To Plan For Work Various Speakers To Be Heard At First Meeting. Alleghany Co. Schools To Open September 3 The first teachers’ meeting of the school year for the teachers of Alleghany county will be held in Sparta at the Court House on Saturday, September 1, beginning at 10 a. m. Opening exercises ■will be in charge of Rev. C. W. Russell, pastor of the Methodist church. Roll of the teachers will be called and an athletic program for all the schools will follow under the direction of Prof. Charles R. Roe. principal of Sparta high school. L. K. Halsey will discuss “Citizenship And The New High School Course Of Study.’’ This will be followed by a talk on “Present Trends In Elementary Education” by Miss Mabel Crowe, and an ad dress by Rev. C. W. Ervin. “Suggestions And Rules For New School Year” is the subject of a talk to be delivered by Superintendent John M. Cheek. “Schools And The County Fair” will be discussed by W. B. Col lins. county farm agent. A talk on “School Field Day At County Fair” by R. E. Black will be followed by announcements. All teachers of the county are required to attend the meeting. Each elementary teacher is also expected to own and use a copy of “Elementary Course Of Study.” All Alleghany county schools will open for the 1934-35 term on Monday, September 3, Labor Day. SALES TAX FIGURES FOR ALLEGHANY CO. RELEASED According to a recent sales tax compilation released by A. J. Maxwell, Commissioner of Reve nue for North Carolina, the in state merchants’ tax (gross) in Alleghany county amounted to $3,147.10 from July 1, 1933 through June 30. 1934. For the same periodi the out-of-state of fices tax (gross) for Alleghany amounted to $528.52, and regis tration fees, $22.38. This makes a gross total of $3,698 for Alleghany county. OFFICERS SEIZE FOUR ILLICIT “STILLS” IN CO. Prohibition officers Leonard Roup, Mr Fortner and Mr. Jones, assisted by R. D. Gentry, local deputy sheriff, destroyed four illicit “stills” in the county last week. The largest, a 100 gallon capacity copper “still,” was brought into Sparta and cut up on the court house steps. Nearly 500 Head Of livestock At Galax Sale Mon. ! Another Carload Of Hogs To Be On Sale Next Monday. No Sale During Fair Week The auction held Monday at Galax by the Grayson-Carroll Livestock market was declared by many to have been the most suc cessful sale held yet. A large number of head of all classes of stock was sold and prices were good when compared with prices on the Eastern and Western mar kets. In some instances, accord ing to J. T. Horney, market presi dent, better prices were obtained in Galax than could have been gotten in Baltimore for the same animals, notwithstanding the fact that it takes a lot of money to put an animal in Baltimore or Jersey City and sell it. A carload of pigs and hogs, containing 199 head, from one of the Western statesi was unloaded at the market Monday at 11 o’clock and the buyers were so eager to buy them that the en tire load was sold before the auction started at 1 p. m. W. C. Roberson, manager of the market, said recently that they will have a carload of pigs and hogs on hand for sale each Mon day, a car being already on the way for next Monday’s sale. At the sale held Monday sec ond lambs brought $5.75 per hun dred pounds. There wmre no tops. Ewes sold for $5.00, there being no tops, and top calves brought $5.75. Shoats sold for from two and one-half to five cents per pound big ones bring ing six cents, Hogs sold for prices ranging up to six cents per pound. Close to 500 head of livestock were on sale at Monday’s auction. Mr. Horney returned recently from Columbia, S. C. where he added another livestock auction market to his chain. He expects (continued on back page) Spectacular Air Siow To Be Held Sunday At Galax An air show is to be put on Sunday at the Galax airporti the program to comprise parachute jumps, stunt flying and a spec tacular ground act. Miss Pearl White, of Baltimore, Md., skilled and daring stunt flyer, will make the first parachute jump during the show from an aeroplane to be flown by Leonard I. Hylton, of Roanoke. She is the first girl parachute jumper to perform in the Galax section. A death-defying jump is sched uled to be made by A1 Heinz, of Washington. D. C.. who will leap from a plane flying at an altitude of 5,000 feet. He will' fall 4,000 feet before opening his parachute. Mr. Heinz is not ed for his long-delayed parachute drops and always thrills the crowd. The famous Eddie Butler will conclude the parachute jumping events by his famous “double drop.” He will open his first parachute after having fallen 1,000 feet, then glide 1,000 feet and then cut loose and fall an additional 1,000 feet before open ing his emergency ’chute. The concluding act of the pro gram will be the “Death Ride,” performed by A1 Heinz. He will ride a motorcycle through a wall of glass at a speed of 60 miles per hour. Various kinds of stunt flying will form an outstanding feature of the program. Three or four planes consisting of botli open and cabin types, will be at the airport and pas senger flights will be made during the day. - • In case of unfavorable weather, the show will be postponed until the following Sunday. PREFERS COTTON TO LIFE Greenville S. C. — Having planted three acres more cotton than allowed under his reduction contract, and being told to plow it up, B. B. Medlockr 48, went behind the barn and shot him self through the heart. • Alleged Murderer ! Of Iredell Sheriff Caught In Concord Ralph Davis, Wanted For Murder Of Sheriff Kim ball, Captured Tuesday. Held In Death Row Ralph Davis, "was captured in a modest Concord after 25, elusive outlaw, Tuesday morning rooming house in having been hunt led in half a dozen cities ad coun ties in North Carolina and Vir ginia since he allegedly murdered j Sheriff G. C. Kimball, of Iredell | county, last Friday as the of | ficer, accompanied by two depu j ties, attempted to arrest Davis near Statesville. The outlaw, known as the “John Dillinger” of North Carolina, was trapped and captured by a quartet of officers headed by Sheriff Ray C. Hoover, of Rowitn county, friend and associate of the slain officer of the law. Lying in bed, with a Celt automatic under his pillow, Davis made no show of resistance when Sheriff Hoover and Chief of Police B. F. Widenhouse, of Concord, flung the unlocked door open and trained guns on his head. Deputies B. S. Ball and C. W. Barrier were on guard on outside with all exits covered. Sheriff Kimball 41, ex-service man, was fatally wounded at 11 o’clock Friday morning when he and the two deputies were at tempting to arrest Davis in a tenant house nine miles east of Statesville. Dayis, outlawed in Davidson county for highway robbery and murder, was wanted by Iredell county officers for holding up Mayor Rankin, of Statesville, on the previous Friday night in front j of the city offices in Statesville, compelling the mayor to drive ; out west of town, where the high wayman robbed the mayor of | $40 in cash and drove off in his new coach. The sheriff recognized the mayor’s stolen car parked behind (continued on back back) Johnson Remains As National Head Of Recovery Work Washington Aug. 21.—General Hugh S. Johnson will remain at the helm of NRA administration for an indefinite period, it be came known here recently. Gen eral Johnson saidt after a conference with President Roose velt, that the president asked him to “go right on.” The presidential word was ac cepted as a command by the mili tant administrator who for more than a year has personified the blue eagle to American indus try. Apparently the White House expression put aside Johnson’s, own desires for a quick return to private life. But if Johnson was disappoint ed at the thought of a longer tenure directing industry, his smile on leaving the White House didn’t show it. He said he was ready to go ahead and reorgan ize NRA in a way to “de-person ize” the government’s industrial machinery. “We are working out a re organization plan,” Johnson said. But just now Johnson looks toward a vacation. He plans to leave tomorrow with Mrs. John son for a nearby seaside resort and—at President Roosevelt’s direction—take a rest. Board control of NRA is the reorganization plan being draft ed by Johnson. He has announc ed his willingness, and the White House meeting apparently confirmed it, to act as chairman of the board. INJURED IN AUTO MISHAP HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON George Tolly, mechanic for Teer Construction company, overturned his automobile into the creek while crossing the bridge below the residence of D. C. Dun can Sunday afternoon when driving across the fill at an excessive rate of speed. Tolly was knocked unconscious and would have drowned if help had not been immediately available. He sustained severe bruises, cuts and a badly injured knee, but no broken bones. The car was badly damaged. Claimed By Death Henry T. Rainey (above),! Speaker of the national • House j of Representatives, who hied Sun. . day night in St. Paul hospital, St. ’ Louis, Mo., from an attack of angina pectoris. Speaker Rainey Is j Claimed By Death Sun. In St. Louis President Roosevelt Leaves Washington To Attend Funeral Wednesday At Rainey Home In illinois St. Loui> Aug. 21.—Death claimed Henry T. Rainey, beloved speaker of the national House of Representatives, in St. Paul hos pital here Sunday night. The speaker died unexpectedly, al though he had been ill for two weeks with bronchial pneumonia. 1 He would have been 74 years old yesterday. The picturesque white haired speaker died quietly at 7:50 p. m., three hours after Mrs. Rainey, happy over the marked improvement in the con dition of her husband, had left the hospital after spending the afternoon with him. Three physicians, hurriedly summoned, and a hospital supervisor, were with Mr. Rainey when the end i came. Dr. H. W. Soper, in charge of the physicians attending Mr. Rainey, said he developed angina pectoris and died before medical aid could reach him. The speaker’s widow said at her home in Carrollton, 111., Sun day night that she had a premoni tion of her husband’s death. “I knew my husband could not live long when I saw him today,” she said. “We chatted together, | had breakfast and dinner to-, gether. He appeared to be in ! good spirits at all times, and was ! so happy that I brought him some jam, which he liked so well. But something told me that he would not last much longer.” A native of Carrollton, 111., his home throughout his life, Mr. Rainey first wTas elected to Con gress from the 20th Illinois dis trict in 1902. Except for the Harding landslide of 1920. when he was defeated although running (continued on back back) WOODRUFF CLAN TO HOLD ANNUAL REUNION SEPT. 2 The Annual Reunion of the Woodruff Clan will be held at Elkin Valley Baptist church, 2l-> miles north of Elkin, on highway No. 26, at 10.00 a. m., Sunday, September 2. All members of the clan, family connections, friends and the public, are invited to attend and take a well filled basket as dinner will be served on the grounds. R. C. Woodruff and J. G. Chip man are chairman and secretary treasurer, respectively, of the re union arrangements committee. UNUSUALLY TALL CORN IS BROUGHT TO SPARTA MON. A stalk of corn, measuring 15 feet in height was brought into Sparta Monday by County Agent W. B. Collins. The corn was grown on the farm of Lon Mc Reeves and is typical of the un usually good crop of com grown in the county this year. The rainy season has greatly assisted in the production of exceptionally fine corn as well as other farm products. Doughton Thanks Labor Convention For Recent Action Says Endorsement By Labor Group For Governor Makes Him Feel Good, Although Not Candidate Raleigh, Aug. 21.—“It makes a fellow feel good and I appre ciate it, even though I am not a candidate for Governor.” Con gressman R. L. Doughton, of Alleghany county, had this to say in Raleigh Saturday, -peaking of the action of the state conven tion of the State Federation of Labor in Asheville during the past week. * The labor convention attend ants, after “Farmer Bob” Dough ton had spoken to them, were asked by President R. R. Law rence to stand if they would like to see him Governor, and with one accord they stood. Congress man Doughton will say nothing about the race for Governor, replying that he is now busy running for Congress up in the ninth district. He does not dis courage the thought that he might make the race for Governor two years later, and it is believed that he” is interested. Also, is contended in many places that if Clyde R. Hoey de rides to make the race, Mr. Doughton will not enter the con test. And, speaking of Mr. Hoey, it s reported that he was rambling .round in the eastern part of the state the past week, with no ap parent reason other than to meet :he folks. His friends take that as an encouraging sign, and be lief is growing that he will fin ally enter as a candidate for Governor. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Gover nor A. H. “Sandy” Graham, Hills boro, is keeping in touch with the folks and is evidently, though as yet unannounced, running. While some of his friends and well-wishers see nothing wrong with the suggestion that he op pose Attorney-General Dennis G. Brummitt, if th latter offers again, win serve two four-year terms in that office and then run for Governor nearly a decade from now. “Sandy” apparently doe.- not relish the thought, and might well answer it in the words of Mr. Brummitt some three years age. “I want to be Gover nor.” Doughton To Open Campaign At Meet In Boone Sept. 15 Representative Robert L. Doughton, Democratic nominee for reelection to Congress from the ninth North Carolina district, will open his campaign at Boone on Saturday, September 15, at 1 p. m. Wallace Winborne, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive committee, will be present and address the meeting. Delegations from each county in the district will also be in at tendance. It is expected that this meet ing will be one of the outstand ing political events of the cam paign in the state. Every Demo crat in the district is cordially invited by party officials to at tend. _5K^ "A deaf husband and a blind wife an always a happy couple." AUGUST 20—Crickets impede all traf fic, San Francisco, 1889. :21—Carrie Nation smashed fixtures in saloon, 1901. 22—Kendall first man to swim Niagara Rapids, 1880. 23—New Mexico is annexed to the U nited States,1846. , 24—British troops bum the ; White House, 1814. 25—City of New Orleans founded by French, 1718. 26—Constitution amended t» give women votes, 1920.
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