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DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Volume 10.
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1934.
4 PAGES
Number 20.
I By HUjo Sim*, Time* Special
Washington Correspondent
THE ELECTION OUTLOOK
The average reader wants a
line on the elections in November
[—-here it is: The Democrats, with
a huge majority in the House,
will lose some seats. It always
happens to the party in power in
Off-year elections. If they lose less
than fifty members of the House
the Democrats will claim a vicJ
bory. Republican leaders are
talking about gaining seventy-five,
about the average turnover for
the past seventy years. Democrats
casually admit an expected loss
of around thirty-five in the House.
In the Senate picture the
Democrats assert they will gain
from four to eight seats, which
will give them two-thirds or more
in the upper chamber. Republi
cans frankly admit they are fight
ing to hold down the gains of
their opponents, maybe to two or
three. That is, *t seems, the
general view about the Senate
elections.
TEST OF THE “NEW DEAL”
Interesting is the fact that the
election next month will be some
thing of a judgment on the “New
Deal,” although the issues be
tween the two parties are noth
ing like as definite as they might
ee. For instance, the Democrats
ire running on the record of the
ast Congress and the President
in particular, and while copious
criticism has been hurled at some
)f the administrators and the en
;ire program has been denounced
is subversive of the Constitution,
he indictment is not as specific
is it should be to get results in
;he face of a general idea that
Santa Claus is going his rounds.
:riticism becomes pointed
Strange to say, as the election
nears, the Administi'ation is show
ing signs of strain, some of the
wheels are creaking a bit, and a
few of the drivers appear to be
lonfused. Criticism is edging
'loser to the President after hav
ng been aimed exclusively at his
assistants for nearly eighteen
nonths. In fact, something like
i crucial period seems to lie ahead
for the Chief Executive, and after
;he election is over one may wit
ness rapid moves bo consolidate
what the Administration regards
ns gains. By 1936 the test will
)e more conclusive, the so-called
‘New Deal” will have had a
onger tenure and solely respon
sible for the condition of the
nation, whatever it happens to be
it that time.
A TIGHTER WAR ON CRIME
A. conference designed to se
:ure greater cooperation between
local police and federal agents
will be called by Attorney Gen
eral Cummings in December.
While the activities of the De
partment of Justice is limited to
the so-called twilight zone, em
bracing about five per cent of the
criminal cases, it is felt that
much good can be accomplished
if all law enforcement agencies
work together. One of the needs
is for people all over the United
States to remove their local police
from the “malign and disinte
grating forces of partisan poli
tics,”
SOLICITS FEDERAL
EMPLOYES
, Government employes in Flor
ida have been solicited for con
tributions to the Democratic Na
tional Committee on a suggested
basis of ten dollars per $1,000 of
salary, which amount, it is said,
will make up that state’s quota
of $10,000 of the party’s deficit.
Fallowing distribution of the cir
cular letter, Secretary Wallace, in
a statement to his employes,
pointed out that they were under
no obligations to contribute and
that they will not be removed or
otherwise prejudiced by refusing
to do so.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce, through its directors,
go the American Federation of
Labor one better in that whereas
the Federation recently sent out
a questionnaire to candidates for
Congress, the business organiza
tion propounds a series of ques
tions ta the President. Declaring
that a state of “apprehension”
exists among business men, and
that the “recovery program has
failed to restore confidence,” the
directors want the President to
made known his policy in re
gard to a balanced budget, dol
lar value, stabilization of busi
ness initiative with a minimum
of competition with private enter
prise, agriculture and public
works.
BIG BUSINESS HEARD FROM
That big business, as a definite
class, is against the Administra
tion, may be taken for grantee
by the reader, and while the
Chamber of Commerce declares il
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Rep. Doughton
Is Heard Sunday
At Local Church
Says, In Order To
Stamp Out Crime, To
Teach People The
Bible
Congressman R. L. Doughton
delivered a very forceful address
to a large crowd at the Baptist
church Sunday morning on the
subject: “The Importance Of
Reading the Bibl'e and Attending
Sunday School.”
He said in part: “The greatest
building in the world is a human
life and to get specifications for
that building, go to the Bible.
“Our government is a great
problem and the way we solve
the child problem will go a long
way toward solving the other
problems that we have. Our
success to a great extent will
depend upon the way the prob
lems of chilhood are solved.
“If you want to whip out
crime in this country,” he said,
“teach people the Bibl'e. People
should not get too busy to bring
their children to Sunday school.
Teaching them the Bible' will do
more good than all the court
houses and jails.
“If you love your town, coun
ty, state, nation and your child
ren teach them the Bible. It is
bad to lose property, and bad to
lose homes but it is worse to lose
a life.”
He quoted Solomon when he
said, “The conclusion of the
whole matter is to fear God and j
keep His commandments.”
All those present enjoyed the
address and the Congressman re- j
ceived many compliments on the
speech.
Democratic
Women To Meet
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Jr.,
vice chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive committee, has
announced an institute on the
New Deal to be held for Demo
cratic women in Raleigh on-Fri
day, October 12.
Registration will begin at 9:30
o’clock in the morning at State
Democratic headquarters in the
Sir Walter hotel.
Mrs. James H. Wolfe, acting
director of the women’s division,
National Democratic headquart
ers, will speak at the morning
session in the ball-room of the
Sir Walter. Mrs. Wolfe will talk
on party organization for women.
All county vice chairmen, precinct
women and women members of
the State Democratic Executive
committee are urged to hear Mrs.
Wolfe.
A luncheon meeting will be
held at one o’clock at the Ral
eight Women’s club. J. Wallace
Winborne, State chairman, Gover
nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Senator
Josiah W. Bail'ey, and Senator
Robert Reynolds are to speak at
the luncheon.
Cheek Named For
Senate By G. O. P.
At the call of the county chair
man of the party the Republicans
of Alleghany county held a con
vention in Sparta on Saturday,
September 29.
George Cheek, a member of
nhe Sparta bar, was unanimously
endorsed as the Republican can
uidate for senator from the 29th
Senatorial district, comprising
Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga
counties, and Mr. Cheek has con
sented to make the race. He is
cpposed by. Dalton Warren,
Sparta merchant, the Democratic
nominee.
W. J. Wyatt, who filed for
Sheriff, and J. H. Douglas, who
filed for County Commissioner,
have tendered their withdrawals
to the County Board of Elections,
the filling of these vacancies being
subject to action by the county
Republican Executive committee.
The following were chosen as
members of the Republican Wo
man’s Organization in the coun
ty:
Whitehead Township, Mrs. W.
P. Maxwell, vice chairman, WhiteT
head; Cranberry, Mrs. William
Hamm, Laurel Springs; Prathers
Creek, Mrs. Charley Black, Piney
Creek, R. F. D.; Gap Civil, Mrs.
Ethel Maines, Sparta, R. F. D.;
Glade Creek, Mrs. Edgar Wright,
Enniee; Piney Creek, Mrs. Lena
Douglas, Piney Creek, and Cherry,
lane, Mrs. Jennie Crouse, Glade
Valley.
Jeffress Reported
To Be Improved
Richmond, Va., Oct. 2.—Edwin
B. Jeffress, prominent North
Carolina publisher and chairman
of. the State Highway and Public
Works Commission, was “slight
ly improved” at Memorial hos
pital here when the last available
reports on his condition were ob
tainedi
Jeffress has been in a serious
condition here for almost a month,
following a delicate brain oper
ation.
Stacy Named
Head Of Labor
Relations Body
Roosevelt Names
Board As Strike
Resumption Is
Threatened
Washington, D. C., October
2. -— Walter P. Stacy, chief
justice of the North Carolina
supreme court, was recently ap
pointed by President Roosevelt
as chairman oi the labor relations
board, which has supreme power
to adjust disputes between the
worker and the employe) in the
textile industry. The chief exe
cutive moved swiftly as angry
demands came from the textile
centers for resumption of the
nation-wide walkout. Besides
Justice Stacy the board is com
posed of Admiral Henry A. Wiley
and James Mullenback. All three
were members of the national
steel labor relations board named
in June to settle disputes in that
industry.
The White House disclosed that
Stacy had agreed to serve on the
board only through the formative
period or about two weeks. He
has had wide experience as an
arbitrator in industrial disputes
and has served on five railroad
-arbitration .boards.
Justice Stacy, chief justice of
the North Carolina supreme court,
has served on five railroad ar
bitration boards. In addition he
has served on a number of emer
gency boards to which he was ap
pointed by the President. He
also is chairman of the national
steel labor relations board.
Stacy was born at Ansonville!
in 1884, and is a graduate of
the University of North Caro
lina.
Regular Baptist
Meet Scheduled
For FrL, Sat.
Beginning Friday and con
tinuing through Sunday, the for
tieth annual session of the Little
River Regular Baptist -association
will be held at Mount Zion Regu
lar Baptist church, just east of
Winston-Salem. The sessions Fri
day and Saturday will be devoted
to the business of the association.
A moderator and other officers
will be elected during these ses
sions.
Friday morning the committees
for the meeting will be named
and their reports will be heard
l’ater in the conference.
Elder M. E. Poole, Baywood,
Va., is the present moderator.
Mount Zion church is located one
and one-half miles east of Wins
ton-Salem, near the City View
school, and is the only Regular
Baptist church within a 75-mile
radius.
The association takes in the
Piedmont and Northwestern sec
tion of North Carolina and South
western Virginia.
ATTEND VETERANS’
REUNION SAT.
Congressman R. L. Doughton
and Sidney Gambill attended the
seventh reunion of the 30th
division, A. E. F. veterans,
Saturday. The reunion was held
during three days last week in
Asheville.
Congressman Doughton was
speaker Saturday morning and
he and Mr. Gambill were guests
at' the regimental luncheon at
the George Vanderbilt hotel at
one o’clock.
MILLIONS OF NEW HOMES
James A. Moffett, head of the
Housing program, thinks that
.three or four million homes will
be built under the program.
Alleghany Co. Agricultural
Fair To Be Held In Sparta On
Friday And Saturday, Oct. 12,13
Various Forms Of Entertainment
Have Places On Program Of 1934 Fair
Friday and Saturday, October
12 and 13, bid fair to be big days
in Sparta for it is then that the
annual Alleghany County Agricul.
tural fair for this year is to be
held. Much interest is being
shown in the exhibits of the pro
ducts grown and prepared by the
farm men and women of the
county to be shown at the fair
and donations have been made by
business men and firms in Sparta,
Elkin, North Wilkesboro, Jeffer
son, Independence and Galax for
premiums to be paid bo winners
in the various classes_
Directors of the several classes
are as follows: Beef Cattle, Ken
nie Truitt; Sheep, Charlie Collins;
Hogs, John Higgins; Horses and
Mules, Will T. Pugh; Poultry,
Van Miller; Field Crops, R. E,
Hawthorne; Fruits and Vege
tables, Hiram Edwards; Culinary,
Mrs. P. L. Choate; Canned Goods,
Mrs. Amos Wagoner: Arts and
Flowers, Mrs. C. A. Thompson;
Fancy Work, Mrs. W. F. Osborne;
Rabbits, Voscoe Edwards; Grade
School Exhibit, Miss Mabel
Crowe; Baby Show, Betty Fow
ler, and Entertainment, C. R. ;
Roe.
On Friday night at 8 o’clock!
the play, “Oh, Susan,” will be
presented in the Sparta high
school auditorium, for which a j
nominal admission charge will be j
made. Music will be furnished
by a brass band.
ELK CREEK CEMETERY
TO BE CLEANED
The cemetery at Elk Creek will
be cleaned on Saturday, October
13. All persons who are inter- j
ested in the care and preservation j
of the cemetery are requested to j
meet at 9 o’clock on the morn
ing of the 13th to assist in the
work necessary to be done. I
Boys’ events Saturday will in
clude a 100-yard dash, 50-yard
dash, standing broad jump, stand
ing high jump, running bro-ad j
jump, running high jupip and
baseball throw. Girls’ events will
comprise a potato race, egg
race and 100-yard dash. Prizes,
of 25 cents will be awarded the
winner in each contest. Sepa
rate contests will be held in each
of the above mentioned events |
for high school and elementary j
pupils.
Other events will include a
coca-cola drinking contest, paper
club fight, three-legged race for
boys and girls, sack race for ele
mentary boys and girls, horse
shoe pitching contest, 50-yard
dash for men over 50 years of
age and 50-yard dash for men
under 50 years of age, a husband
calling contest and a pig calling
contest.
A baseball game will feature j
the afternoon program at 1:30
o’clock. Following this game, J
ladies’ and men’s riding contests
will take place. A mule and
pony race will follow the riding
contests.
The final events of the fair will
take place Saturday night in the j
new gymnasium "when five boxing ,
bouts will be staged.
A nominal admission charge
will be made for the privilege, of ;
seeing the bouts.
PRICE OF LICENSE
PLATES CUT AGAIN
R.leigh, Oct. 2.—Autoists who
buy license plates in North Car- (
olina, until the end of the year, j
will pay only one-fourth as much :
as they would have last January.j
Tag prices are reduced by one-,
fourth automatically every three!
months.
Throush State Capital Keyholes
By Bess Hinton Silver
____ — i
PENNY WISE—Hearing before!
the State Advisory Budget Com
mission in Raleigh revealed that
much of the legislative economy
effected at. the last session is
coming home like the proverbial
cat. Of course there was a gen
eral demand for higher salaries
but an impressive item in budgets
of most State institutions was
the increase for repairs. Behind
all of them was a story of leak
ing roofs, falling plastering and
damaged interiors and exteriors
of State buildings. The next
Legislature is going to have to
dig up money to put State build
ings in shape or lose all' the
pieces. Admitting that the last
General Assembly had a tough
time, the next one has nothing
to which to look forward.
PROHIBITION—At least one
prominent pnember of the State
Senate is of the opinion that the
Federal Government is trying to
make prohibition so obnoxious for
North Carolina that the State
will be whipped in 'line with the
repeal policy of the Roosevelt ad
ministration. This legislative
leader believes that this is the
idea behind the drive against the
stronger beers.
SLIGHT BLESSING — Raleigh
Cafes are taxed $65 annually for
the privilege of selling bottled
beer. One proprietor states that
he could make about enough
profit selling high-test beers to
pay for the license and trouble
of handling the stuff but adds
that since the drive against more
potent than 3.2 he has lost busi
ness at a rate that will not earn
him taxes. He indicated that he
will not renew his beer license
next year. What that will do to
State revenue depends on how
many dealers are of the same
mind
HITTING THE BUMPS—Gov
ernor Ehringhaus long ago ex
pressed thte opinion that “even
being Governor ain’t no bed of
roses.” He is willing to go
stronger than that after his ex
perience with the textile strike,
several perplexing capital punish
ment cases and matters of State
finance. A friend promised to
drop in and see the, Governor “in
between times.” Mr. Ehringhaus j
replied, “Come any time. There
aren’t any between times. I just
go from one agony to another.”
Persons desiring to occupy the
red leather chair in the south
west office of the State Capitol
will please note.
MISSED HIS CUE—More than
one North Carolina politician and
lawyer is laughing up his sleeve
at Attorney General Dennis G.
Brummitt and his direct-action
attack on the proposed revised
State constitution. While Mr.
Brummitt was making speeches
against the measure the Supreme
Court ruled it was unconstitution
al' to vote on the basic law meas
ure this November because the
present constitution provides that
all basic law amendments must
be voted on at the first “general
election” following the session of
the Legislature submitting them.
What the wise boys want to know .
is why the Attorney General, j
counsel for the State, didn’t re- j
member that the repeal election
last November was a “general
election” before the Supreme
Court reminded him of that fact.
It would have been a master
political stroke if he had and
would have saved him many
speeches.
NOT MUCH HOPE—If your
road is going to the bad you
may as well become resigned to
mud-holes and bumps, according
to some opinion in Raleigh. Every
body and his brother is figuring
on getting some of the taxes paid
by motorists when the General
Assembly meets. The anti-sales
taxers want some to pay general
expenses. School teachers and
other State employes would like
to have about $3,000,000 for
salary increases and county com
missioners want a million or so
to help pay county debts. If they
all get what they want the high
ways will have to go hang as
some folk think they have been
doing for the past two years.
PRAISE vs. CRITICISM—-While
labor leaders were attempting to
hold Governor Ehringhaus’ feet
to the fire for calling out troops
in the recent textile strike the
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Men Leave CCC
For Other Jobs
Washington, Oct. 2.—Men are
dropping out of the Civilian Con
servation Corps to accept private
employment at the rate of about
10,000 a month, Robert Fechner,
CCC director reported to Presi-'
dent Roosevelt tonight.
As a result of the discharges
mostly to allow workers to take
other jobs, some for other rea
sons, openings are being created
foi about 85,000 men every three
months, he. estimated.
Former Slaves
Meet Sun. In
Independence
Rev. R. C. Cox
Initiates Move
For Formation Of
New Association
More than one thousand per-'
sons from Grayson and the seven
adjoining counties attended the
Old Slaves’ convention held Sun- j
day in Independence.
The work of organizing an
association for the benefit of the j
old former slaves and to keep j
the younger members of the col-,
ored generation in touch with the 1
progress of their race was initiat
ed by Rev. It. C. Cox.
Resolutions were adopted mak
ing the organization permanent, J
the meetings annual, granting'
honorary membership to the col-1
ored teachers and ministers and
dedicating the work of the com
mittees to the advancement of;
educational advantages among, the ,
colored people. One hundred
persons enrolled and the small
initiation fee is to be used for t
the benefit of the old indigent,
former slaves .
Judge J. C. Padgett, Indepen
dence, addressed the meeting and
the colored folks gave close and
respectful attention to his re- j
marks.
Officers of the organization
were elected as follows: Rev.!
R. C. Cox, permanent chairman;
Lawrence Robinson, assistant
chairman; J. B. Reamer, secre
tary-treasurer, and Hilary Wil
liams, field worker.
Grassy Creek
Fair Expected
To Draw Many
It is expected that the largest
crowd eve) to assemble at Grassy
Creek will gather there Satur
day, October 0, to hear Con
gressman T. G. Burch, of the
fifth Virginia district, of which
Grayson and Carroll county are
parts, who is scheduled to speak
at the eighth annual Grassy Creek
fair. The new gymnasium is be
ing arranged and decorated in
readiness for the fair and ex
hibits-are already arriving. The
largest collection of agricultural,
ionic economics and antique ex
hibits ever shown at Grassy |
Creek is expected to be assembled
for the 1084 fair, according to j
current reports.
Choice entertainment is expect
ed to be furnished by a string
band, a slow mule race, a fat
men’s race, an umbrella race for
girls and a sack race for boys.
A hog-calling contest and “climb
ing the greasy pole” will also be
interesting features of the oc
casion.
Thrilling boxing bouts are
scheduled for Saturday night, in
cluding several contests.
The play, “Deacon Dubbs” will
be presented tomorrow (Friday)
night in the auditorium of Vir
ginia-Carolina high school.
FAMILY REUNION HELD
SUN. NEAR WHITEHEAD
A family reunion was held at
the home of “Aunt” Elvira Cau
dill near Whitehead on Sunday,
September 30. Seven of her
children, twenty-seven grand
children and fifteen great-grand
children were present- One
daughter, who has been away for
33 years, was present.
A bountiful dinner was served
on the ground and was greatly
I enjoyed.
' Sixty-five persons were present
N. C. Man Named
Head Of New
NRA Board
Group To Take
Over Work Handled
By Hugh S. Johnson
Before Resignation
Washington, Oct. 2.—The new
deal was shaken up from top to
bottom during the past week by
President Roosevelt, who named
a board to take over the duties
abandoned by Recovery Adminis
trator Hugh S. Johnson. The
president appointed a committee
to formulate policies for all the
alphabetical agencies of the ad
ministration.
S. Clay Williams, of Winston
Salem, vice chairman of the board
of directors of the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco company, was named by
Mr. Roosevelt as chairman of the
NR.A board, which takes over
the duties laid down by Johnson.
Others on the board are A. D.
Whiteside, former NRA deputy
administrator Sidney Hillman,
New York labor leader- Leon C.
Marshall, professor in 1 ■ Johns
Hopkins institute of ’ w, and
Walton Hamilton,, professor of
law at Yale university.
Mr. Roosevelt recommended
t! it the NRA board retain George
A Lynch as administrative officer
it it saw fit- That generally was
regarded as reward for the man
who has kept NRA functioning
in the tumultuous days since a
break developed between John
son and Donald R. Ricliberg which
left the recovery .organization
drifting with the tides.
Richberg, who believed the gov
ernment should retain power over
industry instead of allowing it to
govern itself, will be spokesman
and White House contact man for
the new emergency recovery'-com
mittee. Next to the White "House,
this committee now emerges as
the most powerful force, in the
executive branch of the federal
government.
Much Livestock
Handled Mon.
At Galax Sale
One of the biggest runs of
cattle seen thus far at any sale
held at Galax by the Gray son -
Carroll Livestock market was on
hand for Monday’s sale there
and the scene was one of great
activity. Bidding was brisk and
horses, mules and all classes of
livestock found ready purchasers.
Top calves sold for $6.05; top
hogs sold for $7.50 and' top
heifers sold foi $4.00. ;
But few lambs were on. the
market and they were of poor
qualitj. They sold for $4.55.
The top horse brought $170.
Four mules were sold, the tops
being a pair that brought $177.50
and these were light ones.
J. T. Harney, president of the
market, has stated that next week
he will have on hand two car
loads of stock, purebred,' Here
ford steer calves which are ex
pected to arrive in Galax Friday
and be ready for the. sale Mon
day. •
Next Monday’s sale will be a
special feedei and stock cattle
sale and Mr Horney expects a
considerable quantity of stock to
be on hand for this -sale. ’' He
also expects another earload of
Iowa hogs for Monday’s sale.
OCTOBER —
1—Count Zeppelin makes
first successful Sight.
1900.
•dfcLifiE I 2—Start of the great Boston,
Mass., fire. 1711.
3—First Canadian -troops
sail for France, 1914.
inhere*
mpEN
4—Rutherford B. Hayes,
19th President, bom 1822.
5—German retreat in Cham
pagne starts, 1918.
6—50,000,000 marks equal
one dollar in Germany.
1923.
7—Three-mile horse rail
way starts in Ouincy.
Mass., 1826.