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t i The Alleghany Times TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934. 4 PAGES Number 26. DEVOTED Subscription Price $1 a year in advance By Hugo Sim*, Tim«» Sp**>*l Washington Corretpondent HE NEW DEAL’S TRIUMPH The New Deal, triumphant in s first election test, enters a ew phase with President Roose slt in command of the political tuation more completely than ny peace-time president since arty warfare was inaugurated in le United States. This does not lean that the Chief Executive ill be able to have his way, even nong his own followers, but that rganized opposition all but top led to the ground in the election ist week. EMOCRATS IN CONTROL The amazing sweep of the emocratic party, which brushed side almost every remnant of the Id Guard Republican element, irried with it an unheard of matorial majority, which may be sduced but cannot be overcome >r nearly a decade. The sup jrters of the administration aintained the overwhelming ouse majority and took over jvernorships in states which had pt drifted out of Republican introl since the Civil War. In cative of the utter rout of the apublicans is the fact that mnsylvania, ancient stronghold the G. 0. P., not only senT a jmocrat to the U. S. Senate, a vern-or bo the state capital but nds more than two-thirds of its >use delegation to Washington Democrats. ^PUBLICAN OUTLOOK It is too early to attempt to alyze the effect of the election on the Republican party’s ture. Certainly, until the be derment has passed there can no plans laid but when the le comes to take counsel for the 36 election you may put it wn as certain that Senator Van lberg, of Michigan, will have lot to say and that he will be ;ened to with great respect. came through the recent ca trophe, carrying his state. His itude toward the New Deal s flexible and he indorsed much :ral legislation. In fact, when came to the Senate he was isidered somewhat wild by the l Guard but he has come ough and they .ara,_out of the ture. MOCRATIC DANGERS 'or the Democratic party the mph may be so complete as to te division and bitter dispute, sibly, conservative and liberal nocrats will diverge, and it is beyond the realm of political nts for the division to serious iple the vast strength that was led last week. President isevelt’s attitude will have ;h to do with this. If he con ies what -one might call a mid of-the-road policy he will ly hold most of his party be i him, losing the radicals and standpatters. If he turns ingly to the right or the left will probably alienate a con rable faction, which will either n the nucleus of a new oppo >n party or else join with -minded Republicans. Con ;ely, there will be a faction Republicans drifting to his jort, and thereafter the two ;ies, while holding the old les, will be completely re ived along lines that no one now foresee. t FORECAST CORRECT he result of the'election was ectly forecast in this column weeks ago, when it was point, tut that unless a great change place “President Roosevelt his New Deal will record a jry without precedent in off elections.” Moreover a limum gain of four seats in Senate and probably the hold of the enormous majority in House” was called for with warning that “some go so far o expect a loss to the Repub t party in the House, where it only 115 out of 435 mem e call attention to this be e it is our aim in this col to give all readers, re less of party affiliation, as rate a picture as possible at imes. We want all who find column useful to know, re less of whether our estimates fiven situations turn out to ight or wrong, that we have »nted an honest, unbiased on, based upon the most in jent interpretation of the i that we are able to make. IGER IN FAR EAST > one, who keeps up with in itional affairs, can fail to see evidences of increasing tight between Japan and other i powers over questions aris in the Far East. The trade lies of Manchukuo, protested (continued on page 3) N. C. Awarded Parkway Route By Sec. Ickes Cabinet Member Says He Has Carefully Weighed Testimony Offered By Both North Carolina And Tenn. Washington, Nov. 13. — A smashing victory was registered yesterday by North Carolina when Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes ordered the $16, 000,000 Great Smoky Mountains National parkway located through the western part of the state with Cherokee the gateway for eastern traffic into the Great Smokies National park. Overrid ing ,a report of the special advis ory committee, headed by George Radcliffe, now Senator-elect from Maryland, Secretary Ickes said he had carefully weighed the testi mony by North Carolina and Tennessee for location of the parkway in the respective states and had concluded that “the equities in this controversy are with North Carolina.” The controversy revolved around location of the parkway south of Blowing Rock. North Caro lina asked that it follow down the Blue Ridge range and take in the scenery around Linville Gorge, Little Switzerland, the Cnaggys, Mount Mitchell, Ashe ville, and enter the park on the North Carolina side. Tennessee asked that the parkway swing over into Tennessee at Linville land enter the park at Gatlinburg. Secretary Ickes based his de cision favoring North Carolina on a number of conclusions, the most important being; 1. lemiessee aireaay nas a recognized and well-established entrance to the Great Smoky Park at Gatlinburg and it would be grossly unfair to give the state the entrance for , traffic coming both from th^'WHt *9ntf the East. 2. Scenery on the North Caro lina route excelled that on the Tennessee route. 3. It would be ruthless to de stroy the tourist business which Asheville has built up over a number of years of hard work by diverting the travel over the park way from the East into Tennes see. 4. Tennessee has the TVA de velopment which is investing mil lions for economic rehabilitation ■of that st,ate and federal govern ment is doing nothing comparable in North Carolina. ,5. North Carolina route will serve as a more logical connecting link than Tennessee would for contemplated national mountain scenic highway running from New Hampshire to Georgia. Immediately after Ickes’ de cision, Arno B# Cammerer, direc tor of the national park service, declared that survey crews will be put in the field in North Carolina within the next few weeks to stake the actual location of the parkway. This work is al ready being done on that portion of the parkway running from the Shenandoah Park to Blowing Rock which was approved by Ickes in July. Actual construc tion of the parkway will get un der way next spring. Cammerer said North Carolina was to be congratulated on the victory it had won at the hands of Secre tary Ickes and the national park service would move as rapidly as possible in making available to the public this “wonderland of scenery.” RICKENBACKER MAKES QUICK FLIGHT TO MIAMI Newark, N. J., Nov. 13.—Cap tain Eddie Bickenbacker ended a day’s round-trip flight to Miami, Fla., in the transport plane which set a transcontinental record last week when he landed at Newark airport at 11:27 tonight. The flight, which started as a “dawn-to-dusk” attempt from this airport at 6:10 a. m. today, took much longer than was expected due to headwinds, a snowstorm and the mistaking of Palm Beach for Miami. CORONER’S JURY " RETURNS VERDICT The coroner’s jury which was empaneled last week by County Coroner Mack Roberts for inves tigation in the case of Gene Ed wards (colored), whose body was found on the Sparta-Elkin high way recently with a bullet wound in the head returned 0. verdict of “death from a gunshot wound at unknown - hands.” ... -— Wings Across Pacific nmwm Los Angeles . . . “Sorry I’m early,” was the smiling welcome of Kingsford Smith, noted Austra lian airman, as he set his plane down here, completing a flying hour trip, Australia to Los Ange les in 54 hours, 49 minutes for a total of 7,305 miles. Armistice Day Ceremonies Held In Arlington President And Wife Lead Nation In Observance By Placing Flowers At Tomb Of Unknown Soldier Washington, Nov. 13.—The na tion was led Sunday by Presi dent Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose velt in the observance of the sixteenth anniversary of the sign ing of the- World War armistice, the president and first lady lay ing flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National cemetery. After the army band played the national anthem, a crowd of 5,000 stood silent while Captain Wilson Brown, naval aide, stepped from the side of the president to place a wreath of lavender chrysanthe mums at the tomb. Mrs. Roosevelt quickly stepped forward from her place and add ed a single white chrysanthemum to the tribute. Then the thin, ciear notes of taps floated across the Potomac Valley. The presidential party, which included Secretaries Dern and Swanson, broke up and motored away through the lanes of applauding citizens. The cmei executive, riding in an open car, reached the scene shortly before 11 o’clock, the hour of the ending of the great conflict. Accompanied by his military aide, Col. Edwin M. Watson, he stood with bared head while the band played the national anthem and squads of marines and in fantrymen stiffened at attention. Flanked by his two aides, Mr. Roosevelt led the group to a position closer to the tomb, re moved his silk hat once more and stood looking straight at the tomb and the' Potomac vista with the city of Washington in the background as the flowers were placed on the resting place of the soldier. In the afternoon services were conducted at the National Cathed ral in memory of Woodrow Wil son, war president, who is en tombed there. Mrs. Roosevelt was present. Francis B. Sayre, assist ant secretary of state and son in-law of Mr. Wilson, spoke. Outstanding among the'organi zations to conduct ceremonies at Arlington was the American Leg ion. Messages of preparedness and patriotism were brought to a shifting crowd of about 3,000 who moved in and out of the windswept marble amphitheatre. MT. AIRY PASTOR IS HEARD IN GALAX Dr. J. T. Mangum, pastor of Central Methodist church, Mt. Airy, delivered an address in Galax last Thursday night on his experiences in Africa and the Belgian Congo when he accom panied the late Bishop Lambuth to open the Methodist mission in Africa. His talk was heard by a very .attentive and appreciative audience. The occasion was in connection with the Galax Methodist church’s W. M. S. observance of the Week of Prayer. Man Convicted Of Assault On Rep. Doughton Albermarle, Nov. 13.—J. S. Blalock, prominent farmer and member of the Republican party, was given a sentence of 30 days on the eouhty roa|ls in county court here yesterday by Judge T. B. Mauney, fallowing con viction on a charge of assaulting Congressman R. L. Doughton here on the morning of October 4. Blalock filed notice if appeal and bond was fixed at $200. The defendant wps represent ed by Attorney G. Hobart Morton while Solicitor R. R. Ingram was assisted in the prosecution by Attorney Sidney Gambill, Sparta. Mr. Doughton was the only state witness. He told in detail of how Blalock came up behind him as he was walking down the street and following some abusive language relative to the cotton bill, struck Doughton several times in the face. The veteran congressman stated that he struck Blalock several times and after Blalock had walked away, invited him to come back and finish the argument. Bay wood Family Has Narrow Escape Emmett Richardson, of Bay wood, Va., and family of eight, narrowly escaped serious injury i Wednesday, November 17, when their car was crowded off the j road by a truck on a narrow! fill near Sparta and turned over, j down an embankment, landing; bottom side up. The top of the car was torn! and the machine otherwise dam aged. The eight occupants-'***# the ear, miraculously escaped with minor cuts and bruises. The family j was returning home from Sparta, | where they had attended the fun- j eral of Mr. Richardson’s sister,! Mrs. Mack Wagoner. The driver of the truck, who; was not known, drove on appar ently unaware of the damage done. Mr. Richardson is a brother of Mrs. W. T. Blevins, Sparta. Judge Vaught Rules Against New Deal Law Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 13. —New Deal measures were thrown for a third fall yesterday in federal court here where a judge presides who believes in recovery, but “'according to the Constitution unless that ancient bulwark is amended.” Judge Ed gar S. Vaught, who previously had held that sections of the NRA oil code and the AAA milk licensing provisions were invalid, turned in another decision for state’s rights and freedom of the individual to do as he pleases in business within his own bailiwick. He held that NRA retail auto mobile code provisions which fix ed prices that may be paid for traded-in used cars were “an exercise of power not possessed by Congress nor contemplated by Congress in the national indus trial recovery act and is there fore unconstitutional and void.” Judge Vaught is a brother of the Rev. S. B. Vaught, member of Holston conference, M. E. Church, South, and who is well known by many persons in Gray son county. He is also a brother of Rev. H. B. Vaught, formerly a member of Holston conference, but now a member of one of the conferences in Tennessee. Dr. Caudill Heads New Tenn. Bank Dr. E. L. Caudill, former resi dent of Alleghany county and son of the late Terrill Caudill and Mrs. Caroline Caudill, recently issued the following statement, published in the Elizabethbon, Tenn., Star of November 2, con cerning the opening of a new bank in Eliizabethton, of which he -is president: “As chairman of the banking committee of the Chamber of Commerce, I wish to take this op portunity to thank each and every one who has so generously con tributed of their time and means for the establishing of the Citi zens’ Bank.” The new bank has a- cash capi tal of $75,000, and a surplus of $75,000. Through State Capital Keyholes By Bess Hinton Silver CAN’T STOP IT—Governor Ehringhaus’ popularity in the tobacco belt of Eastern North Carolina continues to grow and there is increasing sentiment that he offer for the eastern Senate seat, now held by Senator Josiah W. Bailey, in 1936. The Governor .isn’t saying much but the pressure must be assuming compelling proportions. Most men are crea tures of suggestions and there can be no doubt that Ehringljaus’ friends in the east are missing no opportunity to suggest that he run for the Senate. NEW DANGER—Many persons conversant with the situation are of the opinion that tobacco growers must guard against too great restriction of crops that would jump prices to unprece dented highs, and that doesn’t mean the manufacturers. Real friends of the farmers point out that tobacco exports are on the increase and that fact has been potent in helping the price rise. Foreign production is not as serious as with cotton but many persons who have stfldied the tobacco problem believe that prices can be boosted to the point where it will be more profitable to grow and buy the weed in other lands. Sixty per cent of the tobacco grown in North Carolina is exported and a big dent in that trade would be a calamity. KhfOWS HIS STUFF—Wallace Winborne, of Marion, State Democratic chairman, has a few stars in his crown as a political organizer and economical opera tor of campaigns. In the two State-wide campaigns Mr. Win borne has managed, unprecen dented majorities have been piled up for his party and with no deficit. In fact he has the office furniture out of hock and a few dimes to jingle in the party purse until it comes to pass the hat again in 1936. EASY MONEY—Easy come, easy go, is the way many politicians view taxes collected from motorists in North Carolina. Because the gasoline tax of six cents on the gallon is collected without a whimper and the license tax without much squawk many of the quick-thinkers would cut other taxes and use the money paid by farmers haul ing their produce to market to further their own political ends. There’s just one fly in the ointment—many wheels are spinning in the mud in North Carolina these days and for every spin some tax is paid on gasoline. If the country roads were in as good condition as two years ago the politicians might get further with their plans. IMPROVING THEIR MINDS— When Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” played a one-night stand in Ral eigh, the politically minded were much in evidence. Leading the parade of notable office-holders was Governor Ehringhaus. Then came Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Fourth District Congressman Harold D. Cooley, State Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill, J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh, a Cooley “brain-truster”, and many others. There wasn’t much op portunity to talk politics but it was a good place to shake hands with a lot of the boys wrho wield some control over the balloting j in surrounding bailiwicks. One i of the rules of the game of '■ politics is—never miss a trick, no matter how little it counts, and that doesn’t mean that the boys present didn’t cherish a real love for the immortal Bard iof Avon. VEERING WINDS—T i, m e s have changed since mother was (continued on page 2) Ginger Engaged ——-atSfSfejr Los Angeles . . . Ginger Rogers ; (above), is to become a bride for the' second time. Her engage ment to Lew Ayres has been announced. Both picture stars have previously been married. I Relief Plans To Be Pushed ■ In Washington President Calis Meeting Of Social, Labor And Industrial Leaders To Expedite Plans For Aid Washington, Nov 13.—Presi dent Roosevelt’s plans to take millions out of the breadlines and guarantee aid and medical care to the nation’s needy and help less, are expected to be pushed forward sharply tomorrow .at a conference here of social, labor and industrial leaders. The meeting was called by the President’s committee on economic! security in charge of the task ; of preparing the broad program of social legislation to be intro duced in the Seventy-fourth Con-, gress. All phases of the problem [ will be surveyed at lound-table conferences during the day, after which Mr. Roosevelt will meet the group at the White House. As the administration plunged into this stage of the new deal, Senator William E. Borah (R.), Idaho, said an investigation would be made of his charges of waste i in connection with the distri-j bution of federal relief funds, j He made his announcement af-1 ter conferring with Dallas W. ; Dort, chief investigator of the NR A. He said Dort had agreed to "proceed along certain lines” but declined to explain the na ture of the forthcoming inquiry. Representative Fish Jr. (R), New York, in a letter to Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins tonight demanded that 11 relief workers in Putnam county, N. Y., be discharged for “co ercion, duress and intimidation of voters receiving federal aid.” He enclosed what he said was a photostatic copy of a letter written by the relief workers and sent to unemployed and needy voters in his county, which said in part; “Your very existence is at stake. . You can save a job for yourself and make jobs for your relatives or friends only by go ing to the polls on November 6 and supporting all Democratic candidates.” At the same time, high officials of the FERA hastened to deny printed reports that the govern ment was preparing to initiate a system of federal industrial proj ects which would provide employ ment for all of the nation’s idle. ROOSEVELT TO EAT HASH AND ’LASSES IN TENN. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12.— Preparations for President Roose velt’s breakfast visit bo the Her mitage, historic home of Andrew Jackson, involved research into recipe books used by Jackson’s cooks. As a result, the breakfast menu to be served the President will include turkey hash, scrambled eggs, hominy, beaten biscuits, molasses, »toast and coffee, ladies of the Hermitage Association an nounced today. ARMISTICE DAY IS OBSERVED IN GALAX Galax, Va., Nov. 14.—Armis tice day was celebrated here Mon day with a parade, comprised of Legion posts, drum and bugle corps, firemen, etc. A speaking program followed. Davis On Trial For Murder Of Iredell Sheriff Tuesday’s Session Devoted To Testimony In Which State Contends Officer Was Shot At Close Range Statesville, Nov. 13.—In today’s evidence against Ralph Davis, 25, Davidson county outlaw, who is being tried in Iredell superior court for the alleged fatal shoot ing of Sheriff Godfrey C. Kim ball on August 17, the state’ pre sented a number of witnesses to show that Ralph Davis shot the sheriff at close range, and that he was not accidentally shot by a deputy, as was alleged by bal lastic experts. Judge A. M. Stack, Monroe, is presiding at the trial, and the jury is com posed of 11 Mecklenburg county citizens and one Iredell man. Deputy Sheriff R. L. Gilbert who was shot in the left leg dur ing the pistol battle with Davis, at a tenant house on the G. W. Dry farm, ten miles east of Statesville, told of going with Sheriff Kimball and Deputy Sims to the tenant house, occupied by Cal Turner and family, and of the officers seeing the automobile be longing to Mayor E. R. Rankin parked, behind the house. Davis, who is alleged to have stolen Ihe Statesville mayor’s car a week before, ran out the back door, forced the sheriff to lift both hands above his head, and then Davis shot Deputy Gilbert in the leg as Gilbert said Kimball was between he and Davis and he did not shoot at Davis until after the sheriff was shot. Miss Dor othy Dry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dry, whose home is about 85 yards south of the ten ant house, told of viewing the gun battle from a window in the Dry home. She told of seeing Davis run out the back door, of his placing his pistol in the sheriff’s side, of the sheriff’s uplifted hands while Davis shot Gilbert in the leg and then backed Sheriff Kimball to the side of the house where he fell, and of hearing several shots passed between Davis and Depu ties Sims and Gilbert before Davis sped away in the stolen car. 1. B. Earle, fingerprint and bal lastic experts, of Charlotte, told of tests made here and in Washington City, which showed that the bullet which killed Kimball came out of the 38-caliber pistol used by. Deputy Gilbert. The witness said that no two guns were exactly alike, in some the difference may be so fine as to require a micro scope to see, and he asserted that the ballistic science is as depend able for the purpose of identi fication as fingerprints, which is universally accepted. MEEKINS SEEKS TO CHEER REPUBLICANS Hendersonville, Nov. 13.—W. C. Meekins, state Republican chairman, recently offered en couragement to his fellow parti sans in North Carolina. The fact that 16 Republicans were elected to the state legis lature, he pointed out, and ru mors that many county officials were elected, shows strong Repub lican sympathy here despite the November 6 Democratic victory. "A wistmatuMsall he toys; a fool says all he thinks.” NOVEMBER 12—Thomas Edison ii award cd the Nobel Prize. 191S. -^efsAy^lS—Brilliant meteor displays —o'- /'/a ,11 over U. S., 1833. AUI ttHt 14—Sherman sets torch to Atlanta, Ga„ 1864. ~ffinH«rtvi IS—Brazil becomes a full* dfUfate ^ged republic, 1889. C-116—Oklahoma is admitted to the Union. 1907. 17—Suez Canal opened. Cost $127,000,000,1869. v/ 16—U. S. and Panama com* *?HW>x plete treaty lor canal. 1903.
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