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Volume 10.
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1934.
4 PAGES
Number 27.
By Huso Sims, Times Special
Washington Correspondent
NAVAL PARLEY TIE-UP
The British effort to placate
Japan at the London naval con
ference by proposing equality in
principle was made with the full
knowledge of the American dele
gation, which was somewhat sur
prised at the attitude taken.
Roughly stated, the British want
70 cruisers to protect their trade
routes but, apparently, do not ob
ject to an American fleet which
is superior. In fact, as explained,
the scheme would permit the
United States to keep the existing
r»tio by outbuilding Japan by five
to three. Of course, this would
prove expensive for America but
the British contention is that they
do not regard us as a potential
enemy and that the Atlantic, like
the Canadian border, will be un
defended.
BRITISH WANT SETTLEMENT
The British, with a concern for
their safety, seek an understand
ing with J,apan in order to have
peace and quiet in the Pacific.
With tremendous investments in
China, a colossal trade and Aus
tralia to protect, the idea is that
Japan must either be placated or
defied. With the situation in Eu
rope dangerous, the English are
seeking desperately to avoid new
perils in Asia.
DOMINIONS BACK U. S.
In this connection, it is said
that the British Dominions, as a
whole, are somewhat uneasy over
the question of Empire defense.
While they prefer a policy of
friendship with Japan, a United
Press dispatch says that they in
sist that it be understood that in
case a future choice is unavoid
able between American and Jap
anese friendship, the Empire must
cast its lot with the United States.
At the same time, from other
sources it is learned that France
and Italy have strongly backed
the insistence of our delegation
that the 5-6-3 ratio be maintained.
It is no secret that the Mediter
ranean powers will seriously ob
ject if a higher ratio is given
Japan.
Prime Minister MacDonald’s un
usual course in personally deny
ing secret activity between the
British and Japanese delegations
behind the backs -of the American
delegation, explicitly denied that
Manchukuo or the oil situation
has been considered in connection
with the naval ratio or that the
recent visit of British industrial
leaders to Japan had any govern
ment connection.
Interesting also was the publi
cation in London of a dispatch
from Washington pointing out that
the President of the United States
would be “profoundly disturbed”
if the negotiations broke in a
manner implying a lack of solid
arity between British a&nd Am
erican interests and purposes, and
that the unity of the two nations
would be a question if this hap
pened. *
UNEMPLOYED TO PRODUCE
A renewed outcry of “govern
ment in business” followed dis
closure that the FERA is studying
a plan bo use millions of unem
ployed in the manufacture of
goods. It does little good to point
out that the products would be
distributed to those on relief rolls
and, therefore, would not affect
present buying power. With mil
lions of workers being supported
by the government, the plan con
templates in part using of materi
als acquired by the organization
as well as other undertakings.
Eventually, it is estimated, as
many as ten million unemployed
would be put to work in this way.
Included in tentative plans are
small shoe factories, tanneries to
prepare rough leather, the manu
facture of suits for boys and men
and coats for women, and the
production of materials for build
ing and repairing homes for the
destitute.
The plan embraces the conver
sion of cotton into kfiitting yarns,
and the knitting of fabrics and
other clothing, the making of rugs
and carpets, such food products as
may be based on produce of re
lief gardens, «nd meat products
from cattle bought by the gov
ernment in the drought areas.
RFC STATISTICS
The" Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, established in Febru
ary, 1932, has authorized and
loaned up to October 31st, $8,
415,514,137.85. Of this', $724,
988,918 was cancelled and $1,
216,626,965 remains to the credit
of the approved borrower. The
total of disbursements for other
than advances td governmental
(continued on page 2)
Roosevelt Back
At Warm Springs
For Annual Visit
Speaks At Various
Points Along Way.
Tours Historic Tenn.
Capital Saturday
W,arm Spring, Ga., Nov. 20.—
President Roosevelt came back to
his “other home” Sunday night af
ter a declaration for carrying the
Tennessee valley federal power and
rehabilitation program to the
other states of the union. The
presidential declaration, made
early Sunday at Tupelo, Miss., w,as
officially interpreted as sponsor
ship of the municipal power plant
such as operated there ,and a chal
lenge to private power companies
to cooperate for cheaper rates.
In a number of talks as he
crossed the southland Sunday, Pres
ident Roosevelt bluntly stated that
the new deal was going ahead. At
Birmingham, Ala., industrial cen
ter of the South, he assured
“keenest concern” for heavy in
dustries and warned “obstruction
ists” to cooperate.
Perhaps the largest crowd which
eveir welcomed Mr. Roosevelt to
this twelve year old home of his
was at the station when he .arrived
after 10 o’clock Sunday night.
It was a throng similar to those
which met him at every turn
throughout his three-day tour of
the Tennessee valley.
With Mrs. Roosevelt he motor
ed immediately to the family cot
tage high up on the hill over
looking this .region to remain over
Thanksgiving Day.
Saturday night President Roose
velt circled the Tennessee valley,
convinced from his two days of
inspection of the practicality
and feasibility of early extension
of this power and human welfare
development to the other three
corners of the nation on a broad
scale.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 19.—To
the acclaim of many thousands,
President Roosevelt .rode through
historic Nashville Sat. and made
pilgrimages to the tombs of the
seventh and eleventh presidents,
Andrew Jackson and James K.
Polk, both Tennesseans.
He was the second Roosevelt
from the White House to-visit the
shrines. His kinsman, Theodore,
was here in 1907.
For four hours Mr. Roosevelt
toured Tennessee’s capital city
and its environs. Cheers and flags
greeted him everywhere. Child
ren gathered at their school hous
es and several times the presi
dent...stopped to wave, and smile
at the groups. A warm sun ac
centuated the holiday spirit of
the occasion.
To Hold Beauty
Pageant Here
On Friday night, November 23,
at 8 o’clock a beauty pageant is to
be held in the Sparta high school
auditorium for the purpose of
selecting “Miss Alleghany Coun
ty.” Following a program to be
presented the audience will choose
by ballot the queen of beauty who
will be awarded the title and who
will receive a free trip to Raleigh
to represent Alleghany county in
the state beauty pageant to be
hield in the capital city in March
during the 1935 annual .Teach
ers’ convention.
: Whoever is tlie winner in the
§tate pageant at Raleigh will be
given a free trip to New York
City.
The public is cordially invited
to attend, this program which, it
is said, promises to be different
from anything that has been put
on in Sparta. A small admission
charge will be made.
Stars Of Screen
Visit Twin City
Winston-Salem, Nov. 20. —
Munching peanuts and popcorn,
Ben Lyon and his wife, Bebe
Daniels, commented on the beauty
of Winston-Salem and improved
conditions in the country on a
brief visit here today. The f,ana
ed motion picture stars were visi
tors at a local furniture store
this afternoon with Ben Lyon,
Sr. They left shortly for High
Point.
The limited group seeing the
screen stars 'commented on their
pleasant personalities.
High Point is the home of actor
Lyon’s father.
Rev. A. C. Gibbs
To Be In Sparta
Rev. A. C. Gibbs, presiding
elder of the Mount Airy dis
trict, is to hold the first quarter
ly meeting for the new confer
ence year on the Sparta Metho
dist charge on Sunday night.
November 25, in the Sparta
Methodist church. This will also
be the first quarterly meeting to
be held on the charge since it
has been under the pastorate of
the Rev. Cecil G. Hefner, who
was .appointed at the recent ses
sion of the Western North Caro
lina conference at Greensboro.
The services are to begin at
7 o’clock.
Ehringhaus To
Ask For Money
For Unemployed
General Assembly To Be
Requested To Supplement
Federal Funds In Jan.
Governor Calls On Ickes
Washington, Nov. 20.—The
North Carolina General Assem
bly will be asked, at its January
meeting, by Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus to make an appro
priation to supplement funds for
unemployment relief, but just
how much is to be requested re
mained tonight as much a secret
as, it was before the governor and
Harry Hopkins, emergency relief
director, discussed the question
across a luncheon table for more
than an hour today.
Following their conference both
Hopkins and Ehringhaus express
ed the opinion that there would
be no trouble in adjusting the
differences between the state and
federal governments whereby
federal relief funds would con
tinue to be available for North
Carolina. Some weeks aigo Hop
kins listed North Carolina as one
of 14 states which w,as not carry
ing its load in providing relief
and indicated unless there was a
change of policy federal funds
would be discontinued.
“We had a very satisfactory
conference and we fully under
stand the problems of each other,”
the Governor said following his
talk with the relief director.
“Just as the Governor said,”
Hopkins put in, “we had a very
satisfactory conference and I am
sure we will work this thing out.
You can say we are no longer
worried about North Carolina do
ing her part.”
Asked about charges by Senator
' (continued on back back)
President Adis
Governors To
Work With U.S.
Warm Springs, G,a., Nov. 20.—
Plans for closer liasion between
the federal and state governments
were projected tonight by Presi
dent Roosevelt in a conference
with the governors of the south
eastern states.
At the time, Mr. Roosevelt. em
phasized the necessity of the va
rious governors getting behind
Washington’s determination to put
across soeial insurance legislation
as one of the important steps of
the new deal. • .-fe
lt was understood that one of
the suggestions put forth by the
little White House called for a
regional set-up whereby all the
governors of the 48 states would
be represented by the head; of a
regional group. - -
“Isn’t that eo-ordinating the.
governor?”,. Secretary McIntyre
was asked. '‘Gall it that if you
like,” he smilingly replied.
The president told the gover
nors that as soon as plans were
worked out on the relief situation,
he would- communicate with them
individually and collectively so
that they could coordinate their
state programs with that of the
federal government.
Those in the conference were
Governors Dave Sholta, Florida;
Eugene Talmadge, Georgia; I. C.
Blackwood, South Carolina; Gov
ernors-elect Bibb Graves, Ala
bama; Olin Johnston, South Caro
lina; and Lieutenant-Governor A.
H. Graham, North Carolina.
Sholtz and Graves remained
overnight at Warm Springs in
order to confer with the Presi
dent tomorrow.
Bank Deposits,
Loans Said To
Be Increasing
Paul P. Brown Says
Increases Reflected In
Published Statements Of
Banks As Of October 17
Raleigh, Nov. 19.-—Both bank
deposits and bank loans are in
creasing in North Carolina, ac
cording to a statement made re
cently by Paul P. Brown, Secre
tary of the North Carolina Bank
ers association. These increases
are reflected in the recently pub
lished statements of the banks
at the close of business on Oc
tober 17.
“While a full compilation of the
figures for all the banks in the
State is not yet available,” stated
Mr. Brown, “an examination of
a fair cross-section of these state
ments indicates that total deposits
in the banks have increased as
much as 25 percent since June 30,
the date of the last published
statements. If this percentage
holds good for the entire State,
it will mean a total gain in de
posits of over .$60,000,000 for
the period. This gain since June
30—a period of three and one
half months—is greater than the
gain for the entire year prior to ]
June 30.
“From June 30, 1933, to June
30, 1934, the gain in deposits for
the banks in North Carolina was
$57,000,000. It is apparent,
therefore, that bank deposits in
this State have increased by ap
proximately 64 percent since
June, 1933.
“It is significant to note that
in a majority of the banks there
has been an increase in the total
amount of loans and discounts
outstanding—although, this rate j
of increase has not kept pace |
with the deposit growth. One
large bank in the -State reports-;
an increase of 45 percent in the j
amount of new loans made dur- j
ing September and October of
this year, as compared with the
same period last year.”
Total deposits commercial banks
of North Carolina (State and na
tional) on June 30, 1933, $181,
844.000, while at the end of
June this year they were $239,
057.000.
Prices Good
At Galax Sale
Held Monday
While Run Of Stock
Was Not As Great As
Usual More Buyers Were
On Hand
While there was not such a
large run of livestock on hand
for Monday’s auction at Galax
held by the Grayson-Carroll Live
stock market, as has been the
case in the past, the sale was
considered by many as one of the
snappiest and livest held yet on
the Galax market. More buyers
attended the sale than had been
on hand at a sale there for sev
eral weeks, according to market
officials, and this tended to make
bidding spirited and prices good.
The top heifer sold for $5 per
hundred pounds, the top steer
brought $3.70 per hundred, and
the top calves brought $6.30 per
hundredweight.
Two new buyers were present,
one from Baltimore, Md., and the
other from Winston-Salem. These
gentlemen bought extensively and
assured the management that they
would return regularly in the
future to buy on the Galax mar
ket.
W. C. Roberson, manager of
the market, has received a tele- i
gram from Mr. Emrich, of
Nebraska, who sold a carload of:
good Western mares at the last
first Monday horse and mule sale, j
stating that he would have an
other carload of extra good young
Nebraska mares at Galax for the j
special sale to be held on Mon
day, December 3.
In keeping with the usual prac
tice, a carload of pigs, ranging i
in weight from 40 to 100 pounds,
is to be unloaded at the Felts
park stockyards on Friday of
this week, and will be put on
private sale immediately. A car
received' last week, officials say,
was two-thirds of the way sold
out before s,ale day.
KING FOR WORLD PEACE
London, Nov. 20.—King George
drove today to the House of
Lords where he told the com
bined houses of Parliament in
open session that “maintenance
of world peace” remained the
chief concern of his government.
Through State Capital Keyholes
By Bets Hinton Silver
LIVELY SCRAP—You don’t
hear much about it but a real
contest is developing between
State Senators Carl L. B.ailey, of
Washington County, and Paul
Grady, of Johnston, for president
pro tem of the coming Senate
session. Both are veterans and
have many friends among the
new Senate line-up. Both have
booming voices and both demon
strated their ability at presiding
over the Upper House in 1-933.
Before either is elected to the
piost of assistant gavel-rapper
members of the Senate will know
thiat a scrap has been taking
place-.
NEW STATE COUNSEL —
Capitol Hill nose-in-the-wind boys
smell .a change coming in the
Attorney General’s office. It can
not be confirmed but there’s good
reason to believe that one of the
three assistants Attorney General
is about to retire. Poor health is
said to be the reason for the
prospective resignation. Keep your
ears and eyes open and don’t
be surprised when you hear the
news. A lot of people supposed
to be “in the know” whisper
that it’s coming.
POLLED THE VOTE—It may
not mean anything to you on
its face but the fact that John
ston county polled a larger per
centage of its June primary vote
jn the November election than
either Nash or Vance counties
is taken to have certain political
significance in the Fourth Con
gressional District. You will
remember that Congressman
Harold D. Cooley, of Nash, de
feated Jere Perry Zollicoffer, of
Vance, and George Ross Pou, pf
J-ohnston for the Democratic
nomination last June. Friends of
Mr. Pou are pointing to the
large Johnston Democratic vote
this month as compared with the
party’s ballots in Nash and Vance
counties.
APPROPRIATIONS — Would
be raiders of the State gasoline
tax have adopted a slogan, “As
much for schools as for roads”
for their legislative campaign to
get part of the money paid by
auto and truck owners to “build
and maintain roads. The appro
priation for schools now is $16,
000,000 each year while the
highway appropriation is $18,
000,000 per year. But more than
$9,000,000 of the highway ap
propriation goes for principal
and interest payments on bonds
while the whole $16,000,000 goes
for operation of the schools.
Something like $6,000,000 debt
service for school buildings is
being paid by local government
units and does not come out of
the State appropriation. If in
cluded it would run the school
expenditures up to .about $22,
000,000 per year.
MYSTERY—It’s hard to get
any advance idea on the length
of the coming legislative session.
Some veterans are inclined to
think that the 1935 General As
sembly already realizes that a
State must have money on which
to operate but others express the
opinion that it will take the
constitutional 60 days for so
many new members to learn what
its all about. Everybody agrees
that there is going to be some
fight against the sales tax with
opinion on the outcome divided.
Then there is the question of
money for boosts in teacher and
State employee pay. to say noth
ing of the necessity for relief
funds. It’s a knotty problem and
your guess is likely to be as good
as anybody’s.
IN THE SUN—About two
years ago, during the banking
crisis, Gurney P. Hood, State
Banking Commissioner was right
(continued on page 2)
Woman Attempts
To Kill Self
Mrs. Walter Baugess, 25,
daughter of Bill Brown, of the
“Oklahoma” .section of Alleghany
county, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to end her life Sunday
when she shot herself behind the
ear with a 22-calibre rifle. The
bullet is said to have split, a
piece of it lodging on either side
of the woman’s brain.
Mrs. Baugess was taken to
[Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital,
in Elkin, where, it is said, no hope
is held for her recovery.
The husband of the wounded
woman is serving a term in the
Sparta convict camp.
Winston-Salem
Woman Tells Of
Passion Play
Graphic Description Of
Play Depicting Life
Of Christ Is Given By
Mrs. G. Ray Jordan
A graphic description of the
Passion Play at Oberammergau,
Germany, was given by Mrs. G.
Ray Jordan, wife of Dr. G. Ray
Jbrdan, pastor of Centenary
Methodist church, Winston-Salem,
at ,a meeting of the Winston
Salem Woman’s Reading club
held Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Bennette Poole on
Buena Vista road, Winston-Salem, j
Dr. and Mrs. Jordan devoted
the time given the former for
his vacation from his work as
pastor of one of the largest j
churches in Southern Methodism
to a European visit.
Mrs. Jordan began her intensely
interesting talk by giving a brief
history of the traditions regard
ing the beginning of the play.
The people, she said, according
to tradition, vowed, to God that
if he would withhold the plague
they would give the play every
ten years, which they have done
for more than 300 years, missing
only once, prior to the W’orld
War, and twice during this time.
She spoke of the journey to the
picturesque village, and described
the homes and dress of the peo
ple living there. She also told
of the village church encircled by
a cemetery in which are the
graves of actors more than a
hundred years old, who had
played in the Passion Play.
On the day Mrs. Jordan saw1
the play she said it was raining
and cold, and it was an impres
sive sight to see five or six thous
and people there for the play
which began shortly after 8
o’clock in the morning and last
(continued on back page)
To Hold “Exam”
To Fill Sparta
Postmastership
For the purpose of filling the
position of postmaster at Sparta,
,an open competitive examination
is to be held in North Wilkes
boro in the near future. The
date for the assembling of com
petitors will be stated on the ad
mission cards sent applicants af
ter the date for the close of re
ceipt of applications, which is
Friday, November 30, and will be
about seven days .after that date.
Applicants for this examination
must have reached their twenty
first birthday and must not have
passed their sixty-sixth birthday
on the date of close of receipt
of applications. Age limits are
waived in the case of veterans of
the World War, the Spanish
American War, and the Philip
pine insurrection; provided that
to get the benefit of such waiver,
documentary proof of such ser
vice must be submitted with the
application.
The salary paid for serving the
Sparta postmastership is $1,400
per year.
Applicants must have actually
resided within the delivery of
the Sparta office for one year
immediately preceding the closing
date for receipt of applications.
Full information as to the re
quirements bo be met and the
character of the examination to
be given may be obtained from
the post office in Sparta or from
the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C.
Davis Sentenced
To Serve 30-Yr.
Term For Murder
David&on County Outlaw
Found Guilty Of Murder In
2nd Degree In Trial For
Killing Sheriff Kimball
Statesville, Nov. 20.—Ralph
D,avis, 23, Davidson county out
law, was found guilty last Thurs
day of murder in the second de
gree by a jury in Iredell Super
ior court here, as the culmination
of his trial for the murder of
Sheriff Godfrey C. Kimball last
August 17. The trial began on
Monday morning, November 12.
The jury, composed of 11 Meck
lenburg county citizens and one
Iredell man, took the case Wed
nesday night but was unable to
reach an agreement until Thurs
day.
Judge A. M. Stack, who pre
sided at the trial, sentenced
Davis to serve a term of 30 years
in the state prison for the • mur
der of the officer. Defense gave
notice of appeal.
“There is no doubt that Davis
killed the sheriff,” Judge Stack
commented following the verdict
of the jury, the jurist adding that
he thought Davis had two pistols
at the time of the gun battle,
using one to shoot Sheriff Kim
ball and the other to wound
Deputy Gilbert in the leg. Bal
listic experts- held the opinion
during the trial that a bullet
from Deputy Gilbert’s gun killed
his chief accidentally, but against
this testimony the state offered
convincing evidence that Davis
shot Kimball at close range..
Following the conviction on the
murder count, counsel for Davis
tendered plea of guilty as to
Davis in other counts, receiving
judgment, as follows: Ten years
in prison for robbery of South
ern Railway property at Elm
wood ; ten years for robbery with
firearms of M.ayor E. R. Rankin,
of Statesville; ten years for kid
naping Mayor Rankin; ten years
for assault with intent to kill
Deputy Sheriff R. L. Gilbert, mak
ing a total of 40 years in prison
for Davis after he has served the
30- ye,ar term for second-degree
murder, but Judge Stack suspend
ed the four ten-year sentences
on condition the defendant is of
good behavior during the first
sentence.
Cal Turner, tenant on the G.
W. Dry farm, where Davis was
staying at the time of the fatal
shooting, drew five years on the
roads for participating in rob
beries in which Ralph Davis was
connected. He had entered a
plea of guilty.
Buck Hedrick, who admitted to
court that he also was with Cal
Turner and Ralph Davis during
certain robberies, got two years
on the roads.
MAY THOROUGHLY PROBE
FASCIST ACTIVITIES
New York, Nov. 20.—A thor
ough investigation of Fascist ac
tivities in the United States was
promised tonight as a result of
alleged statements by Major Gen
eral Smedley D. Butler that he
had been asked by a group of
wealthy New Yorkers to lead a
right-wing movement designed to
set up a dictatorship in Wash
ington.
ftTcll. uou. see it was €*is uay
ei\ tJt- fce&n. ttritHer* tui
r _
"Truth girts a short answer while lies go
round about.”
NOVEMBER
19—Lincoln delivers famous
Gettysburg ad dress,1863.
k 20—Seminole Indian War
' starts in Florida, 1817.
21—First practical phono*
' graph shown by Edison.
1886.
’ 22—Chinese government
bans import of opium,
’ 1906.
. 23—Franklin Pierce, 14th.
President, born 1804.
> 24—Adeline Patti makes first
J U. S. appearance. 1859.
^ 2S—Grant wins great victory
at Chattanooga, 1863.