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The Alleghany Times DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA* NORTH CAROLINA.THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934. 8 PAGES Number 31 By HUgo Sim*, Time* Special Washington Correspondent TO WAR UPON CRIME ■ Opening the four-day confer ence on crime, called by Attorney General Cummings, President Roosevelt called for close co operation between State, County, City and Town administrations in order that every crime preventing and law enforcing agency in the country might work together to eradicate the “symptom of social disorder.” Declaring that the government cannot enforce order alone, the President urged that home, school, church, community and social agencies work in common with law enforcement agencies to “substitute order for disorder.” Other speakers included the Attorney-General and Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War in the Hoover cabinet. BIG INCOMES INCREASE Income statistics for 1933, which include ten months of the Roosevelt Administration during which New Deal policies were written into legislation and put into action, show that the larger incomes and the number of those reporting them increased sharply, while net incomes in the so-called lower brackets dropper off as compared to 1932. For example, those receiving incomes of $1, 000,000 or more increased from twenty to forty-six, and the number of individuals who re ceived incomes from $25,000 up ward increased, while for those receiving incomes under $25,000 there was a drop below the 1932 level. Critics of the New Deal made the point that this indicates no trend toward a wider distribution of income as a result of the steps taken, but New Deal defenders declare that a sufficient time had not elapsed by the end of 1933 to show the full improvement of many of the lower income classes. SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS The Subsistence Homestead Di vision would like to get a half billion dollars to expand its ac tivity and, in its annual report, declared that a national survey would be undertaken to locate projects which will hereafter be originated by the division itself. Up to June 30, 601 proposed homestead projects, seeking loans of approximately $500,000,000, had been approved as “in some degree worthy.” One of the chief aims of the projects is to decentralize industrial areas and rehabilitate unemployed groups by combining part-time wage work with part-time work on small farms and gardens. INDEFINITE BUDGET The general expectation is that the President will submit an in definite budget message to Con gress and, while authorization for the expenditure of large sums will be required, there is no cer tainty that the funds will be actually used. This means that the Administration will give business a chance to increase em ployment and to demonstrate what it can do in the way of co operation during the economic emergency. Evidence is not lack ing that business men realize that they are “on the spot” and that the best chance of reducing the emergency expenditures of the government is for private initia tive to do something which will relieve the Federal Government of its excessive burden for general relief. TO REVISE THE NRA Something of an outline of what the President is apt to pro pose to Congress regarding the NRA indicates that he will ask that the recovery legislation be extended, with some modifications of NRA procedure. This will probably include abolition of price-fixing and production con trol beyond those now in effect, continuation of provisions to prevent unfair price-cutting and the divorcement of labor rela tions administration, already accomplished through the National Labor Relations Board. It is understood that considera ble progress has been made along the lines listed and that the President will probably be able to inform Congress that the NRA is already on a peace-time basis. The general attitude is that the flam-bouyant tactics which introduced the NRA should be supplanted by a dignified Administration, backed by vigorous and indiscriminate enforcement. WILL BUSINESS HELP With the bankers, manufactur ers and other business interests pledged to cooperate with the .Administration and to present a (continued on page 3) Interest Pud By Banks To Be Reduced Feb. 1 Reserve Board Makes 21/* Per Cent Maximum Rate''To Boost Recovery. Will Effect 13,800 Banks Washington, Dec. 18.—Federal officials applied a powerful “cheap money” prod Sunday to business recovery by reducing the maximum interest payable by 13,800 banks on $11,000,000,000 of time and savings deposits from three bo two and one-half per cent. The new rate becomes effective February 1. It was fixed jointly by the federal reserve board and deposit insurance corporation with this frank purpose; “The reduction in the deposit rate is in harmony with the prevailing downward trend in interest rates and is expected to support the trend, particularly in regal'd to pates on long-time money, which are an important factor in business recovery. “The decrease in rates on time deposits should have a tendency bo bring about a decline in the cost to borrowers and to en courage depositors to seek invest ment for their idle funds. “A more favorable capital mar ket may be expected to create a more favorable mortgage market as well as encourage refunding operations and the undertaking of new capital projects generally, a development essential to recovery.” These words were used by the reserve board in making the an nouncement of its own action governing member banks and that of the insurance corporation for insured state banks and trust companies. Perhaps as significant as the actual interest cut was the reserve board’s open statement that its action was designed to supple ment administration recovery efforts. As the first statement issued since Marriner Eccles was named governor, it heralded completion of a new tie between the govern ment and the theoretically in dependent reserve system. Among immediate results ex pected were: (1) .—Improvement of the bond market Dy encouraging the investment of idle deposits in higher-earning sources. This aid was expected to extend to the government securities market and facilitate the borrowing of re covery billions. (2) .—A general increase in the velocity of capital. (3) .—Encouragement of the recent decline in bond and mortgage yields which is con sidered desirable as a stimulus to building. (4) .—A gradual lowering of Federal Reserve Bank rediscount rates now above 2 1-2 per cent. Atlanta made this reduction last week. Other districts still main taining three per cent include Richmond, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Dallas. (5) .—Supplementary action by state banking departments to make the new rule uniform. Alleghany County Represented At State University Chapel Hill, Dec. 18.—Al leghany county is well represent ed at the University of North Carolina during the Call term which ends this week, having a total of four students enrolled from the county. Although the student body of the University represents 36 states and five foreign countries, approximately 75 per cent of the students are from North Carolina. Ninety-six counties in the state are represented. Following are the students from Alleghany county: William B. Halsey .and Clinton C. Hudson, Sparta; John D. Mitchell, Piney Creek, and Ellison Wagoner, Jr., Whitehead. BOYS ASKED TO REPORT TO LOCAL RELIEF OFFICE All boys in Alleghany county who are now on relief rolls and who wish to enroll in the CCC camps are requested by Miss Ruth J. Choate, ERA case worker, to report at once to the relief office there in Sparta. [New Deal Will Not Let Congress “Soak” Wealthy Washington, Dec. 17.—The ad ministration is determined to pre vent any “soak-the-rich” move ment in the Seventy-fourth Con gress from reaching the point where it will cause another stam pede by business and industry away from the new deal, it was learned tonight. Word has been sent up quietly to Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill that it is essential nothing be done to snuff out the flicker ing flame of confidence private capital has in Roosevelt policies. The less said about distribution of wealth, limitation of earned in come and high taxes on capital, new dealers feel, the better. Miles Appointed Farm Supervisor In New District Work While Alleghany County Administrator Of Relief Is Praised By Mrs. O’Berry C. A. Miles, who has been Al leghany county Relief Admini strator for the last two years, was notified on December 11, in a letter from Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State Administrator, of his appointment as District Farm Supervisor for the new district composed of Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Surry, Yadkin and Watauga counties, with head quarters at North Wilkesboro. Mrs. O’Berry wrote Mr. MHes, “I want you to know that 1 have full confidence in your integrity and your ability, and 1 feel sure that you will direct the new pro gram in the consolidated district with the same efficiency as you have shown in your direction of the relief work in Alleghany county.” Mr. Miles is the only Ad ministrator of any of the six counties that has been appointed to a key position in the new work. Miss Victoria Bell, of Newton, has been appointed Administrator for the district. According to the present plans there will be a farm foreman in each county for each 50 rural rehabilitation families. These foremen will be under the direct supervision of Mr. Miles, -together with the care and handling of the many cattle shipped from the west last summer. r Mr. Miles is being congratulat ed on his new position. It-is felt that Alleghany county is for (continued on hack back) Prices Good At Galax Auction Held Monday Due to the approaching holi days, the run of stock on hand for sale at the weekly auction at Galax, held by the Gray son-Carroll Livestock market, was rather light Monday, although prices were really up and there were plenty of buyers on the grounds. Top prices were paid as fol lows: hogs, $3.65; cows, $3.90; steers, $4.00; calves, $5.16, and fat hogs, $6.50. No sale will be held next Monday December 24, that day being Christmas eve. This is bo be the only week in the year, it is said, that there will be no sale held by the Galax market Only one week has passed thus far since the market was founded when no sale was held, and that was fair week in September. However, on Monday, Decem ber 31, sales will be resumed, and there will be a sale of all classes of livestock each Monday throughout the year. The next special horse and mule auction is to be held on Monday, January 7, and Otto Emrick, according to officials, who sold such a good load of colts, young mares and mules at the last special sale, will sell two more carloads on the Galax market on this date. Mr. Emrick said recently that he will have the best colts, young mares and mules at Galax or January 7 that he has ever sole there. 1 On His Way To Alleghany County Jolly old St. Nick, who hag never yet failed to visit Alleghany county on Christmas Eve, is now on his way once again to visit all the good children of the county. Congressman Doughton days, In Winston-Salem Address Monday, Federal Aid Is Something Needed Holds That Government Aid Should Be Withdrawn When Private Capital Can Act. Congressman Robert L. Dough ton, in an address delivered Mon day night in Winston-Salem be fore the Junior Chamber of Commerce membership, declared that “so long as there are serious maladjustments in the industrial system of the country that cannot be corrected by private business on its own initi ative the aid of government is essential if the well-being of the people is to be safeguarded.” The Alleghany Congressman spoke at the regular meeting of the J,aycees at the Reynolds Grill, which was open to the public for the Congressman’s address. Congressman Doughton was in troduced by W. Luther Ferrell, Forsyth state senator-elect, as a | man whose name is being “per- i colated over the state as the next j governor." Speaking on the “Common Interests of Business and Govern ment," the chairman of the powerful House ways and means committee predicted a further . . substantial increase in our revenues for the present fiscal year,” adding that . . while it would be premature to state definitely that there will be no increase in taxes this year pend ing the receipt -of the annual (continued on back back) ; Through State Capital Keyholes j By Bex Hinton Silver HBAD MEN—Chairmanships of important legislative committees are beginning to attract attention in the Capital City. These posts are particularly significant be cause of the fact that most legislative work is done in com mittee and action on the floor is more or less of a cut-and-dryed affair. The attitude of a com mittee chairman has a vital re lation to the chances of a bill becoming law. You can’t tell who will be who in the House until the Speaker is elected but in the Senate it is a different story since Lieutenant Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham will have the appointments again this year. You might not be far wrong in a guess that Senator U. L. Spence, of Moore county, and Senator Harriss Newman, of New Hanover, will head the powerful finance and appropriations com mittees, respectively, in the Upper House. Both have played im portant parts on these same com mittees in the Lower House and their views are not radically divergent . from those of Mr. Graham and the administration. TEETH—Don't get it into your head that North Carolina dentists are going to quit their efforts to get ethics inscribed on the statute books just because the Supreme Court reversed them on their prosecution of Dr. J. E. Owens, Asheville dentist and close friend of Senator Robert Reynolds. The tooth-drawers are already at work on plans for a bill to be presented to the next Legislature which will make the carelessly inclined of their tribe walk the straight-and narrow or surrender their lieense. Incidentally they -aim to keep the molars of the public in batter repair at a saving of money by kicking the unethical out the well-known window. HAS HELP—If kinship has anything to do with it Senatoi Paul Grady, will be President Pro Tem of the next Senate, in the opinion of those who profess to know their politics and genealogy around the ancient and honorable State Capitol. One such gentleman points out that Senator Grady and Robert Grady Johnson, Representative from Pender and also candidate for Speaker of the House are cousins. This same man makes the seemingly extravagant state ment that almost all the Gradys, Outlaws and Maxwells in this State are kinsmen. If that is half true it gives Mr. Grady a good start over his opponent, Senator Cart L. Bailey, of Wash ington County. But don’t be mis led. Mr. Bailey has his following in the Senate where, he played an important part in school, tax and game legislation two years ago. LOOKS SURE—It’s no longer any secret that powerful pressure is to be brought upon the General Assembly to divert highway funds into other channels. Newspapers are advocating such action, in some instances. Motorists are now said to be paying half the total State revenues, albeit, many j county roads make difficult travelling for farmers. If gasoline and license money is turned into other channels the roads will not improve and automobile taxes will not decrease. HOLD EVERYTHING— Don’t get excited by recently revived publication of the prediction that Tam C. Bowie, Representative from Ashe County, will run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1936. Of course, Mr. Bowie may run but his close personal friends say that he will not oppose Congressman R. L. Doughton if that worthy decides to seek the honor and around Raleigh it is generally accepted (continued on page 2) Roosevelt Acts To Quiet Unrest In Steel Ranks Washington, Doc. 18.—Presi dent Roosevelt intervened today in an attempt to quiet labor un rest inthe steel industry but was unable to obtain immediate agree ment to a six months truce be tween workers and employers. lie conferred for more than an ' hour with members of the steel labor relations board, Myron Tay lor of U. S. Ste d, Eugene Grace' of Bethlehem Steel, President Wil iiam Green of the American Fed-, oration of Labor and Michael Tigue, another union official. The issue involved is whether, representatives o| the Amalga mated Iron and Steel Workers, an A. F. of I,, union, shall bar gain for all employees. Business Men May Urge Dole Instead Of Work Leaders Of American Business And Industry Meet In Joint Business Conference For Recovery White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., | Dec. 18.—American business and industrial leaders, meeting here | in a joint business conference for recovery, tonight were lean ing toward a pronouncement in favor of direct unemployment re-1 lief—the “dole.” The conference’s committee on social security and relief recom mended adoption of that attitude with an accompanying statement that industry would hold an “open mind” on any administra-1 tion suggestion regarding either relief or unemployment insurance. The proposal still has to be placed before the entire con ference of 90-odd business leaders and industrialists and | v-oted on there before it could' be presented with conference en-1 dorsement. The committee acted after studying statistics showing that ] work relief, now being advocated in Washington by those who fear the effects of direct relief, was j more staly than the “dole” system. It recommended a state ment that industry recognized its responsibilities but that for the period of the present emergency j a relief system carrying the least possible^ strain on federal finance should be adopted. The conference committee on labor brought in a conservative report advocating outlawing of (continued bn back back) Remain Recovery Head, It Seems Washington, Dec. 18.—S. Clay Williams has no intention of resigning as chairman of the na tional recovery board. This became apparent yesterday when he announced he would conduct a series of “policy hearings” by his boiard, beginning January 9. The first of these hearings will deal with price fixing and price control under codes and will be onen to the public. The Winston-Salem man at his press conference yesterday after noon told of his plans to hold hearings. When asked, if he thought announcement of these hearings, which will run for several months, should set at rest the reports of his resigning, Williams said he could not ex press ,an opinion as to what would stop reports. “I can say,” he added, “that the announcement of these hear ings is inconsistent with reports that I will resign.” With Williams publicly outlin ing a program which will keep him in Washington for several months yet to come, it is be lieved reports that the Reynolds official plans to resign will now cease. NEXT ISSUE TO BE LATE Next week’s issue of the TIMES will be published a day or twc later than usual, due to th< Christmas holidays. Program For School System Is Mapped Out Committee Sees No Need For Radical Changes In Present School Machinery Raleigh, Dec. 13.—No radical changes need he made in the pres ent machinery for operating the schools, in the opinion of the leg islative committee of the North Carolina Education Association. The present eight months mini mum term, the committee agrees, in working out its legislative pro gram, should be used as a basis on which to build the school sys tem of the future. The program formulated .after six months of study, in general terms and with details to be left to the new State Superintendent, Clyde A. Erwin, follows: 1. An eight months school term offering a minimum educa tional opportunity supported by the State, with liberal provisions for local units to operate schools for a longer term and for a higher standard. 2. A sufficient increase in ap propriations for the minimum term and opportunity to provide for a .'ubstantial increase in the salaries of all school employees and for adequate provision for all other school services. 3. A higher standard of aca demic and professional training for those employed in classroom and administrative positions. 4. The county as a unit of school administration as long as it is the unit of administration for1 other functions of govern ment, with provisions for reten tion of city administrative units necessary for efficient administra tion. This program has been worked out by the legislative committee named some time ago by Presi dent Guy B. Phillips, of the State association, and is composed of the following members: Superin tendent E. L. Best, of Louisburg, and Superintendent M. E. Yount, of Graham, co-chairman; Superin tendent W. A. Graham, of Kins ton; Principal E. H. Garinger, of Charlotte, and Miss Oma Laf ferty, of Charlotte, president of the State Classroom Teachers. In addition, a sub-committee has been set up in each of the six districts, composed of from seven to nine members, who, with tiie central committee, make a membership of about fifty mem bers. The district committees are to advise with the State com mittee and keep the educators in the district informed on legisla tive matters. Lester Jones Injured Tues. In Auto Mishap Lester Jones received severe bruises find cuts on the face Tues day ■ when his* automobile was wrecked near the home of Ben Wagoner on the Jefferson road. He was brought here by ambu lance . and given medical treat ment; Glenn Sturgill, who was ; with Mr. Jones at the time of ; the accident, was unhurt. Mr. Jones is the son of Craig ; Jones, who was buried only last ' Saturday.——-- --—^ =_ ttiho-o-o gl'm a urisc looltin^ pimple old. =- oar]/^ "Belter be wise and look simple than look wise and be simple.” DECEMBER . 17—Wright Brother* make |kitt~|' [<AWK I first airplane flight, 1903. V3*iBEE/ {g—Slavery is abolished by the Constitution, 1865. 119—Mad dog bites fourteen in Salem, N. 1894. AH '20—South Carolina secedes Qljffjp from the Union, 1860. ,-- 21—Pilgrims land at Plym* outh Rock, Mass., 1620. 22— Cigarette smoking by women attacked by the Press, 1908. 23— Joan Crawford, screen personality, born, 1901,
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