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fflPBSfg: GOES TO WORK last week got down t< taking up the Socia sm, and the hugi relief fund whicl it desires. Besides were continued investiga of the munitions industrj nor prevention, as well a: ble debate on the work coart adherence resolution. The House Ways and Mean: Committee began hearings on thf Social Security Program and th< Senate did likewise. The mem berg of the committee had before them for study the outlines oi several rival plains for unemploy ment insurance and old age bene fits, including the well publiciz ed Townsend Plan for old age relief. OjUD AGE PENSIONS There was some sentiment tc liberalize the provisions of the program in regard to. old age pen. aions, as well as an undercurrent of discontent directed to the handling of the employment-mak ing project by Secretary Ickes. Generally, however, Administra tion leaders expected to be able to bold the measures in line with the President’s suggestion. Advo cates of the bonus payment were inclined to be somewhat restive because other matters secured leg islative precedence, and some thing of a mutiny against the leaders seemed possible, although not likely for several weeks at least. The President’s Social Security Program included four distinct, although related subjects: (1) un. employment compensation; (2) old age security; (3) security for children; (4) extension of public health service. Dr. E- E. Witte, Director of the President’s Committee on Economic Security, pointed out to House members that the pri mary purpose of his body was to furnish information, with the suggestion that prompt action be taken so that the legislatures of forty-four states, now in session, will be able to pass necessary state legislation. COSTS WILL INCREASE ‘'-‘ftnrerfg otMr mm, WrWTft? told the congressmen that the bur den of old age pensions will in crease rapidly and enormously be cause the percentage of our popu lation over sixty-five years of age is becoming larger, having more than doubled between 1910 and 1930. This increase he at tributed to the declining birth rate and the stoppage of immi gration. He pointed out that the number of children in the United States over five years old, was noaller in- 1930 than in 1920, and insisted that the population of the nation is approaching sta bilization. The cost of old age security, based on the records of twenty eight states which include two thirds of the population, and now have old age pensions, for the first year is “guessed” at any where from fifty millions up and increasing annually. In 1980 ac tuaries estimate that unless the expense is cut down it will ex ceed a billion dollars a year. This is based on payments of thirty dollars a month to those over sixty-five who qualify for old age pensions, and would be increased if the monthly payment is pushed up by Congressional action. OTHER SECURITY ITEMS • Space this week does not per mit such an extended discussion of the plans in regard to unem snt insurance, security for sn and the public health _, which are expected to around fifty million dollars JLrst year, and about ninety million dollars each succeed ing year. Generally the recom mendations include maximum pay a of $16.00 a week to those lployed beginning four weeks /loss of job, and to continue sixteen weeks. ThiB is ex _to be met by a universal on payrolls moving from one to three percent by 1988. The phase of the program af fecting children includes assist ance for young children without * breadwinner in the family, wit! the Federal Government bearing one-third of the cost. These grants would be conditional on passage and enforcement of mandatory state laws, and the cost to the Federal Government is set at twenty-five million dollars annu ally. Moreover, smaller sums are •»* up to provide far aid of ma and child health, cripplee and child welfare. recommendations in re public health will not be USE WANTS ADS FOR RESULTS DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1935 Volume 10, Number 37 Hauptmann Says At Noted Trial He Is Innocent Stands Up Under The Withering Fire Of Cross-Examination Of Prosecutor Wilentz Flemington, N. J., Jan. 29.— Defiant and stubborn, Bruno Richard Hauptmann fought his way today to the end of a lash ing, two-day cross-examination on the witness stand at his trial for the Lindbergh baby’s murder. Smiling frequently, dogged in his denials, he came boldly through his inquisition at the hands of Attorney General David T. Wi lenbz with his story intact—the story that he had no hand in kidnaping, murder or ransom hoax. At one point, as the intent Wilentz sought with Hauptmann’s own figures and letters to trip his story of the money deals he had with Isador Fisch, his dead alibi man, he wagged his finger in his questioner’s face and snap ped: “Ja, ytiu mix that up!’’ Stolidly he stuck to his words when Wilentz used his witness stand phrase, “oh, that is planned for a year already” for compari son with two ransom note phrases almost identical. “How can I say it otherwise?” he asked. And he was just as stubborn in his terse reports when Wilentz, ending his inquisition, shot ac cusation after accusation in swift succession. The length of the cross-exami nation delayed until tomorrow the testimony of Hauptmann’s wife, Anna, last of the principals in the celebrated case to take the witness stand. Edward J. Reilly, chief of the defense, just had started his re direct examination of Hauptmann Hauptmann had been on the witness stand during the court session since last Thursday, being turned over to the prosecution for cross-examination shortly be fore adjournment of court Friday. Col. Lindbergh, who has not missed one of the 21 days of the trial, listened to every word to day, watching Hauptmann’s every move. He heard Hauptmann deny he ever had known Violet Sharpe, the English maid in the home of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, Mrs. Lindbergh’s mother, who com mitted suicide in June, 1932, after being questioned by police in connection with the kidnap ing. "You didn't know anybody who did know her, did you?” Wilentz demanded. “You didn’t know anybody con. nected with the Lindbergh house hold prior to March 1. 1932, did you?” "No." During Monday’s session, wilt ing under the driving fire of the searching Attorney General Wi lentz, Hauptmann fought with desperate, stumbling words from the witness stand. Accused of lies, he twice cried: “stop that!" at Wilentz. He admitted he lied when he was held in New York but when Wilentz shouted: “Lies, lies, lies, about Lindbergh ransom money!” the prisoner shot back: “Well, you lied to me too." Throughout Monday’s ordeal, Hauptmann, perspiring, white faced and often faltering, insist ed he was innocent of the kid naping, the baby’s murder, the cruel ransom hoax. «*It is—’’ he protested, “1 feel -innocent and I am innocent and that keeps me the power to stand up.” On Wednesday of last week, the day before the state rested its case, the prosecution put on the stand a wood expert who traced the grim kidnap ladder to Hauptmann’s tools, to his Bronx attic and to the lumberyard where he once was employed. This witness was Arthur J. Koehler. LIGHT, REFRIGERATION RATE IS REDUCED Northwest Carolina Utilities, Inc., has filed with the State Corporation commissioner, a re duction in their monthly minimum charge to customers, who, ir addition to lighting service, have an electric refrigerator in use. ; The reduction is effective, hi ,r ti» Mw 10 MU** ; Wilkesboro PCA Stockholders To Meet Saturday The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Wilkesboro Production Credit association is to be held in the court house at Wilkesboro on Saturday, February 2, at 11 a. m. The seven counties of Alle ghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Watauga, Surry, Yadkin and Caldwell, which comprise the district, are each expected to send a large delegation to the gathering, and any farmer, in addition to the stockholders, who is interested in the work of the organization, is especially invited to attend. Senate Rejects U. S. Adherence To World Court Negative Vote la First Administration Setback Of Session. Roosevelt Is Silent Washington, Jan. 29. — The most surprising twist of the cur rent session of Congress came tonight when, despite a marked concession by the administration and direct pressure from the White House, the Senate sent down to defeat the protocol for American adherence to the World Court. The vote was 52 for the resolution of ratification to 36 against. This lacked seven votes of the required two-thirds of those present for approval. Com ing after three weeks of torrid debate, tension was plainly mark- j ed across the floor and galleries in the Senate chamber. The vote showed, for one thing, that despite the aid of some Re publicans, the huge Democratic majority could not count too heavily on mere numbers in their li 'ui Tippw(jvr~^irwtfrepdsair urged by the White House. The Democnats have four more than a two-thirds of the Senate, but they fell far short of this ma jority on the court issue. How today’s breakdown would affect the votes on other controversial administration measures was not immediately apparent. Both friends and foes of American adherence, at once de clared the Senate’s rejection would mean that the court issue, which has been before the aug ust body at intervals for twelve years, is dead for some time to come, if not permanently. President Roosevelt was silent tonight on the Senate’s action— the first administration setback of the session. At the White (continued on back back) Doughton-Lewis Bill Considered In Committee Washington, Jan. 29.—Daily hearings on the Doughton-Lewis economic security bill, H. R. 4120, are being conducted by the Ways and Means Committee of which Mr. Doughton is Chairman. The bill is sponsored by the administration and embodies the President’s social security ideas as outlined in his recent message to Congress. The bill, briefly, provides, as follows: 1. Unemployment compensation; 2. Old age security; 3. Security for children, and 4. Extension of public health services. The hearings will continue several weeks, it is predicted. Among the witnesses who have or will testify before the Com mittee are: Dr. E. E. White, executive director, Committee on Economic Security; Miss Frances Perkins., Secretary of Labor; Harry Hopkins, Federal Emer gency Relief Administrator; William Leiserson, Chairman, Na tional Mediation Board; Alvin Hansen, chief economic analyst, Department of State; Douglas Brown, profetwor of economics, Princeton University; Murray Latimer, Chairman, Railroad Re tirement Board; Miss Katherine Lenroot, Chief, The Children’s Bureau; William Green, Presi dent, American Federation of Labor, and Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the | Treasury. Greensboro Newspaper Editorial Is Complimentary To Alleghany The editorial reprinted below, entitled “Honor On "The Hoof,” and complimentary to Alleghany county, was published in Mon day’s issue of the Greensboro Daily News: Representative Bowie of Ashe is plausible enough in his argu ment for a moratorium on Ashe county’s public debt, but we doubt if he is doing his people a lasting service when he hooks up honor with cattle on the hoof at two or three cents a pound. It must be understood by every body that Ashe is in a pretty bad way. It has a bonded debt of more than a million and a quarter dollars and as Mr. Bowie well contends those debts were contracted at a time when every thing about a farm brought a great deal better pipce than it does now. But we doubt very much if anybody Who bought Ashe county bonds Vould have been willing to give anything for them if there had been in the minds of people who sold these securities and suspioi|n that Mr. Bowie would plead su*h a defense against paying them. Ashe county happens to adjoin Alleghany. The incfl&ries and the soils of the two < ivisions are almost identical. A ihe is ap parently in desperate hape; Alle ghany is in excelled condition. Nobody there is aski: g that the i valuations of propel ty be cut about 80 per cent and nobody is asking that bondholders get their pay at the caprice of the county’s citizenship. Alleghany had the same temptation to go blindly into bonded indebtedness and the same impulse to indulge in the illusion of riches. Mr. Bowie has the rather unhappy Knowledge that if Ashe is over whelmed by bonded obligations ie put those debts upon his own people. It was in a colloquy with Rep resentative Everett of Durham :wo years ago that Mr. Bowie interrupted Mr. Everett to ask aim which he put first, the homes >f the people or the bond-holders. Mr. Everett made ,a very illumi nating retort. “I put honor irst,” the Durham representative said, and we doubt Very much if homes or anything else come ihead of it. Certainly honor is :oo precious a thing to make it mpinge upon the traffic in cat ;le or the price of potatoes. It s our understanding that a great nany of the bonds of North Carolina and of its subdivisions carry the proviso that the full faithi credit and taxing power of ;he government are behind them, rhe senate at least was seemly ;he other day when it refused to cass Mr. Bowie’s proposal with out even asking any questions lbout it. Opening Of flfew Spartan Theatre To Be Fri.. Night A tremendous crowd is ex pected to be in Sp4rta Frida} (tomorrow) night to attend thf opening of the new Spartar theatre, which is scheduled foi seven o’clock. picture to be 'shown' on th< opening night, and also on Satur day night, will be seen an exact duplicate of the plane Mr. ant Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh flew around the world in their 1932 Bight, and this duplicate will oc cupy the center of many of th« (continued on back page) Damage Hearings Are Held Here In Clerk’s Office Hearings were held Wednesday afternoon in the office of A. F. j Reeves, Clerk of Alleghany Super ! ior court, by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, to deter mine the amount of compen sation. due in two.. ciLww. Joi- .iii. juries. One case was that of C. A. j Choate, who was injured a few! months ago at a rock quarry near j Stratford when a fellow workman 1 accidentally struck him in the face with a heavy stone hammer. The other case was that of Alex (continued on back page) Through State Capital Keyholes By Bat* Hinton Silver LIQUOR AND GOVERNORS —Some astute political observers in Raleigh express* the opinion that passage of any bill to call i referendum on the question of liberalizing North Carolina’s bone dry liquor laws by the present legislature would work decidedly to the benefit of the potential candidacy of Clyde R. ’ Hoey, sil ver-tongued Shelby orator, for governor next year. These po litical wise-acres figure that Mr. Hoey would lead once more the light against liquor and that he would be successful. They say that this would be interpreted as ei mandate from the people and that the Shelby attorney would be handed the Democratic nomi nation for Governor on a figura tive silver platter. DOUGHTON—The boys who are supposed to know their po litical stuff have doped it out that the fate of the sales tax may have, more than a little to do with Congressman R. L. Dough ton’s decision on the campaign to get him in the gubernatorial race next year. Mr. Doughtor led 'the fight against the sales tax in Congress just*a few years ago. If the present General As sembly adopts a sales tax as a necessity he would either be forc ed to support it or reverse him self, the dopesters say. It looks like the legislature is going to reenact the sales tax and you can make your bets on Congressman Doughton. A. H. GRAHAM — Meantime, friends of Lieutenant Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham are leav ing no stone unturned in smooth ing out the ground for him to make the race for Governor Many friends of the second-high man of North Carolina express confidence that neither Hoey 01 Doughton will make the race am that Mr. Graham will be the nexi Governor of North Carolina. It’s all being kept very quiet but so far the Senate’s presiding officer hasn’t done anything that observ ers classify as a pplitical mistake and he has said that his luck with this General Assembly prob ably may have decided influence on his decision in the guber natorial contest. _____ . Mi ' GASOLINE TAXES—It looks like everybody and his brother want to get their hands into tax money paid by automobile and truck owners of North Carolina. Around legislative halls can be heard many different proposals for using gasoline and license money for other purposes than roads. Some want it to pay local government debts; others to es tablish employment offices and others for the schools. But the State’s roads, especially the sec ondary highways, are not in the pink of condition and legislators from rural counties know that. Also some bridges still levy tolls for passage. It’s likely to be a merry fight before the question of diversion of highway funds is settled. MORE MONEY—The General Assembly has been in Raleigh long enough for it to become ap parent that the membership fav ors boosting salaries of public school teachers even higher than the recommendations of 15 per cent made by Governor Ehring haus. The tutors will get it .jl the Legislature ,' can find the money but ’ finance committee meetings have indicated that no members have discovered a tax gold mine. ;. •'s •• ‘ SAFETY—It now appears cer tain that some sort of automobile drivers license measure will pass the Legislature and become law. Several measures have ben intro ; , (continued on page 2) W* ' >'• i- w A I ! Nichols Receives Highest Grade In Postmaster “Exam” - if The name of Gr. Glen Nichols stood first on a certified list of the grades of those taking the examination for the Sparta post mastership, which was held re cently at North Wilkesboro in which 13 contestants participated, just received. It is expected that Mr. Nichols will receive the appointment. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Halsey stood first and second, respectively. Both Drivers Found Guilty In Bus Accident Bus Driver’s Attorney Gives Nrotice Of Appeal To Superior Court. Bond Fixed In Sum Of $300 North Wilkesboro, Jan. 29.— King Prevette, driver of the school bus, and A. L. Prevette, driver of the car which collided with the bus on the morning of January 15, were each found guilty of reckless driving by MayoV W. E. Harris at the hear ing held before him yesterday afternoon in the office of County Superintendent C. B. Eller. County school authorities and Patrolman Lentz, who investigated the cause of the wreck> were present for the investigation. Several witnesses testified at the hearing. Prof. E. R. Spruill tes tified that A. L. Prevette drove onto the hardsurface highway from a side road just in front of the school bus, and his testimony was corroborated by the driver of the hus while on the stand. A. L. Prevette testified that the school. bus had faulty brakes and that its driver saw him in plenty of time to stop. Prevette ing driven at a higher rate of speed than 15 miles an hour qg claimed by King Prevette. Mayor Harris taxed each of the Prevette’s with one-half of the cost and suspended payment of fine, if each agreed to pay the damage to his respective ve hicle. King Prevette, through his counsel, Eugene Trivette, gave notice of appeal to the superior court. He gave $300 bond. A. L. Prevette was not repre sented by counsel and conducted his own case. Alleghany Co. Survey Shows Erosion Loss Alleghany county has lost the value of 17,53g a<jres,. or. 1.8.T1 per cent, of its total area be cause of aggravated erosion, according to the Soil Erosion Service of the United States De partment of tile Interior. * 133,760 acres which eompriep the ; county there are 3,800 acres already, abandoned due primarily to severe .erosion, the report shows. Also, there are 50,000 acres having 25 to 75 per cent of the topsoil gone. The government- has found that the county contains ' 57;712 acres of forest, i and that there are 25,650 acres under cultivation, 2,938 acres of idle tillable land and . 43,660 acres of ‘ .'open pastureland jo addition to the three thousand odd . acres of abandbned land. The section of the bounty most seriously damaged by erosion Is the Little Rivey Valley. . The .report is the result of an erosion survey made of the entire state under the direction of W. D. Lee and W. W Stevens, soil specialists of the North Carolina area of the Soil Erosion Service, to determine the ^general land condition in North Carolina. Regional headquarters of the Soil Erosion Service is in High Point. PRESIDENT’S BALL AT GALAX FRIDAY NIGHT A ball in honor of President Roosevelt’s birthday is to be held in Galax, in Firemen-Legion hall tomonrow night, beginning at 9 o’clock. The ball will be preceded by a reception in the court room in charge of Mayor B. D. Beamer and S. P. Landreth. Substitute For N. C. Sates Tax Is Being Planned. Forsyth Member Of Legislature To Offer Bill Which Would Eliminate The Tax Raleigh, Jan.' 29.—A substi tute plan of raising state revenue which will eliminate the sales tax and at the same time increiase the amount for schools will be offered to the General Assembly by Representative Ralph W. Mc Donald of Forsyth, a member of the House finance committee. No tax on land is .contemplated, Dr. McDonald said tonight in making public his intention of offering such a plan. “The people of the state have clearly indicated that they wish no tax on land,’’ he declared, “and it has long been my con tention that tax on . land instead of being increased, should be further reduced.” While not revealing details of his substitute plan, which he said will “in due course” be placed before the assembly. Dr. McDon ald accompanied his statement i with a table indicating the cur ! rent trend of taxation in the i state. This trendt he said, is shifting the burden from cor poration bo individuals at the rate of $14,000,000 a year. “At this rate of progression,” he added, “it would be only 18 years before corporations would be paying no taxes at all,” Dr. McDonald’s table, Which he said was compiled for him by the state Department of Revenue, shows that in the fiscal year 1931-1932, individuals paid $51, 264,209 in taxes or 59-98 per cent of the totaL w’hile' corpor ations paid $35,558,$36,,a* 41.02 VI tliu T»yvn<t iv-uiii vi mu. r*yvn<, . i. Although the table'.shows that 'Ttr *m2*n»33 tt^'aWTOftt paid by individuals had dropped to $48,600,256, its proportion to the total had increased to 61.41 "per cent. In the same year, .jaccord ing to the table, taxes paid by corporations were $30,503,978, or 38.11 percent of the total. Backers, of the general sales tax had their day in court this afternoon as. six members of the pastern Carolina- Chamber of Commerce appeared before the joint finance committee of the General" Assembly and. urged re tention of the levy. The Merchants Association, op ponents of-the measure,, will be heard tomorrpw. : SPARTA TO HAVE NEW AUTO SUPPLY AND REPAIR SHOP The buildin'g belonging- to Hort Doughton which U-ns vacated last week by Alleghany Motor Sales is to be stocked."^ :Mr. Dough ton with parts and *dj?ces9arie3 for all makes of cars Skid' a modern repair shop is to , be' operated in the re,ar of the building. The new business wilL be, oper ated under the management of George Reeves. ' . v,,, LIVESTOCK PRICES ’ dOOD At the livestock sale held. Mon day at Galax, the run of stock exceeded . expections.' The price paid for steers hwas the best received yet by... the market. i -V . 30—Franklin Delano Boom* velt, forceful president, born 1882.
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