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Volume 10.
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, “FEBRUARY 7, 1935.
6 PAGES
Number 38.
SENATE SURPRISES
.Biqr H fO Simi, Time* Special
Washington Correspondent
The Senate surprised Washing
ton and tile nation by rejecting
American adherence to the World
Court, and speculation immedi
ately sprang up as to the effect
this defeat will have upon the
prestige of the President. Up un
til the vote itself, it was generally
conceded that the World Court
would- win by one or two votes
more than the necessary two
thirds. However, the final muster
showed 43 Democrats and 9 Re
publicans voting for adherence,
with 20 Democrats, 14 Republi
cans, 1 Progressive and 1 Farm
er-Laborite opposed. The count
was 52-30, but a change of seven
votes would -have adopted the
protocols.
. WORLD COURT BEATEN
This is the second major con
gressional defeat for the Presi
dent since he took office nearly
two years ago. The other was
the passage over his veto of the
Independent Offices bill by the
last Congress. While the St.
Lawrence Treaty was defeated in
spite of the President’s advocacy,
it was not made a paramount
issue by the White House. It is
generally agreed by friends and
foes of the Court that the long
fight has been ended for the pres
ent at least, although continu
ation of activity by some advo
cates is expected.
It was originally intended that
the World Court issue would be
before the Senate for some time,
but Administration leaders forced
the issue in the face of bitter
attacks on the part of Father
Coughlin, the Catholic priest, and
the Hearst newspapers. In ad
dition, the situation in Europe,
with many autocratic forms of
government, the repudiation of
war debts, and the ingenuity and
determination of senatorial op
ponents, were given major credit
for defeating the proposal.
RELIEF FUNDS NEAR END
Some fear .is expressed by re
lief officials that long debate in
the Senate on the huge Works
Relief bill will mean that funds
for the needy will be exhausted
before final action on the measure
la -taken. Meanwhile, observers
point out that it will take many
months to spend the five billions
requested. They point to the
record of present spending agenc
ies to show that PWA, in eigh
teen months, disbursed only two
billion dollars, and that FERA
in nineteen months spent or ap
proved the expenditure of about
$1,700,000,000.
NOT SO MUCH SPENT
'In .other words, the two chief
spending divisions have failed to
spend four billion dollars in about
nineteen months. During this pe
riod industry suffered a relapse
and recovery apparently stalled.
At present, the upward trend
seems to be more pronounced, as
shown by the latest Federal Re
serve Board Statistics, but it is
expected by some that the new
year will see a lessened need for
such huge governmental expendi
tures. •
v»^The troublesome soldier bonus
question opened up on a new
front last week when champions
of . the bill sponsored by the Leg
ion and those of the Patman bill,
... already twice approved by the
House, opened hostilities. Repre
sentative Patman declared that
the Legion\itself haiTthrown a
“monkey wrench” into the ma
chinery by fntroducing a rival
measure which placed all bonus
legislation in jeopardy. He in
sisted that the Legion measure is
a “bankers’ bonus bill.”
BONUS COMPROMISE
- The other measure, introduced
by Representative Vinson, seems
to have the right-of-way. Its ad
vocates declare that they will not
allow the inflationists to use the
bonus issue as a “cloak” for
“flat money." Prom a legisla
tive standpoint the enactment of
some bonus legislation is consid
ered a certainty, although the
bpst judgment is that a compro
mise plan will be worked out.
This may restrict payments to
needy veterans.
Considerable political strife is
certain before this comes about,
but undoubtedly the President
will veto full payment of the en
tire bonus obligation at this time.
The general idea is that the bonus
Will pass the House by an over
whelming majority, sufficient to
offset a veto. The Senate, will
likewise pass the bill. but prob
ably, sustain the veto. After this
the compromise will come about
Talk will be heard and much
of strategy will re
all this happens, but
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Doughton Is Not
Convinced About
Townsend Plan
Alleghany Congressman
Calls Plan Of California
Doctor “Fallacious.”
Witte Lambasts Program
Washington, Feb. 5.—Another
severe administration pummeling
for the Townsend old-age pen
sion proposal today saw the
gaunt author of the $200-a
month for all over 60 plan reply
that his plan was not “financially
unsound” and that it would not
bring “wholesale inflation.”
Although Dr. F. E. Townsend,
68-year-old Long Beach, Calif.,
physician, stood his ground under
severe house ways and means
committee cross-examination, he
failed to convince Chairman
Do ugh ton, Democrat, North
Carolina.
Doughton termed the physi
cian’s testimony “fallacious” and
said it was on a “specious
basis.”
The executive director of the
President’s committee on economic
security, Dr. Edwin E. Witte sent
a six-page statement, lambasting
the Townsend program, to the
house committee, before which
the administration’s security bill
is pending.
Dr. Witte’s statement attacked
the basic financial idea behind
the Townsend plan—a 2 per cent
tax on all business transactions
—and concluded that it would
“mean a rapid increase in the
national debt and in effect pro
nounced inflation.”
That statement was handed to
the press just as Townsend ap
peared for cross-examination on
testimony he gave last week.
He conceded in answer to ques
tions by Chairman Doughton that
there might be dispute over the
amount of money that could be
raised 'by a 2 per cent on all
business transactions, but insisted
that it would be “plenty.”
Asked about the cost of ad
ministering his plan, he replied:
“I’m not interested in the
least in the cost of the plan.”
“I’m sure of that," Doughton
retorted. "I just wanted to get
an admission of that kind in the
record.”
Doughton pressed for informa
tion as to the number of salaried
employes working on the Town
send plan. The physician replied
that at one time he had “seven
agents in the field, some receiving
$50 a week and expenses.”
The money to meet those
expenses, Townsend added, was
raised “by contributions from
one' cent up.”
If they wanted to “John D.
Rockefeller, Henry Ford and J.
P. Morgan” could get a $200
pension under his plan, Town
send said.
The distribution of $200 a
month to 8,000,000 persons over
60 would stimulate business
enough to end the depression
promptly, he argued.
Dr. Witte estimated that 10,
0010,000 persons over 60 would
get pensions under the Townsend
plan and that to start such a
system would obligate the govern
ment to an expenditure of
$245,000,000,000.
Doughton said he hoped the
committee would be able to bring
the administration’s security bill
before the house next week.
Corn-Hog Meet
To Be Held In
Sparta Feb. 13
A Corn-Hog meeting is to
be- held in the court house in
Sparta on Wednesday, Febru
ary 18, for the purpose of in
structing the farmers of Alle
ghany county in regard to the
1985 Corn-Hog contracts.
W, B. Collins, county agent,
has announced that Robert W.
Chambers, of the Raleigh of
fice, will be present at thiB
meeting to explain the contract
and answer any questions the
farmers may wish to ask In
regard to it.
' According" to Mr. Collins, it
is important that all farmers
in the county who expect to
sign the Corn-Hog contract
for 198i5 attend this meeting,
in order that they may get a
thorough explanation of the
contract.
Hoovers To Come
East This Week
Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 4.—
Instead of holding a- family re
union here ,as they had tenta
tively planned, former President
and Mrs. Herbert Hoover will
celebrate the 36th anniversary of
their wedding, February 10, in
a quiet way in New York City.
The arrangement is typical of
the marriage career of the two
former geological students who
fixed the date of the event earlier
than contemplated so they could
start off together for China where
Hoover was to take his first big
job.
—
To Hold Run-off
Oration-Essay
Contest March 26
Preliminaries Of
State-Wide Contest
To Be Staged In
N. Wilkesboro
North Wilkesboro high school
has been selected as the place
for the preliminary run-off for
high schools of Alleghany, Ashe.
Wilkes and Yadkin counties, in
the state-wide oration-essay con
test to be staged by High Point
college in March.
This run-off will take place at
7:30 p. m. on Tuesday,- March
26 in the auditorium of the
North Wilkesboro high school.
One contestant will be selected
to compete with the representa
tives of the other seventeen dis
tricts of the state in the finals,
which will be held at High Point
college March 29.
The successful contestants in
each of the districts will be given
a $50 scholarship to the High
Point institution. The one win
ning first place in the finals will
be awarded an additional $350
to be added to the $60 district
win to make a total scholarship
of $40Q. The second prize will
be an additional $150, which,
with the district award, makes a
total of $200 scholarship for this
place. The third best contestant
will receive a total scholarship
of $100. Those not winning a
place in the finals will be given
the $50 district scholarship.
Only two contestants from a
high school may participate, and
they must be seniors, and must
register for the contest on or
before February 20. All con
testants must be recommended by
the principal or a member of
the school faculty.
The subject for the oration or
essay is: “Do I Expect My Col
lege Training To Make Me More
Useful To My Community, or to
Increase My Earning Capacity?”
It is to be confined within eight
hundred words, and must be in
the hands of the contest directors
on or before March 1.
Irwin Urges An
Increase In
School Fund
Raleigh, Feb. 3—Before the
joint appropriations committee
this afternoon, State Superintend
ent Clyde A. Erwin led the first
assault on the $18,600,000 allot
ment of the budget advisory
commission for the eight-months
school term, and when the head
of the department of public in
struction finished he had a double
score of statesmen standing on
their own.
Taking the appropriation pro
posed, Mr. Erwin presented a
scale of fixed charges for the
schools which carry the needs to
$17,000,000 plus, thus making
the 16 per cent increase in teach
ers’ salaries impossible. The best
that possibly could be done for
them, he said, with the fvfll $18,
600.0QO appropriated would be
7.4 per cent. As the teachers
haven't a notion to accept the
15 proposed, they are in less
mood to take the smaller figure.
Mr. Erwin made his appeal
for $22,000,000, a $8,000,000
cut from the earlier figures made
by the Parent-Teacher association.
In the revenue bill soon to come
out for action there is a provision
for the sales tax. Opponents
of that plan declare that their
substitute measure is good for
$8,000,000 to $4,000,000 more
revenue titan the tax provides.
A. S. Carson, Native Of Alleghany
And Prominent In Affairs Of State,
Passes Away Monday In Capital City
Funeral Services Held In Sparta Methodist
Church Yesterday By Rev. Cecil Hefner, Pastor
The death of A. S. Carson, 69,
which occurred in Raleigh on
Monday, February 4, removed a
member of one of the oldest and
most prominent families of Alle
ghany county. Mr. Carson w,as a
native of this county and lived
here in Sparta until several
years ago.
The deceased was the founder
of The Alleghany Star, the first
newspaper to be published in the
county, and which is at present
The Alleghany Times. He re
mained in Sparta as editor of
The Star until he went to States
ville some years ago upon his
appointment as a cashier in the
office of the Collector of Internal
Revenue, which position he held
for a number of years.
After the State Department of
Revenue was created, Mr. Carson
went to Raleigh, where he served
for many years as Accountant
and Collector in that department,
and was regarded as an expert
accountant. Large sums of money
passed through his hands, and so
cofrectly did be discharge his
duties, it has been said of him,
that at no time was any com
plaint made as to his honesty or
complete fidelity . duty.
For the past several years Mr.
Carson had made his home in
Raleigh, the state’s capital city.
He was the son of Andrew J.
Carson and Mrs. Emma Carson.
His paternal ancestors were
Scotch-Irish.
His early years were spent on
his father’s farm in this county,
and he was educated in Sparta
high school.
Mr. Carson, on September 4.
1901, married Miss Zollie Ed
wards, who surwives him. To this
union were born five children,
two of whom survive their father, j
These are Miss Jean Carson and j
Paul Carson, both of Raleigh.
Early in life the deceased be
came a member of the Methodist
church and found a consolation
in the teachings of religion. It
has been said of him since his
death that he was democratic in
his habits, and was of a kindly
and friendly disposition, which has
made, and held for him, friends
in all classes and occupations. He
took a lively interest in all pub
lic matters, and was loyal and
true to his state, county and peo
ple. His family relations, accord
ing to one who knew him well,
were tender and he measured up
to the best standards of citizen
ship.
For many years he had been
a Sunday school teacher in one
of the Methodist churches in
Raleigh.
In speaking of him, this frietld,
who knew him in business, a6
well as personal relationships,
quoted the following lines as fit
ting the life of the deceased:
“He was a man, take him all
in all,
We shall not look upon his like
again.”
The deceased had been ill since
last September and had spent
the greater part of the interven
ing time in a Statesville hospital.
He also leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Ellon Parks, Sparta, and Mrs.
Henry Spaugh, M^ipst^n-Salem,
and two brothers.
The body was returned to
Sparta and tender ,and impressive
funeral services were held fiere”
in the Methodist church yester
day (Wednesday) morning at 11
o’clock, in the presence of a huge
congregation. The services were
in charge of the Rev. Cecil Hef
ner. pastor of the church.
Floral tributes were many and
beautiful.
Active pall bearers were: R. A.
Doughton, T. J. Carson, Dr. J. L
Doughton, John M. Cheek, A- F.
Reeves, D. C. Punc.an, J. R. Haw
thorne and R. F. Crouse.
Honorary pall bearers were:
Dr. J. F. Duncan, Rev. C. W
Ervin, Jay Hardin, Marvin
Doughton, Dr. H. T. Smith, Dr.
B. O. Choate, Walter Irwin, R.
E. Hawthorne, Sam Brown, T. R.
Burgiss, J. M. Wagoner, Dr. C.
A. Thompson, Dr. C. A. Reeves,
J. B. Doughton, C. R. Roe, Amos
Wagoner, Sidney Gambill, Hugh
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Through State Capital Keyholes
Bv Bess Hinton Silver
I__
G. 0. P. CANDIDATE—Some
Republican members of the Gen
eral Assembly are inclined to view
with favor the suggestion that
former Congressman Chas. Jonas,
now the Representative from Lin-,
coin County in the Legislature,
may become a candidate for Gov
ernor next spring in opposition
to Gilliam Grissom who already
has voiced intentions of making
the race. Mr. Jonas attracted
wide attention with his bill to
provide discretion between Capi
tal Punishment and life imprison
ment and in first degree criminal
cases and his attitude favoring
removal of tolls from bridges in
Eastern North Carolina. It might
be well to observe his smoke.
DOUBT REMOVED —Former
Lieutenant Governor R. T. Foun
tain, of Rocky Mount, has let it
be publicly known that he is ser
iously considering running for
Senator in opposition to Senator
Josiah W. Bailey in the Demo
cratic primaries next spring. Nev
ertheless, there are some rather
astute political observers around
this Capital City who say they
believe Mr. Fountain's announce
ment is intended as a blow at the
potential candidacy of Governor
Ehringhaus, who beat him by a
nose three years ago, more than
as a thrust at Senatop^lSailey.
The Governor doespik'fippear wor
ried. ^
DON’T LIKE IT—Some mem
bers of the joint legislative finance
committees can’t take the idea
of Represehtative McDonald of
Forsyth, to introduce a substi
tute to the sales tax on the floor
of the House of Representatives.
Representatives R. Greeg Cherry,
of Gaston, and Thomas O’Berry,
of Wayne, made certain remarks
indicating that they thought Dr.
McDonald was “holding out” on
them by not giving the committee
(the benefit of his views. Ike
Forsyth Representative Is a mem
-f
her of the House finance com
mittee.
SPEED LOST—Not a few legis
lators express the opinion that
rapid passage over sections of
the revenue and appropriations
hills is not going to save much
time in the long run. They fig
ure that opponents of the t pro
posals of spending and taxing
will hold their fire until the bills
get on the floors of House and
Senate and then loose their bom
bardments. It may or may not
he significant that anti-administra
tionists are holding their peace
in committee meetings.
PATROLMEN — It’s entirely
possible that you may soon catch
sight of a State Highway patrol
man in your county. Bills have
been introduced in the General
Assembly to transfer the patrol
back from the revenue depart
ment to the highway department
and to increase number of patrol
men. Also, patrolmen would be
relieved of duties of collecting
gas and oil samples for inspec
tion and required to do nothing
except watch automobile drivers
and attempt to reduce slaughter
on the public roads. *
HAND-OUTS — Various and
sundry bills have been introduced
in the Legislature to use State
highway gasoline and license tax
es for purposes other than build
ing roads. Some of the meas
ures would have gas tax money
reduce local government road
debts while others would require
the highway commission to pave
streets in cities. One million dol
lars in highway money is already
going into the general fund and
the budget commission has en
dorsed this policy for the next
two years. If you have any
definite ideas on the subject oi
how gasoline and license taxea
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Hauptmann Trial
Boosts Trade
Flemington, N. J., Feb. 4.—
Prosperity—temporary but of
considerable scope—has come to
many citizens of Flemington be
cause of the Hauptmann trial.
The crowd has spent approxi
mately $47,500 for room and
board since the trial, began. This
figure does not include incidental
expenses.
Union hotel bar has served
36,272 drinks., including 16,128
glasses of beer, 12,600 of rye.
Farley To Keep
Both Positions
He Now Holds
j Decision To Handle
i 1936 Presidential
Campaign Puts End
| To Uncertainty
Washington, Feb. 4.—Postmas
ter General Farley, frequently
criticized for holding governmen
tal and political 'jobs simultaneous
ly, proposes to continue, under
plans revealed today, as chairman
of the Democratic national com
mittee through the 1036 presi
dential campaign.
This development followed
quickly upon the institution of
another' move in Congress aimed i
at removing him from one post
or the other. Senator Norris (R.,
■Jieiu), a 1932 supporter of Presi
dent'Roosevelt, introduced a bill
to place the entire postal- system
under the strictest dr civil service
regulations.
It also closed a period, of un
certainty as to Farley’s, plans
after many months in which his'
resignation from the party post
h,ad been expected and then post
poned. President Roosevelt him
self condemned the practice of
high party officials alsq holding j
offices fn the government.
Almost exactly a year ago, Mr.
Roosevelt began an effort to re
move from the national com
mittee all members who maintain
ed law offices in Washington and
practiced before governmental I
agencies. There were numerous j
resignations. Secretary Morgen-j
thau issued orders that any em-!
ployee of the treasury who also1
held a political post must a ban- j
don one or the other. Several ,
dropped their political posts.
Farley was represented for j
weeks as anxious to quit his party
office. It was said definitely at
the White House in March that
Mr. Roosevelt would relieve *iim
as committee chairman as quickly
as a successor could be found
Then came word taat he would
continue for a few months. Later,
the understanding was that he
would go on Until the last party
primary had been held in Sep
tember. It was stretched later to
cover the whole campaign of 1934,
and now is to include President1
Roosevelt’s campaign for reelec
tion next year.
Silos In County
To Be Visited
During Next Week
W. B. Collins, Alleghany Coun
ty agricultural agent, has made
it known that F/ R. FarnKim,
Trench .silo specialist from North
Carolina State college, will be in
Alleghany from February 11 to
14 to hold'meeetings at farms on
which Trench silos have been
built.
These meetings are to be held
at the Trench silos on farms in
the county as follows:
Monday, February 11—1 P- m.,
at R. E. H^Wthorne’s, and at
3 p. m., at the farrtj rof C- L.
Hash, Piney Creek. On Monday
afternoon the silos on the farms
of Lon Mac Reeves, Fred Osborne
and F. K Mitchell wiH he visited.
Tuesday, February 12—9 a. m.,
at J. F. Cox's Scottville, and at
Charlie Crouse’s, near Stmtford,
at 1 p. m. Daring the day visits
will aiso be made at the silos
of John Maines, Ray Hampton
and L. C. Hampton.
Wednesday, February 18—9 a.
m., at Dillon Edwards’ farm,
and at the farm, of Floyd Crouse
at 1:80 p. m. The farms of
Everett Truitt and T. L. Crouse
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Man Says He Saw
Fisch Jump WaH
At Cemetery
Testifies He Was In
Parked Car With Girl
Near St. Raymond’s
When Ransom Was Paid
Flemington, N. J„ Feb. 5.— j
The trial of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann continued to progress to
ward a climax today as a Brook- |
lyn restaurant cashier and former :
cabaret “host” told the jury hear,
ing the evidence on the charge
against the German carpenter of
kidnaping and murdering the m
Lindbergh baby that while keep
ing a tryst in a darkened auto- 5
mobile April 2, 1932, he saw
Isador Fisch. Hauptmann’s fur- j
t ier friend,) jump from the wall
of St. Raymond’s cemetery in
the Bronx.
That is where Dr. John F.
(Jafsie) Condon paid the $50,
000 Lindbergh ransom money.
Vague later on identifications 1
of the surroundings and unwill- 1
ing to name the girl in the tryst,
now dead, Benjamin Heler clung
to his story that he flicked his
automobile lights on and off and
that in their glare he saw for
about five or six seconds the man
the evidence says got the ransom |
cash.
Earlier in the day Edward J.
Reilly, chief of defense counsel, i;
attempted to show through a wo
man witness.that Fisch attempted
to peddle bundles which may
have held ransom notes.
State objections halted the tes
timony but.gave Reilly a chance il
to announce: vl
“I am prepared to prove that
the man who jumped over the
cemetery wall was Isador Fisch,
that the money' was handed to
Isador Fisch, that Isador Fisch
from that date on not only ap
proached one but many persons 1
in New York, trying to dispose \
of this money.
“I am going to trace every
thing 1 can to show that Isador
Fisch and not this defendant re- 3
ceived the money from Dr. Con
don, tried to dispose of it, tried 1
to leave it not only with this
woman (Mrs. BVrtha. Hoff), fin- «
ally left it with Hauptmann, and
the development of the innocence , ;
of this defendant.”
Again court was adjourned
eaily today as five defense wit- I
nesses failed to answer Reilly’s . ;
loud voice.
Justice Thomas W. Trenchard 1
rebuked Reilly with the admoni
tion he must have his witnesses ,
in court.
Duiing the day more friends ^
of Hauptmann came to the stand '
to present testimony contradict
ing that of a Greenwich village
theatre cashier, who said the man
who passed a ransom bill at her |
cage on the night of November ;
26, 1933, was Hauptmann. That
was the night, the defense claims,
that a birthday party was held at
the Hauptmann home for the de- j
fendant.
Monday’s session of court fea- ;
tured the testimony of Colonel ;
H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of
the New Jersey police, who was ;
put on the stand by the d^- "j
tense, in wtiich the colonel said
all clues W the case point to
“nobody else but Hauptmann.” |
The state police head said the
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