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TfaftM Want Ad# Brine Result# The Alleghany Times Subscription Price (J*1 a year V* in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHAN Y COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1935. 6 PAGES' Number 44. ' by Hugo Sims, Timet Special Washington Correspondent HITS HOLDING COMPANIES Last week President Roosevelt called for regulation on public utility holding companies in a special message to Congress, de claring that except where abso lutely necessary, they must go. He called attention to the “propa ganda” being sent out against legislation which is designed to protect investors. Mr. Roosevelt declared that the proposed action will not destroy a penny of actual value so far as operating compan ies are concerned and that the disappearance of utility holding companies, which cannot justify themselves as necessary for the functioning of the operating companies, is imperative in view of the evils that have been un covered in the past. CONTROL HAMPERS PARTY Ordinarily, under party govern ment, one would imagine that when a party secured undisputed control of the; legislative and exe cutive branches, the affairs of State would make progress and that the course of government would be smooth. However, such is not. the case at this time, al though the Democrats secured an amazing majority in Congress last Rail. Here we have Congress ending its eleventh week with practically nothing done. Of course, a few measures have been passed but legislation of the great est importance to the so-called New Deal remains untouched. CONGRESS DOING LITTLE As week after week rolls by without accomplishment, one won ders what the outcome will be. While some progress has been made, even on the bonus, the so cial security program, NRA ex tension, the future of the AAA. banking reform, labor proposals jnd other matters are ahead of as. The President, apparently in different to the delay, is no doubt following his own ideas. Perhaps, when the fever to adjourn be gins to work in the congressional blood, the Administration will be able to secure effective action along the lines that it deems bital. A TREASURY BULL’S EYE Something like a bull’s eye was scored by the Treasury Depart ment when, by a stroke of the pen, it drew upon the Govern ment’s gold profits to the extent of $675,000,000 to wipe out that much of the national debt by re tiring two issues of long-standing bonds. The move met the ap proval of.Senator Elmer Thomas, critic of the Administration’s monetary policy and was also loudly cheered by Conservatives and Wall Street. Two billion dollars of gold profits remain in the stabilization fund. What the Treasury did was to use the money to call in, as of August 1st, a $600,000,000-issue of refunded Spanish War bonds and a $75,000,000-Panama Canal issue. Both have the circulation privilege and' have been used as backing for national bank notes. The new move will retire prac tically all the outstanding national bank notes and leave three class es of paper money Outstanding Federal Reserve notes, silver cer tificates and United States notes. In return for the bond?, the government will give the Federal Reserve banks an equal amount in gold certificates, issued against the gold seized in devaluating the dollar. The banks can then issue Federal Reserve notes against the certificates. / The government, by the transaction, saves a debt carrying charge of $1,350,000, 000 annually. business and currency Some possibility of a currency increase exists because the re serve banks can issue circulation notes to the extent of $1,687, 600,000 against the certificates. This Is done under the rule that aUajKs such hanks to circulate currency to the amount of $100 for every $40 of gold certificates in reserve. However, the move is a simplification of the monetary system in that the issuance of money becomes almost completely vested in the Federal Govern ment. Heretofore, national banks have been permitted to issue money on the bonds, independent of whether or not it was needed in circulation, and sometimes in conflict with other monetary steps of the government. s. Bedes, governor of Reserve Board, re the House Banking i that a redistribution of » is one way 'pointed out thatat Warren Would Gve Alleghany School Control Sparta Senator Introduces Bill That Would Name Committeemen For Sparta And Piney Creek Schools Raleigh, Mar.. 18.—Senator Dal ton Warren, of Allegheny, in troduced a , bill in the Senate which is designed to “vest all authority to control the schools in the local community” in Alle ghany county. The bill names the committeemen for the high schools of Sparta and Piney Creek, and provides for the elec tion by school patrons and tax payers of three committeemen for each public school. The bill, Senate Bill No. 323, was placed on the calendar for early action at the request of Senator Warren. The text of the bill follows: The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: “Section 1. There is hereby appointed a committee of three men for Sparta High School, Jay Hardin for a term of. six years; G. L, Cuncan for a term of four years and W. F. Osborne for a term of two years, and for Piney Creek High School, W. F. Par sons for a term of six years, Mack Woodie for a term of four years, and Everette Wyatt for a term of two years. It shall be the duty of these committeemen to elect teachers for their respec tive schools on or before May 1, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and at the same time each year thereafter. Sec. 2. The patrons and tax payers of all public schools in Alleghany county shall meet in their respective school districts on the fourth Saturday afternoon in April, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five for the purpose of selecting three committeemen for each public school in the county. Every patron and taxpayer shall be entitled to a vote for said committeemen in their .respec tive districts. When said com mitteemen have been chosen by the patrons, it shall be the duty of the committee so named, to elect a teacher or teachers for the schools for which they were elected. The teachers for each of the public schools in Alleghany county shall be elected on or be fore May 15, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five and at the same time each year there after. The committee elected un der the provisions of this section shall serve for a term of two, four and six years. “Sec. 3. In case of the resig nation or death of any persons or persons elected or appointed to serve on these committees, the said vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of said committee, but it is understood that the patrons of the schools shall elect a new member of the committee when any members of the committee shall have expired. The purpose of this act being to vest all the authority to control the school in the local community. "Sec. 4. All committees and boards now existing in Alleghany county that are in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby abolished. “Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of law in conflict with the pro visions of this act are .hereby repealed. “Sec. 6. That this act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.” On March "13 House Bill 680, “To repeal the absentee ballot (continued on back page) Methodist W. M. S. Holds Meeting At Parsonage March 15 The Women’s Missionary society of the Methodist church held its regular meeting March 16 at the parsonage with Mrs. Cedi G. Hefner acting as hostess. Mrs. Jay Hardin was leader of an exceptionally interesting program. One new- member, Mrs. L. K. Halsey, of Piney Creek, was enrolled. Following the -program, Mrs. Hefner served delicious and dainty refreshments in which she had carried out a St. Patrick’s Day scheme. The next meeting will be held April 19 at the home of Mrs. R. E. Black. Mrs. Lola Whit* will have charge of the program - ■ 14 1 Horida’^Qwice MIAMI ... On the brunette curl wreathed brow <*f beautiful Miss Jessie Smith, of Miami (above), will rest the crown of Miss Florida for 1935. She is 18 years old. She won over 256 contestants. Game Warden Says Farmers Can Be Of Help To Birds Calls Attention Tio Fact That Spring Season Is Important Time In Life Of Birds, Small Animals R. D. Gentry, Alleghany coun ty game warden, desires that farmery of the county do as much as possible during the Spring season, when game birds and ani mals mate and raise their broods of young, toward leaving suitable nesting cover on the ground that will be least effected by heavy rains and floods. He says burn ing of last year’s growth of grass destroys nesting cover and every piece burned means less birds and animals next fall. If burn ing must be done, according to Mr. Gentry, it should be done early enough for the new. growth of grass to start early and be tall enough to furnish nesting cover when the birds nest. Mr. Gentry says that, in order to get the best results, the nest ing cover should be as evenly distributed over the farm as pos sible. If only one 40 acres is producing game, he says, one may never expect a maximum game population on a 160-acre farm. (continued on back page) Miss York To Attend Beauty Pageant Mar. 29 Miss Ruby York will leave for Winston-Salem on Friday, March 29, to represent Alleghany county in the finals of the State-wide Beauty pageant which will be held there on the twenty-ninth. This affair will mark the termi nation of the movement which began last September for the purpose of choosing “Miss North Carolina” of 1986. There will be approximately 160 towns with contestants in the running for the title this year. The several local contests have been sponsored by the high schools of the state. ,The finals will be sponsored by the Winston Salem Junior Woman’s club. Several hundred tickets have already been sold to people who are anxious to witness the event. Those in charge expect the at tendance this year to even ex ceed the 10,000 who were on hand to witness the selection of Miss Edna Taylor as “Miss North Carolina” 1933 at Wilmington, and the 16,000 who witnessed the selection and coronation of Miss Esther Coleman Hambly as “Miss North Carolina” 1934 at Greens boro last August. The young lady named as “Miss North Carolina” this year will be given a trip to New York City. The 1933 winner was given a trip to Chicago. The 1934 winner was sent to Miami. Fifteen lawyers, doctors, finan ciers and club women have been selected to serve in the creation of a new “Miss North Carolina.” Paul Whiteman’s internationally famous orchestra will furnish the (continued on back page) Roosevelt May Be Invited To Visit State W. W. Neal, Marion, Discusses Plans For Park Dedication With Washington Officials —] Washington, 1 Mar. 19.—Plans for the dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park with great fanfare 0/ trumpets and ruffle of drums, were dis cussed here at the national park service by W. W. Neal, of Mar ion, N. C., a member of the North Carolina park commission. Both North Carolina and Ten nessee will participate in the event, according to plans. Neal is in Washington to appear to morrow before the^ committee in vestigating NRA. We only have about l,oliu acres to acquire yet in the Sun crest section before the park area will be completed.” said Mr. Neal. “This will make the Smoky Moun tain National Park in North Carolina and Tennesse a great body of virgin timber of about ,a half-million acres, or the largest of its kind in the world. The North Carolina commission will, at the proper time, discuss with the Tennessee commission appro priate ceremonies fer opening the park, with the hope that it may be coincident with breaking dirt on the Appalachian Parkway.” Already there is talk of invit ing President Roosevelt and Sec retary Ickes; of the Department of the Intenor, to the dedication of the park, which may be at Asheville. As President Roose velt has already assured Repre sentative A. L. Bulwinkle that he will stop for a day in Char lotte while on his way to spend several weeks at Warm Springs, Ga., next fall, it has been sug gested in congressional circles that he spend two days in the Tar Heel state, the first to be at Asheville for the opening of the park, the next at Charlotte on his way to his winter home. Whitehead Store Broken Into And Robbed Recently M. L. Richardson’s store at Whitehead was broken into and robbed Thursday night of last week. The thieves gained access to the store by sawing the bars on one of the front windows and breaking the glass. The goods stolen included knives, hosiery, shirts, tobacco, cigarettes, etc. The. thieves have not yet been apprehended but Sheriff Walter M. Irwin, who has been working on the case, has announced that he has de finite and valuable clues. Delp To Go On Trial Monday At Independence Alleged Murderer Of Galax Police Chief To Be Tried in Neighboring Va. County Seat Town Independence( Va., Mar. 19.— The regular term of the circuit court of Grayson county will con vene March 25 when Howard Delp, accused of slaying Posey C. Martin, Chief of Police of Galax, will go on trial for his life, if present outlook holds. Chief Martin was murdered in the city hall of Galax on the evening of February 21, while arranging bond for Dowe Leon ard, who was confined in jail with Howard Delp and two other prisoners. - When Chief Martin opened the cell door to release Leonard, Delp attempted to come out. The chief told him no one was bonding him and pushed him back in the cell. It was then that Delp stabbed Martin in the neck, severing the jugular vein. Martin died as he reached the hospital, which is just across the street from the city hall. When Martin was stabbed he called to Frank Dotson, .a night officer, and who was then in an adjoining room. Dotson rushed in and was attacked by Delp and was cut several times about the head and face. Some four or five other people were present but in the confusion Delp made his escape and evaded a posse of several hundred people for several days. Delp was captured I five days later near North Wit-1 kesboro, N. C., and was taken to Wytheville and lodged in jail, where he will remain until his trial. The city hall In Galax is lo cated on the line between Carroll and Grayson counties and it is said the actual stabbing took place about one foot on the Car roll side. Chief Martin died on the Grayson side just as he reach ed the hospital. Commonwealth’s Attorney H. P. Burnett, of Gray son county, who will have charge of the prosecution, said that Grayson county had jurisdiction to try Delp on two grounds un der the code of Virginia. - One section of the, code provides that where a crime is committed on the border line of two counties, or within 100 yards thereof, then the crime may be prosecuted in either county. Another section of the code provides that where a person is wounded in one coun ty and dies as a result of the wound in another county, then the offense may be prosecuted in either county. Mr. Burnett fur ther stated that the common (continued on back page) Through State Capital Keyholes By Best Hinton Silvor SMART—A lot of folks think proponents of the Hill liquor bill played a smart hand when they sent the measure to the Senate finance committee for reconsider ation. It is pointed out that the State revenue and appropriations bills are about two million dollars ,out of balance and legislative pay has ended. Some observers be lieve the liquor bill, which would permit twelve or more counties to vote for State-operated liquor stores, will repose in the money ^committee until the anticipated 100-day deadlock on the revenue ,bill occurs. Then the Hill bill could be trotted out to balance jthe budget for the next two years. Already pending is an amendment which would put lig uor taxes and profits in the gen eral State instead of earmarking ft for relief purposes as set forth in the bill. TALKS AGAINST VOTE —It was generally agreed that Sena tor Horton, of Chatham, made the most unusual talk on the Hill liquor bill in the Senate. The Chatham Lawmaker said he was voting against the measure be cause his constituents seemed to want it but warned drys that they “muBt take their heads out of the stand and face the true facts” concerning liquor conditions in this State. He said he wos dis appointed in the small votes cast in the 1»S8 repeal election but added he did not propose to take it upon himself to do for the people what they failed to do for themselves when the opportunity was at hand. DECENT—The Senate educa tion committee has given ap proval to- a bill, which would re quire the State to pay actual ex penses, in. the cases of children hurt or killed in school bus acci dents. The Committee, headed' by Senator Griffin, of Chowan, took the position that the State compels parents to' send their children to school in these busses it is no more than decent that the State should pay the bill if a chHd is killed or hurt. No dam ages are allowed under the bill above actual expenses. RAIDERS—Would-be raiders of the gasoline tax fund still have their sights trained on the mil lions of dollars extracted from motorists In taxes each year. Ef forts will be renewed in House and Senate to divert an addition al 1660,000 of automobile own ers’ money into the general fund. Many members of the General Assembly are opposed to diversion hut they will need all their strength to keep the load of bud get balancing off the back of car owners who pay more than hall the total tax load of the whole State government. The $3,000, 000 recently appropriated for im (continued on page 4) Comedy Costs Wife LOS ANGELES ... Ned Sparks (above), won fame as a “grouchy" husband in movie comedies. Ilia wife waa given a divorce last week on the ground that he had developed the same “ingrown" disposition at home. Bryant Defends Increase In Appropriations Says Amounts Set Up For Operation Of Public Schools Of State Is Not Excessive Raleigh, Mar. 19.—Chairman Victor Bryant( Durham, of the • House Appropriations Committee, made what is almost universally classed as a “masterful” presen-1 tation of the Appropriations Bill in the House last week and ad-! mirably defended the increases j made in the appropriations to the State’s departments, institutions | and agencies. Respecting the 20,031,000 set up for public schools the first year and $20,900,000 for the second year. Chairman Bryant maintained that the 20 per cent allowed the first year and 25 the second year for increases in in structional cost, largely teachers’ salaries, is not excessive—in fact, he called attention to the pro vision that would make the in crease 25 per cent for the first year, if the revenues justify that much. The state has balanced its bud get the past two years and in creased the value of its out standing bonds from about 71 cents to more than $1 on the 100 cents, but this balancing has been done at the expense of the State employees, largely teachers, and (continued on back page) Unnatural Deaths Claim Six During Week-end In N. C. Raleigh, Mar. 19.—Six North Carolinians died from unnatural causes during the past week-end. Two of these were victims of murder and four died in highway mishaps. Parker Brewer was fatally shot by John Hackney near Putman. Hackney surrendered and was jailed at Carthage. Hackney said Brewer threatened his life. A Negro woman fatally stab bed her husband in Pitt, county. Miss Bertha Hollifield, 21, was killed and four were hurt when an automobile crashed into a parked car near Glen Alpine. Miss Hollifield resided at Marion. Vance Downer, 41, of Rocking ham was killed when his machine left the ipad and overturned on a curve near Steele’s Mills. Henry Fry. of Carthage, died of injuries suffered when struck by an automobile on the Pine hurst road. Will Lucas, Rockingham Negro, was fatally injured when he fell while trying to board a moving truck. He was hurled under the wheels of the truck. HENRY WHITTER’S GROUP TO GIVE PROGRAM SAT. Henry Whitter end his “Yodel ing Hill Billy’s” will present a musical and black-face comedy program at Laurel Springs school on Saturday night, March 23, at 7:80 o’clock. A small admission charge will be made and the public is invit ed to attend. Roosevelt To Change Tactics Toward Congress Administration, For First Time, Must Get Legislation Through Body By Compromise Washington, Mar. 19.—The ad ministration, meeting stubborn re sistance in Congress, embarked today on a policy of legislation through compromise. The decision marked a definite turning point in the Roosevelt administration. Congress thus far has shown but little of the “rub ber stamp” tendencies of last year, Faced by a balky Senate and House the administration decided upon a course of conciliation in pushing ahead with the more con troversial parts of its program. House leaders, indicating a re ceptive attitude, were ready to discard some of the pending “re form” legislation, if the adminis tration gives the word, in order to hurry adjournment. “Business would be better off if Congress could complete its labors and adjourn,” Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said. “It woulu be helpful if we could postpone some legislation.” The first major indication of a policy of conciliation was given when a compromise broke the Senate deadlock over the work relief bill. Compromise probably will enter into consideration of the social security program, NRA, labor legislation and the soldiers’ bonus. Byrns suggested the omnibus banking bill might be passed over this session, but said the McSwain bill to take the profit out of war may be put ahead. Present House plans are to consider the secur ity bill immediately after the bonus is disposed of. Byrns predicted that with an appreciable speedup Congress could quit by June 15. The House, he believed, might be ready by May 15. The present Congress, carrying even greater new deal majorities than the 73rd which accepted White House dictation without question, has presented a serious problem to administration leaders. Defeated in the Senate on fhe world court issue, the adminis tration found itself harassed by a combination of Senate olocs which, constantly shifting, made the winning even of a bare ma jority a difficult matter. These blocs consisted of little groups representing varied views. Some favored conservative prin ciples. some were mildly liberal, others bore sharply to the left. COMMITTEE WIDENS PRISON CAMP PROBE Raleigh, Mar. 19.—The state legislature’s penal institutions committee decided today to widen the scope of its prison camp in vestigation to include a Wake county camp and one in Martin county. Previously the investigation had been confined mainly to Camp 413, Mecklenburg county, where Woodrow Wilson Shropshire and Robert Barnes, Negroes, allegedly received treatment which caused amputations of their feet. A subcommittee voted today to requisition papers by which Bar nes and Shropshire were commit ted to solitary confinement. Li s? "This rule in gardening never forget: to sow dry and set wet." MARCH 19—Royal patent is issued ior Massachusetts Colony. 1628. ; ■ *> 20—Newton, discoverer oi Iaw S 1» of frarity. dies, 17*7. jb/L 21—Forty Pittaburfh council men indicted for bribery, 1#10. 22—Laura Jean Libbey,a born, IMS. ist oflove, born, 1 25—P. Henry asks “for liberty or for death," 177*.
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