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Mrs. ■£. A. Reeves, who has been seriously ill for several weeks in a Winston-Salem ho&pital. is said to be improving, and is expected home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hardin and Miss Mae Doughton made a business trip to Greensboro Wednesday, of Last week. Willie Halsey has returned to the University of North Carolina after spending the spring holidays at home. Mrs. Lara Hackler and Mrs. Omnia Fowler spent Wednesday of Last week in Winston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs, Purvis Lee and small daughter, of Pinehurst, are visiting Mrs. Lee’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Irwin and children went to West Jefferson Sunday. .Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richardson and little daughter, Maybelline, Mrs. Wayne Waddell, and Miss Grace Taylor visited in Boone Sunday. W. B. Collins, who has assumed his duties as county farm agent in Wautauga county, spent the week-end in Sparta. Robert Barr and Gwyn Gam bill were visitors here Saturday from West Jefferson. Mrs. Walter Halsey suffered a broken leg last Thursday when she fell at her home near Piney Creek. Mrs. Dewey Sturdivant, who has been ill for several weeks, was taken to a Statesville hospi tal Tuesday. ■ Ray Choate has returned home after spending some time in Michigan. Mt. Zion Piney Creek P. O., Mar. 25.— Lon Sturgill, of Linville, is in this community prospecting for mica. Cox Shepherd left for Filer, Idaho, last week. Wayne and Elzie Osborne and Thomas Smith visited Howard Smith Sunday morning. Lon Sturgill, of Linville, and Jack Caudill, of Piney Creek, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Pugh Sunday. June and Charlene Cox visited Edna Rae Smith recently. Those visiting at H. Clay Smith’s home Sunday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. George F. Smith, Lon Sturgill, Jack Caudill, W. F. Pugh, Mrs. S. E. Smith and son, Thomas, and Frank tperry, of Peden. £ Mrs. John F. Cox received word recently that her father, Lee Wyatt, of Wilkes county, was ser ’jously ill. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Smith 'and Mrs. H. Clay Smith and daughter, Edna Rae, visited Mrs. ^Rebecca Smith last week. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHANY. Having qualified a* administra trices of the estate of W. H. Billings, deceased, late of Al leghany county, N. C., this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them ’to the undersigned within one year from this date or this notice will he plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will make immediate payment. This the 22nd. day of March, 1935. CAROLINE BILLINGS, LULA JONES, ' Administratrices of W. H. Billings Sidney Gambill, Atty. 4te-18AT Spartan Theatre SPARTA, N. C. Fri. A Sat., March 29 A 30 George O'Brien in “The Dude Ranger” Selected Short Subject* Mon. & Trcea., April 1 A 2 James Cagney in “The St. Louis Kid” Selected Short Subject* Wed. A Thurs., April 3 a 4 Joan Blondeli » “Kansas City Pripcess” Short Subject* Towittend Plan To Be Explained In Sparta April 2 W. B. Fisher, of Andrews, State Manager for the Town send Old Age Pension Plan, will explain this pension bill to tne people of Alleghany county in the court house at Sparta, on Tuesday, April 2, at 1 o’clock, p. m. This bill has already been introduced in Congress and is said to be favored by a large number of congressmen. About 35,000,000 voters have already signed and sent in pe titions, but more are said to be needed. All voters are invited to sign petitions. Opportunity will be affected without charge to all who wish to sign. The bill pro vides that the government pay to all citizens of the United States, man or woman over 60 years of age, $200 per month the rest of their lives upon two con ditions, viz: Job, if any, given up to the younger unemployed; and to spend the entire amount of the pension every 30 days. Hoey Is Silent About Coming Governor’s Race Washington, Mar. 26.—Clyde Hoey. Shelby attorney, was in Washington today but he remain ed as silent as Representative Bob Doughton regarding his future political plans. Both Doughton and Hoey are regarded as pos sible candidates for governor in the North Carolina Democratic primary next year. Both seem to be waiting to see what the other is going to do. Representative Doughton indi cated today that he would have a definite statement as to his po litical plans within the next week or 10 da**, tide* was here to attend to btieinefp; before the RFC and declined to jfllscuss the gov ernor’s race. Patman Bonus Bill (continued from front page) its requirements for the issuance of $2,000,000,000 in new cur rency. There was a wrangle over the parliamentary situation that took half an hour. Then the roll call started. Frank N. Belgrano, Jr., commander of the American Leg ion who supported the Vinson bill, and James E. Van Zandt, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who backed the Patman bill, both sat on the edge of their gallery seats to listen. But their tenseness was nothing compared with that on the floor. There was reason, too. At the conclusion of the roll call the vote was tied—204 to 204. Speak er Byrns broke the tie by voting for the Vinson bill. And when word of that got around, this was the result: w Representative' Cox ((D.-Ga.), arose and' asked “leave to change my vote iflrom ‘present’ to ‘no’.” A “no” vote .under the parlia mentary situation, was tantamount to a vote for the Patman bill. Then Representative Sumners (D.-Tex.), got permission to makej the same change and Represen tative Oliver (D.-Ala.), remark ed: “I’m against both bills, and so there will be no misunderstand of my position if I change my vote from ‘aye’ to ‘no’-” That gave the Patman bill three more votes, making it victorious 207 to 204. Just A LittU Squirt “Are you a doctor?” asked a young lady, stepping into a drug store. “Naw,” replied the youth be hind the white counter. “I’m just the fixidan.”—American Boy. Two $3.50 waves $5.00 Two $5.00 waves $8.00 Special prices on all other wares. Oil of Tulip Wood, Eugene, Frederick end Realistic in both Spiral and Croquignole. W. lun just installed mors naw equipment and are prepar ed to give better service. We bare an experienced cosmeto logist fad “A" grade shop. All Work Guaranteed Latfy Fair Beauty Shop Specials Farmers, of government; funds,; j| for various participation control measures, are &1 like all other benefice special favors and, .having enjoy ed a bite, demand a fuller meal. Secretary Wallace has pointed out this danger in several ad dresses and last week he empha sized the temptation for a group to “overplay its hand.” He made plain his opposition to “scarcity economics,” which was taken by some observers to be directed to the efforts of tobacco growers to continue the 40 per cent acreage cut of last year. Corn and tohacco, it is said, are the only two basic farm com modities now selling above parity, which was the declared goal of the emergency restrictions of the For U. AAA. COMMON INTEREST Improved industrial output, meaning increased purchasing power in the cities, will mean improved markets for farm prod ucts. Also, improved conditions on our farms will mean a greater demand for industrial products. The two groups have, it seems, interests in common, although just where the line exists that marks the limit is not clear. Industrial production is said to be up to 65 per cent of what it was in 1929 while farm output is also up considerably. Just when the farmers have parity with workers is uncertain, at least to this writer, but, at the same time, there can be no permanent gain for agriculture if it pursues a policy of trying to hold up the rest of the nation. Already there is grumbling about advancing food prices and if they go too high the consumers will cut down consumption. Plenty of food and farm products at fair prices is best for the whole country, as well as the workers and producers. HORSES ARE FEWER There is a ten million shortage of horses and mules on the farms and ranches of the nation, says J. O. Williams, senior animal husbandman for the Department of Agriculture. When the United States enter ed the World War there were 21, 500,000 animals, but the figure has now dropped to 12,000,000, and attention is being given to plans to encourage hreeding of work horses and mules. COTTON CONTROL STAYS No change is contemplated in the cotton control program, which is gradually whittling down the annual carry-over. It was 13, 000,000 bales in 1932, 10,500,000 bales last August, and is expect ed to be around 7,500,000 bales in 1936. President Roosevelt end Secretary Wallace are in entire sympathy with the program, and the latter declares “it is obvious from our past policies that we are not going to allow the pur chasing power of the Southern planters to be wrecked; it means too much to the prosperity of the rest of the country.” Reducing output to boost prices has been practiced by industry ruthlessly for years, but when the same rule was applied to agri culture the air was filled with condemnation of the practice. Even so, the dangers are appar ent to all and the hope of se curing concerted action that will make possible the use of all that American industry and agricul ture can produce is what leads the nation, as a whole, to look for brighter days ahead. No one faction, be it labor, business, far mers or bankers, can have every thing and prosper indefinitely. FARMS INCREASING Partial reports from 288 coun ties indicate that farms are in creasing. Any tract of three or more acres or that produced as much as 3250 worth of food products in a year, are classified as farms by the Census Bureau, which is now undertaking a survey of the farm situation. In 1980, in the nearly 800 counties, there were 384,327 farms. By January 1st, of this year, the number had gone up to 414,613. The interdependence of the eco nomic interests of the nation, is evident when something happens to a commodity, like cotton. When. the market broke about two weeks ago, there was a shiver along the entire financial set-up, with wheat and government bonds showing the tremble. The danger exists that America will lose a part of its foreign cotton iparket on account of ad verse world trade conditions. This is seen when we remember that in 1919, 1920 and 1924 cotton exports exceeded a billion dol lars. but in 1933 the figure was only 3342,698,781, Moreover, other sections are feverishly stimu lating the production of cotton. Sanity Hawing ; ] (continued „o*» back page) terday, the testimony run along the same line, that of an effort by the prosecution to show that Delp is sane. Witnesses from Wythevilla jail were heard who said that the defendant, during his incarceration there since his arrest, had played poker games with them. One of these said the defendant' was a “pretty good player,” further indicating that Delp had been able to win a considerable amount from him while at play. Other witnesses were put on the stand to indicate his sanity while in jail at Wythe ville, although it was brought out in testimony that on one or two occasions, shortly after being visited by near relatives, he had complained of Shearing voices.” The state rested its case in the sanity hearing just before ad journment for the day Tuesday with Dr. Wright on the stand again. Following Dr. Wright Wednesday morning, Mrs. Madge Delp Isaacs, mother of the de fendant, was on the stand for more than an hour, being ques tioned at length by the defense counsel concerning her son’s ways and actions prior to the commis sion of the crime. Her testimony was intended to show that she had considered him mentally ab normal for some time and “thought about having an inves tigation made.” With the com pletion of her testimony, adjourn ment for lunch was taken, after she had been subjected to a gruelling cross-examination by Attorney Landreth. In the event that the jury de cides that Delp is sane, it is pre sumed that his trial for murder will begin immediately. Delp’s wife, mother, step-father, grandmother, an uncle and a sis ter have sat near him in court during the hearing. Officers re main within easy reach of him constantly. ;He is taken to In dependence jail for his lunch each day and is also kept there at night. The following men comprise the sanity jury: Max Thomas, E. J. Boyer, Bruce Ward, Floyd Poole. D. A. Blevins, Wright Win gate, Walter' Woodruff, John May Vaughan, R. W. Parsons, Maiden Poole, W. A. Lemons and C. -H. Boyer. Commonwealth’s Attorney H. Prince Burnett, of Grayson coun ty, is being assisted with the prosecution by S. Floyd Lan dreth and Town Attorney Jack Matthews, of Galax. Rep. Doughton (continued from front page) ■ , , • bill passed the House in defiance of the threat of a Presidential veto. Although opposed to the Pat man bill,* Mr, Doughton used his influence to bring out a rule to make it possible for it to be con sidered on the floor of the House. The third measure was the Tydings-Andrews bill providing for the payment of veterans’ ad justed-service certificates in cour pon bonds o?' the United States equal to their present face value with, interest at the rate of three per cent .per annum, from Janu ary I, 1936 to January 1, 1945. Mr. Doughton also voted for this measure after the Vinson bill was defeated. It is believed that the Tydings Andrews bill will form the basis of compromise of the bonus ques tion. Mr. Doughton, as a con feree of the House, will be in a position to tlse his influence to work out the best possible bill for the veterans. Three Per Cent (continued from front page) _—.———— of automobile license plates from 50 cents per hundredweight to 45 cents, with a minimum of $8 per tag. Senator Johnson, of Duplin, led the fight for the lower rate and, with tears in his eyes, begged for a 40-cent rate. The bill is expected to come up for second reading tomorrow. The Senate adjourned to meet tomorrow at ll a. m. Now that- the House has finish ed the . revenue bill, it will begin work tomorrow on the appropri ations measure, on which almost as terrific a fight on school ap propriations is expected as that which raged on the sales tax. Hie McDonald-Lumpkin bloc will lead this fight. Before passing the revenue bill by a vote of 78 to 26, the House ran true to Its form of last week, reversing itself by good margins on two amendments which it had adopted yesterday and which considerably altered the complexion of-the bill. One of these was the reduction of the sales tax Ate to 2 per cent; the other was the McDonald amendment levying a 5 per cent, gross profit tax on athletic con tofts* The McDonald amendment was withdrawn by its author after the 2 per cent adicndment had been killed, had the vote by which his rider ^passed yesterday had been Baptist Revival Services To Begin On Sun., March 31 Evangelist Fred N. Pay, of Winston-Salem, will begin a ser ies of meetings at Sparta Baptist church on Sunday, March 81, at 11 a. m. and will continue these services for ten days or longer. Services will be held at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., during the week. All Christians of the commun ity are cordially invited to at tend during these seasons of spirit ual refreshing. Especially all those who belong to no church are urged to come to the ser vices. Mr. Day has held nearly 500 revivals since he began preaching. The March rneeting of the W. M. S. was held last week af the home of Mrs. Clinton Halsey with Mrs. Marie Hickman as joint hostess. The subject for the meet ing was “Christian Education” with Mrs. Amos Wagoner as the leader. Several ladies took part in the discussions. Mrs. G. A. Martin gave an in teresting report of the State meeting at Durham. Misses Caro lyn Maxwell and Madeline Wago ner each gave an interesting read ing on Stewardship. The delicious refreshments serv ed sent all away with a pleasant taste and happy memories. The April meeting will be held with Mrs. C. A. Thompson and Mrs. George Crutchfield, of Roar ing Gap, as leader. Senate Passes Relief (continued from front page) 000 for direct aid is exhausted, the big measure on final roll cal! drew the support of 55 Demo crats, 11 Republicans, and two Parmer-Labor and Progressive senators. Only six Democrats and ten Republicans answered a meek “no” when Vice-President Gar ner, on top of things all day, put the final question. Among them was the veteran conservative Car ter Glass of Virginia, who was in charge of steering the bill as chairman of the appropriations committee, but who thought the huge appropriation would en danger ' the nation’s credit. First indications that strong arm methods would be employed to choke off an incipient filibuster came just as the senate conven ed, 'an hour earlier than custo mary. Senator Robinson, the majority chieftain, moved to table a rider by Senator Thomas providing for a broad mandatory silver inflation to make money more plentiful and help pay the relief bill. This parliamentary club is even more drastic than cloture for it auto matically shuts off further de bate. The tabling motion carried 40 to S3, after which Thomas was permitted'to put in a milder sil ver amendment for the sake of checking further delaying tactics and with the ultimate view of having the provision eliminated in conference. The modified amendment directs the treasury to issue silver cer tificates against all silver bullion now on band or still to be ac quired. The certificates would be issued, however, on the basis of silver valued at $1.29 an ounce instead of the actual cost of the metal. The amendment would require that this money be kept in circulation. It also authorizes the treasury to do what it is now doing—trade gold for silver—but to issue silver certificates against the silver thus acqu'red and to accept silver at agreed prices in settlement of any balances owing the United States. The silver-haired Thomas, who had threatened yesterday to speak until ‘‘prayer Sunday morning,” was checkered by Glass’ quick acceptance of the modified amend ment. Th« Memory Lingers Jackson—“I noticed you got up and gave that lady your seat in the train the other day.” Hackson—“Since childhood I have respected a woman with a strap in her hand.” — To-day (Melbourne). COLONIAL THEATRE GALAX, VA. Mon. A Tim., April 1 A 2 CORA SUE COLLINS in her first starring rale in "The World Accuses” with DICKIE MOORE (continued from front page) is disappearing before an “evi dent disposition of Republicans to get together.” He does not expect any serious division ih selecting candidates and writing « liberal platform, sound on money and other matters from which there has been a swing to the Left. The Administration’s policies, says he, have failed after a thorough test and business men have no con fidence in the recovery program. LABOR GIVES WARNING According to President William Green, of the American Federa tion of Labor, there is a growing and bitter resentment “in the masses of the American people*] against the position in whieir they find themselves and a deep con viction that only their own eco nomic strength will avail them in struggling against the injus-, tices and inequalities under which they work. Picturing his organi zation as a safety valve for the past two years, he asserted that it would not urge workers to be patient any longer and avoid in dustrial strife unless the Wagner Trades Disputes Bill was enacted. Later, he insisted upon the abolition of company unions as he outlined a 10-point bill of rights for labor. Just exactly where the organization stands in regards to the President is doubtful, follow ing the licking that Labor took when the Executive won out In the hard battle over the “pre vailing wage" in the work-relief bill. Following the bitter ex changes with Donald Richberg over the collective bargaining provision of the Recovery Act it begins to look like Labor, well treated as a whole by the Ad ministration, may soon fight back. <-* BIG BATTUE CERTAIN A fight of major proportions is, certain over the proposal to end holding companies; The President, in a special message, made a direct reply to efforts of the companies to defeat such legislation, saying he has seen much of the “propaganda,” even down to “mimeographed sheets of instructions” to ‘exploit the most far-fetched and malicious fears.” In return, Representative Pish, of New York, termed the entire message “lobbying from the White House,” and Republican Leader Snell called it “propa ganda of the worst kind,” As some of the utility companies have been publishing advertise ments for some weeks, defend ing holding companies and urg ing defeat qf proposed legislation, the battle may be said to be under way in earnest. FLAYS HOLDING COMPANIES Mr. Roosevelt termed the or dinary utility holding company a “new device” dating from the “unfortunate period’* marking the beginning! of “other laxities in our corporate law” and denounc ed the use of “investors’ money to make thes investor believe that the efforts of the government to protect him are designed to de fraud him.” He said regulation was not enough and that' holding companies,' having failed as in vesting agencies and management enterprises, should go. For prac tical reasons, he said, companies which can prove that their exist ence is necessary to carry out the ends of utility companies may be allowed to survive. He emphasiz ed that the legislation would “not destroy a penny of actual value of the operating companies which holding companies now con trol.” DISCUSSING THE NRA The Senate Finance committee ___.Sill coVery Board; another member, Darrow, whose inquiry NBA' caused prolonged some time ago. As the law expires in June and there is general expectation. that certain features, such as those relating to hours and wages, will be made permanent, it is expected that, after concluding its hearing, some legislation will be prepared, although to what extent the cede system will be retained is ' yet to be determined. Ponald Richberg, generally considered to be the No. 1 man of the Administration, in his testi mony proposed reduction of com pulsory codes from 781 to 181 by consolidation of 537 with basic codes and complete elimination of 13 “service” codes. He would eliminate 280 codes (251 others were ip the doubtful status be cause of insufficient data) thus eliminating overlapping enforce ment, administrative expense, and return to the States, wherever possible, the control of economic regulation. He urged a minimum' of delay in legislation „ in order to let business know what the future would be. He defended the NRA vigorously, declaring that 90 per cent of business and practically. 100 per cent of labor wanted the NRA retained, with : objectionable and unworkable parts eliminated. HEAVY BLOW STRUCK CRIME Following* a three-day drive against crime syndicates, includ ing the arrest of more than 3,000 persons, culminating two weeks’ preparation by the coordinated law enforcement agents of the government, Secretary Morgen thau declared that revenue offi cers acted to protect the pocket book of every taxpayer, as well sis his life and safety. Counter feiters, illicit distillers, narcotics and smuggling rings suffered A crushing blow in the spectacular drive. There were 614 narcotic arrests, 1103 stills seized, with 1424 arrests. 1660 vessels search ed on the Pacific coast, and prop erty worth millions of dollars seized. WOULD CONSIDER THIS COUNTY FOR HOSPITAL On Thursday, March 21, a bill was introduced in the North Carolina State Senate in Raleigh in the form of, a resolution re questing the board of directors •f the Western North Carolina hospital to visit Alleghany county for the purpose of viewing a site or sites for the establishment of a hospital. The bill, after being in troduced, was sent to the com mittee on judiciary matters. Want Ads Ratal One cant a word. 'Minimum charge par insertion, 38 cents. Edwards bus will leave Sparta Wednesday, April 10, 8i:30 . a. m., for Bel Air, Md. Rates re duced. Information, W. B. Ed wards, Darlington, M<L 8tc-4 Wanted: Man with oar. Route experience preferred but not necessary. Rawleigh Dept. NCC 212-M, Richmond, V*. 4tp-4 BABY CHICKS: Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Reds, Buffs. Hatch off every Wednesday.—Produce Exchange Hatchery, Box 102, Galax, Vm. tfc. Just Received! 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