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Times Went Ads Bring Results The Alleghany Times — Subscription Price i $1 *'*" in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC Al4D SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1935. 6 PAGES - Number 49. By Hugo Sims Timas Spacial Washington Correspondent AMAZING SPECTACLE It is, in a sense, an amazing spectacle that confronts the ok server in Washington. Here we have a President who carried all but six States in 1932 with a party that swept the nation more completely in 1934 and many members sitting in Congress be cause they pledged themselves tc support the Chief Executive and for little other reason. So what? Mr. Roosevelt comes back from his Florida fishing trip to find that, after more than three months in session, the over whelmingly Democratic Congress has done little or nothing for the Administration program, except to pass, after interminable wrang ling in the Senate, the largest single appropriation bill ever made in time of war or peace. He is aware that bitter criti cism is extant among the ranks of his own party, that his ad ministrative agencies are under violent attack and that some of his own leaders are anxious to give up part of the legislative program that he laid down some weeks ago. PRESIDENT MUST DIRECT Naturally, Republicans are jubi lant, although truth to relate, the national picture presents no solid basis for such joy. Nevertheless, it is vitally necessary for the President to take a stronger di recting hand in the affairs of leg islation if he expects to bring anything like order out of the mess that now confronts Con gress. Our own idea is that he will not delay positive action much longer, now that the huge work relief bill is in hand, and that the nation will again wit ness firmness and determination in applying pressure upon the members of his own party or ganization. After two and a half months of consideration the enormous sum of $4,800,000,000 was given him by a vote of 66 to 13 in the Senate and 317 to 70 in the House. Despite the prolonged delay in the upper chamber the President virtually got what he wanted, and is ready to spend something like $230,000,000 a month for “relief, work relief, ar, ' to incrc .se employment by providing' for useful projects.” This is about $80,000,000 more pei1 month than present relief costs, but it is hardly expected that increased expenditures will get under way for several months. WHOLE PROGRAM FALTERS Congress has before it many important proposals, _some of which will involve prolonged dis pute and debate. The legislative situation appalls leaders, who hope that some of it will be allowed to go over until the session next January. How far the President will recede from his planned pro gram remains to be seen, but it is possible that insistent demand from him will force action, which, in most cases, is bound to be favorable. The economic security measure, providing old age pensions, un employment compensation, secur ity for children and public health, is sure to cause much discussion and take time. The Republicans in the House were not united last week on the issue f.nd the Demo crats were divided into two groups contesting over the procedure to be followed in handling the bill. Moreover, there was sentiment in favor of dividing the objects sought, with the idea of acting on the old age pensions part alone, but alterations made by the House committee, have brightened pros pects for the entire bill. However, when it gets into the Senate there is the prospect of delay, if not material modification, and un doubtedly advocates of various plans will seek amendments to widen or curtail its effectiveness. Space in this column does not permit a full summary of the many viewpoints expressed or to give detailed analysis of many issues that still loom before Con gress. Some of them, notably the extension of NRA, new capital for the HOLC, the nuisance taxes and regular appropriation hills, must be passed if the conduct of the agencies and the government is to continue after various dates upon which present legislation ex pires. CONGRESS IN A JAM These will get through the jam in some form but other contro versial matters are on the calen dar for action, including, besides the security program, the bill to control public utility holding com panies, the new banking measure, (continued on page five) Dougfaton Opens House Debate On Security Measure Alleghany Congressman Has Solid Support Of Democratic Members Of Ways And Means Group OPPOSES “GAG RULE” Says Most Striking Evidence Of Social Insecurity Is Large Number Of Unemployed Washington, April 16.—Repre sentative Robert L. Doughton, chairman of the House ways and means committee, Thursday open ed the 20 hours of general de bate which have been allotted to the administration’s far-reaching social security bill. Confident that he can pilot the measure over the stony road it must travel to become law, Doughton opposed the “gag rule” proposal, and the bill is open to amendment from the floor. The North Carolinian has the solid support of the Democratic members of his committee, and Thursday reiterated his predic tion of Wednesday that the bill will be passed without substantial amendments. One amendment which probably will receive much support is that removing the necessity for the states to match dollar for dollar the amounts the government pays for old age pensions. A second will be on increasing the amount which the federal gov ernment may contribute to pay ments to any individual. That amount is limited in the bill at present to $15 a month. In his plea for passage of the bill, Doughton said: “The social security program of the administration is an at tempt to mitigate and to prevent the distress and suffering which so frequently stem from our in dustrial economy. So long as the country was largely agricul tural and industry was conduct ed on a small scale, there was relatively little need for such measures of protection as the bill will provide. The insecurity of the worker arising from un employment and dependency in old age was much less than at j present. “Today we see frightful evj dence of insecurity on every hand. The fact that more than 20,000,000 persons are receiv- i ing unemployment relief is per haps our most, striking evidence : of insecurity. Nearly a million! of those persons are over 651 •Tears of age. Nine million of the persons on relief are children ! under 16 years of age, many of whom have never known what it is to have a regular wage earn er in the family. The advan tages of social insurance over public relief are many. It does not carry with it the stigma of charity with its devastating effect on the morale of our population and its loss of self respect.” In conclusion he said: “This concludes a necessarily brief description of the provis (continued on back page) Methodist W. M. S. Regrets Absence Of Mrs. J. C. Winkler At the recent meeting of the Sparta Methodist church Women’? Missionary society for March, held at the parsonage with Mrs. Cecil G. Hefner as hostess, the absence of Mrs. J. C. Winkler was noted with regrets. Mrs. Winkler has gone to Elkin to live. Soon after Mr. and Mrs. Winkler came to Sparta three years ago, Mrs. Winkler became a member of the Missionary society and, while here, she was an interested, active and devoted member of the organization. Although not a member of the Methodist church, it is said, Mrs. Winkler contributed to the sup port of the pastor of that church, as well as to the support of the pastor of her home church. Members pf the local society are thankful for the loyalty of Mrs. Winlder while here, and hope that sometime in the near future they may have the pleasure of again adding her name to their membership roll. r M Union Service To Be Held Sunday At Laurel Springs The Methodist and Baptist churches of L/aurel Springs will have an Easter service at the Baptist church at 7:30 p. m. Saturday. The pastors of both churches will be present, and they, with the churches, extend a cordial invitation to the com munity to attend this worship service. In the revival at Sparta Baptist church the evangelist, Fred N. Day preached excellent sermons from the beginning. The weather was greatly against the attendance and the people were kept away more than was best for the meeting, yet those who stayed through were revived, and great goodj it is hoped, will result from the efforts. The W. M. S. of this church will meet at the home of Mrs. C. A. Thompson Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with George Crutchfield as leader. Mrs. Bryan Collins will be joint hostess. Regular services will be held at New Hope and Scottville Baptist churches next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 3 p. m., respectively. It is desired that a full atten dance of each of the congrega tions mark these services. It is the hope of the pastor to have something to say that will be of interest to each member. Speaker Byms Wants House To Speed Up Work Tells Members To Forget Holidays, Baseball Games, Etc., And Do The Work For Which They Are Being Paid Washington, April 16.—Con gress quickened Us legislative pace tonight under pressure from President Roosevelt after Speak er Joseph W. Byrns bluntly or dered the House to get to work on important bills, pass them and hustle home. Leaving the speaker’s rostrum as applause rattled through the spacious lower chamber and to the echo of rebel yells, the tall, rangy Southlander faced more than 100 restless congressmen and gave them a stem lecture. His face flushed, Byrns pound ed on a small speaker’s table in the well as he shouted implica tions that the nation was afraid oi what this Congress might do and said sternly that the members must forget holidays, baseball games and other diversions and do the job for which they are being paid. “It is important from the coun try’s standpoint for Congress to close up at the earliest possible moment and adjourn,’’ he empha sized. Byrns’ “lecture” came at his first opportunity to address the House since democratic steering committee members returned from a White House visit at which Mr. Roosevelt is understood to have told them that he wanted the “must” legislation passed and passed quickly. Startled by the suddenness of Byrns’ attack, his hearers sat back and gaized at one another in amazement. J — Young Man Fatally Injured When Car And Truck Collide Roby Haga, 24, who lived about four miles west of Indepen dence, died in Galax hospital Sunday morning without regain ing consciousness > after having been seriously injured in an auto mobile accident about six o’clock Saturday afternoon. The accident is said to have occurred on the Sparta-Low Gap road. Haga suffered a fractured skull and other injuries when the car in which he was riding with a brother, Dean Haga, 20, was crowded off the road by a North Carolina truck, said to have been driven by George Todd, who oper ates a filling station near Low Gap. The driver of the truck did not stop. Chief of Police J. I. Snow, of Galax, and State Highway Patrol* (continued Doughton Says He Wifi Make Known His Plans Regarding Governorship Race Not Later Than Last Of April Says, In Fairness To People Of State, He Will Inform Them As To Whether He Will Be Candidate MANY THINK HE WILL MAKE RACE Even If He Enters Gubernatorial Contest, He Will Finish Term In House December 31, 1936 (Reprinted from Winston-Salem Journal) I Washington, Apnl 16.—In a formal statement issued today, to newspaper representatives, Representative Robert L. (“Farm er Bob”) Doughton set April 30 as the deadline for a statement from him setting forth whether or not he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of North Carolina in 1936. The North Carolina congress man, who has represented his dis trict in Congress "'for a quarter of a century, said he thought in justice to his friends who are urg ing him to run he should reach a decision in the matter and make it public. Although Doughton declined to even indicate today what his de cision would be, the best guess is that he will be a candidate. If he announces on April 30 that he will be a candidate he will continue with his work in Congress as chairman of the House ways and-means committee and regardless of his decision in tends to serve •'out his present term which expires December 31, 1936. It is well known that Dough ton is getting strong encourage ment from North Carolina to make the race. On the other hand there are some in the Roosevelt administration who do not want him to quit his present post. President Roosevelt has dis cussed 'Wtthr'Doff&hton the specu lation thnt he would run for gov ernor in a passing manner and a further conference may be held. If Doughton leaves Congress he will be succeeded as chairman of the ways and means commit tee by Representative Sam B. Hill, of Washington. Hill is a high protective tariff man, hav ing voted for the Smoot-Hawley bill. This does not set well with those in the administration who hope to pull down tariff barriers. There is no doubt that during the last few month's Doughton has been pulled between two forces and at the same time has had to carry on his Hfeavy work as chair man of the ways and means com mittee. He has decided that this can jiot go on and he intends to end it by making a definite an nouncement. i Those close to uougnton oe lieve his hat is in the ring. 1 Houghton’s statement in full fol I lows; ! “My name having been mention ! ed so frequently in connection ; with the Democratic nomination for governor in 1936, I feel that I should, at an early date, let my friends, And all who are in terested, know what I expect to do about the matter. “I am deeply grateful to the thousands of people in our state, representative of all groups and classes, who have requested or insisted that I become a candi date. I can truthfully say that in no way have I encouraged or attempted to stimulate this sen timent. I have, however, con sistently told those who have urg ed me to become a candidate, many of whom I had not prev iously known, that I would, at a time I considered proper, frank ly state my intention. “I trust that my many friends, who have either written me or discussed the matter with me personally, one or both, will not feel that I am unduly delaying a decision in this important mat ter, for as everyone knows, we are, and have been for sometime, engaged in one of the busiest and most important sessions of Con gress in my public career, and I have had little time to give to consideration of other matters. “It is my purpose, however, to make a definite statement not later than April 30. setting forth frankly what action I contem plate taking relative to entering the primary as a candidate for governor.” While Doughton was issuing the above statement he was be ing praised on the floor of the j House for his work in piloting1 the far-reaching social security, bill now being debated. Repre- i sentative Sirovich. of New York, Democrat, at conclusion of a speech on the legislation, said' “Mr. Speaker, sooner or later the curtain of life will fall upon our earthly career. A little shaft will commemorate our humble memories. Let me sincerely hope and trust that in the far distant (continued on back page) Through State Capital Keyholes By Ba*t Hinton Silvar ANGER—Senator John T. Bur rus, of Guilford County, appar ently still can’t forget his pri mary campaign and some folk believe he is preparing to jump into the race for Governor along with Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham, Clyde R. Hoey and all comers. Charging that the reve nue department and the highway department of the State tried to defeat him, Burrus predicted that the, next Governor of this State will not be a sales taxer. Some political wise-acres interpreted his speech in the State Senate as the opening gun in his campaign for Governor. MUD—Senator Carl Bailey, of Washington County wants the world to know that he is opposed to diversion of highway funds under the plan of Senator New man, Chairman of the Senate finance committee and others, to levy the three per cent sales tax against gasoline and take the cash out of money collected un der the State’s present six cent per gallon gasoline tax. “I will be opposed to any diversion until my people are taken out of the mud,” Senator Bailey told the Upper Branch of the General As sembly. His people are still in the mud and it will be still mud dier in his home county of Wash ington if highway money is spent on all the things that have been advanced before this session of the Legislature. GOOD STORY — Here’s one that’s being toW around the State Capitol these days. Senator Har riss Newman, chairman of Sen ate finance committee, of Jewish blood( (according to the story) was balking to Representative Tam C. Bowie, of Ashe. “I like the Jews very much,” Bowie is re ported to have said, adding, “1 am going to run for the United States Senate.” Whereupon New man is said to have replied, “I like the Gentiles very much, Mr. Bowie, and I am going to run for Lieutenant Governor.” Be lieve it or not, but it makes a good story. PROMOTED—Senator Lee L. Gravely, of Nash, did himself some good as chairman of the Upper House’s appropriations com mittee and went down the line in opposition to the State’s gen eral sales tax. Now friends of Senator Gravely are promoting him to run for the United States Senate against Senator J. W. Bailey. But the State Senate ap parently is enough for Mr. Grave ly. At least he has continued so far to turn a deaf ear to the demand that he seek to hitch' his wagon to a higher star. BIG MISTAKE—One Washing ton correspondent for a North Carolina publication got his wires crossed on the Rayburn bill which would put almost complete con trol of power companies within the hands of the federal govern ment This “special” wrote that Tar Heel representatives in both (continued on page 6) Junior Methodist Missionary Society Is Organized Here A Junior Methodist Missionary society was organized here in March under the direction of Mrs. C. G. Hefner, and its first regular meeting was held Tues day, April 16, with Miss Mary Cecil Higgins as hostess. Miss Higgins, at the time of organization, was elected presi dent; Miss Susie Osborne, vice president, and Miss Josephine Inskeep, secretary and treasurer. A membership committee of two. Misses Carolyn Mexwell and Flor ence Warren, was appointed. Mrs. Hefner acted as leader at the first meeting ,and opened the meeting with a Bible study. The topic of the meeting was “Jesus’ Friends.” Florence Warren gave a talk on “The Origin of Mission ary Societies” ,and Josephine In skeep told of "The First Mission ary.” Following the program, the hostess served , refreshments to ten members. Revenue Bill Is Passed In Senate Tues. At Raleigh Is Short Of Goal By $5,000,000. Bowie, Of Ashe, Fiercely Opposes Back-Salaries Measure Raleigh, Apr. 16.—The North Carolina Senate latie today adopt ed the report of its committee of the whole and passed on first reading a revenue bill more than $5,000,000 short of appropriations for the next biennium. The measure will come up to morrow for second reading, when it is expected several amend ments, especially one repealing sales tax exemptions on some basic foodstuffs, will be offered. Efforts today to have the sales tax section of the bill reopened, so the amendment might be con sidered, failed dismally. In the House, heavy weather broke upon the bill of Represen tatives Thompson, of Wake and Morphew. of Graham, to pay state employees salaries withheld dur ing April, May and June of 1938. After long and fierce debate, through which . Representative Bowie, of Ashe, stormed and rag ed in opposition, the bill was killed by a tie vote, 43 to 43. ' The House also passed the reve nue machinery bill practically as written. By amendment, it add ed livestock to the $300 exemp tion from personal property tax es. Anxious to meet appropriations with increases in state salaries, yet shying gawkily from any ap proach to disturbing its exemp tions on poor man’s groceries, the Senate toyed nosily for a while with the idea of reopening the sales tax section of the reve nue bill, and ended by doing nothing at all. Senator Newman, of New Hanover, chairman of the finance committee, made an effort to have the vote reconsidered, which he could not move to do, having cast his ballot on therios (continued on back page) Capacity Crowd Attends .Fiddlers Meet At Galax What is said to have been perhaps the largest number of people ever assembled at the Galax high school building gath ered there Friday night to attend the Old Fiddlers convention, which attracted musicians from widely scattered territory distant from Galax, as well as many from that immediate section. Rainfall, which had become al most a daily commonplace occur rence in that section, was con spicuous by its absence Friday night, and although the atmos phere boire A tinge of chilliness, the weather might have been con sidered as ideal for such an oc casion. All conditions conducive to the success of the affaii seemed to blend together in com plete harmony, and lovers el mountain ballads, folk songs ant - (continued on back page) Townsend Bill Sponsor Jeered In House Tues. California Congressman Tells Members To “Get In Line So You’ll Come Back Next Session’’ MEASURE IS REVISED Senator Smith, of South Carolina, Attacks AntL Lynching Bill. Defends Womanhood Of South Washington, April 16.—The quivering voice of Rep. John Steven McGroarty, (D), Calif., sponsor of the Townsend old-age pension plan, rose and fell through the House today as he exhorted members to “get in line so you’ll come back next session.” McGroarty’s plea on behalf of "God’s beloved old people out there.” failed to impress the House greatly. Rep. Frank H. Buck, (D), Calif., said it would take “facts” to convince con gressmen. The elderly Californian hit at critics of Dr. Charles E. Town send. "Many ox them are not ht to wipe the dust off his shoes,” he said as the House rudely jeered his remarks. ‘‘As for those who say the program is ‘cockeyed and full of bedbugs,’ do you want to call the 30,000,000 Townsend petitioners ‘crazy as bedbugs.’ You are talking about God’s be lieved old people. They resent it. “College professors did not ] write the 10 commandments, nor j the book of Job nor the Pour | Gospels, nor the Declaration of ! Independence, nor that famous song, ‘Yes, We Have No Ba nanas’—so why should we take what college professors ask us to—in the form of the adminis tration’s social security bill?” Since introduction the McGro arty bill has been revised so that it does not guarantee $200 a month to all over 60, although It sets the maximum. But its high water mark probably was last week when on a vote on the social security bill, regarded as a test of Townsend strength, only about two of every five repre sentatives voted for it. There was an emotional appeal in the Senate, too, when the bluff Sen. Ellison D. (CottonEd) Smith, (D), S. C., attacked the Costigan anti-lynching bill as “an open reflection on the South,” where we are faced with the humiliating necessity of going outside the law to safeguard our fireside and the sanctity of our womanhood. “I resent this attempt to pass a federal law to vindicate an act outside the law,” Smith shouted. “The virtue of women is a thing that should not be despoiled. Nothing to us is more dear than the purity of our womanhood and no one shall violate it without paying the just penalty.” EASTER EGG HUNT TO BE ON CHURCH LAWN SATURDAY An Easter egg hunt is to be held on the lawn of the Methodist church Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock, for children under 12 years of age. All children who attend are requested to take with them two eggs each. .awe
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