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DEVOTED .V": .~.-x=xss. Volume 10. me ™eghany Time TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY V SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935. 6 PAGES Number 50. By Hugo Sima, Tima* Special Waahinfton Correspondent HOOVER TAKES THE LEAD The activity of Foamier Presi dent Hoover, who has recently engaged in a number of confer ences with newspaper publishers and Republican party leaders in many States, indicates that he is taking the lead in, lining up op position to New Deal policies, and in steering the course of the Re publican party. REPUBLICANS TO MEET Regional meetings, or conven tions of Republicans will be held in -several sections of the coun try, with the first scheduled- to take place at Boston on April SO, and the second at Kansas City in May. Two others have been definitely decided upon and it is understood that five get togethers will be had. At these gatherings it is hoped to crystalize platform declarations and make clear, as far as possible at this time, the position of the Republi can party.' PLANNING PARTY’S FUTURE Some speculation, naturally arises as to whether or not Mr. Hoover has his eye on the nom ination of his party in 1936. Certainly, he intends to give direction, if possible, to the party ■and as titular leader to assume some responsibility for minority leadership that heretofore has not been too explicit. Whether he hopes to head the ticket is un certain although Senator Barbour, of New Jersey, says he would be a “good candidate.” At this stage of the contest political observers do not expect any statement from Mr. Hoover, be cause regardless of his inten tions, it is better strategy to keep quiet. The probability is that the friends of the Former President will keep the gate open and watch developments. Mr. Hoover, it is said( in his conferences, discussed means of getting the campaign against the New Deal underway without lon ger delay. His main interest, at present, is to put life into the party itself, encourage loyal Re publicans and bring to an end what he considers a failure on the part of party leaders to pre sent something like unity of purpose in th$ midst of the pre sent political debate. He wants the regional conferences to be free from the dictation of party managers and to allow frank discussion of the situation. HOOVER’S PROSPECTS It is probable that Mr. Hoover’s decision on becoming a candidate will depend upon the results of these special meetings. Certainly he has not taken himself out of consideration and while there is a liberal element opposed to his leadership should be repudiated Spring presidential primaries next year unless there is a plain drift to a declaration of principles that would eliminate him. The so called liberals hope to prevent anything like standpat control of the party and to write an ex tremely liberal platform that will particularly appeal to the West. Senator Borah goes so far as to think that the present party leadershipahould be repudiated, that Chairman Fletcher should resign and that Mr. Hoover should definitely state that he is not a candidate. THIRD PARTY DISCOUNTED In the face of this activity on the part of the Rpublicans there seemed to be, last week, a gen eral idea that the third party efforts of various leaders would not prove sufficient to prevent an old-fashioned two-party fight. Republicans who sat in upon the Hoover parleys at Washington seemed to agree with Postmaster General Farley on this point. Members of both parties also seemed inclined to believe that suoh strength as the new move ment might develop would cut1 into both parties but few of them sensed real danger to either of the present major political organizations. Meanwhile, the open attack Upon Senator Long by Secretary Ickes indicated that the Administration is not going to hesitate in waging a war upon the Louisiana leader. In the writer’s opinion, however, based upon the present outlook, a for midable third party movement would do more damage to the Democrats than the ^Republicans. SPENDING DEVELOPS SLOW* LY Top speed in spending the work-relief billions is promised by the President by November and he will do his utmost to use the five billion dollars in the next fifteen months. Definite allocations were slow in coming but the Chief Executive believes that (continued on page 4) Rep. Doughton Is Praised For Work On Security BiH Connery, Of Massachusetts, m Refers To Alleghany Man As Great Congressman And Great American MEASURE IS DISCUSSED House Loudly Applauds Connery's Speech And Passes Bill Shortly Afterward 372 To 33 Washington, April 23.—Repre sentative “Fanner Bob” Dough ton> who piloted the security bill through the House to an over whelmingly favorable vote last Thursday was praised for his ef forts in a short speech from the floor by Representative Connery, of Massachusetts, during discus sion of the bill. Connery said: “1 want to pay a slight tribute to a man whom I consider one of the great con gressmen. a great American, a man never afraid to take the floor and state his position, a man who has .paid a great tribute to himself when he said that not an amendment had been made to the bill. That is true under his dis tinguished and fearless leadership —the great chairman of the ways and means committee, Bob Doughton, of North Carolina,” The House rang with applause after Connery’s speech, and it was only a short time later that the bill was passed by a vote of 372 to 33. Just before Connery’s speech Doughton had pointed out that the bill had received more atten-. tion during its consideration by the committee, and by the com mittee. of the whole than any bill considered by Congress in many years. “There has been more time used in general debate; feiore‘TilSeraT opportunity given for .amendment than in any bill here-to-fore con sidered,” Doughton said adding, “I am proud to say that, not withstanding the bill has been attacked from every angle and vocabulary has been exhausted in criticising the measure, not a single amendment has been made except two perfecting amendments offered by the committee. Be fore the vote he predicted that it would show the Congress still be hind the President, and that the people as well as Congress have confidence in him. And, that be fore this Congress closes his en tire new deal program will be consummated.” Odd Fellow* To Hear Sermon At Galax Church Sun. The annual I. O. O. F. sermon for Odd Fellows of Grayson, Car roll and adjoining counties is to be delivered on Sunday, April 28, in the Galax Baptist church by the Rev. John Leslie Hart, pastor of the church. All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, not only of Mystic Union Lodge No. 244, Galax, but members of othfer lodges in the territory sur rounding Gialax and the twin coun ties, are invited to attend, and are requested to meet at the lodge hall in Galax Sunday morning not later than 10 o’clock. From the hall, the lodge members will march in a body to the church on North Main street. Sheep Grower* Meet To Be Held Here On April 30 News was received just before this issue of the TIMES went to press of a sheep growers’ meet ing to be held in the Alleghany county court house here on Tues day, April 30, at 2:80 p. m. Paul Swofford, of V. P. I., Blacksburg, Va., will talk on “Sheep Raising From The Pro duction Standpoint." and Paul Fletcher, of the Cooperative Ship pers’ association, will discuss “Sheep Raising From The Mar keting Standpoint.” It is ex pected that Mr. Fletcher will have some valuable information regard ing marketing and prospective livestock prices this year. EXCAVATE FOR GALAX P. O, Excavation work is progressing rapidly in Galax preparatory jo the beginning of actual construc tion work on the new federal P. 0. building. Prisoners Escape At Independence Are Recaptured Ode and Ed Bobbitt, serving 8-month terms on statutory charges, and two other young prisoners escaped from Indepen dence jail about 10 o’clock bn Monday morning. The priso ners, it is said, who were con fined in an inside cage in the jail, were complaining of severe pain and when Jailor W. C. Ward, who went to see about them, had gone to get them some medicine, they managed to break the cage lock and make their way through the outer door to temporary freedom. However, their freedom was temporary indeed, for they were recaptured an hour or so later by Jailor Ward in the Wolf Hill sec tion. near Independence. Bowie Points Out Much Work Done By Legislature Thinks 60-Day Period Too Short For Law-Makers To Complete Work. Speaks At Informal Session M>on. Raleigh, April 23.—Reasons why the General Assembly has far outstayed its constitutional 60 days in Raleigh were forcefully explained last night by Representa tive Bowie, of Ashe, as both houses met in brief, informal sessions in the midst of Raster holidays. By prearrangement they con sidered local bills only, and very few of those. Thirteen senators met for six minutes and less than half of the House’s 120 members met 28 minutes, receiving one new bill and hearing Bowie’s explanation of what he said the public believes to be extna jirdinary and useless Relays in legislative procedure. As soon as Bowie had finished the House adjourned to recon vene at noon today. The Senate l|ad already adjourned pntil 2 p. m. today. Taking the list of House com mittees one by one the rotund representative from Ashe explain ed that practically every bill introduced must be referred to one or another of these com mittees. “The most important times," he declared, “are when this body is not in session. These committees must give every bill the con sideration due it, and with the present organization of social and civic conditions it will never be possible again to adjourn this General Assembly in 60 days.” He finished with an eulogy of Speaker Johnson, of Pender, whom, he said, he had opposed for nomination but whom he had found to be “impartial in his committee appointments and eminently fair in his control over this body.” Galax Firemen To Have Celebration Week Of July 4 At a meeting of the committee for the Galax Fire department and a representative of Bunts Greater Shows, held in Chief of Police J. I. Snow’s office, preced ing the .regular meeting of the fire department, a contract was rfgned for the carnival attrac tions at the firemen’s annual cele bration at Felts park, Galax, dur ing the week of July 4. The celebration is to be jointly spon sored by the firemen and the city government. Bunts Greater Shows, in addi tion to the many* attractions that are customarily included in inost of the larger shows, has two-high class free acts, to be presented daily at Felts park throughout the celebration, which will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Saturday, July 1, 2-3, 4, 5 and 6. -The show grounds will be open only on Thursday, July 4 and Saturday. July 6 in the day, but will be bpen* every night in the entire Bunts Greater Shows travel, in addition to their large motorised trucks, op sin railway cars. This will be the first appearance of (continued on back page) . Defense Claims Jury Influenced By Lindbergh Hauptmann's Lawyers Say Flier’s Presence In Court Caused Jurors To Regard Him As “Real Prosecutor” Trenton, N. J., April 23.— Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s coun sel charged recently that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s daily pres ence at the Flemington trial “unduly irifiuenced” the jury, which saw him “a bereaved fath er for whose sorrow the world demanded ,a sacrifice.” The allegation was one of 143 “manifest errors” defense coun sel filed with the clerk of the court of errors and appeals, the state’s highest tribunal, which on June 20 will hear Hauptmann’s appeal from conviction of the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder. Papers were served also on Hun terdon County , Prosecutor An thony M. Hauck, Jr. Egbert Rosecrans, a member of defense staff, announced he would carry the appeal, if necessary, to the United States supreme court. The “assignment of errors” al leged that Hauptmann’s rights under the sixth amendment were contravened because he was tried in Hunterdon county and not Mer-r cer. “the district wherein the crime was committed.” Lindbergh’s presence at the trial, causing' the jury to view him as "the real prosecutor,” was cit ed as a violation of the “due process of law” guarantee of the 14th amendment. In the same category were list ed “biased and and exaggerated | reports and stories . . . be fore the trial and which unduly inflamed the members of the jury panel against this defendant” and “the hysterical mob spirit with which the jury was surrounded during the entinsk-conduct of the trial.” "And because,” the arguments continued, “the picture of a cir cus maximus which was daily pre sented to the jury during all of the ^conduct of the trial and which deprived it of its calm judgment and reason and made a mockery of justice.” MISS PHILLIPJ'S MUSIC CLASS TO GIVE RECITALS The Music class in Sparta high school taught by Miss Phillipi will present two recitals soon. A recital for grade pupils will be given on Friday night, April 26, at 8 o’clock, and a recital for high school pupils will be presented on Friday night, May 3, at 8 o’clock. Revenue Bill 1$ Passed By Senate On Third Reading Measure Is Now Being Considered By Conference Committee Of Assembly. Some Conferees Favorable Raleigh, April 23—A confer ence committee of eight members •of the North Carolina General Assembly tonight began study of the .revenue bill which was passed today on third reading by the Sen ate still $2,500,000 under annual appropriations. Of the eight conferees, at least five are known to be favorably disposed toward the administra tion’s three per cent sales tax with no exemptions. They are: Prom the House of Representa tives; Gary, of Gaston, chairman of the House finance committee; Harris, of Person; Lumpkin, of Franklin> co-author of the Mc Donald-Lumpkin anti-sales tax measures which failed to receive the House’s endorsement; Bowie, of Ashe, and Horton, of Martin. Conferees from the Senate are Newman, of New Hanover, chair man of the Senate finance com mittee; Bailey, of Washington, and Folger. of Surry. The Senate, meeting at 2 p. m., had passed the revenue bill after replacing sales tax exemptions on all nine basic food projects ex empted in the 1933 act. It also removed the tax from hotel rooms which it had once voted and again removed. During the debate on the hotel room tax, Senator Spence, of Moore, attacked Senator Graveley, of Nash, chairman of the appro priations committee, as “ambit ious to become a United States senator.” Graveley, in voting .against the revenue bill, which passed on its third reading by a vote of 34 to 10t explained his vote by pro testing that the tax measure did not meet appropriations decided by the joint committee to be necessary. "I am voting no,” he said, “be cause this bill does not nearly meet appropriations and because I think the appropriations bill is right.” The appropriations meas ure carries increases in salaries for school teachers and other state employees of 20 per cent in 1935-36 and 25 per cent for 1936-37. HOLD REVIVAL MEETINGS Rev. L. B. Murray, State Road, is being assisted by Rev. O. E. Ward, Winston-Salem, in a series of revival meetings at Indepen dence Baptist church. Through State Capital Keyholes By Best Hinton Silvor STRATEGY—The boys around Raleigh who keep busy trying to figure out what is going to happen in the gubernatorial campaign have been analysing the latest statement of Congressman R. L. Doughton that he will make another statement next Tuesday and tell the world if he is going to be a candidate. Some of the dopesters figure his statement was a trial balloon aimed at measuring his strength in this State. They express the opinion that the reaction to his last statement will be a big factor in determining the nature of his announcement on April 30. NO DOUBT—While Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham has made no formal announcement of his candidacy he does not deny that he has already decided to enter the contest for Governor. A lot of folks are inviting Mr. Graham to make speeches these days and it looks like he is mak ing an effort to accommodate all comers. Of course, a man holding a legislative office is handicapped in running a campaign but you can watch the Graham smoke after the General Assembly ad journs. HOPEFUL—Friends of Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby Democratic leader, are hopeful that he will continue of a mind to enter the race for Governor. From the Cleveland metropolis comes word one week that Mr. Hoey certainly will run and then the next week comes a grapevine message that he is still undecided. Nevertheless, the Cleveland delegation in the Legislature, Representative Gard ner and Senator Thompson, are of the very definite opinion that Mr. Hoey will run and equally certain that he will be elected. Other prognosticators are holding their bets on the probable victor in the event the trio just men tioned try to unhorse one another. BIG STEAL—Senator Harriss Newman, the chairman of the State Senate finance committee who hatched the idea of levying the sales tax on gasoline and taking the toll out of the highway fund in order to divert an ad ditional $630,000 each year from your gasoline tax to the general fund, admits his plan is nothing less than “grand larceny.” If the Legislature accepts his suggestion, and the Senate has done that very thing, it means yon country people will be in the mud just a little longer. But the General Assembly has been encouraged in leaning toward diversion by reason of the fact that the folks back home are not kicking about it much. Just following the line of least resistance in getting the money. It now looks as if your gasoline money will be every body’s pie by the time the next session of the assembly convenes and the devil takes the roads. EARFUL—North Carolina mem bers of Congress are still hear ing plenty about the Rayburn (continued on page 3) [Drum Corps Benefit Carnival To Be At Galax May 6 To 11 The ’ Galax American Legion post is sponsoring a week of car nival attractions in Felts park, Galax, for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, for the benefit of the Galax American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle corps. Commander Floyd Williams, of the Legion post, received a mes sage Tuesday by long distance telephone from officials of the B. & B. Shows, which is to fur nish the carnival attractions, that the carnival will be in Galax on the dates given above. The B. & B. Shows played in Galax last year during the firemen’s Fourth of July celebration. Glade Valley “Hi” finals To Begin Saturday Rev. W. I. Howell, Jr., To Deliver Commencement Sermon Seniors To Give Class Play Monday Night Beginning on Saturday, April 27, and continuing through Mon day, April 29, the annual com mencement exercises at Glade Valley high school will be held. The finals will begin with ,a music recital Saturday night. On Sunday morning, April 28, at 11 o’clock, the commencement sermon will be delivered by Rev. W. I. Howell, Jr., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Mocksville. At 8 o’clock Sun day night, Rev. J. K. Fleming, Mount Airy, will deliver the ser mon to the Young People’s league. Graduation exercises will take place on Monday morning, April 29, at 10 o’clock, when 19 sen iors will receive their diplomas. The address for this occasion will be delivered by Rev. H. J. Wom eldorf, Franklin. W. Va., who will be remembered as a former prin cipal of the Glade Valley school. The Rev. Mr. Womeldorf is now serving a group of mountain mis sion churches in West Virginia. At 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, the recitation and declamation contests will be held. Concluding the commencement activities for this year at Glade Valley will be the senior class play, “Silas Smidge From Turnip Ridge,” on Monday night, April 29. This is a comedy-drama in three acts with thirteen charac tetrs, and is directed by Prof. W. C. Thompson. The play, it is said, is full of action and promises much fun for those who witness it, from start to finish. Low Gap School Classes Enjoy Galax Banquet The faculty of Low Gap high school, with the junior and sen ior classes of the school, enjoyed a banquet at Bluemont hotel, Galax, Thursday night, April 18. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Woodruff and Mrs. M. C. Minor, also of Low Gap. Covers were laid for forty-four. The place cards were in designs suggestive of the Easter season, as was also the menu, which was served in courses. The toastmaster for the oc casion was Gayle Thompson. The Welcome was given by Opal Lowe; the toast to the seniors was by Gayle Thompson, and Alonrea Davis responded. Evelyn Hamp ton gave a toast for the school and Mr. Minor responded. Mil dred Davis toasted the faculty and Miss Bowlin responded. The prophesy was by Marie Bartlett. Members of the faculty present included: M. C. Minor, Mrs. Bur ris, Miss Bowlin, Mrs. Chilton, Miss Cox, Miss Greene, Miss Arm field and Mr. Eason. Seniors were: Clara May Jolly, Roger Poole, Alonaa Davis, Lon nie Davis, Carlyle Thompson. Vergie Bartley, Cecil Combs, Clara Glasco, Vena Glasco and Rita Lowe. Juniors were: Opal Lowe, Gayle Thompson, Evelyn Hampton, Er (continued on back page) Commencement Sparta H. S. To Begin On May 10 Seniors To Present “Everybody’s Getting Married’’ On Saturday, Night, May 11 GRADE PROGRAM FRI. Congressman Doughton To Address Seniors. North Wilkesboiro Minister To Deliver Sermon May 12 Commencement exercises, bring ing to a close the 1934-35 term of Sparta high school, is scheduled to begin on Friday, M(ay 10, at 8 p. m., when a grade program Operetta, “Rain bow’s End,” will be presented. A Reading contest and pre sentation of Seventh grade diplomas will take place on Saturday morning, May 11. at 10 o’clock. On Saturday night, May 11, at 8 o’clock, the Senior play, “Everybody’s Getting Married,” will be presented. Rev. H. K. King, of North Wilkesboro, is to deliver the commencement sermon to the graduating class on Sunday morn ing, May 12, at 11 o’clock. On Monday night, May 13, graduation exercises will be held, snd at this time the literary ad dress to the graduates is to be delivered by Congressman Robert L. Doughton, of the Ninth North Carolina district. Congressman Doughton is considered a very pleasing and interesting speaker and is one of the foremost men in the United States House of Representatives, where he occupies the important position of chair man of the powerful Ways and Means committee. At present he is being „ spoken of very fre quently in connection with hia probable candidacy for Governor of North Carolina in 1936. The local school has been under the management of Prof. C. R. Roe for the past several fears. Teachers Of Adult Classes Meet In Sparta The teachers of adult classes n Alleghany county held a meet ng here Friday in the county uperintendent’s office with the district supervisor of adult educa tion Clyde C. Sorrels, of Ruther fordton, in attendance. Among the many features of the adult program that were discussed were projects and plans for a county commence ment. m .. Miss Lola Billings, unit chair man of Alleghany county, ,and the following teachers were pre sent; Mrs. T. C. Edwards, Mrs. Lure. W. Spaulding and Misses Grady Sue Spicer, Vada Dun can and Allafair Shumake, of Sparta: Mrs. Ruth B. Osborne and Mrs. Vergie Pugh, Piney Creek, and Mrs. J. E. Blevins, Mrs. Dent Joines and Misses Ruby Joines and Blanche Joines, Edward.: Cross Roads. Mrs. G. A. Martin, of Sparta, was an interested visitor at the meeting. "Experience \eeps a dear school, fools will leant in no other." APRIL 23—Wityiam Shakespeare, Bard of Avon, bom I
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