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Time* Want Ads Bring Results The Alleghany Times Subscription Price $1 a year in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHAN Y COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935. 6 PAGES Number 54. FARMERS MOBILIZE The farmers who gathered in Washington to express approval of the farm program of the Ad ministration insist that their pil grimage by bus, automobile and train from many sections of the country was a spontaneous upris ing to defend their rights- At any rate, the nation witnessed the be ginning of an agricultural lobby that is destined to become strong er and more effective in the fu. ture. Without regard to any opinion that one may have of the AAA, it is easy to see that agricultur ists, receiving benefits from the government, will be reluctant to forego these payments. They, will probably fight for them with the same determination that manufacturers have fought for tariff favors and upon the same grounds—self-interest. While it is not the intention of the writer or the function of this column to “take sides” in discuss ing political developments, the public might as well understand the trend that is apparent in poli- . tics. For years, there has been . in existence a powerful lobby , working in the interest of big . business and solely dedicated to its advantage. The veterans of j former wars have for years taken i advantage of effective organization to promote legislation to secure j benefits designed solely for them and the treatment accorded war veterans of this country testifies ( very eloquently to the power of this group. ANOTHER GROUP FORMING The power of the Prohibition ist group, for a time more ef fectively used than that of the liquor forces, was organized for the purpose of influencing legis lation by mass pressure upon Congress, and it is believed that Father Coughlin, of Detroit, hopes to develop a similar power over legislation in the interest of the proposals that he favors. Of course, everyone knows of the effectiveness of-the pressure that organized labor, representing a minority of workmen, can exert upon occasion. Inevitably, the farmers will follow the example of other groups and strive to emulate their successes. BLOCS CONTROL VOTES In this connection, one might as well realize that any bellig erent minority, well organized and supplied with some “sinews of war," can intimidate members of Congress. As every congress man knows reelection to office is dependent upon a slender bal ance of favor with the electorate, and the hostility of even a small but determined minority group often turns the tide against an incumbent. Under these circum stances, it is easy to understand why the congressmen are in fluenced by the demands made by these organizations when they happen to be strong in the pre cincts where they must secure votes to continue in public of fice. The only effective opposition that can confront the demands of these groups or thwart their po litical threat must come from the "President of the United States. As has been pointed out by Mr. Roosevelt and practically all of his predecessors in office, the Chief Executive is the only rep resentative of the nation as a whole, obligated by law to regard the interests of the entire people and to act with sole regard to the general welfare of the United States. Naturally, there have been instances where presidents, have failed to meet, this responsibility and, as a result, selfish or sec tional interests have been ad vanced at the expense of the welfare of the entire nation. PRESIDENT GUARDS PUBLIC The President’s veto of the Patman Bonus bill, in spite of its victories in the House and Sen ate, is an illustration of a Presi dent acting, as he thinks, in the interest of the nation as a whole and in opposition to the power of a special group. This truth should be realised by all those interest-: ed in the success of the American government, whether one agrees with the position taken by the Chief Executive or with those who think that the soldiers should be paid at onee That the bonus will remain an Issue in our politics until it is paid is not doubted. The pressure that can be exerted against leg islators will be applied relentless ly and, in time, the necessary two-thirds will be found to ride roughshod over presidential bp poskion. In discussing this ques tion in pointing out the meth ods of minority groups to secure action favorable to their own pro (continued on page 4) Doughton 1$ In Fight For 2-Yr. NRA Extension Introduces Resolution Embracing Program Of President Roosevelt. Is Resentful Of Senate BORAH OPPOSES NRA rell Upper Branch Of Body That House Needs No Suggestions From The Former. Fight In Open Washington, May 21.—-House eaders, ignoring Senate warn ngs, last night began work on a •esolution which would continue he NRA .in a form satisfactory o President Roosevelt. At the same time a bitter struggle in Jongress over the matter appear ;d to be inevitable. The fight between the two louses was brought into the open if ter Donald R- Richberg, head if NRA governing board, warned he House ways and means com nittee that the Clark resolution idopted by the Senate would vreck the entire industrial pro gram. Shortly afterward, Chairman lobert Dough ton (D), North Carolina, ‘of the committee, in roduced a resolution embracing (lost of the seven-point program ecommended by Mr. Roosevelt vhich includes a two-year ex ension of NRA. The resolution ras referred to Doughton’s com nittee and he said later that it vould form the basis of the ;roup’s final recommendations. Thus the House accepted the hallenge offered by the Senate ast week when it passed the llark ^solution proposing to ex end NRA for only nine and one lalf nfonths, ban price fixing and imit codes to interstate business, ‘hairman Pat Harrison (D.), Mississippi, of the Senate finance ommittee, said at that time that ie would' wot accept in conference Irastic changes in the Clark pro losal as contemplated now by he House. Deeply resentful, Doughton and iis colleagues flung back the tart eply that the House needed no uggestions from the Senate and could legislate as it pleased. The esolution offered in the House oday clarifies NRA control over nterstate commerce, authorizes rice fixing where President Roose elt finds it in the public inter st and transfers enforcement of air practice provisions in codes o the federal trade commission. The tenor of Senate feeling cas disclosed today when Senators Villiam E. Borah (R), Idaho, and lerald P. Nye (R.), North Da ;ota, denounced a meeting here m Wednesday of business and industrial leaders demanding a wo-year * extension of NRA. Borah declined an invitation to ittend the conference and charg id that the representatives were :oming to Washington "for their iwn selfish interests.” “They are asking the right to evy tribute upon 120,000,000 teople,” he declared. “They are isking for that which will mean greater hardship, greater self lenial, malnutrition, less food and ess clothing for millions of peo >le in this country.” Nye said: “The transparent purpose of he meeting is to maintain cade tnd NRA bureaucrats firmly en trenched to their payrolls and to" maintain big business in the sad-' lie through the vehicle of code authorities.” Borah and others in the Senate nave taken the position that there ire several features of the NRA >f doubtful constitutionality and that it would be impracticable to extend the recovery unit for two years pending a decision by the U. S. Supreme Court upon the validity of the act. TO GIVE "DEACON DOBBS” AT BLEVINS X ROADS SAT. “Deacon Dubbs," a three-act play, is to be presented for the second time at Blevins Cross Roads, near Ennice, on Saturday night, May 25, at 8 o’clock. The first presentation, it is said, was such a success that it was requested that the play be pre sented again. String music will feature the entertainment. A nominal charge- wil be made for admission. MEMORIAL DAY The drummer boys of ’60 are still carrying on in the thinning ranks of blue which turn o«t each year for Memorial Day Services. The above photo was taken at Philadelphia last year as a Union drummer boy pol ished his sticks to roll out. a march ing song. World’s Largest Land Plane Falls And 49 Are Killed “Maxim Gorky/’ Pride Of All Soviet Russia, Goes Down In Ruins When Hit By Small Plane In Air Moscow, May 21.—Struck in nid-air by a small pursuit plane, ;he Maxim Go/rky, world’s largest rirplane, plunged to destruction Saturday,. bringing death to 49 persons. The magnificent air liner, pride if all Soviet Russia, disintegrated ligh above ground, and its wreckage together with the bod es of crew and passengers was scattered over a 2,000 foot rad ius. Of the victims, eight were wo men and six were children, mem bers of the families of workers who were being taken on a flying loliday as a reward for faithful service. Eleven of the 49 were members of the crew. .The pilots >f the plane that crashed, bul let-like, into the vitals of the air monster, also were victims. The accident, according to the government, was the direct fault of the aviator in the smaller plane, who had been instructed specifically not to perform any stunts near the liner. In defiance if these instructions, it was de :lared, he began taking his plane in loops at a height of 23,000 feet. As he came out from one of his spirals, he crashed into the wing of the Maxim Gorky and sent both ships in ruins to the earth. As the heavy parts of the ma chir^ hurtled from the sky, a portion of one steel frame wing crashed through the roof of a house, killing a woman. Soviet officials dissipated ru mors of possible sabotage, em phasizing that the collision was accidental, due solely to the pilot of the pursuit plane; a Russian named Blagin disobeying orders. Methodist W. M. S. Meets At Home Of Mrs. Gambill The Women’s Missionary society of the Methodist church met Friday, Mgy 17, at the home of Mrs. Sidney Gambill. After the business meeting, Mrs. - Grower Enopier presented a very in structive and interesting program. During the social hour the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Ellen Parks, served refreshments to about 18 members. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Dalton Warren, and Mrs. L. K. Halsey will be leader. seeks school money LeRoy Martin, secretary of the North Carolina state school com mission, was in Washington Tues day seeking a part of the fed eral works-relief money for North Carolina schools. ifle conferred with PWA .and other officials.' Threat Of Coal Strike Now In Congress’ Hands Bituminous Walk-Out May Be A Reality By June 17. Negotiations Between Union And Producer* Collapse Washington, May 21.—Appa lachian soft coal mine operators tossed into congress’ lap tonight the threat of a nationwide bi tuminous strike June 17. The threat took the form of an announcement that the negotia tions between the producers and the uni jn on new wage and hour contracts had collapsed. Duncan C. Kennedy, of Charleston, W. Va., chairman of the joint wage committee| said in a statement: “A canvass of the situation by representatives of both sides re vealed such a breakdown of stable competitive relationships, and such increasing confusion and uncer tainty in the industry that the operators are in no position to make definite commitments for wages, hours afi9 conditions of employment.” John L. Lewis, president of the mine union, reiterated his posi tion that not a miner would en ter the pits June 17 unless con-j tracts were signed before then. He announced that the union’s national policy committee would meet here next Monday “to dis cuss what will happen after June , 16 if there are no contracts signed.” Strike plans will be dis cussed. 5* , The miners Want congress to enact the Guffey coal stabiliza- i tion bill, to create a “little NRA” for the coal industry and to strengthen price control. One ! large group of operators, claim- i ing to represent two-thirds o)f i the country’s commercial ton- I nage, has expressed itself in fa- I vor of the Guffey bill. Another 1 group, mostly from the south and i west and claiming to represent a i substantial majority of all ton nage, opposes the Guffey bill but 1 (continued on back page) TO CLEAN CEMETERY AND GROUNDS AT SHILOH MON. 1 The cemetery and church grounds at Shiloh will be cleaned ( on Monday, May 27, and pre- ( parations made for decoration services there. I Workers will take their lunch 1 with them, and all interested : persons are expected to be pre- i sent, or sertd representatives. 1 Decoration services are to be 1 held on Sunday, June 2. I Odd Fellows And Rebekahs Open Goldsboro Meet Eighty-Second State Convention Gets Off To Good Start Tuesday With Good Attendance uoiasDoro, way zi.— me open ing session of the 82nd state con tention of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in Goldsboro at 1:30 ;his afternoon was attended by approximately 200 members otf ;he former organization and 140 >f the latter. The Military Pa triarchs, semi-military branch of Odd Fellowship, met at Neuse Lodge hall at 10 a. m. and de crees were conferred upon Deputy Orand Master Wilbur D. Jones, Wilmington, and J. R. Bennett, Beaufort. Major C. P. Burch rtte, Winston-Salem, commander the North Carolina division, presided. State Grand Master J- P. Shrago, Goldsoboro, presided over -he convention. Degrees were con 'erred upon more than twenty. The State Rebekah Assembly :onvened at the Hotel Goldsboro with Mrs. H. A. Hqlstead, of Mooresville, president, presiding. A memorial service for Odd fellows and Rebekahs who have lied during the past year was leld at 4 o’clock. Thirty-seven 3dd Fellows h,ad died. An open meeting was held in he Jacobi Auditorium of the lome at 7:30 o’clock tcfiight. •'red P. Parker, noble grand mas er of Neuse Lodge, welcomed the visitors. R. D. Watson, of Wins ;on-Salem, state treasurer of Odd fellows, responded. Deputy Grand Master Wilbur 3. Jones presented to the holme in behalf of Cape Fear Lodge it Wilmington, a large portrait of he late Marcus Jacobi, a mera >er of the Cape Fear Lodge, a last grand master, and chairman if the board of trustees of the irphanage for a number of years. At 9 o’clock the Rebekah de cree was conferred upon a num ler of initiatives. At 10 o’clock i reception for Odd Fellows and tebekahs was held in the Wo nan’s Club building in honor of he grand master. IHESTNUT GROVE SCHOOL CLOSING WELL ATTENDED A large crowd attended an in eresting program on May 4 at he close of the Chestnut Grove chool. The school was very suc essful during the past term. i'ord McCann and the Carpenter •oys were present and rendered rrand music for the program. Through State Capital Keyholes By Bom Hinton Silvor STORM BREWING?—In the Fourth Congressional District, so ably represented for more than a third of a centifly by the be loved late Edward W. Pou. it now appears there may be a live ly scrap. It is rumored around Raleigh that Representative W. L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, known to one and all as the co-author of the McDonald-Lumpkin plan in the late Legislature and “a peo ple’s candidate” may offer in op position to Congressman Harold D. Cooley. Mr. Lumpkin was a bitter opponent of taxing “fat back and molasses,” always a friend of the schools and an avow, ed “liquor control” man. He has cared a name among young Demo cratic leaders. The rumor-graph also reports that former Repre sentative Otway Binns Moss, of Nash, is feeling out the Fourth District Congressional waters. Oth ers mentioned as possible foes of Congressman Cooley are State Senators Carroll Weathers, of Wake, and W. P. Horton, ' of Chatham. RE-DEALS—b there to be a re-deal in North Carolina poli tics? Some of the natives think so. Representative Wm. Seholl, of the great State of Mecklen burg. has announced his candi dacy against Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle, and Representative Ed Summersill, of Onslow, would not surprise his neighbors if he an nounced against Congressman Gra ham Barden of the Third District. UNUSUAL—George Ross Pou, Raleigh attorney, probably emerg ed as the most popular of the so-called lobbyists in-so-far as the people as a whole are concerned Pou represented those interested in preventing diversion of high way funds and the outcome of such legislation was not displeas ing, although there is an ad ditional contingent diversion. Mr. Pou fought. side-by-side with the school forces seeking higher school appropriations. He also favored better pay for teachers, highway and prison employees, as well as more cakes and coffee for ,all state hired help- Unable to at tend the sessions in person, Mr. Pou made one radio appeal from his bed and radio officials said it was probably the first radio “bed side” talk made in North Caro lina. NEW TARGET—Now that the General Assembly is no more (at least for ninety days or more) Tar Heels will focus their atten tion more acutely to national af fairs and instead of petitioning State Senators and Representa tives, appeals will go to U. S. Senators and Congressmen. Right at this time North Carolinians probably are more interested in agricultural, bonus and public utilities legislation. Many a let ter will go forth to Washington concerning the Warren potato control bill, the Patman bonus bill (fated for a Presidential veto). Probably as many com munications will protest that sec tion of the Wheeler-Raybum bill which proposes to place operat ing gas and electric companies under Federal rather than State control. Proponents and oppon (continued on page 4) | New Outboard King j mmmm NEW YOBK . . . Fred Jacoby (above), of North Bergen, N. 3., after seven years of being ‘ ‘ an also ran” eame home in front this year, winning America’s longest outboard motorboat marathon, Albany to New York, a distance of 129 miles. There were 76 starters of which only 17 finished. His time was 3 hrs., 28 min. and'27 s’cds. Doughton To Be Speaker At Govt. Institute In June Alleghany Congressman And Sen. Jasiah Bailey Tta Feature Annual Affair With Addresses Congressman Robert L. Dough ton, of Alleghany county, and United States Senator Josiah W. Bailey, of North Carolina> are to feature the program of North Carolina’s Institute of Govern ment in Chapel Hill Monday and Tuesday, June 10 and 11, with ad dresses. At this timq public of ficials from all over the state are expected to gather to dis cuss common problems and to hear state and national legislators interpret the new laws. Congressman Doughton and Senator Bailey will be assisted in their discussion of the new Fed eral laws and agencies by the State heads of the various Federal divisions, who will .have charge of administering the vast Federal program of public works and re lief in this state. The unprecedented interest in the results of the nation’s epoch al Congress and the State’s hec tic assembly are expected to draw a record attendance, sur passing even that of the 1933 meeting, which attracted upwards of a thousand officials, represent ing 98 of the State’s 100 counties and a majority of its cities and towns. Some of the vital questions that Senator Bailey and Congress man Doughton will discuss are: How will the four billion dollars appropriated by the Federal gov ernment for public works and relief be allotted and administer ed in this state and its counties, cities, and towns? How will the program be financed? And what will be the cost and the benefits to North Carolina? Lieutenant-Governor A. H. Gra ham and Speaker Robert Grady Johnson are in charge of the ses sion for the interpretation of new state laws. Summaries of the New Laws affecting each group of officials are being prepared by members of the institute staff and will be distributed along with summons of the new local laws affecting each county, city and town. One session, that on Tuesday morning, is being held open for different groups of officials to discuss mutual problems and to analyze the new laws affecting their particular offices. Arrangements are being made to provide accommodations in University dormitories at a mini mum cost. An attractive pro gram of entertainment is being planned, featured by a luncheon and buffet supper. The meeting will open Monday night, June 10, and conclude Tuesday after noont permitting those who wish to attend the University’s gradu ation exercises that night STUDENTS TO HEAR GOV. Gbvemor J. C. B. Ehringhaus will deliver a short address at the commencement exercises at State college, Raleigh, on MoneJaj 10, on the field ii Roosevelt Veto Expected To End Patman Measure Vigorous Message At Joint Session Of House And Senate Expected To Be Upheld In Latter RESOLUTION ADOPTED Filibuster Is Broken When Huey Long Makes Mistake And Leaves The Floor. New Plans Mapped Washington, May 21—A vigor ous veto message, forecast to spell simultaneous death to the inflationary Patman bonus bill and birth of a new cash payment drive, tonight w,as assured of per sonal delivery by President Roose velt tomorrow to a joint session of Congress. Six hours of filibustering talk by Senator Long, (D., La.), to keep the Senate from jcyning the House to hear the message collapsed finally under a parlia mentary maneuver which took the Louisianan off the floor. But the break did not come until the White House itself had said the president would take his precedent shattering veto to the House to morrow even if the Senate were not on hand. The final vote on the reso lution for a joint veto assemblage with the House—first of its kind —was 44 to 4. That the vetj» would prove a death blow to the Patman new money bill was agreed to by lead ers on both sides. They said the Senate was sure to sustain the president. But the veterans’ forces were ready to press new legislation, tempered perhaps by whaf Mr. Roosevelt may say about paper money. Single-handedly, Long conduct ed for six hours the filibuster, and still seemed fresh when he stop ped. He contended the presi dent wanted a joint session for a “sounding board,” clashed with Senator McKellar, (D., Tenn.L* over work-relief wage scales, re fused even to reply when Borah, (R., Idaho)—whom he personally has nominated as a presidential candidate—pleaded that “further delay would reflect upon the Sen (continued on back page) Sheep Growers Hold Meeting Here Saturday At a meeting of the Alleghany Sheep Growers association held Saturday, the following men were selected as members of a com mittee to sell the wool and lambs: Eugene Transou, Mack L. Hash and M. E. Reeves. It is hoped that the farmers can manage to finance their business without sell ing their wool at the present price. If they will act together, R. E. Black, farm agent, is sure that the farmers will get more than the market is now offering. It is now time, according to Mr Black, for the farmers to drench their sheep. After June 1, he says, all sheep should be drenched at least once per month, or better still, twice per month, until cold weather. iimxiw jSsrTSmM 7 NCAA TN'I / J5CAN0AU Vi I "He who miruis his own business has' j no time to mind other foD(s.H MAY 21—Democrat! hold their Bret national convention, USt. M—John Hancock made ’ dent Continental iineetarta. 1886, 27—Watertown, IMS.
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