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•• BHKisI , &*■' Want Ads Bring Result* The any Times Subscription Price $1* year in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 10. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1936. 6 PAGES Number 26. A LIMITED NRA President Roosevelt has no idea of abandoning efforts of the Fed eral Government to benefit labor ers through some limitation of working hours sfid a minimum standard of wages, or of abandon ing the effort to protect those who meet these requirements from the competition of chiseling competi tors. This much is definite, re gardless of the confusion that has worried Washington since the Su preme Court rendered its decision against the NRA. The NRA as an organization was not wiped out by the de cision which rendered its codes inoperative and ineffective in so far as intra-state commerce is concerned. It still exists as an agency of the government but can only function within the limits of the decision. Since its activities have been curtailed, many of the 4,500 employes will not be required, although quick passage dl the Senate bill extend ing the life of the NRA until April 1st, 1936, is assured. Moreover, a small skeleton or ganization will be maintained, as the President says, to summarize information already obtained and to study the effects of the aban donment of the code requirements in regard to working conditions and fair trade practices. CODE SYSTEM SUSPENDED No effort will be made to en force fair trade practices or work, ing conditions .required under the codes, which were eliminated by Court's conclusions. This decision, announced by the President, ap parently means that no effort will be made to apply the code system to interstate business alone, which was suggested by some advisers. It means the temporary abandon ment of all code enforcement and inevitably permits employers .to do as they please. No one with any experience takes much stock in the many statements from bus iness leaders, declaring that bus iness will respond voluntarily to the challenge of maintaining hours and wages. Without ques tioning the faith of those who ex hort busihess to act wisely, there exists a minority fringe always ready to do anything for profits and the pressure of competition will be inescapable. Those who obtain government contracts will be .required to con form to certain standards and this may extend to all activities financed by the government. Those who sell the government will be required to meet minimum wage and maximum hour standards and to observe the ban against em ploying persons under sixteen years of age. However, the President points out that not much over one per cent of the industrial production of the coun try is used in government work but the requirement is to be en forced as a matter of good faith. L09SES BALANCE GAINS Public reaction to the momen tous decision of the Court changed 1st week. The cheers of triumph sounded by opponents of the code system have continued as- they pro claimed the end of regimentation and the rebirth of American in dividualism in business. However, an appreciative note has been sounded, not only by Labor but by business itself as many realis ed the sweeping implications of the unanimous decision. The jub ilation over the codc ktlling, bas ed on abolition ,/pfc^afrtain evils in the system, wiuMjtoipered by the loss of admittaiLbcnefits that accrued. Moreover, little re liance could be placed on any effective action on the part of forty-eight states to make per manent these gains and the power of the Federal Government to act bad been removed. It was a sobering reflection. NEW ISSUE ARISES The issue, so far as President Roosevelt is concerned, is clear cut and a decision muts be reach ed by the people who must deter mine whether the Federal Govern ment shall have jurisdiction over social and economic problems that are national in scope and effect While the unanimous decision of the nine members of the Supreme Court precludes any effective at. tack upon that body, there was undoubted regret that the Court, in its definition of interstate trade, failed to adopt a more liberal interpretation. Our readers are aware that the first phase of the opinion was to the effect that Congress had dele gated excessive power to the Pres ident but this defect could have been amended by new legislation. The Court’s views in regard to the scope of interstate commerce, de fined in a very strict limit, raised an insurmountible barrier, only to be overcome by amendment of (continued on page 4) • r- . i ■ ■Bn. ''iv.',.,... , “ Parkway Work May Be Delayed By Legal Snarls Representatives Of t State In Washington Take Up Matter With Government Officials LEGALITY QUESTIONED First Section Of Road To Be Contracted Passes Through Alleghany Near Sparta And Roaring Gap Washington, June 11.—Legal questions have arisen which may seriously delay the 200-mile park way connecting the Great Smoky and the. Shenandoah National parks. These questions are now be fore Nathan R. Margold, solicitor of the Interior Department, in the form of conflicting opinions pre pared by subordinates. Mr. Mar gold was expected to reach a conclusion early this week. If his conclusion is favorable to the parkway, the project which is believed to mean more in the way of the attraction of tourists to the state than any single step which has been taken will soon be under way as bids will be opened at Roanoke, Va., on Wed nesday for construction of the first 12 miles of the parkway, the link from the Virginia line to Roaring Gap. Until the last few days it had been asserted that the only thing standing in the way of beginning of the project was transfer of rights of way by the states of North Carolina and Vir ginia, both states having been slow in acquiring and turning over the necessary line and both having suggested a narrower right of way than the average of 800 feet required by the govern ment, so far as control is con cerned in order to protect the parkway from billboards, “hot dog stands” and other forms of nuisances. North Carolina finally moved on Thursday to condemn the land and it then developed that the larger questions of legality have not yet been cleared in the In terior Department. Here are two of these ques tions. One involves the legal authority of the secretary of the interior to construct the parkway. That question, if answered in the negative, would involve only such delay as might be involved in securing necessary;-legislation by Congress. The other question is connect ed with litigation in Virginia, which has held up not only the section of the parkway in that state but the Shenandoah National Park as well. Citizens of Vir ginia brought the suit on the ground that the. state had no power to condemn land to give it to the federal government. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Gov ernment attorneys had hoped that the case would be ended by dis missal of the appeal at the term of the court which ended last Monday. However, the court ad journed without acting and will not meet again until October. If it should be held that the (continued on back page) Flag Day Will Be Celebrated In U. S. Fri. Persona of the United States who are patriotically inclined will pause tomorrow (Friday, June 14) in observance of Flag Day, the day set apart in commemo ration of the act of Congress of June 14, 1777, which authorized the stars and stripes as the na tional colors. Flag Day this year will mark the 158th birthday of Old Glory, and many will feel a sense of pride and satisfaction in the reali zation that she has survived through the strife and turmoil of these many years, still remains untrampled and waves "o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” LAST CORN1 HOG CHECKS AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS The last Corn-Hog checks are in Sparta, and farmers for whom they are intended may obtain them by calling at the office of R. E. Black, Alleghany county farm agent, on Friday, June 14. v-iairiiS-• •' .' uc-..w *•><:; Roosevelt Speaks To Graduates Of West Point School Hyde Park, N. Y., June 11.— President Roosevelt today speni the major portion of his working hours on the draft of the ad' dress he will deliver tomorrow tc the graduating class of the. U. S Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Roosevelt began drafting the speech soon after coming tc his desk in the little executive office at Hyde, Park house. When he finished the task he dictated the text to a stenographer and then turned to disposing of the remainder of unfinished routine administration business in prepa ration for departure for Washing ton. Kidnapers Of Weyerhaeuser Child Captured Couple Is Held At Salt Lake City After Alleged Confession. Ex-Convict Sought bait Lake City, Utah, June 11. —Two alleged confessed kidnap ers of little George Weyerhaeuser were captured here Sunday night. The announcement of the capture, which came (as a surprise,was made public, and J- Edgar Hoov er, director of the department of justice, and “G” men were hot on the trail of an ex-convict named as the third participant in the $200,000 abduction. Harmon M. Whaley, 24, and his wife, Margaret, are in jail here, and an intense manhunt is cen tered around Butte, Mont., for the ex-convict, William Mahan, 32, who escaped from police Sun day. Hoover at Washington indicat ed belief the trio alone carried out the $200,000 ransom abduc tion of the nine-year old heir to a lumber empire. “Fine! Great! That’s good news,” were the jubilant words of the boy’s father, J. P. Weyer haeuser, Jr., at Tacoma, Wash., where George was seiized May 24 while on his way home from school. Speedy arrest of Mahan was expected confidently by officers after he was reported seen Sunday P.eeing from a gray-green sedan at Butte, in which approximately $ lb,000 of the ransom notes were found. An alert Butte policeman, James Mooney, spotted the car with a man he identified as Ma han guarding it, but the fugitive outran him. Police, sheriff’s officers and the famed “G” men who began con centrating here Friday af ter the ransom notes turned up quickly spread out in a wide hunt. — To Register Unemployed Of County Here R. L. Wooten, district manager, United States Employment ser vice, is scheduled to meet all un employed of Alleghany county who care to be present, at the court house in Sparta on Thurs day of each week at 10:30 a. m., until registration can be taken pare of otherwise, beginning to day, June 13, for the purpose of registering unemployed. As contract for the scenic high way was to be let yesterday, and work is expected to start soon on the construction of the road, la bor for this project will be select ed from the National Reemploy ment Service, North Wilkesboro. Mr. Wooten desires that the people of Alleghany county bear in mind that this work is only for the unemployed, and does not include farmers who are in good circumstances. CLASSES IN ADULT EDUCATION MAY BEGIN An announcement has just beer received by Miss Lola Billings, County Chairman of Adult schools, that a summer term for classes in Adult Education may begin on Friday, June 14. ' Any unemployed teachers (those who do not have schools for next year) who wish to ap ply for a position as teacher ol adult Classes, should see Mist Billings at once. Only a limitec number will be approved. Annual Meet Of Baptist W. M. U. Held At liberty ~ Outstanding Speakers Participate In Program. Next Meeting To Be Held At Laurel Springs The fifth annual meeting of the Baptist Women’s Missionary union of the Alleghany association was held on Tuesday, June 4, at Lib erty Baptist church. Due to the illness of Mrs. G. A. Martin, superintendent of the association organization, Mrs. A. O. Joines presided. A very inspiring and instruc tive program was presented, and outstanding speakers were Miss Emma Leachman. Atlanta, Ga., who is the Baptist Home Board field representative, and Mrs. Edna R. Harris, Raleigh, who is the Baptist State convention sec retary. Not the least in the enjoyment of the occasion was the delic ious luncheon served by the lad ies of Liberty church. Following is a summary of the day’s program: Morning session: Song, “All H,ail The Power Of Jesus’ Name”; Devotional, Mrs. Edna R- Harris; Welcome, Mrs. A. Q. Joines; Com mittee reports; roll call; “Why The Margaret Fund?” Mrs. Bruce Wagoner, and an address by Miss Emma Leachman. Afternoon session: Song, “Take Time To Be Holy”; Special music, Mrs. Bruce Wagoner and Miss Eva Greene; Devotional, Dr. G. A. Martin, pastor of the Sparta Baptist church; play, “Missionary Clinic,” ladies of Liberty church; “Be A Biblical Recorder Sub scriber Or Be Ashamed.” Mrs. Madge Shepherd; “Forward With Young People,” Miss Ivy Grace Doughton, and “Special Seasons Of Prayer,” Mrs. George Crutch field. Officers for the coming year were elected, as follows: Mrs. Amos Wagoner, superintendent; Mrs. Duke Bledsoe, assistant super intendent, and Mrs. Clinton Hal sey, secretary and treasurer. It was decided for the union to meet in June of next year at the Laurel Springs Baptist church, i the exact date to be fixed by a committee. GETS DEATH SENTENCE A death sentence, under the Lindbergh kidnaping law, was im posed upon Arthur Gooch, gang ster, Monday in Durant, Okla. Galax Foremen Expect Big 4th Of July Week Pulaski, Hillsville And Radford Firemen 1 Will Be Invited To Be In Gigantic Parade Galax firemen, at a meeting held Tuesday night, decided to invite the Pulaski, Radford and Hillsville firemen, and the Hills ville Junior Drum and Bugle corps to be present on Thursday, July 4, at their celebration in Galax, and participate in the gigantic parade planned for the forenoon of that day. Plans are constantly progressing nearer completion for the annual cele bration, which is scheduled to be gin on Monday, July 1, in Felts park, and continue throughout the week. Arrangements are being made to serte visiting firemen and drum and bugle corps members a light lunch and drinks at the office adjoining the ticket office at Felts park immediately after the parade. An advance man for Bunts Greater Shows, which is to fur nish the midway carnival attrac tions for the celebration, was in Galax Tuesday, and covered the entire town and surrounding ter ritory with advertisements of the celebration, which is sponsored jointly by the firemen and the town government, A gorgeous display of fireworks will be an outstanding feature of the night program of the Fourth. In the afternoon of that day a water battle will be engaged in, beginning at 4 o’clock, at Felts park, probably by Company No. 1 and Company No. 2 of the Galax firemen. For this fight the hose will be stretched from a hydrant on main street to the race track where the battle will take place. The water pressure for this fight will be stepped up by use of the pumper on one of the fire trucks. On Tuesday night, a mammoth torchlight parade will move along Main street to the carnival grounds, and the Galax American Legion Drum and Bugle corps will lead this papade. The par ade of the complete equipment of the Galax fire department on Fri day night will be led by the local drum and bugle corps. Bunts Greater Shows promises one of the most entertaining and varied carnival set-ups that has been in Galax for some time. Through State Capital Keyholes By Bets Hinton Silver WHISKY—State politicians are hopeful that the Wet and Dry is sue can be kept out of the 1936 primaries. They aver this is a question to be voted upon ,and determined by the people—not gubernatorial or senatorial can didates. There is little a Gover nor can do about it.. Governor Ehring'naus attempted to smooth the alcohol waters in the closing hours of the late legislative ses sion, but failed. And don’t for get, » Tar Heel Governor hasn’t the veto power. COURAGEOUS—Senator Josiah W. Bailey has no doubt made thousands of friends in his ef forts to amend the Wheeler-Ray bum utility bill in Congress. Senator Bailey has submitted no less than 41 amendments to the bill, all of which, it is said by some interested people, will be beneficial to the users of gas and electricity, as well as those who own stock in such concerns. As on his vote on the soldiers bonus bill, even the Senator’s bitterest enem ies can easily realize his courage of convictions. NCMBER TWO PLACE—State Senator Wilkins P. Horton, of Chatham County, has definitely cast his chapeau in the proverbial political ring. The Senator an nounces he is a candidate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the coveted number two place—that of Lieutenanl Governor. Horton has a long and honorable record as a member oi the General Assembly, having first served as a Senator in 1919. Critics of the' last Senate sessior credit Horton with being one ol the .outstanding members. Th< lean, tall Chathamite has a kit filled with tools and is not afraic to use them. He has never been known to evade even an unpopu lar issue. CONTENDERS—It is rumor ed that Senator Horton and Sena tor foul D. Grady, also announced for Lieutenant Governor, may face additional opposition. Grady is a legislative veteran and served as President Pro Tem of the last session. Senators Carl Hailey, of Washington, and Harriss Newman, of New Hanover, are viewed a decidedly potential candidates for license plate number two. Repre sentative Willie Lee Lumpkin, of Franklin, also is no bad bet for an anti-sales tax candidate for the post of Lieutenant Governor. Former Senator George McNeill, of Fayetteville, also is expected to enter this race. OUT IS OUT—Superior Court Pudge Wilson Wariick, of New ton, whose name for months had been connected with the Gover norship nace in 1986 is not a candidate for the place. None other than the Judge himself made the announcement he would cast his vote for Clyde R. oHoey, Shelby’s Democratic Star, and would lend to Mr. Hoey such personal support as the dignity of the office of Superior Court Judge will itermit. Judge Wariick believes Mr. Hoey deserves the gubernatorial nomination for his thirty-odd years of “unselfish” service to the Democratic party and says further that Hoey is the best qualified man in the State for the. place. REFORM—For years prison of ficials and welfare agencies have advocated a worthwhile parole (continued on page 8) Ambassador Plans To Visit Blowing Rock While In N. C. Blowing Rock, June 11—Josep hus Daniels plans to visit Blow ing Rock before returning to his duties as ambassador to Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels, who have a summer ,an annual trip through this section of the mountains, stopping at the Blowing Rock hotel. Last year they were accom panied by Mrs. Harold Ickes, wife of the secretary of the interior. Mr. Daniels has asked the Presi dent to join him on one of his visits in the near future. Ehringhaus Is Finals Speaker At State College Invocation Offered By Former Rector Of Pulaski, Va., Church. 287 Receive 1 Degrees Raleigh, June 14.—Bachelor of science degrees were presented to 287 seniors at State College last night by Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. Eight graduates received mas ter of science degrees and four other professional degrees. Certificates of meritorious ser vice were awarded three of North Carolina’s leading agriculturists— Dr. Clarence Poe, Raleigh; Ben Everett, Palmyra, and Leonard Tufts, Pinehurst. After Rev. James McDowell Dick, of Raleigh, offered an in vocation, Governor Ehringhaus addressed the seniors briefly. The Rev. Mr. Dick was formerly rec tor of Christ Episcopal church, Pulaski, Va. As a boy, he said, he pondered' the problem of why graduating exercises were called “commence ment, coming as they did it j the close of the school year. But later, he said, he began to rea- i line that in truth the exercises;, marked the beginning of that greater life and service for which the years behind are but a prepa ration. The Governor gave a brief tribute to Colonel John W. Har relson, administrative dean of the college, for the “great service he has done and is doing.” Miss Reeves Is Honor Guest At Galax Parties Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Cox, Galax, were hosts at a charming buffet supper at their home Friday night of last week, honoring Miss Lor raine Reeves, Sparta, who has been visiting at their home dur ing the past school term. Sup per was served in a beautiful garden of the home. After the meal the guests lingered in the lovely gardens until dark, when they went into the house where card games were played. In addition to those mentioned above the following persons were present; LaFayette Carr, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Vaughan, Leonard Branscome, Frances Vass. Jimmie. Smlil.-, Doncie Young, Worth Cox, Janie Young, Jane Giersch, Iva Jones, Kathleen Wampler, Helen Sprakcr, J. B. Jones, Jr., James Branscome, Joe Chappell, Joe Crockett, Graves Wampler and Junior Andrews. Saturday night of last week Mr. end Mrs. Wayne Vaughan. Galax, i were hosts to Lorraine Reeves, LaFayette Carr, Janie Young, Jimmie Smith, Worth Cox, S. C. Cox and Leonard Branscome at a delightful buf fet supper in their apartment in [the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Cox. After supper Mr. Cox, costum ed in a weird magician’s outfit, performed tricks of magic with a finesse that would rival that of any professional magician, it was said by those present. During the meal the guests observed a very curious tendency of plates on the table to jump out of place, apparently without the aid of human hands. Although it was not proved to any great satisfac tion, still it was suspicioned by some what was pausing this un usual occurrence. After supper the guests retired to the living room where they en joyed card games. Mrs. Roosevelt Is Speaker At Chapel Hill Tues. Delivers Commencement Address To Graduates Of University Of N. C. In Crowded Kenan Stadium VISITS IfT RALEIGH First Lady Introduced By Ambassador Daniels. Other Dignitaries Also Present At Finals Chapel Hill, .June 11.—Address, ing a ne.ar-record outgoing class of 410' tonight at the University of North Carolina, oldest of American state universities, Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President, first woman to speak at the institution’s finals, told the graduates to go out into the world and seek new objectives with the view to making the world a happier place for the under-privileged, particularly those in agriculture and in industry, Held in beautiful Kenan Stadium under a moonlit sky, the exer cises were attended by a crowd of approximately 10,000. President Frank P. Graham pre sided. and Josephus Daniels, am bassador to Mexico and a close friend of the Roosevelt family, introduced the speaker. Before the address, Dean Robert B. House announced prize winners for the year. Mrs. Roosevelt motored to Chapel Hill, stopping in Raleigh for a rest at the home of Am bassador and Mrs. Daniels. She called at the home of President and Mrs. Graham before proceed ing to the stadium where the exercises were opened with an in vocation by Rev. O. T. Binkley, of the Baptist church. “We. are a more hopeful, more prosperous people than we were ?. few years ago, but we cannot say that we are satisfied with conditions as they exist in our country today,” Mrs. Roosevelt declared. Pointing out that “we have made great material gains, the first lady asserted that “we have come to a parting of the ways, that we can no longei go ahead with the same, philosophy, the same outlook and same ambitions. “You must frame new objec tives,” she told the graduates. “We do not produce enough in this country to give each human being a decent standard of liv ing.” “We’ve got to think about new ways of doing things. We have allowed our machine age to grow up so rapidly that we don’t know liov' how to handle it. “You have got to have courage, initiative and imagination,” she warned, “to tackle the problems that await you.” To effectuate the improvements needed most jn the country is go ing to require a “change in heart,” she declared. Mrs. Roose.velt was given close attention and was applauded num erous times during the address. Introducing the first lady, Am massador Daniels said “she comes here in her own right as a leader in all causes that work for the betterment of America.” “1 am charged by the people of this state to convey to your (continued on back page) „ .. jUw "Everybody knows good counsel except those that have need of it" JUNE I 11—Richard Strauss, treat IJi composer, bora ISM. hr 12—Congress orders S"? ei»l relati ciai relations with Franc# ended, 17M. «rt form trait, 1SW.
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