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DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Number 30.
Volume 10.
SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935.
12 PAGES
UTILITIES WIN IN HOUSE
The house last week dealt a
major political blow to the Presi
dent in voting 268 to 167 against
the “death sentence” provision of
the holding company bill, al
though the members voted for the
measure, on final passage, 823 to
81. The Senate’s provision, fav
ored by the President, passed the
upper body by only one vote. It
directed that existing holding
companies cease to function as
such by 1940, but authorized the
Federal Power Commission to ex
tend the life of those not more
than once removed from operat
ing companies for two years.
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The more lenient provision of
the House measure authorizes, but
does not direct, the commission
to dissolve the companies by 1940,
and to permit indefinite contin
uance of any “in the public in
terest.” The Senate would wipe
them out by 1942, ex.cept when
the commission finds that con
tinuance is necessary to an eco
nomically and geographically in
tegrated operating system.
That the issue thus framed will
be in the presidential campaign
next year is the opinion of Sena
tor Norris, and other Congress
men. The size and activity of
the power company lobby caused
some to remark that the efforts
of the veterans, and others, to
influence legislation was almost
nothing in comparison. Estimat
es a.re that more th,an 500 utility
agents were active, with each
State represented by those able
to influence the local delegations.
Investigations of their activity will
probably be made by both Houses,
with inquiry also into threats of
reprisal by administration stal
warts against recalcitrant Con
gressmen.
PRESIDENT’S WORST DEFEAT
The attitude of the President is
known. He is heart and soul be
hind the Senate provision, feeling
keenly that the utility companies
have misrepresented the issue and
that they have played an evil part
in the politics of the nation. In
fact, no specific reform has been
as insistently demanded by Mr.
Roosevelt as the stringent regula
tion of the power companies.
Whether he gets everything he
asks or not it is a fact that his
attitude has resulted in many
benefits to consumers all over the
nation. Power rates have been
reduced nearly everywhere as
pressure has overwhelmed the com
panies.
POWER LOBBY ACTIVE
The victory of the utility com
panies in the House fight, how
ever, does not seem to be decis
ive. What the House did was to
leave their fate to the Federal
Power Commission and what this
body will do to them remains to
be seen. Once before the fam
ous "power trust” won a great
victory but it turned out to be
the costliest on record. When
the Senate in 1927 voted to in
vestigate the industry the com
panies had the inquiry turned
over to the Federal Trade com
mission, rathe.! than the Senate
itself. The result was a six-year
study of malpractices, which cre
ated much of the popular
strength behind the present de
mand for reforms.
HOOVER NOT IN THE RACE
The general idea is that
Former President Hoover will
soon announce that he will not
seek the Republican nomination
for President next year, having
arranged to remain in private
life, that his criticism of ad
ministration policies was neces
sary in the absence of virile
leadership in Congress, that he
will get behind the nominee and
that the party chances of success
are increasing every day and
would be enhanced if economic
conditions and employment do not
improve much more than now ap
pears likely. Some political ob
servers think that this attitude
leaves the way open for the party
convention, if it so decides, to
select Mr. Hoover as the most
worthy opponent of the Presi
dent, while, at the same time,
leaving the way open for profit
able party manoeuvers.
CONFUSION DELIGHTS
CRITICS
Following a period of bewild
erment, during which Congress
hardly knew what was expected in
regards to the new taxes propos
ed by the President, the work of
drafting a measure to place high
er levies on wealth got underway
last week in more orderly proce
dure. The House, resenting Sen
ate speed, defended its proclaimed
right to originate revenue bills
and its Ways and Means commit
tee will prepare the bill. Hon
long it will take is the question
asked by those who know that
major revenue bills usually re
MX®
miss
Rockingham Votes
Dry In Election
Held On Tuesday
la Only County West
Of Raleigh To Vote On
Liquor Store Question.
Result Is 3,541 To 3,289
GREENE “WETS” WIN
Tuesday’s Voting
Ends Referendums On
Whisky Selling Until
i Fall Terms Of High Court
Raleigh, July 9.—Rockingham,
only county west of Raleigh
among the 18 authorized to es
tablish liquor stores, voted dry
today, incomplete unofficial re
turns indicated tonight.
Greene county meanwhile de
cided by » 141-vote margin to
legalize whisky, according to
complete unofficial returns.
With only one small precinct
out of 23 missing, Rockingham
late tonight showed 3,541 dry bal
lots as against 3,289 we.t.
The Greene vote was 876 wet1
and 735 dry.
Today’s referenda completed
at least until the fall terms of
the state supreme court, voting
under provisions of the so-called
eighteen-county liquor legislation
passed in the feverish last hours
of the 1935 General Assembly.
The legislation, which includes
two separate acts, authorized 18
counties and two townships to
establish liquor stores provided
voters of each county should give
their consent.
Sixteen of the counties voted
wet. Rockingham decided to re-1
main under provisions of the state
prohibition law and Franklin, the.
eighteenth, was prevented by a
court order from voting.
Of the sixteen counties which
ratified the we.t legislation, two
are under court order not to
spend money for opening whisky
stores- These two are New Han
over and Greene, in which dry
forces obtained restraining orders
which did not prohibit folding
the referenda but did declare
opening of the dispensaries illegal.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, in is
suing the injunctions declared
both the Pasquotank (17-county)
and the Cooper (New Hanover)
bill unconstitutional. Commis
sioners of both counties and of
Franklin have prepared appeals
to the state supreme court.
Carteret, in which a referen
dum was conducted last Satur
day, and which as late as yester
day was conceded a slight chance
to go dry, finally showed a com
plete count giving the wets a lead
of more than 6Q0 votes.
Wilson and Edgecombe, first
two counties to ratify the legis
lation, have begun selling liquor
at county stores. The Wilson
store, completing its first seven
days of business, today reported
total receipts of $7,029.65. Sales
were made to 4,500 customers
during the week. On Saturday,
the most successful day so far,
$1,900 worth of liquor was sold.
Today’s sales brought in $584.
Other counties planned to be
gin selling whisky within a few
days
Two superior court judges hav
ing declared the eighteen-county
legislation unconstitutional ,and
two others having upheld the.
legislation, drys decided to post
pone further legal action in the
•matter until they receive a su
preme court decision.
Grange Is Formed
At Piney Creek
Tuesday Night
At a^ meeting held Tuesday
night in the Piney Creek high
school building, attended by H.
6. Caldwell, Lecturer of the
North Carolina State Grange, a
grange organisation was perfect
ed for the Piney Creek commun
ity. L. X, Ha'sey was elected
Master, Mn. Guy Perry, Lecturer,
and Mrs. L. K. Halsey, Secretary.
A membership drive is to be
conducted in the Piney Creek
community during the next few
days, to close with a meeting on
next Monday night, July 15, at
! eight o’clock, in the school build
ing.
1 At the meeting to be held Mon
•day night, the remainder of the
' officers for the Piney Greek
'grange will be chosen, and offic
ers will be installed.
I Favors National Lottery 1
WASHINGTON . . . We will
Boon all be discussing national
lotteries, pro and con, if Congress
man Edward A. Kenney (D.) of
New Jersey (above), has his way.
Despite shelving of his lottery bill
at the last session, Kenney has
presented a new bill with three
choices of lottery plans, “anyone
of which will bring the govern
ment ?1,000,000,000 a year in
revenues of “painless taxation,”
he says.
Reynolds Company
Board Head Dies
While On Cruise
Body Of Bowman Gray,
Prominent Citizen Of
Winston-Salem, Lowered
Into Waters Of Atlantic
Winston-Salem,"July 9.—Bow
man Gray, chairman of the
board of directors of R. J. Rey
nolds Tobacco company, died sud
denly Sunday night on board the
Swedish-American Lines steam
ship Kungsholm, and was buried
at sea Monday night. Under the
bright fays of the Arctic circle’s
midnight sun, the 61-year old
chairman of the tobacco company
was buried in the North Atlantic
from the Kungsholm.
An honor guard of sturdy Scan
dinavian sailors lowered the cas
ket, wrapped in an American
dag, into the sea at the stroke
of midnight. Simple services
were conducted by the Rev. J.
J. Kolmos, D. D., of Wheaton,
111., a passenger.
Only the irnrhediate family,
Mi's. Gray and her two sons, Bow
man, Jr., and Gordon, with a few
friends and officers of the ship,
attended the services. Those at
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Graves Honored
By Bar Members
At Reidsville
Former Solicitor S. Porter
Graves, Mount Airy, was paid
respect in his present illness by
the Eleventh Judicial District Bar
association at its last general ses
sion held at Reidsville. The reso
lutions of esteem, which were
signed by a committee including
Attorney H. O. Woltz, president
of the association, as chairman,
Judge G- H. Hastings and R. A.
Doughton, are as follows:
“Whereas, the members of the
Bar Association of the Eleventh
Judicial District of North Caro
lina have learned with a great
deal of regret of the lengthy ill
ness of -Honorable S. Porter
Graves, of Surry County; and
whereas, the members of the Bs.r
Association of this District hold
his ability, accomplishments,
character and friendship in such
high esteem; and whereas, the ill
health of Honorable S. Porter
Graves prevents him at this time
from actively engaging in practice
among the members of this Bar
Association; and whereas, his ''en
gaging presence is- sorely missed:
"Now, therefore, be It resolved,:
“1. That the members of the
Bar Association of the Eleventh
Judicial District of North Carolina
in session at Reidsville, North
Carolina, June 20th, 1086, go
on record as expressing their
regret at his illness.
“2. That a copy of this Reso
lution be sent him to the end that
he be apprised of their solicitude
for him and their hopes of im
provement in his condition, and
an early return to their midst”
Old Age Funds
Must Be Matched
By This State
Conferees On Social
Security Measure Agree
To Modification Of The
Russell Amendment
Washington, July 9.—Conferees
on the social security bill today
agreed to a modification of the
Russdll amendment under which
no federal money will go into
North Carolina for old-age pen
sions unless matched dollar for
dollar by the state and a state
security plan is put into oper
ation.
Under the Russell amendment
as the bill passed the Senate the
15 states, including North Caro
lina, which do not have old-age
pension systems would have re
ceived federal funds until July,
1936, regardless of whether the
states matched the money or not.
The Russell amendment as modi
fied in conference makes this
provision apply only to those
states which are prohibited un
der their constitutions from levy
ing a tax for pension purposes,
there being only four in this cate
gory.
For North Carolina to partici
pate in the program the state
must have its own plan and then
the- money spent by the state,
counties or cities for old-age pen
sions will be matched by dollar by
the federal government up to $15
per month per person.
Just when the conferees on I
the security bih will finish their
work is not certain.
Representative Doughton, who I
heads the Hous conferees, stated I
this afternoon there were yet a!
number of--'Important differences
between tne House .and Senate
bills yet to be ironed out.
One of tbjue is the Clark
amendment eiswnpting companies
who have their own old-age pen
sion systems from this feature
of the security bill. The R. J.
Reynolds Company is one of the
companies which has its own pen
sion system.
“The House will not agree un
der any circumstances to this
amendment,” Doughton said.
Big Dance To
Be Held Monday
Night At Galax
A big dance, sponsored by the
Galax American Legion post, is
to be held Monday night, July
16, in the Pelts park exhibit
building at Galax. Dancing is
to "be in progress from ten to
two o’clock, and music is to be
furnished by John Peddicord and
his Rhythm Kings.
Torch singing, and singing by
a trio will also be features of
the event.
Chaperones will be provided
for the dance.
CELEBRATION ENDS
The Firemen’s celebration held
last week at Galax closed Satur
day night, after a successful week,
and Bunts Greater Shows left
Sunday for Bassett, Va., where
fhpv oi*o lnrvntpd this wppk.
Wagner Labor
Disputes Bill
Is Signed Fri.
Act Is Hailed By
Organized Labor As
A New Bill Of Rights.
Judicial Board Created
Washington, July 9—President
Roosevelt signed the Wagner
labor disputes bill Saturday .and
warned that it would not elimi
nate all disputes in industry but
that given a fair trial it should
serve as an important step toward
establishing peaceful relations be
tween worker and employer.
The act, hailed by organized
labor as a ne.w bill of rights and
sharply opposed by many great
industrialists, guarantees in per
manent law that every worker is
entitled to bargain collectively
through representatives of his own
choosing and without coercion
from the employer.
A quasi judicial board of three
is created and charged with the
responsibility of seeing that this
legal right henceforth is not
abridged nor denied. The board
has power to hold elections to de
termine the chosen representatives
of the employees.
In signing the bill, Mr. Roose
velt emphasized that this board
would not act as mediator or
conciliator in labor disputes, a
function which has rested and
will continue to remain under the
Department of Labor.
“It is important that the judicial
function ,and tne mediation func
tion should not be confused,”
said the President. “Compromise,
the essence of mediation, has no
place in the interpretation and
enforcement of the law.”
The rights given labor under
the bill, he continued, are recog
nized by Congress as necessary
both as an act of common jus
tice and an economic advance.
Pooled Lambs From
Alleghany Sell On
Market For $9.60
The pooled Alleghany county
lambs, which were shipped last
week were sold for $9.60 per
hundred pounds, which, it has
been pointed out by R. E. Black,
farm agent, and F. H. Jackson,
Sparta high school agricultural
teacher, should net the farmers
of the county $7.60 each for their
lambs.
It is planned to load another
car next week, and those who
failed to market their lambs last
week may ship them with the ne.xt
load.
Farmers will be notified when
the next weighing will be done,
and it is requested that every
fa,rmer who sells his lambs have,
them at the scales on time, in
order that the weighing may be
done in one day.
LAND HUGE FISH
A catfish weight 26% pounds
was caught last week in New
river by Mack Edwards and Beale
Poole. The huge fish was caught
on a line and landed with a net.
TIMES Presents This Week
A Bigger And Better Paper
This week the TIMES
comes to you, dear reader, with
the addition of a four-page
Magazine Section. We know
that this addition will be ap
preciated for there is so much
valuable reading in this added
section that no reader will
want to lay the paper aside
until he, or she, has read it
thoroughly.
The Magazine Section in
cludes, among other things, the
country-wide-famous columns
by Arthur Brisbane and Will
Rogers. The introduction of
these two features alone would
be a valuable addition to the
paper but there are other fea
tures, also, that increase great
ly the reader interest of this
new section.
Note these features: A Re
view of Current Events, a copy
righted featuer, by Edward W.
Pickard; a brand new serial
story by that inimitable writer,
Ben Ames Williams, entitled
"Hostile Valley" (Mr. Williams’
stories have appeared In many
National publications, including
The Saturday Evening Post);
an excellent article upon “Good
Health” by Dr. Lloyd Arnold;
six columns of popular comics;
interesting articles on the. new
styles for women, and several
other shorter features.
The publisher of the
TIMES is pleased to be able
to add this Magazine Section
to the paper. It will be in
cluded each week for several
weeks, the length of time de
pending upon the response that
is received from the people of
Alleghany county in the way
of new subscriptions
If you wodld like to have it
as a continuous feature we
ask only that you recommend
the paper to your friends and
neighbors. Tell them the kind
of a paper the TIMES is and
help us to increase our circu
lation in Alleghany county.
If the response is sufficient to
justify it, the feature will be
[continued indefinitely.
| Mark Twain Queen
HANNIBAL, Mo. . . . Miss
Marian Rupp (above), high school
senior, is counted one of the town’s
luckiest girls. She has been select
ed Queen of the Mark Twain
Pageant of the Twain Centennial
which is being celebrated here all
during 1936.
Wife Of Widely
Known Grayson
Man Passes Away
Mr*. T. C. Vaughan
Was Sister-In-Law Of
Former Law Associate
Of R. A. Doughton Here
One of the most highly esteem
ed women of Grayson county,
Virginia, passed away Friday
night, July 5, at Spring Valley,
when Mrs. Lucy Hale Vaughan,
78, wife of Rev. T. C- Vaughan, |
was claimed by death. The de
ceased was a daughter of the late
Charles Hale and wife, Mrs.
Rosamond Comer Hale., Spring
Valley, and was a member of one
of the county’s most prominent
families.
Surviving are two sons, John
B. and Marvin Vaughan, and one
daughter, Mrs. A. J. Porter, all
of Spring Valley. Two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lura Harrington, wife
of Attorney P. L. Harrington,
Independence, and Mrs. Rosamond
Whitman, wife of Sidney P. Whit
man, Wytheville, Va., preceded
their mother in death, as had also
one or two others, in infancy.
Mrs. Vaughan’s husband, who
for many years has been a local
Methodist minister, is noted for
the large number of funeral ser
vices he has conducted or helped
to conduct. It is doubtful if
there is & minister in Virginia
who has participated in more.
He also has performed many
marriage ceremonies, and is still
active along these lines, despite
his more than 80 years. He is
also actively engaged in busi
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Blow From Bail
Bat Injures Boy
At Edmonds Sat
Howard Nail, about 19 years of
age, son of John Nail, of the
Pipers Gap section of Carroll
county, Virginia, was taken
to Galax hospital late Saturday
afternoon suffering with haad in
juries, said to have been received
while .attending a ball game at
Edmonds Saturday afternoon.
It is understood that young
Nail had taken some ball players
from P’pers Gap to the game, and
Paul Carico, one of the Edmonds
players was “put out” and the
fact that Nail was rooting for his
home team so angered Carico
that he struck the Pipers Gap boy
in the head with a ball bat. The
blow, it is said, landed behind and
across the left ear. Nail was picked
up unconscious and taken to
the hospital. However, he re
gained consciousness before'reach
ing the hospital and his condition
is reported by hospital au
thorities as being favorable.
Carico, who is a brother of
L. E. Carico, Alleghany county
deputy sheriff, was brought to jail
here by his brother, who made the
arrest. However bond was ar
ranged for him Sunday and he
was released from jail.
Dcughton Is Not
Recognized By
White House Cop
Newspaperman Makes
Identification Of
.Alleghany Congressman.
Asks For Nickel Change
GROUP IS CONFUSED
Late Adjournment *
Date Thought To Have
Been Speeded Up At
White House Conference
Washington, July 9.—Chairman
Robert L. Doughton, of the House
Ways and Means committee, was
the first to arrive tonight at the
White House for ,a conference
with President Roosevelt on the
legislative situation. The confer
ence included Speaker Joseph W.
Byms and all chairmen of House
committees.
Alighting from a taxicab near
the executive offices, Doughton
was not recognized by the police
men on duty.
The aged North Carolina Demo
crat found he had nothing less
than ,a dime with which to tip
the cab driver, so he. asked for a
nickel change. The policeman
thought Doughton was asking him
for a nickel. He started to ques
tion Doughton but a newspaper
man identified him. “How long
are you going to be in session?”
Doughton was asked as ,a guard
was about to lead him into the
White House.
"Oh, about until the middle of
August,” he replied.
“I mean tonight,” the ques
tioner said.
“I dont know,” Doughton re- 5
plied. “I dont know what I was
called down here for.”
Doughton and others were con
fused by the fact that the main
driveway to the White House ia_ ,
blocked because repairs jire being* ,
made to the kitchen.
Chairman John O’Connor of
the rules committee, almost drove
his car into the barricade. Af- |
ter that, guards moved about the i
grounds looking for wandering j
congressmen. They found James j
P. Buchanan, dignified chairman J
of the appropriations committee, |
wandering rather bewildered on j
the lawn.
rne congressmen were neraea ; |
through the White House trade*- -.4
man’s entrance, near where a new ;
refrigerator is being installed. J
Acid fumes caused several bo rub j
their eyes.
The representatives, as they er- j
rived for the conference, claimed |
not to know the specific purpose j
of the conference.
Although the White House was j
at pains to point out that the
conference was planned before the j
recent revolt of the House, which j
defeated Mr. Roosevelt’s bill for
a “death sentence” on utility hold- jj
ing companies, it was presumed I
that this bill and other “must”,
items on the legislative program.
were under consideration. 3
—
Washington, July 9.—House
leaders left a two-hour confer
ence with President Roosevelt to
night declaring they had reviewed,
all pending “must” legislation and
had speeded up the date for ed-,,
journment of Congress.
Speaker Joseph W. Byms said
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M3&UOBU!
He who has no money in Kis bum i
must have honey in his mouth. Jm
_ JULY