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TODAY’S THOUGHT
One man’s word is no
man’s word; we should
quietly hear both sides—
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The A
hany Times
DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Volume 11.
SPARTA, Nl
C&JKJLINA,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1935.
10 PAGES
Number 25.
THE NEW BUDGET
The Federal Government oper
ates on a fiscal year which be
gins on July 1st but it is neces<
aary for officials to consider th<
budget many months ahead. So il
is not surprising that President
Roosevelt and his fiscal aides art
already studying the budget foi
the fiscal year which begins next
summer. Tentatively, it is under
stood that the expenditure of
$6,500,000,000 is in mind. This
would be a cut of about two bil
lion dollars under the figure sent
to Congress last January, but in
asmuch as expenditures for this
year are running below estimates,
it will only be about $1,260,000
000 less then the expenditures of
the current year.
While the figures given cannot
be set down sis conclusive, it is
thought that the cost of regular
departments and the expense of
carrying the public debt will be
about the same. For relief, the
present suggestion is that three
billion dollars be provided but
again it is estimated that one
third of this sum will be on
band as a carry-over from the
huge appropriation for the cur
rent year-—almost five billion dol
lars. Expenditures for regular de
partments will require around
$2,200,000,000, and servicing the
public debt will consume $1,300,
000,000.
These figures will be knocked
into a "cocked hat" if_the Su
preme Court throws out the pro
cessing taxes which provide the
funds for the payment of crop
benefits to farmers. Moreover,
they include no allowance for
payment of the bonps if, as seems
likely today, Congress passes the
veterans’ measure over the Presi
dent’s veto next winter.
JOHNSON'S CRITICISM
Considerable interest has been
aroused by the open denunciation
of what General Hugh S.. John
son calls the “amazing blunders
and failures of the New Deal
The loquacious general speaks as
a “sincere /friend” of the Presi
dent and maintains his conviction
that the salvation of the country
will be found only under the “do
something” leadership of Franklin
D. Roosevelt. However. Republi
cans and enemies of the Admin
istration are delighted with the
blunt speech of the former sol
dier, who frankly refers to the
"obvious and fantastic nop of
the combined WPA-PWA program,
the “expedient measures” for the
temporary and artificial propping
up of farm prices, the failure to
solve the unemployment problem,
the inabiUty of the government to
face continued deficits and the
tnrcat of “printing press” money.
ROOSEVELT’S STRATEGY
Ihe President’s campaign strat
egy is beginning to appear. It
includes championship of a per
manent AAA and a claim for
credit for national recovery. In
his first speech upon returning
to the United States after a three
week’s cruise aboard the Hous
ton, the President insisted, “We
are on our way back; not just
by pure chance, ,not by some
turn of the wheel in a cycle; we
are coming back solidly because
we planned it that way and don’t
let anybody tell you differently.”
This rather clearly sets forth
the President’s attitude to what
has been accomplished by the
nation in its battle with the de
pression. Shortly after ' return
ing to Washington and just be
fore t. e farmers of the country
voted overwhelmingly for the
new Corn-Hog program, Mr.
Roosevelt, in a surprise state
ment, took occasion to stand
squarely behind the AAA as the
basis for a permanent agricul
tural program.
SOME TROUBLES. EXIST
Of course, the Administration
has its troubles, including the an
nual Treasury deficits, the ques
tion of constitutionality that as
sails some of its measures, the
troubles of the farmers and the
persistent problem of unemploy
ment. At the same time, it is
only fair to point out that the
situation this fall is much better
than it was in the summer of 1984
when the Chief Executive landed
at Portland, Oregon, after a trip
to the Hawaiian Islands, to face
complications of the drought, the
NRA squabbles and the menace
of threatened labor strikes.
Uhdouhtedly the country as a
whole is in much better condition
than it was in 1983 when Presi
dent Roosevelt assumed office.
There are abundant statistical fig
ures to demonstrate this with in
disputable evidence. Whether this
progress has resulted because oi
er in spite of what the Adminis
tration has done, the political af
fect It that, usually, blame or
(continued on page 4)
Rome Continues
To Discuss Plans
For Early Peace
Mussolini, Eric Drummond
Are Understood To Have
Made Progress In Their
Renewed Peace Efforts
HAVE ONE-HOUR TALK
Plans For Enforcing
Trade Reprisals Is
Opposed By Committee
Of League At Geneva
Rome. Nov. 5.—Efforts were
renewed today by Premier Mus
solini and Sir Eric Drummond to
pour oil on the troubled Mediter
ranean and were understood to
have made progress.
A one-hour talk between them
was said officially to have dealt
with the question of British naval
tonnage in the Mediterranean and
Italy’s military reinforcement in
Libya.
In well-informed circles, how
ever, the belief was expressed
that Drummond had received from
It Duce an agreement to with
draw a second Libyan division, in
return for a promise that Brit
ain would recall at least part of
her home fleet.
This “peace talk” took place
after II Duce began "reprisals”
against sanctionist nations, en
couraging the nation to eat and
buy Italian.
Authoritative quarters would go
only as far as to say Italy is
"aware of reports” that Britain
regarded the withdrawal of one
Libyan division as insufficient
bait for sending her warships
home.
Geneva, Nov. 6.—No trade
quota punishment will be meted
out to so-called "deserter league
states” in the general boycott
of Italy, a league Subcommittee
on sanctions decided today.
Similarity, no measures will be
taken designed to embarrass Gen
eva’s relations with non-member
states such as the United States
and Germany.
Some members have expressed
fear that the possible transit of
goods across the United States
and Germany, ostensibly directed
to those two countries but which
might eventually reach Italy,
would thus destroy the league
boycott.
The subcommittee struggled
at length with this complex prob
lem.
What was called a formula of
“non-interference” was devised.
Under this normal trade with
non-participating states will be
permitted to continue unless
such countries give some guar
antee that a huge war trade to
Italy would not develop.
The British recommended al
lowing the general situation to
develop to see whether abuses
arise.
Eventually everyone seemed
agreed v that it was desirable not
to complicate relations with out
side states but that if a huge
trade develops with Italy through
non-participant channels measures
could be taken later to correct
this. '
Elder Robert* To
Fill Appointment*
In This Section
Elder S. P. Roberts, Primitive
Baptist, of Independence, R. F. D.
No. 4, Will fill appointments in
the near future as follows:
Baywood, Monday, November
11 j Galax, Monday November 11
(at night); Crab Creek, Tues
day, November 18; Zion, Wednes.
dayr November 18; Sparta, Wed
nesday, November 18 (at night);
Union, Thursday, November 14;
Piney Creek, Friday, November
15, and Fox reek, Saturday and
Sunday. November 18 and 17
(regular meeting time.)
MUCH BUSINESS ATTENDED
TO MONDAY IN SPARTA
Monday was a very busy day in
Sparta, it being a first-Monday
and the regular time for Com
missioner’s court. The usual rou
tine business was attended to by
the Board of Commissioners.
No business of more than ordin
ary interest was transacted, al
though several claims were paid
by the county treasurer, many of
which were claims for sheep which
had been killed by dogs.
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Alleghany County
Boy'Is Faced Here
With Assault Charge
Hobert Delp, 13, son of Robert
Delp, who lives near Piney Greek,
was arrested Saturday and placed
under $500 bond for cutting Mrs.
David Osborne’s arm with a
knife.
The Delp boy, it is reported,
was on his way home from school,
together with the children of
Mrs. Osborne, and the .children
had resumed an argument over
an altercation between the. two
families. The Osborne children,
it is said, ran ahead and reported
the argument to their mother,
who met the Delp boy and, after
some argument, struck him across
the head with a stick. When
struck, the Delp boy slashed her
arm, causing a severe loss of
biood.
On account of the extreme,
youth of the defendant, the case
was moved before the Alleghany
county Juvenile Judge, A. F.
Reeves, who will preside over the
trial of the case and pass judg
ment.
The case will be heard when
Mrs. Osborne recovers sufficiently
to appear in court.
Citizen Of County
Celebrates Birth
Anniversary Sun.
Approximately 1,200
Attend Celebration Of
90th Birth Anniversary
Of “Unde Billie" Wooten
Approximately 1,200 persons
gathered Sunday to celebrate the
90th birthday anniversary of W.
J. (“Uncle Billie”) Wooten at
his home near Sparta.
The aged man was joined in
the celebration of his natal day
by persons who came from prac
tically all sections of North Caro
lina and points in Virginia, West
Virginia and Tennessee.
After a delicious dinner had
been served in picnic style, those
present heard a sermon delivered
by one of Mr. Wooten’s grand
sons, Rev. Charles Wooten, a
Baptist minister who resides at
Wnitehead.
* Uncle Billie” is a leader in
political circles of Alleghany anl
has always taken an active part
in the civic, as well as political,
affairs of his county.
Three Injured In
Collision Tues. On
Glade Valley Road
Fred Jerrell, of Mt. Airy, was
seriously Injured Tuesday after
noon, and Crockett Lucas and W.
H. Teer, Sparta, suffered minor
injuries,, when two pick-up
trucks collided on the Glade Val
ley road near the home of W. B.
Carpenter. Teer, superintendent
of the construction work on the
scenic highway, and Lucas, also
connected with the highway force,
were enroute to the project and
met Jerrell, who was driving at
such an excessive rate of speed
that he lost control of his truck
on the loose gravel of the road,
and smashed into the side of the
light truck driven by Teer, com
pletely demolishing the lattey
truck. - Xj
Upon investigation by Deputy
Sheriff Chap Edwards, it. is said,
it was found that Jerrell’s truck
was loaded with 50 gallons of
contraband liquor, which he
destroyed. „
Jerrell was immediately taken
to Galax hospital in air uncon
scious condition, Where his in
juries were pronounced serious.
Lucas escaped with a badly
sprained shoulder end Teer, with
bruises.
Galax Firemen To
Sponsor Another
Square Dance Sat.
Members of the Galax (Vo,)
1918 W November 11 » 1935
As is customary, citizens of Alleghany county, as well as
millions of others throughout the United States, will pause for a
moment at eleven o’clock next Monday, November 11, in memory
of those who lost their lives in the greatest conflict the world has
ever known. J
Home-Coming At
Glade Valley To
Be Hell Nor. 28
Graduates ^>G»lher
Thanksgiving Day For
Observance Of The 25th
Anniversary Of School
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
November 28, has been designat
ed as Home-Coming day at Glade
Valley high school, in observance
of the school’s 25th anniversary.
E. B. Eldredge, principal of
Glade Valley high school, desires
a large attendance in order to
make this quarter-century celebra
tion complete. He calls attention
to graduates of the school to the
fact that members of their classes
and members of other' classes
will be present, all of which
would very likely be conducive to
much pleasure and enjoyment.
(continued on page 6)
Horse Frightened
By School Bus; Is
Painfully Injured
A horn, one of an exception
ally fine team, owned by J. S.
Wagoner, Whitehead, waa gain
fully injured last week when it
became frightened at a school
bus. The team, hitched to a
sled, wns being driven along the
side of the highway and the on
coming bus passed so close to
the team that they took fright
and began to plunge, overturning
the sled on one of the horses,
and the other, after rearing, came
down ‘ on top of the sled and
other horse.
The injured horse received sev
eral hroken ribs and a severe
wound in its side. At first it
to he re
ft is
At eleven o’clock, a special
Thanksgiving service is to'be held
with alumni of the school in
charge, and at two o’clock in the
afternoon, an assembly for the
purpose of forming an alumni
organization will be held. At
this time a program of speeches
and music will be presented, fol
lowed by elections and plans for
a permanent organization.
At eight o’clock at night, the
Junior class of the school will
present a traditional Thanksgiving
play, “Love’s Magic,” a comedy
drama by Lillian Mortimer. The
fact that this play is to be pre
sented at Glade Valley, it is said,
promises much in the way of
entertainment for the "people of
Bausell Is Oven
20-Year Sentence
At Second Trial
Beraace Bausell Gains
12 Years As Result Of
New Hearing. Father To
Be Tried At Jan. Term
A Carroll county jury last Thurs
day, at Wytheville, Va., convicted
Bernace Bausell, 29, indicted for
the alleged murder of his father
in-law, T. Eugene Cornett, Wythe
county farmer, of first degree
murder and fixed his punishment
at 20 years in the Virginia
penitentiary. A motion to set
aside the verdict was promptly
overruled by Judge Horace
Sutherland, Galax, who presided
at the trial.
The grounds for this motion,
as stated by S. B. Campbell of
defense counsel, was because of
misdirection of the jury and be
eause of the admission of im
proper evidence offered by the
commonwealth and the exclusion
of proper evidence offered by the
defendant and because of im
proper remarks of counsel during
the argument of the case and
also because the verdict of the
jury, as brought in, was not in
accordance with the statute which
required them to specify the de
gree of the offense of which
they found him guilty and that
on being returned to the jury
room limited them to murder in
the first or murder in the second
degree.
(continued on page 6)
vsn muuun vx bats ueityiuaia
sentence in his case was deferred
until after he has testified in
the case of his father, Henry
Bausell, Lebanon, V*,, newspaper
publisher, who was indicted for
the murder of T. Eugene Cornett.
The court, at the request of
George Bledsoe Is
Visiting Here After
Five-Years Absence
George Bledsoe, of Memphis,
Tenn., spent the week-end here
visiting his mother, Mrs. Dema
Bledsoe, and other (relatives, af
ter an absence of five years.
Mr. Bledsoe, whose fine voice
of the crooner type, won him *
radio contract some time ago, is
now director of radio advertising
for the Dr. Pepper Bottling com
pany and is on an advertising
tour. 'i
This week ha is advertising i*
and is broadcast
the
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Former Alleghany
Girl Injured At
Virginia College
Word was received early last
week by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Todd, Elk Creek, Va., formerly
of Glade Valley, in Alleghany
county, that their daughter, Ma
bel, a student at Harrisonburg
State Teachers college, Harrison
burg, Va., had been found on
the college grounds suffering fi nn
serious injuries when she plunged
from a fourth-story window at
one of the college dormitorie;
Monday night, October 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Todd went to
Harrisonburg, the former return
ing to his home later in the week
and the latter remaining with the
daughter. A letter received by
Mr. Todd during the week-en i
from his wife stated that their
daughter was getting along very
well, although suffering consider
able pain.
Before the family moved to
Elk Creek, Miss Todd was a
student of Glade Valley high
school and graduated from Elk
Creek higji school last spring.
literary Digest
To Conduct Poll
On The New Deal
Individual Ballots
Have Been Mailed To
Voters Of Sparta And
Nearby Communities
Individual ballots have been
mailed to voters of Sparta and
nearby communities in a new
Literary Digest poll of 10,100,
000 persons to ascertain the pres
ent popularity of the New Deal
and should be distributed by the
Post Office locally within a few
days, according to advice received
recently from the magazine’s pub
lishers.
North Carolina’s returns in this
new referendum will be tallied as
a unit so they may be compared
with the voting in other states,
it is announced.
The voting of the post-card
ballots is secret as no signature
or other identification is required
and the return postage is paid by
the magazine. To guard against
tampering and counterfeiting a
specially manufactured cardboard
is used for printing the ballot,
acoording to the sponsors of the
poll, and all .spurious votes can
be detected immediately and de
stroyed.
The ballot asks ,a yes or no
answer to the question: “Do
You NOW Approve the Acts and
Policies of the Roosevelt ‘New
Deal’ to date?”
A similar poll to the same 10,
000,000 persons was conducted in
the spring of 1934, following the
first year of the Roosevelt ad
ministration. Final returns then
showed a vote of 61.16 per cent,
for the New Deal to 38.86 per
cent, against it.
Another question on the ballqt
in the coming referendum asks
each voter how he voted in 1982
to ascertain if there has been
any shift in political sentiment
since the last Presidential elec
tion.
Ballots are reported being mail
ed from the magazine’s head
quarters in New York at the rate
of over 600.000 per day and will
continue until every section of
the country has been sent its
proportionate share of the total
being mailed. ,
Publication of the first tabu
(continued on page 6)
Quintuplets Have
Been Signed For
Work In Movies
Boston, Nov. 5.—The Dionm
quintuplets have been signed *i
movie actresses and as soon ai
they are old enough will appeal
In “flicker Action” David Arnolt
Cioll, Minister of Labor ant
Public Welfare in Canada an<
foster father of the quints,' dis
eloped here today, Grail said:
"Yes, there are movie contract
Republicans Win
New York State’s
Assembly Battle
G. O. P. Leaders Say
Empire State Repudiated
The New Deal. Farley
Disputes Claims
HEAVY VOTE IN KY.
Assembly Election
In Roosevelt's Home
District Is Captured
By Republican Candidate
New York, Nov. 5.—Following
returns from today’s election
which showed decisive leads in
New York’s state elections, Re
publican leaders filed a claim to
night that the Empire state had
repudiated the New Deal.
Ousting at least eight Demo
cratic incumbents, they appar
ently regained control of the
state assembly, by a margin esti
mated at five to six seats. The
Democrats had a majority of
four in the last assembly. A Re
publican trend was apparent too
in the state’s morality elections.
Melvin C. Eaton, Republican
state chairman, hailed the ballot
ing as plainly marking “a trend
away from the New Deal.” Irv
ing M. Ives, Republican assembly i
leader, declared the result out
right repudiation of the Roose
velt administration.
Such claims, however, were ■
quickly contested by Postmaster
General Farley, chairman of the
Democratic national committee J
and of the New York Democratic
state committee.
The result, he said, “ought to
be a sufficient answer to the
question of the continued popu
larity of Franklin D. Roosevelt."
He asserted that Republican
gerrymandering had made it im- '
possible for the Democrats to |
eject a majority of the assembly
except in a landslide election, -M
Farley saw his own district go
Republican, as did President
Roosevelt, so far as the assembly !
elections were concerned. In
Hyde Park, however, a Demo
cratic supervisor was elected for
the first time in years.
EUud neighbors formed an
impromptu torchlight procession
to the Roosevelt home. Mr. and
Mrs. Roosevelt greeted them,
smiling, on the porch. Several
of the iadieis kissed the president.
Meanwhile, returns were con
ing in slowly from state legis
lature i lections in New Jersey.
They shewed the usual Democratic |
sweep n Hudson county, one ot
the party’s strongholds.
Topping a long list of mayor
alty elections, Philadelphia pro
duced a growing lead far the
Republican candidate, S. Davis
Wilson, over his Democratic op
ponent, John B. Kelly.
In Kentucky more than a mil
lion votes were cast in a heated
gubernatorial election which saw
a split in the ranks of Democratic
leaders. The ballots were locked
up until today, when oouuting
will begin.
A year ago, nation-wide voting -
gave the Roosevelt administra
tion an emphatic endorsement by
an unprecedented off-year ino
in its majority in the nation
house of representatives.
"He overcomes a (tout enemy who suc
ceeds in overcoming hit own anger.’
NOVEMBER
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