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■■ mm TODAY'S THOUGHT faltering feet to the goal." —Van Dyke. ISsy'icH-"L". HPil A 1 np* Ihe Alleghany limes Subscription Price $l*w in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMffc AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHAN Y COUNTY n Volume 11. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935. 10 PAGES Number 27. . K§Np . The reciprocal trade agreomeni between the United States and Canada will reestablish a system of tariff reciprocity which exist ed for ten yean from 1855, and Is expected to accelerate trade between the two countries which has now dropped to about one third of the $1,400,000,000 total of 1929. The President viewed the pact as an instrument oi peace and an example to the rest of the work! in the way of a friendly deal between nations along the lines of barter and trade. Canada will stabilise its tariff system in regard to the products of the United States, simplify its customs collections and, in addi tion, give outright concessions several hundred exporta'’ modifies of this count! _ United States will maintai the free list the main item export from Canada, including newsprint, pulp wood and wood pulp, grant concessions in the duty on whiskey and possibly make reductions on certain other items. The old set-up in Canada had a high flexibility so that duties could be raised or lowered within a few hours. Consequently, ex porters in the United States were never sure of the duty to be paid on any particular item. Probably the main advantage of the ar rangement is the set-up of ma chinery to handle the flow of trade between the two countries and, at the same time, provide the mechanism to fight off the attacks of self-seeking tariff ad vocates in both countries. The four commodities—news print, pulp wood, wood pulp and whiskey—accounted for more than one-half of Canada’s $222,000, 000 exports to this country in 1934. While complete details of the terms of the agreement arc not available as this is being written, it is generally under stood that officials regard the Canadian agreement as by far the most important trade treaty made by this country. Upon its success may depend the future policy of trade reciprocity with other countries. Generally, on account of the territorial con tiguity of the two countries, it is assumed that sucl^. an agree; ment is rightly considered in a different status from tariff agree ments with other countries. COST OF DEPRESSION Many Americans have wonder ed what the depression cost the United States and have speculat ed as to whether the huge expen ditures of the Government would be justified by recovery, assum ing for the discussion, that the ac tivity of the Government bears a direct relationship to returning prosperity. Statistics as to Governs ment spending sometimes vary as presented by advocates and antag onists of tire Administration policy and there is room for argument about many statistics presented in relation to recovery. BUSINESS PROFITS IN 1935 However, it is worth noting that all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange increased in value two and a half billion dol lars in the month of October, thus increasing the enormous enhance ment of stocks in the past year oh so. Along the same line, the Department of Commerce . has made public a statement showing that the depression has cost busi ness in the United States $26,, 631,000,000. The loss represents the difference between expenses and the value of the goods and services produced. The stagger ing difference has been taken out of savings. SUPREME COURT BUST v No vital decision has been ren dered yet by the Supreme Court, which has before it, a number of important cases affecting ' New Deal legislation. True enough, the public utilities have secured a de cision from » Federal district (continued on page S) Hoover Outlines Han For Fiscal Reform Sat Night Spealu Before Ohio Society Of New York. Economic Planning Of New Deal I* Censured NAMES ELEVEN POINTS Says Waste Of Money Belonging To Taxpayers On Unnecessary Public Works Should Stop New York, Nov. 19.—An ele ven-point program was enunciated Saturday night by former President Herbert Hoover, of Colifornia, for national fiscal reform after voic ing sarcastic, sharply edged cen sure of New Deal economic plan ning. Speaking before the Ohio Soci ety of New York, in what was described as the second of a ser ies of addresses on national prob lems, Mr. Hoover prefaced his declaration of a remedial fiscal program with a review of new deal activities and a warning of their results. “We can express government expenses in figures," he said. “But no mortal man can compute the costs, the burdens, and dang ers imposed upon 120,000,000 people by these actions. Its cost in national impoverishment far exceeds even taxes. Its losses will be larger than the national debt" Asserting that the way to “set tle” conditions which “we should no longer tolerate” was by aban donment of present fiscal policies. Mr. Hoover outlined his “con structive fiscal program" as fol lows : “The waste of taxpayers’ money on unnecessary public works should end. “The administration of relief should be confined to cash allow ances to these authorities to the extent that they are unable to provide their own funds. “The spending for visionary and un-American experiments should be stopped. " "This horde of political Dureau cracy should be rooted out. “The provision of the consti tution requiring that expenditures shall only be in accordance with ; appropriations actually made by law should be obeyed. And they should be made for specific pur poses. “The budget should be balanc ed, not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies. “The futile purchases of foreign silver should be stopped. “The gold standard should be reestablished, even on the new basis. “The act authorising the presi dent to inflate the currency should be repealed. “The administration should give and keep a pledge to the country that there will be no further jug gling of the currency and no fur ther experiments with credit in flation. "Confidence in the validity of promises of the government should be restored.” The former president said the nation displayed evidences of re covery “despite hindrances,” and that this “convalescence should be speeded and made secure.” Referring to planned economy as “the national planning” and “third economy,” Mr. Hoover said it had one “consistency” of “carefree scattering of public noney.” “They are haunted by no old rhost of a balanced budget,” he laid. '‘But ‘national planning’ Junks in phrases and slogans rath ir than the exactitude of the cash •egister. We now know that in idditlon to increased taxes after four years of it the bill of in sreased taxpayers’ liabilities will be about $14,000,000. ROOSEVELT PLANS TO DEPART FOR WARM SPRINGS Washington, Nov. 19.—Presi dent Roosevelt plans to depart tomorrow night for his annual Thanksgiving visit to his home at Warm Springs, Ga. While there, the chief execu tive said today he hoped to push the 1981 budget toward com NEW YORK .. . J. Barton Scat tergood (above), retired merchant.of Syracuse, N. Y., is now sailing ont the ocean in a 34-foot boat, named “Jean", in an attempt to sail around the world, alone. Arrest Of Pair May Solve Surry, Forsyth Hold-Ups Chiefs Lawrence And Snow, Of Mt. Airy And Galax, Arrest Shelton And Gordon In Mountain Mount Airy, Nov. 18.—A burg lary in this city and at least two of the recent hold-ups in Stokes and Forsyth counties which have caused truckmen and tobacco farmers to carry guns at night, were believed solved today fol lowing the capture of Lewis Shelton, 20, and Tommie Gordon, 19, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, eight miles north of here. . The young alleged highwaymen were caught by Chief of Police R. E. Lawrence, of this city, and Chief of Police J. I. Snow, of Galax, Va., near Blue Ridge tav ems, halfway ■ down Fancy Gap, After they had driven away from a point farther up in a car own ed by Bud Brannock, of this city. When chased by the police car they ditched the stolen automobile, it was stated, and fled on foot but were apprehended by the officers and lodged in jail in this city. When captured they were wear ing clothes identified as part of a small quantity of loot taken in the burglary of Belk’s Department Store here a week ago. The boys were identified yes terday afternoon as the same ones who held up A Mr. McMillan, Virginia produce truckman, near Rural Hall, on Wednesday night, November 6, and robbed him of about $60 and some papers. They denied knowing anything about the hold-up but were unhesitat ingly identified by McMillan, who picked them from a line-up of all the prisoners in the jaiL The truckman told police that the men, pretending to be officers, stopped him by telling him his rear light was not burning, shoved two guns in his face and robbed him. After they had taken the money, Shelton started to kill him, McMillan said. When he pointed the gun at McMillan’s head and pulled the trigger, the younger boy knocked it aside and the bullet went into a bank at the side of the road. C. W. Hutchens, Forsyth spec ial officer, who looked the youths over yesterday, absolved them of a suspected affair near Danbury. The boys were also believed to be the ones who held up a farmer named Johnson near Pinnacle a week ago, robbed him of cash and had started to unload his tobacco when another car drove up and they were frightened A f light car with District of Columbia license plates, coros ponding to the one used in both the McMillan and Johnson rob ( continued on page 6)_ Galax Firemen To Hold Square Dance There Sal. Night v;;; Gain firemen are sponsoring a square dance to be held on Satur day night, November z8, in Fire men-Legion hall, Galax. Music for the dance will be rendered by Dr. W- P. Davis, of Galax, and his "Ballard’s Branch Bog ■ Trotters.” ' *•.. > jS# . Dancing is to begin at eight o’clock and continue until twelve o’clock. Ladies will be admitted tm. U. S. To Permit No Starvation Discusses Relief Situation With Group Of Mayors Meeting In Washington JThis Week Washington, . Nov. 19.—Ameri can mayors were told today by President Roosevelt that the United States will permit no per son to starve. Simultaneously, he proposed a winter conference looking to ward "a better system of tax ation, state muncipal and fed eral." Nearly naif a Hundred members of the United States Conference of Mayors gathered in the Chief Executive’s office applauded when Mr. Roosevelt repeated a ques tion asked .at his earlier press conference, “Is the government going to stop direct relief next July?” and .retold his reply: “My answer was that the fed eral government, and I am sure your answer will be the same for the city governments, does not propose to let people starve after the first of July any more than during the past few years.” During the earlier meeting with newsmen, the President had ex pressed the hope thet federal dole would end substantially by De cember 1. The original deadline for stopping direct relief was November 1. When asked by newsmen if his I statement meant projection of the! work-relief program beyond July j 1, Mr. Roosevelt said that would depend upon conditions. He spoke of a last minute check of relief needs before submitting next year’s budget to Congress. A number of the conference mayors, including Hoan, of Mil waukee, their jpmsjfient, had stat ed earlier tnat^Sfies could not assume the full burden of direct relief December 1. After the White House call, Hoan and his colleagues appeared encouraged by the “no starvation" statement. “It was a fine talk,” Hoan said, "and we are all glad to have these assurances from Presi dent Roosevelt.” At earlier meetings of the mayors, federal relief policies rode a turbulent sea of criticism and defense, with Harry L. Hop kins asserting that criticism of his work program sprang from “ignorance, deliberate malicious ness and knowing misrepresenta tion.” New Methodist Pastor And Wife Given “Pounding” About S5 persons gathered at the Methodist parsonage last Thursday night for the purpose of "pounding" the new pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Bruton. A very generous collection of edibles were presented and the people endeavored to give them a very warm welcome. A demonstration of the friendly and cordial relations existing between the different churches of Sparta was shown by the presence of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Martin, of the Baptist church, and Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Berry, of the Presbyterian church. Following speeches by Dr. Martin, the Rev. Mr. Berry, C. R. Roe, principal of Sparta high school, and one or two others, the ladies served refreshments, consisting of sandwiches, cakes, wafers, cocoa and coffee. Chester C. Davis Sees A Permanent AAA For The U. S. Washington, Nov. 19. — A grass revolution”—in the form of a permanent AAA intended to promote an era of sound farm ing practices—was forecast to night by AAA Administrator Chester G. Davis. “We have turned too far from ^.ass and good farming," Davis told delegates of Land Grant Col leges and Universities. “Now we are turning back.” At the same meeting, William L Myers of the tom credit ed ssftMsa s a Federal to private jmurces for Attack From Air Kills Estimated 2,000 Ethiopians Military Observers Call Battle Greatest Air Engagement Since World War Days Borne, Nov. 19.—Italy report ed today the death of an estimat ed 2,000 Ethiopians in a fierce and .almost unprecedented battle between Fascist fliers and Ethi opian warriors. A force of more than 15.000 Ethiopians concentrated in a nar row valley in northern Ethiopia was routed by the squadron of 20 bombing planes, the Italian command announced. Military observers called it the biggest air engagement fought since the World War; Ethiopian anti-aircraft guns on cliffs actually fired down on Ital ian planes when the latter swoop ed to within 100 feet of the ground to rake the enemy with bombs and machine-gun bullets. Although two planes were forc ed to land and all were hit by bullets, Italy reported no loss of life. Premier Mussolini’s flying sons, Bruno and Vittorio, wore praised for heroism in a com munique. Emperor Haile Selassie, in one of his country’s few airplanes, left Addis Ababa for a survey of the j battle fronts. Before departing he said he did not believe sanctions would stop the war, but Ethiopia would have to fight it out. “Victory is still possible for Ethiopia,” he asserted. Premier Mussolini, engaged in a grim battle at home against sanctions, declared a monopoly on all Italian gold. The future re quisition of private gold holdings was seen as possible. The Fascist grand council en dorsed his African program and stood firm on the ground of no compromise. Italians will not be allowed to sell gold without first offering it to the government and 5 per cent interest on gold turned over was offered. A communique issued in Romd said the sultenate of Biru, in northeastern Ethiopia, had sub mitted to the Italians. The Swedish committee decided in Stockholm to award no Nobel peace prize this year. Alleghany County Teachers To Hold Meeting Here Sat. At a meeting of the teachers of Alleghany county, to be held here on Saturday, November 23, the following program is to be presented: “Self-Activity In Edu cation," Mrs. Ida J. Warren; “The School And The Health Of The Pupil,” Stack Vanhoy; “Play time Supervision,” Thelma C. Os borne, and “The Importance Of Reading Efficiency,” Miss Blanche Pugh. The program outlined above was prepared by a program com mittee, which is oomprised of Mrs. Olinton Halsey, Mrs. Leila Wago ner and L. K. Halsey. At the last meeting held, of ficers were elected by the teach ers to serve their organization for Hi* current year, as follows: L. K. Halsey, principal of Piney Creek high school, president; M. T. Parsons, Piney Creek, vice president, and Mrs. Clinton Hal sey, Sparta, secretary. “Teddy” Roosevelt’* Widow* Who 1* 111, Shows Improvement Glen Cove, N. Y., Nov. 18.— As her children kept vigil near her hospital bedside, some im provement was noted tonight in the condition of Mrs. Edith Ker mtt Roosevelt, widow of Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt, who suf fered a grave heart attack yes in the course of con a fractured hip. tor | Spangler's G. O. P. Job | CHICAGO , . . Harrison E. Spangler (above), of Iowa, the strong man of the Western division of the National Republican party, is now directing the G.O.P. work from new headquarters opened here. Borah Steps Into Pofitical Scene; Silent On Details Leave* An Impression Thai He May Enter The Presidential Primaries To Be Held Next Spring Washington, Nov. 19.—By an nouncing he had "a definite objective in mind,” but parrying all direct questions as to whether he sought the Republican presi dential nomination, Senator Borah, of Idaho, thrust himself Friday further into the political picture of 1936. In an extraordinary press con ference, however, the Idahoan caught the ear of trained political observers with an assertion that friends of Herbert Hoover were organizing in his behalf. “I do not know what is in his own mind,” said Borah, of Hoover, in answer to a question, “but I do know his friends are working for his nomination.” With considerable adroitness, Borah stood off repeated efforts by expert questioners to solve with a direct statement the enigma of his own aims and aspirations. Again and again, he answered: “I don’t care to discuss any personal politics." Readily he conceded that he had “definitely determined on a policy,” but he would elaborate no further than to say: “I haveT a definite objective in mind, and I’m going to conform my tactics to that objective." More than one of the half a hundred newspapermen present, nevertheless, emerged from Borah’s office feeling he had strengthened the intimation h< dropped upon his arrival here last night—that under certain circumstances he might enter the presidential primaries. For one thing, the veteran independent Republican revealed that in the weeks before congress convenes he intends to make Washington the headquarters for a more or less ambitious speak ing campaign in the East. Former Presiding Elder Of Ml. Airy District Is Dead Rev. Seymour" Taylor, 65, prominent minister of the West ern North Carolina conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and former presiding elder of the Mount Airy district( of which the Sparta charge is a part, died early on Wednesday, November IS, in Mooresville from a heart attach. The Rev. Mr. Taylor was trans ferred to Broad Street church, in Mooresville, from the Wilkesboro district, as presiding elder, at the recent session of the conference held at Salisbury. The deceased minister was a native of Boone, and had been in the ministry for 40 years. The widow, two sons and two daugh ters survive. He was presiding elder of the Mount Airy district from 102# le ^4 _ General Welfare Clause Is Cited In Tax Argument Gov’t. Lawyers Seek To Uphold Farm Program As Constitutional. Make Arguments To High Court CUMMINGS AT HEAD Arguments On Validity Of TVA Act To Be Heard Dec. 19. Hoosac Mills Case Is Set For Dec. 9 Washington, Nov. 18.—Admin istration lawyers, seeking to up hold the New Deal’s farm pro gram as a constitutional exercise of financial and general welfare powers, placed exhaustive argu ments. before the United States supreme court today. m Attorney General Cummings headed the battery of attorneys whose names were signed to a 280-page brief and a 100-page appendix aggressively defending AAA processing taxes in the Hoosac Mills case, which will be argued orally December 9. The brief was filed shortly af ter the court had set December 19 as the date for argument on validity of the Tennessee Valley authority act, and had consented to pass within the next few months on the claim of Gov. Eugene Talmadge, of Georgia, that the Bankhead cotton control act is invalid. In an obvious attempt to leave no avenue of argument unexplor ed, the government’s AAA brief contended: _ 1. Processing taxes constitute a valid exercise of the powers of congress under the constitution, in that they are geographically uniform excises. 2. The delegation of legislative authority through which the sec retary of agriculture fixed the amounts of such taxes was not improper because congress had set up standards to guide him. 8. If there had been improper delegation, subsequent ratification of the taxes by congress through last August’s AAA amendments “has cured the defect.” 4. The milling company has no right to question the uses made by congress of processing tax revenues. 6. If such appropriations may be questioned, use of the reve nues for rental and benefit pay ments “bo bring about increased farm income, and a resurgence of business activity was clearly for the general welfare.” 6. The act also was ,a valid exercise of congress’ fiscal pow ers in that it was “reasonably de signed to protect the fiscal agenc ies of the government and to re store and maintain the credit necessary to the economic life of the country.” With regard to the delegation of legislative power, the brief emphasized that congress directed the secretary of agriculture to fix processing tax rates at “the difference between the cuivrent average farm price and the fair exchange value of the commod ity.” It asserted that while the secretary was empowered to lower the tax to such a rate as would prevent a decrease in consump tion, he was not permitted to in crease the rate. "He who will not feci the com, mult; feed the mice and ratt."