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TODAY'S THOUGHT ,f*t$ srule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is bet ter."—Edwards. TL A || 1 t* 1 he Alleghany i imes — Subscription Price $1 a- year in advance Volume 11. DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC# jAN D SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY s|pa GALAX, VA. (Published jarta, N. C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1936. 10 PAGES Number 46. NATIONS RELIEF BILL The Treasury Department, at the request of the New York Times, recently drew up a table showing the amount of money provided for relief during, the past three fiscal years and also the amount spent. In 1934, out of $4, 698,000,000 available, there was expended $2,386,900,000; in 1936, with $2,681,600,000 appropriated, the expenditures were $3,194,400,. .000; for 1986, the allocation was $2,260,900,000 and the expendi ture, up to the middle of March, has been $2,136,000,000 and the estimate is that at the epd of the f? fiscal year on June 80th, it will go up to $2,986,000,000. In the three years $9,636,600,000 have been allocated for relief and by the end of this fiscal year about $8,500,000,000 will have been spent for this purpose: UNEMPLOYMENT VIEWS The President intimated vary plainly in his relief message that the extent of government aid will depend upon the number of un employed given work by private industry. Replying, business or ganizations declare that private L employment would be greatly ac *) celerated if the Government re moves all restrictions and permits private initiative to function. On the side, the American Federation of Labor points out that in the §. j last half of 1985 profits of 120 • large corporations increased 140 per cent and that these increased • earnings made possible a sub stantial lifting of wages. Actu ally, average wage rates were re duced by one cent per hour and , the average work week increased , three hours, .-and the Labor or ■ ganizaiion insists that by these increased hours "more than one L million Jobs were denied to. the I unemployed/' CONGRESSMEN WATCHING D ■ It is quite probable that Con gressmen, facing the President’s tax suggestions, have been stalling for time iu order to see what the income tax collections bring in. In the last budget, income tax collections for the present fiscal year were estimated at $1,484, 009,000. The Congressmen know that from January 1st to March 19th, collections increased 45.6 per cent ever last year and ex pect the first payments on 1985 incomes to show a tremendous gain. In fact, it would not be sur prising if this* source of revenue proves to be $800,000,000 above budgetary figures. If thig is estab lished, Congress feels that ft would be relieved of the 'necessity Of raising a like amtfunt by tax ation. THE RAILROAD PROBLEM There is little indication that the Railroad Management Com mittee and the Labor executives •will be able tq reach any agree ment on the problem of taking care of employes certain to be dis placed by consolidation and uni fication of railroad facilities. Nine executives represented the Class One roads, and twenty-one rail 's road union chiefs spoke for 1,150, 00Q employe?, about 16 per cent of whom will lose their jobs if certain operating economies are effected. To understand the problem, in volved, it is necessary to go back to the Interstate Commerce Com mission’s approval of the five system plan of consolidation. This occurred in 1931 and numerous parleys have taken place since that year, with the unions com bating any consolidations that will reduce the employment level below that of June 16, 1933. Re cently Joseph B. Eastman, Fed eral Coordinator of* Transporta tion, proposed economies .affecting eleven terminals. This led to the present effort on the part Of Management and Labor to get together, end Labor leaders, fearing the end of pro tective legislation on' June 16th, are moving to secure passages ol the Wheeler-Crosser bill an Con gress. This would protect em ploye? affected by ' consolidations by giving them new jobs or two thirds pay while idle., or a year’s if the employe leaves the ice. The negotiations m^y down before tlra is printed .t is encouraging that both prefer a voluntary jyrange 1T1VE DANGERS The question is exfremelj iplex, with many factors in olved. The railroads, facin', ite bus competition, find ' ero • >s necessary, in, order to tc and hold business- Em many untrained for othej ’face hardships if they loss question inust b< because othe: itiait v.-H!- pro-i SSH! Hauptmann Saved For 48 Hours By Keeper Of Prison Preparations Had Been Made For Execution And Hour Was Alpiost Near When Stay Is Announced PRISONER VERY HAPPY Continues To Deny Any Knowledge Of Crime. Writes “Farewell” Letter To Governor Hoffman Trenton, N. J., Mar. 31_For the second time, Bruno Richard Hauptmann—“the man with the charmed life”—was hauled back from death in the electric chair tonight when Warden Mark O. Kimberling, of Trenton state prison, postponed his execution for 48 hours. Kimberling’s action was taken at the request of the Mercer county grand jury which is in vestigating the case of Paul H. Wendel, disbarred Trenton at torney, who confessed that he murdered Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., and then repudiated the con fession. , Wendel still is held in Mercer county jail on the charge of murder and the grand jury met this afternoon, to consider whether it should indict him. It still was in sepsion when the dock on the corridor »f Trenton death prison crawled past 8 p. m.—the hour set far Hauptmann’s death. The telephone rang. “That’s something.’’ a papennan commented. It —^ - news •Kimberling came out of his of fice, a piece of paper held in a hpiid that' trembled with the ex citement and suspense of this in credible day. _ • "I have received a telephone call from Alyne Freeman, fore man of the Mercer eounty grand jury,1' he said. “He said the grand jury had requested him to call me and ask tne ib the ftauptrirahn TBKgiiUoft VSt *8 hours. MwsaW they still were investigating the Wendel case and wanted to look into some very interesting angles. “For that reason I have decided to delay Hauptmann’s execution for 48 hours.” “Does that mean he will be executed Thursday night ?’> Kim berling was asked. “Probably so. but I wiH make cn official announcement “about tHat tomorrow,” the warden # said. Trenton N. J., Mar. 31.— Bruno Ricnard Hauptmann wrote a “farewell” letter today to Gov ernor Harold G. Hoffman, pro testing again he was innocent and said “in a short time I will stand before a higher judge.” “In living my last hours of life, I wish I could bring some light in this case.” He criticized .the state’s case | against him and asked why Dr. [John F. (Jafsie) Condon, Lind bergh ransom intermediary, “hides j so many things he knows.” i Turkey Knob School i To Be Scene Of Box | Supper Sat., Apr. 11 A box supper is to be held at ! Turkey Knob school on Satur ' day night, April 11. I Proceeds will be used toward ; the erection of a new church building at Turkey Knob. Hearst Bitterly Attacked In Senate Washington, Mar. 31.—A bit terly-worded attack upon William Randolph Hearst—during which he was termed an advocate of fascism and as publisher of stolen documents—was loosed in the senate today, with Hearst soon afterward replying in court to allegations of the senate lobby committee. , WATCH, CLOCK, JEWELRY REPAIR SHOP OPENED HERE I Sherman Call and Hubert Call have opened a watch, clock and J jewelry repair sho$> in the. store irodm formerly occupied by the post office. Both men are ex Derienced W9tchtiuk8r8 -siici re j pair men and in an advertisement in this issue they solicit the pat ronage of TIMES readers. Gaither To Explain New Farm Program Here Next Thursday R. W. Gaithert of the North Carolina Extension service, is to be in Sparta on Thursday, April 9, at 1 p. m., tp explain the new farm program. . * Every fanner in Alleghany county, it is said, should be here at that time to hear the new program explained*, in view of the fact that it is not yet certain just bow the program win apply to Alleghany. However, the beet way to find this out, it is ex plained, is to attend this meet ing. Hull Says U. S. Is Leading The World For Peace Cabinet Member Places Assertion Before Congress Tues. Praises Policy Of The “Good Neighbor” Washington, .Mar. 31.—An as sertion that the United States was leading the- world .against, war through its trade, naval arms re duction and “good neighbor” policies was placed before Con gress today by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. "The primary purpose of American foreign policy,” he said, "is the maintenance and promotion of peace, not only be tween the United States and for eign nations but throughout the the world. •’Whenever war prevails, the progress of civilization is retard ed, commerce and industry are impaired, heavy tax burdens are imposed upon people and human ity in general suffers.” In testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee —> made public for the first time to day; and considered significant, since it stood in the nature of his sole annual report to' Con gress—the secretary «f state said: “In seeking "to promote po litical peace, this government has dedicated itself unequivocally to the i oVcy of the good neighbor. We have endeavored consistently to cooperate with the other na tions oi the world in strengthen ing the machinery of peace rad in devising new ways of prevent ing the possibility of war.” Iip’4 said. the. ‘.‘good neighbor” policy had been carried out through participation in the Pan Amor'can conference where five peace pacts were signed; signing of a new treaty with Cuba call ing for abolition of the Platt amendment which permitted American intervention in that na tion and the withdrawal of ma rines from Haiti. WSM Radio Stars Render Programs To Packed Houses Such an assemblage of people gathered at the Spartan theatre on Wednesday- night, March 25, for the "Grand Ole Opry’’ musical program that all available seating space was occupied and all who were present could not be accomo dated, despite the fact that three programs were presented. Many old-time mountain tunes, as well as some of the latest and most popular numbers, were ren dered * by four radio stars from Station WSM, Nashville, Tenn. The program head-liners were the Delmore brothers, George Wilkerson, of the “Fruit Jar Drinkers,’’ and Curt Poulton. Such famiBar tunes as "Old Joe Clark,” “The Maple' On The Hill,” “Old McDonald Had A Farm,” and the modem number, “The Music Goes Round And Round.’' in addition to many others, drew forth much applause from the audience. ' BIG LOAD OF NITRATE ; ARRIVES AT WIlJMlNGTON The ‘ Swedish motor vessel Pajain, 3,655 tons, drawing 29.6 feet of water and carrying over 12,900 tons of Chilean nitrate of soda arrived in port recently at On “New lax BiD’ Last Thus. Night Address Is Brriadcfcst ‘ Pram Studios Of WJSV, Columbia's Station For The Nation’* Capital (Following idWeome excerpts from an address rhy Representa tive : Robert L. Dough bon, of Alleghany county, and chairman of the House Ways and Mfeans Committee, over** the Columbia Broadcasting System Thursday, March 26, at 8:45 p. m. EST. Representative Dough ton’s topic was "The New Ts>x Bill,” He spoke from the studios of WJSV, Columbia’s station for the nation’s capital.—Editor). * “The Ways and Means Com mittee of the House of Repre sentatives is now tf^gaged in drafting legislation to carry out the recommendations for substi tute and additional taxes con tained in the President's message of March 3. It should be a fa miliar fact to all Americans that all tax legislation must originate in the House of Representatives and that it is the JFajrs and Means Committee of the House which has the duty and responsibility of preparing and originating all tax bills. "The preliminary wprk is usual ly done by a subcommittee and that is the w*y it is being done in this case. The subcommittee, whose Chairman is tfto Honorable Samuel B. Hill of the State of Washington, and of which 1 am a member, has boon $t work con tinuously since the receipt of the President’s message in the House. It has had the assistance of its own staff of tax experts and rep resentatives of the Ttseifu De partment. The sfoseiuirini i made a report to the fvu com mittee today, had the full com mittee will begin public hearings next Monday, March 30tb. “The necessity for substitute taxes arises from the decision of the Supreme Court on January 6, outlawing the processing taxes levied under the Agricultural Ad justment Act. The effect of this decision has been to deprive the Treasury of moreathan.;5M mil lion dollars of revenue which it had expected to receive in this fiscal year, which ends ne^t June 30. To replace this revenue we must provide some temporary taxes to reimburse the Treasury. Then, in order to cp^tfgue the farm program, which has been of such great benefit to American agriculture and has greatly bene fitted all business and industry of the country by putting agriculture on a sounder basis, we must have substitute taxes which will be permanent taxes in -the amount of about 500 million dollars an nually. We must also provide for the payment of the bonus nine years in advance of the due date, which means ,an additional one thousand million dollars to be raised in a period of nine years, in addition to the amounts that have already been budgeted in anticipation of the bonus payment in 1945. This calls for about 120 million dollars of new reve nue a year for nine years. Miss Halsey Will Receive Seed Loan Applications Here Miss Bettie Halsey has been appointed Receiver, in Alleghany county, for Applications for seed loans. ’ All farmers interested in obtaining these loans should see Miss Halsey within the next three weeks. She will be in the office of the county agent on Mondays and’ Saturdays only, beginning Saturday, April 4, for the pur pose of taking applications for loans. Wagoner, Moxley And Landreth On Elections Board I Amos .Wagoner and Jesse Mox ley, Sparta, and W. W.^Landreth, Piney Creek, have been named by the North Carolina State Board of flections a& members of the County Board of Elections for Alleghany county. The first two names are those of Democrats, while the latter is _ Pan»K|ipnw Rep. Doughton In Favor Of Special Assembly Session Thinks Provisions For Social Security Should Be Made. Studies Figures Released By Board Washington, Mar. 31.—The hope was again expressed today by Representative Robert L. Doughton, dean of the North Carolina House delegation and chairman of the Ways and Means committee, that Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of North Carolina, will call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of passing social security legislation. Figures released today by the soc ial security board concerning the average old-age pension in the 22 states whose social security plans have been approved caused Congressman Doughton to express this hope. The figures of the board show that, in the 22 states the average pension will be $19.66 a month, half of which will be paid by the states and half by the federal government. They also show that lapproximately 224,900 persons trill be classified as needy elig ible* past 65 or an average of about 10,000 per state. Using these figures as a basis for calculation, it is estimated that the maximum cost to the state of North Carolina for old age pensions, should they be adopted and approved, would be around $3,600,000. This figure is only a little more than a third of the $9,000,000 which Governor Ehringhaus has said the pensions would cost the state, which . figure he has given as his chief reason for not call ing a special session to consider th* saotal security legislation. Ehringhaus’ figures have been based on the assumption that 50, 000 persons in his state would be classed as needy eligible*, and that each of these would receive a pension .of $80. the maximum under the federal law, half of which would be borne by the state. However, the board’s figures indicate that only a few more than 10,000 persons is the aver age number of eligible* in the 22 states whose old age plans have been approved. When Doughton saw the figures he declared: “The administration of the law in other states is a practical demonstration of the fact that it will not cost any such sum to match the national social secur ity act as has been mentioned by Governor Ehringhaus and others in North Carolina. Young Man Makes Good In School^ Despite Handicap Ernest Honaker, son of Mar tin Honaker, Sparta, who lost his right hand in a railway accident in New York 'about four years ago. following his discharge from the hospital, returned home, re entered school and graduated from the Sparta high school last year. Although handicapped physic ally, he made an excellent scho lastic record. Last fall, the young man en tered the University of North Carolina, where he is maintaining the good record he established here. “Funny PHinnie” To Be Given April 18 ! By S. H. S. Seniors "Funny Phinnie’’ is the title of J a play to be presented by the I Senior class of Sparta high- school on Saturday night, April' 18. • Announcement of the cast ol characters w}ll be made later, il is understood. To Hold Pie Supper At Glade Valley Sat. A pie supper, sponsored by the Women’s auxiliary of the Pi-esby held at Valle j Dr. Martin Delivers Farewell Sermon At Local Church Sunday Dr. G. A. Martin, who has been pastor of the Sparta Baptist church for the past three years, recently resigned and will go to Creswell. - Dr. Martin .preached his fare well sermon at the local church on Sunday, March 29, at 11:00 o’clock. A large assemblage, con. sisting of members of his church es, and many from the other churches, was present to hear him in his farewell address. A number, on this occasion arose to express their regret over the departure of Dr. and Mrs. Mar tin, and to express the appreci ation of the people for the work they have done while here. Among the speakers were R. A. Doughton and W. B. Reeves, all of whom capably expressed the sentiment of the congregation. Seniors Of H. S. Here Entertained FrL By Juniors Enjoyable Affair Held In Gymnasium Of Sparta High School. Games And Contests Engaged In Last Friday night, March 27, Sparta high school gymnasium was the scene of one of the most de lightful social functions of tile year when the Junior class en tertained the Senieurs. Jhe Juniors showed themselves to be able hosts and hostesses as it came their time to do the honors on the annual, occasion of entertaining the members of the graduating class and .high school Tasteful decorations of ever greens and crepe paper ribbons followed a color scheme of green and white throughout, with enough shamrocks to show that St. Pat rick and his native land furnish ed the inspiration. From the moment when each guest arrived and was presented a little green and white Irish cap until tne last morsel of delicious rcfresnments was swallowed, there seemed to be no dull minutes. Many fascinating games and contests, Irish and otherwise, were engaged in and prizes were awarded winners. Sparta Boys And finey Creek Girls Win Games Here In one of the closest basketball games of the season, the Piney Creek high school girls team was victorious by a score of 16 to 10 in a game played with the giyls of Sparta high school on the local court on Thursday night, March 26. The game was one of a double-header, as the boys teams of the two Alleghany schools also met each other here. The Sparta boys closed a very successful season by winning from the boys from Piney Creek by a score of 22 to 14. The lead in the game changed as many as four times but in the last half, Sparta piled up the score by c barrage of short, swift passes and accurate shooting. Richardson starred by making 12 point*. Auto Goes Oyer High Embankment An automobile accident, ' in which three persons, miraculously escaped possible death, occurred Sunday morning about 2:30 I o’clock when a roadster, driven l by Wayne Stoker, and a pick-up truck, driven by Cftrl Kirby, col lided ’ on the Sparta-Elkin high way just south of Sparta. , The shock of the collision sent the automobiles off a twenty-foot embankment and both machines 1936 Basketball Tourney In Twin City Is History Pilot Mountain H. S. Girls And Gopeland Boys, Of Surry, Are Champions. Ninety-Three Teams Play SPARTA REPRESENTED Girls From Statesville High School, South Piedmont Champions, Go Into Quarter Finals Another edition — that for 1936—of the Annual Journal and Sentinel Northwest North Caro lina Basketball tournament, held recently in Winston-Salem, is now history. The eleventh tournament Offer ed by the newspapers of Winston Salem for high schools in 20 Northwest North Carolina counties has been stamped as the most successful in history and brought a claim as the “world’s lairgest tournament held under one roof.” Ninety-six teams returned their entry blanks for the tournament' and, despite unfavorable weather and heavy snows in the mountains of the northwest, only three teams were forced to withdraw, leaving a group of 98 teams, 51 in the boys’ division, and 42 in the girls’ division to take part in the play. Tins total surpassed by 11 the number of teams entered in the Greenville, S. C., textile tourna ment earlier in the season, recog nized at that time as being the largest in the wurld. Four nights of play were all that were necessary to find that the Winston-Salem high ' school boys were the class of this sec tion in 1926, while this year, 91 games, played in pine afternoops and 18 nights, were necessary be fore the Pilot Mountain girls and Copeland boys captured the -state’s most sought-after basketball title. It was the third consecutive northwest tournament title for the Pilot Mountain grrte, •pyti^’tbe Winston-Salem and Mobaon -hoys as the only three-time winners of the tournament. Although it was the first title for the Copeland boys, it marked the fourth straight year that a Surry county quintet has carried off the laurels and gave Sorry seven of the eight championship titles dnring the past four years. Teams from Sparta high school were among those entered in tha tourney. The Statesville high school girls team, champions of the South Piedmont conference during the past season, also took part in tha twin city contests and went to the quarter finals before losing a close battle. Prominent Speakers To Be At Sparta H. S. Some prominent speaker will be present at Sparta high school for one chapel period each week until commencement. The speaker for next week is to be W. C. Thompson, superin tendent of Alleghany county schools. A cordial,, invitation to be pres ent is extended the public. ’He that eats until he u sick Mint fast until he is well." APRIL t>i-i-1 tf. | act Kicnmorio! m* 35k. 4—Pint ittinihl; ia launched on Great Lake*. 18t«.
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