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TODAY’S THOUGHT “Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper sprinkle cool patience.”—Shakes peare. The Alleghany Times DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Subscription Price SI * year in advance OF* ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 11. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1936. EIGHT PAGES Number 46. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES In just about two months the Republicans will gather in Cleve land and what the 1,001 dele gates will do is the main topic of speculation It the national capi tal. With presidential preferen tial primaries already under way, a bitter battle is being waged for control of the convention, the delegates not being bound by the votes cast in the primaries of some States. GROUPS NOW IN ACTION Several groups, or factions, are involved, including (1) the Borah backers, (2) the Hoover support ers dedicated to ratifying the party behind denunciation of the New Deal; and (8) the so-called Old Guard, operating behind the banners of various favorite sons but really anxious for an un fettered flock of delegates and an opportunity to repeat ancient tac tics of the conference rooms. HOOVER LEADS ATTACK. The situation revolves mainly around four men at this writing, although lesser stars walk the boards of Idle drama as the cur tain prepares to ascend. Former President Herbert Hoover, who delivered his seventh attack on the New Deal at Fort Wayne, Ind., recently, is not now con sidered a possible choice of the delegates although, as the titular leader of the partyj he has made •effective speeches and delivered some advice to his fellow Repub licans. Recently breaking his silence to deny published reports that he was backing Senator Vandenberg, of Michigan. Mr. Hoover, through his secretary, declared he had encouraged no particular candi date, being engaged “solely in fighting the New Deal.” He ad vocated lambasting the adminis tration policies, the framing of a “courageous and constructive” program, the nomination of the “best qualified” man and the united effort »of all Republicans to win the election. There are some Republicans who would like to see Mr. Hoo ver lead the attack against Roosevelt next fall and, human nature being what it is, the cImhmw are that the former President would welcome the op portunity. Certainly, there is some logic in the idea but, at the same time, many party lead ers candidly admit that the ob stacles are too many. Besides, his renomination would be cer tain to alienate some of the so called liberal element, including Senator Borah, whose help the nominee must have, if possible. LANDON APPEARS AHEAD Gov. Landon, of Kansas, is generally considered to have the lead position at this time, with delegates assured in Kansas, Ok lahoma and New Mexico. He has not personally taken part in any primary and neither approved nor repudiated any delegate who, chooses to run under his name. Declining to enter upon a cam paign, the governor holds that party unity and harmony are paramount but his supporters may push him forward in several tests. He has gained support in the East where his Kansas record is held up to admiration, has the. approval of Hearts and his news papers over the nation and the backing of substantial Republi cans, in the business and polit ical sense. BORAH, THE PUZZLE Senator Borah, actively cam paigning for the favor of voters in a number of States, is the enigma of the party and prob ably the key to its prospects in the fall. Reasonably certain of delegates from fiye or six West ern States the Idahoan, facing iiostile control of party machine ry, has surprised everybody by waging a vigorous attack upon the "old leaders” of the party. His idea, apparently, is to ac quire a rank-and-file mandate to make a convention fight to purge the party of old-line bosses, star chamber manipulations and the adoption of a liberal platform. KNOX AND THE TARIFF Col. Frank Knox, Chicago pub lisher, has been pushing liis can didacy in Illinois, where he faces 3 Borah challenge at the polls next weefc. The newspaper man has nicde aggressive speeche'; but his prospects, sagging a bit al ready, will be utterly demolished unless he captures the. delegates from his own .State. The Colonel been making e.-thodox Re publican addresses but he wor ^flwird a ■ Wt Hauptmann Dies Fri. Night In Electric Chair Without Confessing; Is Calm To End Convicted Murderer Of 'Lindbergh Baby Walks To His Death Silently And Bravely. Cremated Mon. ANXIETY MARKS SCENE Doubt Exists In Minds * Of Many Persons In Regard To His Connection With Case. Files Closed Trenton, N. J., April 7.—With a penny’s worth of electricity, the state of New Jersey, which spent $1,200,000 to capture and bring about the conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnap-murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., executed him Friday night. Before his body even hung loose and heavy against the straps of the electric chair, officials col lected from witnesses a dozen affidavits, swearing that Haupt mann had died in the place, time and manner prescribed by law. Then they closed their four-year file on the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. Hauptmann died without con fessing. Not a word passed his lips as he entered the electrocution chamber and he needed no assist ance when he sat down in the chair. Hauptmann died at 8:47% p. m. His failure to confess left a trail of doubt around the world. Millions, indexing the governor of N$yr Jersey, believe no one man couid Have committed the crime, and that the law did only part of its work on this spring even ing four years and a month from the night when the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. For these millions, a murdered child still cries out for vengeance, and they will believe through all thtii years that sometime and somewhere a frightened man is geing to whisper from his death bed that he, too, had a part in the bloody business on the Sour land . Mountains. Eut when Hauptmann walked to his death he did so in the knowledge that his lawyers and hi3 wife, Anna, had tried and tested every safeguard of the law, and that he still stood convicted and guilty. New York, April 6.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s body was given to a crematory’s flames to day, but events stemming from efforts to disprove his guilt in the Lindbergh baby’s murder con tmue.d their course. The widow, Mrs. Anna Haupt mann, stood before his opened casket and vowed to make some one “pay” for his death. It w.as a strange funeral they gave Hauptmann in the stone crematory building overlooking a Lutheran cemetery. Hundreds of neighbors and children pressed ex citedly against the tall iron .fence, ana a score of police rushed them back from locked gates. Mrs. Hauptmann spent an hour with the body. “Richard, some day your name will be cleared and those responsible will pay. For they murdered—murdered— you, my Richard,’’ she said slow ly. • Then she plucked a carnation from the huge floral cross that (continued on back page) Tenn. Minister To Hold Easter Services Li Alleghany Sunday Rev. Sara Edwards, of Cook ville, Tenn-, will hold an Easter service, on Sunday, April 12, at the Sparta Baptist church at 11 a. m. and also one at the Laurel Sr.-ings Baptist church at 2:80 p. m. The Rev. Mr. Edwards, who is reported to be originally from this section, is said to be an ex exceptionally good speaker and to possess great capabilities in his field of work. He wag formerly an attorney and judge in the state 01 Tennessee. Recently, he has been engaged in writing religious tracts and articles. The public is to be present at these SJ - f Royalty To Front Italy . . ..Crown Marie Joie (above), sharing-the lot of all nurses, is now aboard the hos pital ship, Cesarva, off the East Afri can coast, wlieae she is ministering to the wounded from the front. Eleven Killed As Big Plane Crashes In Pennsylvania Giant Air Liner Falls In “Graveyard Of The Alleghanies,” Region Of Terror For Many Pilots Uniontown, Pa., April 7_ Plowing through a heavy thicket on an isolated mountain side to day, a giant Transcontinental and Western air lijjsc turned over and burned, plunging eleven per sons to their deaths. By emergency lighting appara tus. rescuers worked until after dark tonight removing the bodies from the wreckage and carrying them to an improvised morgue on Western Pennsylvania’s highest mountain peak. To add to the difficulties of the treacherous ter rain, a driving snowstorm broke before the rescue work was com pleted. Through deep and thick un derbrush the bodies—some of them burned—were transported over a narrow lumber road, hard ly more than a trail. There p horse-drawn wagon and a truck formed the cortege which moved slowly along the muddy, tortuous path to the sum mit atop the mountain. The bod (continued on back page) Red Cross Fund Contributions Acknowledged A list of contributions to the Red Cross from individuals and schools of Alleghany county has recently been submitted by T. J. Carson, who has long been a worker for this relief agency, and to whom, it has been said, much commendation is due, since there is no organized chapter in the county at present. Contributions now made will automatically make the donors members if a chapter is reorganized in Alleghany in the future, and a portion of the sum obtained will be used for the relief of storm and flood sufferers. Contributions have been made as follows: Vo* school, Sparta high school, Laurel Springs school, Cherry Lane school, Glade Val ley high school, Gap Civil school, Whitehead school,. > Airbellows school, Pine Swamp school, C. R. Roe, R. A. Doughton, R. E. Black, C. W. Irwin, T. J. Carson, Mrs. J. T. 4Inskeep, J. T. Inskeep, Rex Mitchell, M. A. Goodman, A. B. Richardson, G. P. Crutchfield, J. T. Miles, D. P. Sturdivant, Amos Wagoner, T. R. Burgiss, John Walker Inskeep, W. R. Skaggs, Arthur Hanks, Earl Royal, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Weaver, R. F. Crouse, E. L. Williams, BUI Ches ter, Mr. Wells, W. V. Blevins, G. G. Nichols, R. £. Nichols, J. Kern Wagoner and W. P. Dough ton. Senior Class Of Sparta H. S. To Give Hay Soon “Funny Phinnie,” 3-Act Production, To Be [Given In Auditorium Saturday Night, April 18 , “Funjiy Phinnie,” a three-act fafce playr is to be-presented by the Senior class of Sparta high school on; Saturday night, April ; 18, at eight o’clock, in the high school auditorium. ^This play was written by Howard Reed and runs p full evening, it is said. The play comprises a c.ast of ten strong characters, including clowning Ruby, played by Carolyn Maxwell, wise-cracking Ella, play ed by Grace York, hot-tempered Millicent, played ,by Florence Warren, hen-peckei Amos, play ed by Dwayne Irwin, a domineer ing wife, playej} by Lorraine Reeves, the great' garter inventor, played by Woodrow Richardson, the dashing Richard, played by Paul Higgins, Madalyn Wagoner and Nan Reid, as' dancing teach ers, and funny, ^polish Phinnie, played by Junior Wagoner. According to advance informa tion, the. story of ^he play runs as follows: Amos, against ms win, runs nis wife’s laundry business, but his heart is set upon entering the gar ter business. Phinliie, who has a record of failing in every job he has ever tackledt drops, like the, much-needed rain from heav en, into the office of the laundry and inspires Amos with a grand idea. He hires Phinnie to run— and ruin—the business for him. Surprising things happen. A mean trick is- “pulled.” Phin nie’s first success! is filled with bitter dregs. Throughout, it is said, the play 'is screamingly funny, and, yet, qil ends shining as a newly laundd|p6d shirt. The cast of characters follows; Ruby Schaeffer—a sorter, Miss Carolyn Maxwell; Genevieve Mac Goosh—a marker, Miss Nancy Reid; Clara Titterbaum—a pol isher, Miss Madalyn Wagoner; Ella Flynn—a mangier, Miss Grace York; Millicent Murray— the counter girl, Miss Florence Warren; Amos Plummer—man ager of Banner Laundry, Dwayne Irwin; Mr. Glucksman— an inven tor Woodrow Richardson; Rich ard’ Kendall—agent of Laundry Workers union, Paul Higgins; Mrs. Plummer—owner of Ban ner Laundry, Miss . Lorraine Reeves, and Phineas Pike—him self, Amos Wagoner, Jr. Elder Hanks, Of Georgia, To Preach In Alleghany County . Elder Lee Hanks, of Atlanta, Ga., Primitive Baptist minister; is scheduled to hold preaching ser vices in the near future in Alle chany, Ashe and Grayson coun ties and nearby territory, as fol lows : Tuesday April 14, Meadow Pork; Wednesday, April 15, Un ion; Thursday, April 16, Crab Creek; Friday, April 17, Zion; Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, Little River; Monday, April 20, Antioch; Tuesday, April 21, Senter; Wednesday, April 22, Narthfork. Thursday, April 23, Big Helton; Friday, April 24, Troutdale; Sat urday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, St. Clair’s Bottom; Monday, April 27, Rush Creek; Tuesday, April 28 Hopkinsview; Wednes day, April 29, Fox Creek; Thurs day April 30, Saddle Creek. Friday, May 1, Peaeh Bottom; Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3 Rock Greek; Monday, May 4, Raywood, and Tuesday, May 5, Galax (night included). State Game Board Passes Resolutions For Trout Fishing The North Carolina State Board jf Inland Game and Fisheries, at i recent meeting, passed some new resolutions concerning the jpen season far trout fishing. For the benefit of those anglers who wish to take advantage of the Easter holidays, the season was declared open on April 12 u»d 18. Fishing for trout will be prohibited until April proper will FFA Federation For Alleghany, Wilkes Formed Sparta H. S. Girls And Mountain View Boyi Win In Basketball Tournament Held Here Recently the vocational agri culture teachers of Alleghany and Wilkes counties met in Sparta, along with the state supervisor, Tol . Stafford, and formulated a federation of Future Fanners in the two counties. A program of work w,as set up and one of the objectives wa6 athletics. A basketball tournament, the first of its. kind as a result of the organisation, was held in Sparta high school gymnasium last week between the schools of Moun tain View, Piney Creek and Sparta. It is hoped that more schools will enter into this feder ation, with the view of its ath letic program becoming an annual affair. Much interest was shown in this event, both by the partici pants and the local people. ' In the pairing, Sparta was to meet Piney Creek in the first game, with the winner of this af ray to meet Mountain View for the coveted title of the touma Piney Creek was the loser to Sparta in a game of smooth pass ing and fine floor work by both teams. The score was 22-14. In the title game of the even ing, the Mountain View boys were too much for the locals and came out a winner by a score of 21-12. Good sportsmanship abounded throughout the entire affair. Along with the agricultural tournament the girls of the same institutions put on a grand ex hibition of basketball, the same method being employed in pair ing as were used in the boys' games. The locals were forced to the utmost to win from Piney Creek by a score of 17-16. Each team missed numerous easy shots that might have caused the score to tell another story. Neither team of the Sparta Mountain View classic were able to score during the first quarter, and it was late in the first half before Sparta broke the ice with ?. charity shot> and from that point could never be headed. Both teams played brilliant games and the results were in doubt until the final whistle. Very little scoring was done by either team except from the foul line. Close guarding was the main feature of the contest. The game ended with Sparta a winner by a score of 10-6. Much credit, it is said, must be given to the local officials of the games in making them a success, and it is hoped that the same, spirit will be displayed again next year as was shown this year. RA Applications To Be Received On Tuesdays, Fridays W. Bryan Oliver, county Re settlement - supervisor, and Miss Lenna Gambill, county home sup ervisor, will be at the court house in Sparta each Tuesday and Fri day morning for the purpose of interviewing new applicants for Resettlement administration bene fits. Democrats Will Dance In Memory Of Jefferson Washington, April 7.—Dining and dancing ip the name of Jack son and Jefferson has be.en adopt ed by the Democrats as a source of revenue. Just finished with a nation-wide series of dinners to celebrate the birthday of Andrew Jackson which netted the party $270,000, plans have been worked out for Etttinf; the Democrats of the nation to dancing to the memory of Thomas Jefferson on April 13. The Jefferson Day festivities will center upon a master dance Armory President the; Fifth Regime Havoc Wrought By Storms Mon. In Several Towns Of South; More Than 400 Dead One From 5,000 i 'Mk CHICAGO • • . Tom Lm Brown (•bore), realtor, 38, and father of 3 children, was the man selected to go to Now York, and in a nation-wide radio speech, outline his ideas on "How to solve the crime problem.” His letter was judged best of 5,000. Hauptmann Case Probe Demanded In New Jersey Wendel Case Becomes Stranger Than Ever As Grand Jury Fails To Return A “No Bill” Trenton, N. J., April 7.—To day saw new ■ ■'Mr an in vestigation of the Bruno Richard Hauptmann case, following the quick defeat by the state legis lature of two similar proposals. Assemblyman Basil B. Bruno, Monmouth Republican, announced he. would seek approval next Mon day night of a resolution calling for an investigation of the con duct of all officials in the case, including Governor Harold G. Hoffman, the state police, and At torney General David T. Wilentz. Almost as he made the an nouncement it was disclosed pe titions were being circulated in Trenton requesting Governor Hoff man to order a “fair and impar tial” investigation of all state of ficials connected with the case. The governor’s stand was praised as “in the interest of society in general.’’ Meanwhile, the strange case of Paul H. Wendel, former Trenton lawyer, held in Mercer county jail on a charge of murdering Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., be came stranger than ever. The Mercer county grand jury, which voted last Thursday to dis continue its investigation of the : Wendel case, met today but fail I ed to vote the expected “no i bill” which would have freed ihim of the murder charge. I - Co. Commissioners Name Tax listers At March Meeting At its March business meeting, the Alleghany County Board of Commissioners appointed tax list ers for the various townships of the county as follows: Gap Civil, B. P. Wagoner; Piney Creek, Fred Osborne; Prathers Creek, Willie Jones; Whitehead, Meredith Richardson; Cranberry, Hort Miller; Glade Creek, Alex Coomes, and Cherny Lane, Luther Gentry. T. J. Carson was appointed tax supervisor. A list of the names of the-men appointed as Rabies inspectors in the respective townships has also been made public. There is a Rabies inspector in each town ship for the purpose of adminis tering rabies vaccine to the dogs as the law now requires. The list follows: Gap Civil, R. E. Hawthorne; Piney Creek, Guy T. Perry, Prath. Gainesville, Ga., And Tupelo, Miss., Are The Hardest Hit. Property Damage Reaches Millions FLOODS FOLLOW STORM Four Trainloads Of Injured Receive Aid In Atlanta, 70 MUes From Gainesville As the death toll of several tornadoes which struck in various parts of the Southland Monday; morning mounted to 400, floods following in the wake of the storms threatened new disaster, and estimates placed property damage from the latest twister at $25,000,000 in six states. Gainesville, Ga., ,and Tupelo, Miss., were the hardest hit by the hurricane. Gainesville, Ga., April 7.—The storm-lashed south compiled a list of more than 400 known dead today from sporadic spring tor nadoes as flooded rivers threaten ed new disaster over a widespread area. Torrential rains sent major streams on the rise even before the task of finding and identify ing the dead left by tornadic thrusts had been completed. Contributing the heaviest toll was this textile manufacturing; center in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains, where 188 bodies have been found, and Tu- , pelo, Miss., another cotton manu facturing center where 203 died. A complete estimate of propi erty losses was placed at $25, 000,000 with uncounted thousands homeless and thousands injured. Relief officials expressed belief many more bodies of the dead would be uncovered before all the wreckage is removed. More than 1,000 relief workers labored in Gainesville and a like number was busy at Tupelo against the threat of pes tilence in the wake of the death, dealing twisters. At Gainesville 2,500 were homeless, upwards of 1,000 homes were in ruins and more than 1,2001 were injured. Four trainloads of the injured were hospitalized in Atlanta, 70 miles away. State health officers hurried to Gainesville, 200 miles from Cor dele, south Georgia community hit by a tornado which killed more than 20 there, last week. Chinese Ambassador To Be Speaker At Duke Commencement Durham, April 7.—Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese ambassador to the United States and Dr. Frederick W. Norwood, pastor of City Temple Congregational Church, London, will be Duke University’s j commencement speakers. Announcement that Dr. Nor wood will preach in the chapel on Sunday night, June 7, and that Dr. Sze will make the com mencement address on Mo morning, June 8, was made to day. President W. P. deliver the baccalaureate on Sunday momi 'Laziness travels so slowly that poverty
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