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TODAY’S THOUGHT “To reform a man, you must begin y with his grandmother.” — Victor Hugo. The Alleghany Times Subscription Price $1 a year in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMlCf AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 11, GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936. EIGHT PAGES Number 47, BUSINESS PROSPECTS Business prospects for the rest of 1936 are generally expected to improve rapidly because of the large sums of money to be ex pended and distributed by the Government in the near future. Estimates are that more than three billion jjollars will be put into circulation before the end of this year, including, of course, the two billion dollars of'bonus money to be paid out in June. Other large items in the total are to be $800,000,000 to farmers on ol^ contracts under the dis carded AAA and more than $400, 000,000 under the new soil con servation program. In addition, there will be monthly payments for relief and public works which will probably greatly exceed one billion dollars. However, inas much as these relief and works expenditures have been going on for some months past, they do not represent at this time any reason for future improvement. EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT Hie outlook is that there will be a sharply increased demand for consumer goods and that busi ness should show continued im provement which will carry over into 1987. Farmers will probably be in the market because, in ad dition to the payments from. the Government, it is expected that any price declines will be more than offset by increased yields. Some authorities fear a credit boom that may become dangerous but other able economists insist that the Federal Reserve System can safely control any threaten ing inflation. “PORK BARREL’’ AND FLOODS The recent floods have pro duced considerable sentiment in favor of large appropriations in the interest of flood control. The project will be tied in with the soil-saving program. The danger, aa everyone Tamiliar with the sub ject recognizes, is “pork barrel projects” which have cost the Government untold millions in the past. Various measures are being sponsored to accomplish the end in view and Senator Copeland of New York insists that all proj ects, before being undertaken, ' should bo surveyed and approved by competent engineers. Such a provision is vitally important if the money expended is to accom plish the desired results. One bill would devote $275,000,000 to the Mississippi Valley Authority in the next five years. At present, apparently, the prospect is in favor of a general measure cover ing the entire country. NEW TV A PLANS Along this linf the Tennessee Valley Authority, undertaking the development of a 40,600 square mile, area, with 2,500,000 inhabi tants, has proposed the construc tion of eight additional dams, which, with the four built or building, it contends, will prov!5e a navigable channel 650 miles in length, reduce flood'danger in th*e Mississippi and .Tennessee river areas, and produce 3,000,000 horsepower of electricity. The program, by 1940, Would cost $185,000,000, half of which has already been spent. LABOR IN THE CAMPAIGN Considerable interest attaches to the recent invitation to labor un ions to joih a non-partisan league for the immediate purpose of working to secure the reelection of President Roosevelt. This step, which may mark the historic be ginning of a Labor Party, was ini tiated by George L. Berr$, now serving without pay as coordinator of industrial cooperation. Heretofore, organized labor has set its face against entering poli tics as a unit end only once has it backed a candidate for president. This was in 1924 and the action was in favor of Senator Robert M. La Follette, running as a Pro gressive. The present move is to be more than an endorsement if the plan works out and involves organizing labor for effective par ticipation in the campaign. More over, the plain hint is that the, or ganization is likely to become per manent. President William Green, of the American Federation o£ Labor, was not consulted and Mi. Berry says the action was taken without consulting the President. How ever, it is another evidence of the divergent view now held by vari ous leaders of labor and is prob ably an offshoot of the effort to transform unions from t craft basis to a plant or industry basis. federal income up * During the month of March, the Government collected $173,274, 170 in exccfs of expenditures, (continued on page five) Roosevelt Speaks To Youth Of The Nation Mon. Night Baltimore Address Is Broadcast From Spacious Fifth Regiment Armory At Democratic Rally DISCUSSES UNEMPLOYED — Jobs Only To Persons Between 18 And 65 Years Old Suggested. Indirectly Appeals To Industry Baltimore, April 14.—A tenta tive suggestion for limiting “ac tive working ages at both ends” and giving jobs to those between 18 and 65 years of age was put forward here last night by Presi dent Roosevelt in an address in which the chief executive pledged new consideration to some of the aims of the now^dead NRA. Standing in the spacious Fifth Regtiment Armory here and ad dressing his nationally broadcast words directly to one of a series of Jefferson birthday rallies spon sored by the Young Democratic club of Maryland, the President asserted: “The period of social pioneer ing is only at its beginning.” Declaring “flaming youth has become a flaming question,” the presidential address, which was arranged to follow a torchlight parade and other political activi ties, hinted at the possibility of a new line of attack upon the unemployment problem. After posing, somewhat in the form of a question, the idea of keeping children in school and away from work until they are 18, ana of placing a majority of those over 65 in a position to re tire, Mr. Roosevelt added this indirect appeal: "Industry can contribute in a great measure to the increase of employment if industry as a whole, will undertake reasonable reduc tions of hours per work week, while, at the same time, they keep the average individual’s pay envelope at least as large as it is today.” Addressing himself directly to the young of the nation, the President, at this outset of his campaign for re-election, gave no direct word 'as to whether he would seek his NRA goals through legislative or only administrative action. The President concluded his ad dress with these words: “Be wise enough and tolerant enough, you who are young in years, to remember that millions of older people have kept and propose to keep these qualities of youth. You' ought to thank God tonight if, regardless of your years, you are young enough in spirit to dream dreams and see visions—dreams and visions about a greater and finer America that is to be: “If you are young enough in spirit to believe that poverty can be greatly lessened; that the dis grace of involuntary unemploy ment can be wiped out; that class hatreds can be done away with; that peace at home and abroad can be maintained; and that one day a generation may possess this land, blessed beyond anytWng we know with those things—material and 'spiritual—that make man’s life abundcpt. “If that is the fashion of your dreaming then I say; ‘Hold fast to your dream. America needs it’.” Glade Valley H. S. Teachers Contribute To Red Cross Fund The names of Mrs. Ellen Guer rant, Miss Margaret Dowdle, E. B. Eldridge and J. H. Astwalt, teach ers in Glade Valley high school, have been made public as con tributors to the Red Cross flood relief fund. The money contributed by these teachers was received since the last issue of THE TIMES. Independence H. S. Baseball Boys Win From Sparta Team . The independence high school baseball boys defeated the Sparta high school team in a game play ed Wednesday on. the Sparta grounds. The score was 11 to 0. Here It u, i ellas! SAN DIEGO, Calif. ... The firat ... the very firat bathing beauty of the new season. She is Miss Annette Mahlmeister as she. introduces a rub berized white silk'-swim suit which style authorities have approved. Commencement At Glade Valley “Hi” To Begin April 25 Dr. P. H. Gwynn, Of Davidson College, To Be Speaker. Alumni To Hold Meeting April 27 Commencement exercises at Glade Valley high school are scheduled to begin on Saturday night, April 25, and continue through Monday ntght, Aparil 27. This year, the Glade Valley school is completing a quarter of a century of existence, making the events of the year in connec tion with it very significant. Many alumni and former students are expected to be present at the commencement exercises, and* at three o’clock on Monday after noon April 27, the alumni of the school will meet in the audi torium. On home-coming day, last Thanksgiving, an alumni organi zation was formed and plans were made at that time for an other meeting at commencement this spring. All graduates of the school are urged to be pres ent at this meeting. Dr. P. H. Gwynn, of Davidson college, is to deliver the com mencement address to the gradu ating class at this year’s finals. Peace Appeal Is Made By Hull In Speech Tuesday Washington, April 14.—The people of the 21 American na tions were called upon today by Secretary of State Cordell Hull to “support the efforts of their governments to banish forever the scourge of war from this hemisphere.” In a speech commemorating Pan-American Hay, Hull, as chair man of the governing board of the Pan-American Union, pro claiming the forthcoming All American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires as a promising op portunity to “set an example to the world of friendly cooperation and enlightened internationalism.’’ The secretary of state con trasted disturbed conditions abroad to what he termed the concilia tory atmosphere pervading the nations of the New World. “It is only necessary to take a cursory glance at the situ ation prevailing throughout the world to be convinced that the republics of the Western Hemis phere are living under fortunate circumstances,’’ he said. ARIZONA MAN IS 108 Phoenix, Arir., April 14.—Ed ward McGinley 108-year-old patriarch of the Arizona pioneers’ reunion here today, said he’d like to live another 100 years. And, what’s more, he predicted, “I’ll live 800 more.” Albert Holloway Ends Life Sat Night In Galax Drinks Carbolic Acid. Wife Took Own Life On March 21 In The Sane Manner As Did Husband Albert Holloway, Galax, about 21 years of age, died about 8:30 o’clock Saturday night a few min utes after he had drunk about two ounces of carbolic acid at his home in the east side of the town. According to reports, after he had drunken the poison liquid, Holloway went to the home of hie father-in-law, Vivian Pickett, and told what he had done, whereupon the local police depart ment was notified. Members of the department made an effort at once to get him to the hospital, but death came to him before they arrived there with him. Holloway’s wife, Mrs. Nancy Pickett Holloway, committed sui cide on Saturday night, March 21, not far from the same hour as that in which her husband com mitted the rash act, and in the same manner, by drinking car bolic acid. A note was left, it is under stood, in which Holloway gave directions concerning his fundral and other things. However, the full details of the note has not been made public. He had pur chased a new suit of clothes and other wearing apparel shortly be fore his act and was wearing the new suit at the time of his death, with a carnation in the coat lapel. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock in the Primitive Baptist church at Sparta, the de ceased having requested that the rites for him be cimducted at the same place and at the same hour of the day as those for his wife. Interment was at Sparta. Tragic Death Occurs Friday At Whitehead A tragic death occurred at Whitehead Friday when Mrs. Eli Billings, 38, died from burns re ceived when her clothes caught fire on the preceding Wednesday. Mrs. Billings, who was the daugh ter of D. C. Whitehead, of Whitehead, had reached to the mantle over the fireplace for some object when her skirt swept into the flame, which quickly envelop ed her, burning her severely be fore assistance could be given. Besides her father, Mrs. Bill ings is survived by her husband, six small children, a number of brothers, sisters and other rela tives. Funeral services were conducted Monday, April 13, at 10:00 o’clock at Union Church, Whitehead, by Rev. Coy Walker, Rev. Mack Brook and Rev. John Williams. Interment was in the church cemetery. Independence Girl Wins Grayson Beauty Contest At Galax Miss Elizabeth Bryant, of Independence, won the -title, “Miss Grayson County,” in a contest held Tuesday night in the Galax high school auditorium to select a princess to represent Grayson county in the court of “Queen Virginia II” at the sec ond annual Dogwood festival to be held at Bristol April 30 and May 1. Miss Bryant is a daughter of I. B. Bryant, former clerk of the Grayson circuit court, and Mrs, Bryant, Of Independence. The Dogwood festival is spon sored by Southwestern Virginia, Inc. Also, at the time of Miss Bry ant’s selection, Miss Eileen Wor rell was given the title, “Miss Carroll County.” Plane Laid To Put Dry Men In Office Raleigh, April 14.—Trustees of the United Dry Forces todiay ap pealed to “all the people of the state to wipe out the entire nefarious liquor traffic and en force the law” as they mapped plans for a “dry” campaign. Borah Is Led By Knox In Dlmois Voting Tuesday Governor Henry Horner Trails Bundensen In Race For Nomination For State’s Highest Office Chicago, April 14.—As top outcomes of Illinois’ heavily bal loted primary election, a heavy endorsement of Col. Frank Knox in Cook county for president, a record Democratic turn-out in Chicago and environs and the possibility of new state leadership for the Republican party were recorded. In late tabulations of the score of the Republican party’s first man-to-man test of popularity be tween prominent presidential pos sibilities, Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, and a per sistent critic of the new deal, ran far ahead of his rival, Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho. With nearly half of Cook county’s 8,676 precincts counted, Knox, who led almost from the start in his home community, had left the senator 47,000 votes be hind. The city news bureau, col lecting returns for all Chicago newspapers, estimated he would get a majority of about 65,000 in the metropolitan area. Down state, the race was neck and-neck, with Knox holding a slight advantage on the basis of scattered results from 100 pre cincts. In 1,842 Cook county precincts, Knox got 97,706 votes; Borah 56,710. In 100 downstate, Knox 7,247; Borah 7,026. The stirring race between Gov ernor Henry Homer and Dr. Her man N. Bundensen for the Demo cratic nomination for governor received credit for stimulating that party’s vote. Homer, de nied endorsement by Mayor Ed ward J. Kelly and National Com mitteeman Patrick Nash, of the powerful Chicago machine, trail ed by some, 66,000 votes in the total for about a third of the state. The figures were predomi nantly Cook county, however. Downstate, Horner was pacing his rival, 3 to 1. Clyde R. Hoey To Speak In Sparta On Tuesday, April 28 A number of people from Sparta and vicinity went to Mount Airy Friday night to hear Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby attorney and gubernatorial candidate, make an address in his campaign for the nomination. Mr. Hoey has the reputation of being one of the greatest of the South’s “silver tongued orators.” Mr. Hoey will speak in Sparta in the courthouse on April 27, ai one o’clock. Sparta High School Seniors To Present Play Saturday Night Arrangements are progressing rapidly for the Senior play, “Funny Phinnie,” to be presented in the Sparta high school audi torium on Saturday night, April 18, at eight o’clock. In addition to the entertain ment offered by the characters of the play, which is expected to be of a very high order, string music is to be rendered by Paul Miles and his band. March Honor Roll For Wolf Branch School Announced A list of pupils of Wolf Branch school who were eligible for the March honor roll follows;' First Grade: Betty Andrews, Charles Alvin Brooks, Lorraine Holloway and Norma McBride. Second Grade: Earnest An drews, Dale Holloway, L. V. Ted der, Jr., and Jr. D. Watson. Fifth Grade: Ruth Crouse, Earnest Bell, Katherine Andrews, Gene Atwood and Pawnee Brooks. Sixth Grade: Gene Bell, Alice Irwin and Mildrd Richardson. Seventh Grade: Eva Brooks, Marie Crouse, Roy Choate and Junior Harless. In Dionne Derby -rsa MILWAUKEE ... Gordon (■bore), who claim* to bn n < Olirn Dionne, fetter of tte leU, ia now tte peood punt of twine, jnnt bore tem.. - aagro Gordon. Doughton Thinks Roosevelt Will Visit Charlotte State Delegation Pays Chief Executive Visit To Urge Him To Attend Democratic Rally Washington, April 14.—Follow ing a visit of a group of North Carolinians at the White House today to urge President Roosevelt to attend the seven-states “green pastures” Democratic rally to be held at Charlotte, N. C., this summer or in the early fall, pros pects that the chief'executive will attend seemed extremely bright. Members of the group were en thusiastic following their talk with Mr. Roosevelt, and unqualifiedly stated they were sure he will at tend and deliver the keynote speech before the meeting of Democrats from seven South eastern states. The date for the meeting has been left open, so that, if and when President Roosevelt makes plans for coming, the plans for the rally can be set so as to coin cide with the President’s plans. The Chief Executive indicated that late July or late September probably would find him more nearly free of pressing engage ments and hence more able to go to the Charlotte meeting, be ing arranged by the Young Demo cratic organization of North Carolina. Representative R o B e r t L. Doughton, who held a private con ference with the President after the other members of the group had left, stated upon leaving the White House that he was positive Mr. Roosevelt would attend the rally. “From what he told me I have no doubt but that he will go to Charlotte to address the meeting,” Doughton declared. Farm Program Is Explained In Sparta April 9 Mr. Gaither, of Raleigh, spoke to fanners of Alleghany county on Thursday, April 9, explaining to them the new farm program. In his explanation, he stated the new program differs from the old AAA program in that the farmer is paid for doing, where as, in the old the farmer was paid for not doing. The new pro gram is mainly a soil improve ment project to be carried out on an immense scale. However, the small farmer will benefit most proportionately from the pro pram, provided he practices good soil improvement. The farmer doing most to improve his soil will benefit most from the pro gram, sayi the speaker. Thus, he has not only the incentive of a cash grant to spur his efforts but also the increased value and productivity of his soil. Under the new program, no contract is issued by the govern ment to bind either party. Any farmer, who is carrying on soil building practices and building his soil with legumes, may make an application for a cash grant. Farmers, who have legumes grow ing on their land at the present (continued on page eight) Glad Tidings Of Easter Are Sent Forth Sunday Assemblage Estimated At 40,000 At Moravian Sunrise Service Held In Winston-Salem GEORGIA IS NOT GAY Presidential Family Attends Church Services And Joins In Nations Easter Style Parade Winston-Salem, A p r i 1 12. —“The Lord Is Risen!” the centuries-old proclamation, which was uttered at Sunday’s Moravian Easter sunrise service by Bishop J. Kenneth Pfohl, was heard by an assemblage estimated to num ber 40,000 persons. Chief Usher Ernest Pfohl said the throng was the largest in the 169-year history of the service here. Preliminaries to the dawn serv ice began with the hours after midnight when bands, numbering more than 300 musicians, played antiphonally the old German songs. Stained glass windows of the Moravian chapel formed a back drop for Bishop Pfohl, of the southern Moravian province, as the service opened just before dawn. Then, as bands played Bishop Pfohl led the way and the multi tude folowed, marching eight abreast, to “God’s Acre,” where 2,500 Moravian dead lie about 400 yards from the church. Here the thousands sang “Near er My God to Thee,” after which the bishop closed the service with: “Glory be to Him who is the resurrection and the life!” Gainesville, Ga., April 14.— Hardy citizens raised their voicea in song and prayer here this Eastertide, thankful they were spared the death which came early last week to more than 200 of their neighbors. In churches badly battered by, the recent death dealing tor nado, solemn-faced worshippers gathered and heard their min isters speak words of comfort. Those robbed of their meeting places by the storm joined con gregations more fortunate. At the First Methodist church Dr. W. P. King, former pastor, prayed for “the light of immortal life, shining through hardship, suffering and sorrow.” Washington, April 14. — In a gray and sometimes drizzly capi tal, tourist-crammed, a sun-brown ed president and his wife Shinday joined in the nation’s Easter wor ship and style parade. Their church-going took them through the downtown section where women wore their Easter best, to St. Thomas Episcopal church. Ropes were strung along the street to restrain the crowd which applauded as the president left the car to enter the church. With the president and Mrs. Roosevelt were their daughter, Mrs. Anna Boettiger and her hus band, John Boettiger, of New York. They remained to partake of holy communion. "He who has good health and owes nothing ii both young and rich." APRIL M—Wilbur Wri«ht, father of aviation, born. 1867. 17—United States navy cap r\ tures its first British ship 1777. 18—House invents the stock market ticker. 1846.
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