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TODAY'S THOUGHT “Heaven sends us misfor tunes as a moral tonic." —Lady Blessington. DEVOTED ALLEGHANY COUNTY TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMEN i Volume 11. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936. 10 PAGES Number 63. now NO ARGUMENT ANY LONGER There is no longer any argu ment about improvedbusiness conditions. The depression is, for the most part, behind the nation and industry is going into a pe riod of continuous recovery. Cor porate statements reflect increased earnings and there are other dis tinct grounds for the optimistic attitude to the future, in business circles. The National Chamber of Com merce concludes that 1936 will be “the best year in physical vol ume of business” since 1929. Building construction in six months was 76 per cent ahead of last year, consumption in several lines is back to the 1929 level and freight shows substantial gains. Employment in manufacture, ac cording to Labor Bureau records, is the largest since the fall of 1930 and the Chamber estimates that the Autumn stimulus will put it close to the 1927 and 1928 point. Incidentally, steel makers are planning wages for over-time, showing how they regard the prospects. RECOVERY AND POLITICS The question arises, what effect will this recovery have on the political outlook? Usually, as ev eryone knows, good business helps the party in power and bad busi ness hurts it. Without participat ing in the partisan debate over the question whether administra tion policies have helped or hin dered recovery, it might be noted, as an amaizing factor, that de spite the improvements in business conditions there is no enthusiasm for the President in business and financial circles. The big leaders are against the administration and many smaller business men throughout the nation will be in fluenced by their example. It is obvious, however, that the recovery underway has. at least, put a crimp in the prospects of parties a*d politicians hoping to capitalize on unrest. How effec tive this obstacle will be in pre venting the development of wild eyed support for crazy remedies remains to' be seen. It depends upon the extent of employment, the efficacy of relief generally, and the condition of the agricul tural class when the voters go to the polls. COUGHLIN’S FAST TALK The Rev. Coughlin is address ing large crowds wherever he goes but seems to be unlucky in • speech. After his initial breach, calling the President a “liar,” the parson was quoted in the news papers as urging farmers to re pudiate their debts. His apology to the Chief Executive and his denial that he was correctly quot ed in regard to debts will not re move the impression that the radio priest is losing some of his bal ance in the heat of his emotion. While he is undoubtedly making a strong appeal to some portion of the voters there are little in dications that his campaign for Rep. Lemke will get very far at the polls. This situation may change as the campaign goes along, but for the present the third party threatens to do little nationally, although in some states the combination of Town send, Coughlin, Smith and Lemke may be the decisive balance be tween the Democrats and Republi cans. ANTI’S TO CONFER Interesting is the announcement ■ tint anti-Roosevelt Democrats will stage a conference soon to discuss how best to oppose the> President. Any reader who has kept up with national politics in the slightest measure will have no hesitation in naming those “associated” and “invited.” James A. Reed, of Missouri, Joseph B. Ely, of Massachusetts, Bainbridge Colby and others will be there. As this is written no announce ment has come about >A1‘Smith* but our guess in that the “Happy Warrior” Will get the chance to tmIt* another speech. If it fails as flat as his Liberty League (tin ner oration the Democrats supf • porting the President will prob ably want to do something to help the gathering along. It ha* been, noted that, immediately after the S oratorical effort At: .#» dinner* the Liberty League faded • from the political picture as an effective adversary of the admin istration. New organisations will make the effort to pick up the flame of opposition and fan it into a big blase. LANDON’S acceptance The acceptance speech of Gov. Lapdon has been hailed by his supporters as evidence of tha . ■ (continued on page 5) Colonel Knox Is Formally Notified Of His Nomination >_ Republican Nominee For Vice President Severely Assails New Deal Last Thurs. Night In Chicago IS GIVEN BIG OVATION Publisher Of Chicago Daily News Says Victory For Republicans Will Free Forces For Recovery Chicago, Aug. 4.—Formally ac cepting the Republican party’s nomination for the vice presi dency of the United States amid colorful scenes here Thursday night, Colone] Frank Knox de clared that the “people know that with the election of a new ad ministration the damned up forces of recovery will burst forth in a magnificent prosperity.” Before a crowd which filled the seating capacity of huge Chicago stadium—estimated by the citi zens committee which arranged the notification event to 'number 25,000 inside and several ad ditional thousands outside—the publisher of the Chicago Daily News assailed the new deal as attempting to supplant the American way" of government and economic oAler with a regi mented state. “The Republican party,” he said, “recognizes that the chang ing social and economic con ditions call for increased federal activities.” “Put it always insists that such new activities shall be legalized by proper constitutional amend ment. “I always will. Standing on a blue and gold rostrum, the Chicago, publisher told a happy, enthusiastic crowd which filled the specially augment ed seating capacity of the huge Chicago stadium, that he regard ed the honor as “the greatest op portunity for service that has ever come to me.” “It is no ordinary campaign that confronts us,” he told the throng, estimated by the com mittee on arrangements at 25,000. Speaking earnestly and empha sizing hig remarks frequently, with a wave of his hand, he assailed the Roosevelt administration as having “failed, to meet its re sponsibility for the orderly, eco nomical, and impartial administra tion of the affairs of the nation.” Cheering and noisy as he start ed the crowd was soberly at tentive as he assailed the new dealers. They had, he said, “embarked on a series of hysterical experi ments” from the day they took office. Cheers broke out when he de clared “I charge the present ad ministration with responsibility for the ten million still unemployed.” Most of the several hundred leaders of the party in city, state, and nation, who were seated on the platform behind the speaker joined in the applause. This group included the official notification committee, designated by the Cleveland convention, former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, and others. Closely following her husband’s words, was Mrs. Knox. She had a gentle smile as the crowd cheer ed his statements. The vice-presidential candidate started speaking at 8,:48 p. m. (Eastern Standard time). A demonstration in> full national con vention'style chdered for ten min utes his appearance on the speak ;ef*’ rostrum after Senator Fred erick Steiwer, of Oregon,* had carried to. him the official notifi cation of his selection as running mate'for Gov. Alf M, London, of Kansas. •. • __ Women's Meeting Tn Be Held Fridny At DougKton Home The women of Sparta are in vited to meet at the home of Mrs. R. L. Doughton tomorrow (Friday), at three o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of organizing a Women’s club. It is hoped that the women of the town will cooperate and at tend this meeting. v Sailing Atlantic Alone NEW YORK., ,Wi Marin Marie (above), French' marine- painter and yachtsman, is now on the high seas, sailing'"the Atlantic alone. New York to France, in a 40-ft motorboat He expected , to make the trip in t weeks.! Girl Accidentally Killed Saturday Near Twin Oaks Miss Mattie Hudson, 17, Falls From Rear Bumper Of Automobile. Funeral, Interment At Antioch Miss Mattie Hudson, 17, of Wolf Branch, was almost instantly killed Saturday afternoon when she fell from the rear bumper of an automobile, on which she was riding, a short distance below Twin Oaks, on Highway No. 21. It is reported that of the five occupants of the car, Bert Mc Cann, Marie Spurlin, Joe Cran ford, Miss Hudson and Kyle Wat son, all except the last named person, who was driving, had got ten out of the car to push it off. As the car started, it is said, Mc Cann and the two girls stepped upon the rear bumper, holding to the spare tire, and after the car had gone about 400 yards, ac cording to an estimate, Miss Hud son fell off. The machine was traveling at a rate of 20 to 25 miles per hour at the time of the accident, it is said. It was thought that Miss Hud son first fell against the car, as there were cuts and bruises on her face, and then fell backward, striking the back of her head against the macadam road, crush ing her head. The girl was im mediately taken to the office of a Sparta physician but did not breathe again. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hudson, Wolf Branch; a brother, Wiley Hudson, Jr.; a half-sister, Mrs. Sallie Spurlin of Tennessee, and a half brother, Wilson Williams, Havre deGrace, Md., all of whom were present for the funeral. Last rites for the deceased young girl were conducted at Antioch church, in the presence of a large congregation of peo ple by the Rev. Mr. Spencer and Rev. Joshua Crouse, Trap Hill. Interment; was in Antioch ceme tery. Jurors For Fall Term Of Alleghany Court Are Drawn At the regular meeting of the Alleghany county Board of Com missioners, the following- jurors were drawn to serve for the fall term of court, which is to con vene on September 28,: George Edwards, C. B. Kilby, *. L. Gambill, C. H. Edwards, C. G. Richardson, Jess L. Moxley, Cabel M. Wilson, L. E, Choate, W. Mack Roberts, Coy McCann, N. McKnight, J. T. Inskeep, Car lie Murphy, Horst Higgins, Clif ford Tolliver, W. F. Rector, G. N. Evans, M. A. Higgins, John R. Halsey, F, A. Mitchell, A. M. Osborn. James Weaver, WiUie Wyattt, C. M. Sanders, S. A. Irwin, Broce Finney, W. A. wane, Wm. Cleary, Carl Edwards, Leftrage Wagoner, Carl Andrews, Ed Miller, Robert Hoppers, Vap Miller, R. A. Waddell and L. E. Edwards. INFANT DIES Rush, the small child of Sam and Annie Wooten, o f Edwards Cross Roads, died Satur day afternoon and was buried Sunday at Whitehead. -A West Mer&n Woman Is Pled In Auto Accident Mrs. Catherine Duncan Meets Death Near Raleigh Was With Party On Way To Beach For Week-End Mrs. Catherine Reeves Duncan, 28, of West Jefferson, was killed ,and four other members of a party enroute to spend the week end on the beach were injured, two seriously, when their auto mobile overturned three miles west of Raleigh late Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Duncan was a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Reeves, West Jefferson, and was a sister of Miss Nancy Ruth Reeve*, own er and publisher of the Skyland Post, West Jefferson weekly news, paper. Surviving, also, is a son, Edwin Duncan, Jr. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at two o’clock in the West Jefferson Bap. tist church by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Whittington, assisted by Rev. R. H. Stone, pastor of the Jef ferson Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Mr. Luke. The services were attended by what is said to have been the largest number of persons ever to attend a funer al in Ashe county. The exceedingly beautiful and profuse floral tributes were car ried by 42 flower bearers, of whom the following are cousins of the deceased r Mrs. B. B. Gray beal and Mrs. Russell Barr, West Jefferson; Mrs. E. C. Choate and Alice Carr Choate, Salisbury; Miss Rose Wellborn, Independence; Mrs. T. R. Burgiss, Sparta; Miss Jean Reeves, Mrs. Eugene Shep herd and Mrs. Earl Reeves, Laurel Springs, and Miss Natalie Reeves, Spartansburg, S. C.; Mary Ellen Price and Alice Carr Choate carried the baskets filled with flowers that they hast carried at Mrs. Duncan’s wedding and James Ellis Wellborn and Bill Well born, who were trainbearers at the wedding, were among the pall bearers at the funeral. The other active pall bearers, all of whom were cousins of the deceased, were: Earl Reeves, Laurel Springs; George and. Ben Reeves, Sparta, and George M. Reeves, Spartanburg, S. C. Special music was rendered by Alice Carr Choate, who sang "Death Is Only A Dream,” and by the Rev. Mr. Luke, who sang "Kathleen,” a favorite song of the deceased. Interment was in Cranberry cemetery. Two Arrested In Connection With Whitehead Robbery On the night of July 26, the store belonging to M. L. Richard son, Whitehead, was entered and robbed of several items of mer chandise, together with about $25 in cash from a nickel slot ma chine. Sheriff Walter M. Irwin made an investigation early the follow ing morning and set to work im mediately to follow up the clues. Fingerprints were taken from the window panes, that the thieves had removed to facilitate their entrance. Other clues were traced, and on August 2, as a result of pains taking investigation and diligent searching, Henry Bare and Adrian Long, two Ashe county men with criminal records, were lodged in Sparta Jail. A full confession has been ob tained from Henry Bare. Emory Smith Ii Slightly Injured When Hit by Auto Emory Smith, Piney Creek, was struck and run over by a road ster driven fcy Luther Wiles, of the Stratford community, between Sparta and Twin Oaks on Mon day afternoon. It is said that Smith stepped from behind a trhck directly in front of Wiles, who could not avoid hitting him. Smith received a laceration over his right eye, cuts on the back of his head, and several bruises, but was reported not to be ser iously injured. Landon Goes To His Home Town Tuesday To Vote Makes 180-Mile Trip From Topeka To Independence. Capper Renominated For Seat In U. S. Senate Independence, Kas., Aug. 4.— Being greeted for the first time by his home town folks as a presidential candidate, Governor Alf M. Landon came home today to vote in the Kansas primary and receive a neighborly welcome. Casting his ballot, which he termed “a great privilege,” was the major business of his 180-mile motor trip from Topeka. But since it was his first home-coming as the Republican presidential nominee, well-wishers arranged two functions in his honor and much of the day was spent shak ing hands and renewing acquaint ances. Landon voted in a downtown automobile salesroom. Onlookers laughed when Mrs. Forrest Wy rick, judge, asked his “party af filiation” and Landon replied firmly: “Republican.” When he left the booth, news men asked “how it feels as a citizen to exercise the right to vote.” “It’s a great privilege,” the candidate replied. “Every Ameri can citizen should qualify as a voter and exercise the right of casting an honest vote in the election of this free-thinking, free-speaking country of ours. "At this time when the citizens of many other nations are denied the right of suffrage, the im portance of our citizens voting is greatly emphasized.” Landon reached this town of 14,000 shortly before noon after a three and a half hour drive from Emporia, where he was the overnight guest of William Allen White, the editor. On the last 100 miles of his drive he was ac companied by Edwin F. Jaeckle, Republican chairman of Erie county, N. Y., who joined the governor’s automobile party near Emporia. Jaeckle said he came to discuss plans for the gover nor’s Buffalo speech late this month. At a Riverside park luncheon where places were laid for 200 guests, Mrs. Grace Miles, presi dent, presented to Landon what she said was " the charter of the first Landon business women’s league organized in the United States.” Topeka Kas., Aug. 4.—Senator Arthur dapper, Republican and senior Kansas senator seeking his fourth term, took an early com manding lead over two opponents in today’s primary election. In the Democratic senatorial nomination contest Omar Ket chum, Topeka, Democratic nomi nee for governor two years ago when Gov. Alf M. Landon was reelected, paced a field of four. There was no Republican con test for governor, Will G. West, former secretary to Governor Lan don, being unopposed. In the Democratic governorship primary Walter A. Huxman, Hutchinson attorney, forged ahead of former Gov. Jonathan M. Davis, who espoused the Town send cause. State College Is Granted WPA Funds Raleigh, Aug. 4.—State WPA officials announced today alloca tion of funds for the construction of a field house at the south end of Riddick Stadium, on the N. C. State College campus. The structure, which will con tain dressing rooms for athletic teams and quarters for coaches ahd Held officials, wilt cost $29, 703.94. State College will con tribute $10,188.10 and the re mainder will be supplied from federal funds. WoA on the field house will start within the next few days.' It is scheduled to be completed in about three months. VETERAN DROWNS Marion, Aug. 4. — Grayson Yancey. 56, a World War veteran, was drowned late today while swimming in a lake near here. He returned here a few days ago from the soldiers’ home at John son City, Tarn. Centra's Sweetheart SAN ANTONIO JanfcU Jar-1 ett. this town's mode) beauty, has been commissioned the “Sweet heart of the Tens Centennial by Governor Allred. to rote taring the calsbrstions now.under way. Doughton Obtains More “Bacon” For Ninth District Is Promised Tues. That Office Of Social Security Board For Western N. C. Will Be In Salisbury Congressman Robert L. Dough ton, before leaving Washington Tuesday night for his home at Laurel Springs, in Alleghany county, nailed down another piece of “bacon” for his district. He extracted a promise from the social security board that its dis trict office for Western North Carolina would he located at Salisbury. Doughton said the office, along with another district office for Eastern North Carolina at Ral eigh, would be opened sometime in November and at first the per sonnel would be very small. He said all employees except the manager would be under civil service. Asked if he had recom mended Hie appointment of any one for the office, Doughton said he had not. These district offices will ad minister the old age pensions, un employment insurance, and other features of the social security program. Thesef however, will not go into operation until the North Carolina legislature passes the necessary laws to bring the state in line to share in the pro gram. As chairman of the House ways and means* committee. Doughton sponsored the social security law in the House and this gave him first call on the board for location of a branch office in his district. He was quite happy over the action he secured of the hoard. To Hold Ram Sale Saturday One Mile Ealftt Of Boone Sheepmen who need good pure bred rams will be interested in the sale to be held at Boone on August 8. Most of the rams in this sale will be from leading Virginia flocks. The sale will be held at Henry Hardin’s bam on U. S. Highway 221, about one mile east of Boone. Sheepmen who have sold their lambs on a graded basis have been well pleased with prices re ceived, it is said. They are learn ing, it is explained, that they al ways receive the best market price on the day that they are sold. The only way that more money can be secured is to sell to somebody who in turn loses money when he ships to market, it is pointed out, and this hap pens very seldom. Tjmti raisers who have been selling cooperatively are not only getting more money for their lambs but they are also learning better production methods there by; they flad that good rams are one of -the requisites for produc ing good and choice lambs, it is further said. Other things tend to produce top lambs are better feeding, trimming, and stomach worm control, according to agri cultural authorities. GREEK DICTATORSHIP IS DECLARED WEDNESDAY Athens. Aug. 5 (Wednesday)— Premier Gen. John Metaxas early today declared a dictatorship un der the auspices of King George n. Roosevelt Denies Politics To Be In Drought Aid Work Says Drought Situation Is Still Serious At Press Conference Tues. In His Home At Hyde Park TALKS ABOUT FINANCES Says Prospective Trip Through Drought Sections Would Have No Political Aspects. Plans Indefinite Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 4.— Coupling a further study of drought conditions with discussion of federal finances today, Presi dent Roosevelt then emphasized at his press conference that poli tics was divorced from drought relief. He relaxed the rule that he must not be quoted directly on what he says at press conferences to authorize a statement that: “It is a great disservice to the proper administration of any gov ernment to link up human misery with partisan politics.” Around him in the library of his home he gathered this morn ing another array of Washington officials for what he said was the usual monthly conference on finances. The drought, he said, figured in the talk. The drought, the president said still is serious. It has required use of relief funds in some states in excess of allocations, he said, but because of a pickup in em ployment, allocations in some other states have not been as large as had been contemplated. The latter, he added, have not been sufficient to offset the former en tirely. '' After asserting that a prospec tive trip through drought-blighted states would have no political as pects, the president said he prob ably would not know until late this week when the tour would be made or whether it would pre cede another through flood-swept Eastern states. Secretary Morgenthau was pres ent at the morning parley. So were Rexford G. Tugwell, under secretary of agriculture and re settlement administrator, who has been active in administration plans to battle the drought; Daniel Bell, acting budget director; Aub rey Williams, deputy; and Cor rington Gill, assistant WPA ad ministrator, also charged with drought relief; and other officials (continued on page ten) Young Republican Meet To Be Held Here Sat. Night A meeting of the young Repub licans of Alleghany county is to be held at the court house in Sparta on Saturday night, August 8, at eight o’olock. For this occasion, J. Bennett Riddle, Jr., president of North Carolina Young Republicans, is scheduled to deliver the principal address. Young Republicans of the county are urged to tell others about the meeting to be held Sat urday night and make an effort to have a large attendance.