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DEVOTED
The Alleghany T*
TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMEI^
GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1936.
Volume 11.
EIGHT PAGES
Number 71.
CAMPAIGN MOVES ALONG
With,the election in Maine out
of the way and the state primar
ies conducted last week, the presi
dential campaign is entering its
final phase. #Early in October,
President Roosevelt is expected to
become more active and apparent
ly, Governor Landon will be the
smarhead in the final Republican
offensive.
It ia practically impossible to
set down any facts regarding the
present prospects of the candi
dates, with the exception that the
President can count on the South
ern States to give him their nor
mal Democratic support. The
managers of the parties do not
agree in their claims, which is
natural, and the prediction of
> newspaper writers * is invariably
colored by their political views.
The various polls now underway
are interesting reading but the
fact that there are conflicts in
their reports leaves much room
for debate as to the outcome.
No matter how the election
turns out, one thing is evident—
that under the leadership of
President Roosevelt, the Demo
cratic Party has become a factor
to be reckoned with on the Pacific
I Coast, in the Plains and Middle
States. There was a time, not
'j many years ago, when most of
i these states were safely Republi
( can.. This is not true today and
^ the campaign will probably be de
• cided by the voters in these areas.
BALTIMORE SUN POLL
The poll being conducted by The
Baltimore Sun newspapers is bas
ed on ballots sent to every regis
tered voter in the State of Mary
land. Interesting is the fact that,
just as the votes started to flow
in. The Sun, long known as a
Democratic newspaper, announced
in an editorial on the front page,
that it could not support President
Roosevelt for reelection. Last
week, a total of 50,804 ballots
had been returned in this straw
vote. President Roosevelt’s per
centage was 69.42 and Governor
Landon’s 40.02. Mr. Roosevelt
was running better than two-to
one in the City of Baltimore and
about six-to-five in counties of
the State outside of Baltimore.
Representative Lemke. of the
Union Party, is not included in
the poll because his name will
sot appear on the official ballots
ll) Maryland. However, -410 bal
lots were his by virtue of
“write-ins.” Norman Thomas,
Socialist, received 171; Aiken,
Labor, 42, and Browder, Com
munist, €9.
THE MAINE ELECTION
The September election in the
State of Maine resulted in a Re
publican capture of the governor
ship, held for two terms by a
Democrat, the retention of a seat
in the United States Senate and
the election of three members of
the House of Representatives, two
of whom replace Democrats. The
majority for Governor-elect Bar
rows was more than 42,000, which
gave the Republicans a chance to
• cheer because it represented a
plurality generally taken to. mean
normal Republican strength in a
nation which has usually voted
Republican.
Un tr>e oiner nano. me race cnat
Governor Brann, Democrat, lack
ed lt-ss than 6,000 votes of beat
ing Senator White, a Republican
veteran of many years’ service in
Washington, gave the Democrats
something to argue about. In
1032, the voters of Maine gave
Herbert Hoover a majority of
87,724.
COUZENS’ COURAGE FATAL
Senator James Couzens, of
Michigan, went down to defeat
last week in seeking the Republi
can nomination. He is generally
i credited with bringing about his
own failure by a statement issued
a few weeks ago, declaring that
it wgs of little importance, either
to himself or the nation, whether
he was reelected, but he consider
ed it of vital importance-to the
people that Mr. Roosevelt be re
turned to the 'White House. Until
this statement was made, Senator
Couzens was considered a good
bet to win the Republican nomi
nation but. after finding out that
his silence was being misconstru
ed, the wealthy Senator dumb
founded most of his supporters in
the Party by declaring for the
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It was generally agreed some
: months ago that Senator Couzens
could have assurdd himself of.re
; election by accepting the Demo
s' cratic nomination which was ten
jjt dered to him, or by running in
' the Republican primary end keep
ing quiet unta after the voting
had been concluded. Another fac
tor, as reported from Michigan,
is that a number of people wc
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Cash Payments To
Farmers Pledged
By Landon Tues.
Kansas Governor Is
Heard In Des Moines
As He Delivers First
Major Farm Address
OUTLINES FARM VIEWS
Declares Democratic
Administration Has
No Policy Affecting
Agricultural Problem
Des Moines, la., Sept. 22_
Governor Alf M. Landon, of Kan
sas, Republican candidate for
president of the United States,
presented to agriculture here to
night a farm program he said was
aimed at “the protection of the
family type farm” and pledged
fanners cash benefit- and conser
vation payments.
“It offers a practical means of
attaining what we have been
seeking—a free and independent
agriculture” — the presidential
nominee said, as he assailed any
system which “penalizes plenty
and rewards scarcity,” or means
a “permanent control” from
Washington.
Before the Kansan, as he de
livered his first major farm ad
dress from a brilliantly-lighted
speakers’ stand at the edge of the
fair grounds race track, was a
big brick grandstand, jammed with
people except in the far comers.
Other thousands filled benches in
the paddock. Police Captain F.
E. Timmons estimated the attend
ance at from 15,000 to 18,000.
Speaking into microphones
which broadcast his voice through
out the nation, Mr. Landon con
tended that after four years, the
new deal was “right back where
it started from” and called its
conservation plan “a stop-gap, a
subterfuge.”
1 tV hat is the farm polMfy of
this administration?” the governor
demanded, pausing to look up at
his audience as klieg lights
gleamed down on him.
“In my opinion it has none,”
the candidate answered his own
question.
Landon wore a blue, pin-stripe
suit and appeared rested after a
few hours relaxation from a day’s
campaigning through Missouri and
Iowa, and a hat-waving open car
ride in a parade through Des
Moines streets lined with spec
tators who sometimes broke
through police lines to see the
candidate.
The Kansan was introduced to
the Iowa audience by Miss Agnes
Samuelson, state superintendent
if public instruction, as a leader
from "a neighboring prairie
state” whom the “crisis” brought
forth “to champion the cause of
ill the people, and to preserve
their rights as American citi
zens.”
As she concluded, a gate at or.e
side of the fair grounds enclos
ure opened, spotlights picked up
an open car in which' the gover
nor stood, and ha drove up to
the speaker’s stand as the crowd
arose, cheering and applauding
until Mr. Landon Started his ad
dress three minutes later.
Piney Creek Man
Injured When
Auto Overturns
Richard Delp, of Piney Creek,
suffered a severe injury to an
arm when his automobile over
turned last week near Piney
Creek. The arm was badly cut
and crushed, the bone being
broken in two places. /
Mr. Delp was taken to the
North Wilkesboro hospital and it
Wes thought that his arm would
have to be amputated. However,
recovery without an amputation
now seems possible.
Teachers To Meet
Sat. In Sparta
Teachers of Alleghany county
schools are to meet in Sparta on
Saturday morning, September 26,
at ten o'clock, for the purpose
of discussing curriculum problems
and problems arising from local
conditions, etc.
DOU&HTON TO SPEAK
Congressman Doughton will
sptal' in Independence on Monday,
Octotrv 5, court day there.
Elder Crouse, Of
Iowa, To Preach
In This Section
Elder C. L. Crouse, Hannibal,
Iowa, is scheduled to preach in
this and neighboring sections in
the near future, as follows:
Galax Primitive Baptist church,
Sunday night, September 27, at'
7:30 o’clock; Baywood, Tuesday,
September 29, at II a. m.; Grab
Creek, Wednesday, September 30,
at 11 a. m.; Zion, Thursday,
October 1, .at 11 a. m., and Un
ion, Saturday and Sunday, Octo
ber 3 and 4.
Home-Coming To
Be Held Oct. ID
At A. S. T. C.
Football Game With
Guilford College To
Be Feature. Alleghany
Has ' 12 Students There
Boone, Sept. 14.—The Alumni
association of Appalachian State
Teachers college, has just com
pleted a survey of the students in
attendance, and has classified the
alumni of the college in prepa
ration for the annual Homecoming
Day to be held on Saturday,
October 10. Invitations are be
ing mailed to all of the gradu
ates, and plans are going forward
rapidly toward completion for the
entertainment of the three thous
and visitors who are expected to
attend the Homecoming football
game with Guilford college.
The Alumni association has ob
tained the services of Dr. George
Sherrill as the speaker of the oc
casion.
President A. J. Green has an
nounced that the Alumni dinner
will be served in Appalachian's
new cafeteria.
According • to the survey, the
following .students are attending
Appalachian State Teachers col
lege from Alleghany county:
Aileen Perry, Olga Lee Caudill,
Henry Vanbsy and Tom Block,
Piney Creek; Robert Carico, En
nice; Madalyn Wagoner and Rob
ert Edwards, Sparta; M. T. Mc
Cann, Roaring Gap? Hazel Lee
Taylor, Rebecca Maye Warden and
Reba Miller. Laurel Springs, and
Elizabeth Jones,- Furches.
State Fair To Be
Held At Raleigh
Week Of Oct 12
Raleigh, Sept. 23.—Arrange
ments for a Coast Guard demon
stration at the State Fair, whieh
will be held in Raleigh the week
of October 12, have been made
by Congressman Lindsey C. War
ren, of the First district.
His action followed many re
quests for a repeat performance
of a breeches bouy life-saving de
monstration such as a group of
coast guardsmen gave at the 1934
State Fair, Managed’ Norman Y.
Chambliss said today in announc
ing Congressman Warren’s suc
cess in securing this additional at
traction.
. The Coast Guard unit to per
form at the fair will be taken
from the seventh district, which
has headquarters at Elizabeth
City. Chief Boatswain W. G.
Etheridge, with a mate and seven
surfmen, will have charge of the
exhibition, which will be present
ed on three days of fair week,
beginning Wednesday.
In commenting on widespread
interest which the forthcoming
State Fair has engendered
throughout the State, Manager
Chambliss emphasized that race
fans, including devotees of horse
and automobile racing, will be
thrilled by the high, class compet
ition which will bring to the fair
some of the best known harness
racera and auto speedsters that
North Carolinoa has seen. Joa
McGraw, veteran starter of the
famed Hambletonian, will be in
charge of the horse races, and
Ralph Hanldnson, dean of speed
way promoters, will present the
auto classic under supervision of|
the A. A. A.‘Harness races are
scheduled for Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday of fair week,
auto races for Saturday after
noon.
Roosevelt Calls
Conference Of \
Party Chieftains
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Democratic Strategy
Leaders To Attend
Gathering Today At
Summer White House
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 22.—
President Roosevelt today, a week
in advance of his first speech
bearing a campaign lAnel, sum
moned Democratic strategists to
a political conference Thursday
at' the summer White House.
Whether the discussions would
center on a canvass of party
prospects at the November polls
or on his own plans to jump ac
tively into the Ocjdber stretch
drive for his reeliction, Mr.
Roosevelt did not say.
He merely announced at a
press conference that Chairman
James A. Parley, of the Demo
cratic national committee, wouid
lead 10 or 12 party chieftains to
the parley.
Attired in an old gray* suit and
puffing a cigarette in an ivory
holder, the President threw back
his head and laughed with re
porters when he ' was asked the
purpose of the Thursday confer
ence. Smilingly he emphasised
each word when he explained that
it was going to be a political
meeting.
His plans for ^October, Mr.
Roosevelt gaid, have not been
worked out beyond the first few
days. After a political speech a
week from today at the New
York state Democratic convention
at Syracuse, he^has arranged to
return to Washington the follow
ing day for two conferences.
Stops at Elkins, W- Va., for a
fair and at Pittsburgh for a
speech are listed for October 1.
The next day tfie President is to
attend a hospital dedication at
Jersey City, N. J., a world series
ball game in New York and re
turn to flyde Park. •''ti
tle said he might remain at his
Hudson River home only 24 or
48 hours before beginning another
trip and added in response to a
question that he expected to visit
Connecticut sometime to study
flood control conditions.
Reeves Family
Reunion Is Held
Sunday In Sparta
Last Sunday, - September 20, a
reunion of the Reeves family was
held in Sparta; Due to the rainy
weather, the reunion was "held in
the gymnasium, instead of in
the Transeau grove, ,as had bee*
planned.
John L. Reeves, of Indepen
dence, Va., Grayson county, was
elected chairman and n Elizabeth
Doughton, Sparta, was made sec
retary.
Speakers for the occasion were
Rev. H. G. Ford, pastor of the
Sparta Baptist church; Ex-Lieu
tenant Governor R. A. Doughton,
Sparta; C. Lee Richardson, Mar
ion, Va.; John L. Reeves, In
dependence, and C. R. Roe, prin
cipal of Soarta high sehool. Ex
Lieutenant-Gov. Doughton was the
principal speaker. Plans were
made to make the reunion an an
nual affair, to be held on the
third1 Sunday in September of each
year at Sparta.
Reunion committees, represent
ing Alleghany and Ashe counties,
in North Carolina, and Grayson,
Washington and Smyth counties,
in Virginia, were selected, as fol
lows:
Alleghany—Mrs. Martin Dough,
ton and Mrs. C. C. Castevens;
Ashe—Mrs. Earl Reeves and Miss
Ruth Reeves; Grayson — Mrs.
Clyde Hale and Mrs. Rhudy Well
borne; Washington—Mrs. J. P.
Preston and M. V. Thomas, and
Smyth—Mrs. A. M. i Kirk and
C. Lee Richardson.
Judge Armstrong
To Open Alleghany
Court Here Monday
' The fall term, of Superior Court
for Alleghany county will be
opened on Monday morning, Sep
tember 28.
Judge Armstrong will preside
for the first time in this coun
ty.
A rather large nujnber of cases
are listed but no criminal cases
of a sensational nature are on the
docket.
Landon Visits
Kansas Fair Sat.
With- His Family
Rides Merry-Go-Round
To The Tune Of “Happy
Days Are Here Again.”
Works On Farm Speech
Topeka, Kas., Sept. 22.—Inter
rupting work on a major farm
speech Saturday, Gbyemor Alf M.
Land on, together with his family,
visited the Kansas fair and took
a merry-go-round ride to the 1932
Democratic campaign tune of
“Happy Days Are Here Again.”
For an hour during the morn
ing, the Republican presidential
nominee, Mrs. Landon, and their
two youngsters, four-year-old
Nancy Jo and two-year-old Jack,
walked about the fairgrounds.
Then the governor returned home
to resume work on today’s Des
Moines address and to approve a
partial itinerary of 14 rear-plat
form talks in Missouri, Iowa and
Minnesota this week.
It was soon after breakfast
when the Landons slipped away
from the executive mansion to
carry out the governor’s promise
that he would take the children
to the fair.
The first stop was in an ex
Mbit house where Mrs. Landon had
0 display of antique luster wear.
Next came the merry-go-round.
Jack took an outside horse, his
father standing beside him. Nancy
Jo was next on the inside and
her mother kept watch. “Happy
Days Are Here Again” blared up
just as the rides began.
Man Held Under
Bond On Charge
Of Shooting Horse
^Gwyn Spurlin, farmer who lives
three miles east of Sparta, was
arrested and placed under bond
on Monday, September 15, charg
ed with shooting a horse belonging
to Wiley Edwards, who lives near
Spurlin.
Edwards’ horse was shot twice
while in a buck
wheat field near the home and on
the land of the defendant. Ac
cording to witnesses who investi
gated the case, a man’s track led
from Spurlin's house to the place
of the shooting and back to his
house. Wadding found in the
field where the horse was shot
compared with that in shells in
Spurlin’s gun, and his gun had
been freshly shot Sunday morn
ing when it was examined, accord
ing to witnesses.
Prison Camp To
Be Constructed
In Alleghany Co.
Pdans for the construction of
three new prison camps in this
section were announced recently
in Raleigh by State Highway Com
missioner E. F. Allen, who reveal
ed that one of the three would
be built in Alleghany county
near Sparta.
The new camps, one near Spar
to in Alleghany county, one near
Hudson, one between Spruce Pine
and Newland, and a fourth in
eastern Carolina, will be built at
a cost of approximately $30,
000 each. The funds for the con
struction of the camps are a part
of the new $2,800,000 allocation
recently made by the governor
from the road fund surplus for
road and prison betterments. The
remaining $30,000 will be spent
in improving other camps
throughout the state.
Mr. Allen also stated that the
field force has been notified to
proceed with the betterments pro
gram which is covered by the re
cent $2,800,000 allocation, stat
ing that the commission desired
to proceed as rapidly as possible
with the program.
A. D. Folger, Of
Mount Airy, To
Speak Here Mon.
A, D. ("Lon") Folger, Mount
Airy attorney, will speak at the
Sparta Court house on September
28. at 1:00 p. m.
Mr. Folger, who is considered
one of the ablest speakers in
the state, is a National Commit
teeman for the Democratic party.
Road Rally To
Be Held Tuesday
At Whitetop, Va.
A road rally is to be held at
Whitetop, Va., on Tuesday, Sep
tember 29, to which every citi
zen interested in the development
of better roads and scenic beauty
is urged to attend.
Ben F. Moomaw, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, Roa
noke, Va., and J. F. Wysor, of
Pulaski, Va.. a member of1 the
Virginia Highway commission,
and other prominent citizens are
to speak.
Those who attend are urged to
take basket dinner. Arrows will
guide those who attend from
Route No. 58 to the picnic
grounds.
Plans For Fair
Here OcL 2 And 3
Are Progressing
Boxing And Wrestling
Bouts To Be Held Sat.
Night. Sparta H. S. To
Give Play Flri. Night
All exhibits, except livestock,
for the Alleghany county fair,
which is to be held in Sparta on
October 2-3, must be in by Fri
day noon, according to fair of
ficials. The judging is to take
place on Friday afternoon.
The play, “One Delirious
Night,” is to be presented Fri
day night by the Sparta high
school faculty.
On Saturday morning, the live
stock will be entered by 10.00
o’clock and the judging will take
place at 11:00.
The athletic contest will be
held Saturday morning, beginning
at 10:00 o’clock, and a baseball
game is scheduled for 1 p. m.
Riding contests, for both lad
ies and men, will be held at 3:30
The entertainment features of
the fair will be climaxed Satur
day night at 8:00 o’clock by
what is expected to be the most
thrilling and spectacular boxing
and wrestling matches ever stag
ed in Alleghany county. This
will be the first mat men, other
than amateurs, to make their ap
pearance in the county, and this
event is expected to draw a large
crowd.
Due to the drought this sum
mer, crops are unusually short
and all finding it possible to make
exhibits are urged to bring them.
Roe Edwards Is
Taken Saturday
By Sudden Death
Roe Edwards, highly respected
:itizen of Alleghany county who
lived less than one mile from
Sparta, died very suddenly Satur
day afternoon from what was said
to be a heart attack.
Mr. Edwards, who appeared in
his usual health, had attended to
business matters in Sparta and
had gone about his usual duties
on his farm all day Saturday.
Late Saturday afternoon he had
gone after the cows and appear
ed to have dropped dead instantly.
His body was found soon after
ward by his wife.
Funeral services for Mr. Eld
wards, dho died at the age of
66, were conducted Monday af
ternoon at Union church, White
head, of which church he was a
member. Elders Shade Caudill
and C. B. Kilby had charge of the
services.
Surviving Mr. Edwards are the
widow, formerly Miss Peggy Anne
Richardson, and seven children,
Mrs. Delmas Kilby, Sparta; Mrs.
Harl Cheek, Pontiac, Mich.; Mrs.
Glenn Andrews, Lenoir; Mrs, Gil
bert Atwood, Whitehead; Emmet
Edwards and Henry Edwards, Bel
Air, Md.; and Charlie Edwards,
of Montana. Two brothers, WiU
and Mack Edwards, both of White
head, also suryWe.
Pall bearers were. Emmett Rich,
ardson, A. L. Caudill, A. M.
Greene,- R. L. Hanks, Ern Hanks
and Dewey Truitt.
Flower bearers were: Mrs. R.
E. Black, Mrs. Roe Dickens, Mrs.
Mae Hanks, Gwendolyn Greene,
Faye, Richardson, Ima Smith, Anna
Mae Truitt and Jeane Cleary.
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Roosevelt Heads
For Truth Friday
In Harvard Speech
Chief Executive Makes
Talk Amid Colorful
And Historic Scenes
Of His Alma Mater
TERCENTENARY HELD
Bicentennial Held
100 Years Ago During
The Administration
Of Andrew Jackson
Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 22.—
With the historic halls and shad
ed paths of his Alma Mater as
a setting, President Roosevelt paid
homage Friday at the celebra
tion of the 300th anniversary of
the founding of Harvard college
and called for truth, tolerance,
self-restraint and “freedom of the
human mind" in “this day of mod
em witch burning.”
Rain dripped steadily from the
evergreen-bedecked platform, from
the sodden robes of eminent scho
lars and scientists sprinkled with
green, gold, red and blue, and
from thousands of Harvard alumni
assembled in an open-air theater
in the “yard” behind ancient uni
versity hall.
Bordering the gathering on
every side and hanging limply
from standards capped with gild
ed lions were huge scarlet and
white gonfalons emblazoned with
the Latin “veritas”—truth.
In that inscription, the presi
dent found a keynote for his own
mid-afternoon address on the
campus where he spent his under
graduate days and, 32 years ago,
received his A. B. degree.
"In this day of modem witch
burning,” he said, “when freedom
of thought has been exiled from
many lands where were once its
home, it is the part of Harvard
and America to stand for the
freedom of the human mind and
to carry the torch of truth.
He expected to remain over the
week-end, then bring Mrs. Roose
velt with him to Hyde Park Mon
day to observe another anniver
sary—the eighty-third birthday of
his mother.
Early in his speech, Mr. Roose
velt prompted laughter and ap
plause as he recalled that when
Harvard celebrated her bicenten
nial a hundred years ago, An
drew Jackson was president and
many Harvard alumni were “sore
ly troubled” over the state of the
nation.
Methodist W. M. S.
Holds Sept. Meet
In Carson Home
The Women’s Missionary Soci
ety of the Methodist Church held
its September meeting at the
home of Mrs. A. S. Carson.
Mrs. Lola White had charge of
the program and had requested
Mrs. T. J. Carson, Mrs. R. E.
Black, and Mrs. Glenn Richard
son to assist in presenting the
program.
Following the business session
and program, the hostess served
delicious refreshments.
The place of meeting for next
month has not been definitely de
cided upon, but will be announced
later. vdH
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"He that looks too little at himself looks
too little to nhnself."
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day starts tha Gould panic.
28—Best larg* V. 8. tank rob
bery, $110400. at Concord,