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f&y xrfy-. W/ TODAY’S THOUGHT “Almost always the most indigent are the most generous.”—Stanislaus. The Alleghany Times Subscription Price $1 a year in advance DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHAN Y COUNTY Volume 11. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936. EIGHT PAGES Number 84. By Hugo Sint, Washington Corruptndant KOOSEVELTS PROBLEM ranched the capital last week, he found throe matters to engage Mo attention: plans for the inau gural ceremonies next month, the apparent unwillingness of busi ness to co-operate in attacking the unemployment problem and the proximity of a Congressional session during which many na tional issues will have to be de termined. ■ ;; INAUGURAL PROGRAM Before Mr. Rooeevetl left Washington for South America, it waa known that he favored a ample ceremony upon (j^e occa sion of taking his high office a second time. However that may he, the capital will be crowded with visitors on January 20 and some kind of parade is inevitable. Naturally, general sentiment in Washington is for a big blow out and the probability is that visitors will be well entertained, despite the presidential inclina tion for simplicity along the Jef fersonian style. BUSINESS OFFERS HELP business men, through several organisations, have made plain an attitude fit willingness to co-op erate in principle, regardless of how bitter they may subsequent ly fight over details of the tasks assumed. The change of heart is on record and in view of the election returns indicates some hope of major improvements in the relations between the Admin istration and the big business mo guls. However, the acid test will have to be applied before there is any way of determining wheth er the business boys are making a gesture or whether they mean what they say and intend to give the New Deal some help in toy ing out its policies. Aa we pointed out in this col umn shortly after the election, ifce beet tactics call for giving the Administartion plenty of rope. If its policies and schemes are half as bdd as the adversaries as sert, it won’t take long for de velopments to demonstrate this fhet. This advice applies equal ly to the Republicans, who must look ahead, and to business men who fear the consequences of the Preuidept’s program. With the people behind them, they must be tried out and after this is done, without leaving any excuse for failure, judgment can be passed effectively on the results. Abuse and obstructive tactics merely postpone the testing of the New Deal. - . CONGRESS NEAR AT HAND lb* approaching Congressional session will focus public attention qta many issues and there can be little doubt of the imperative nature of Mr. Roosevelt’s leader ship. His overwhelming victory, won without dependence upon any single group, gives him power to exert, but it also increases the ^mulr that lies before him. What the legislative branch of the Gov ernment will do remains uncer tain, it is true, but unless there is rebellion in the ranks of the New Deal, the President will largely write down the program to be embraced and the legis lation to be enacted. Details, of course, will not be fixed, but gen eral trends and aims will have the White House direction to an ex tent probably greater than here tofore. COURT PROCEDURE It is to be regretted that. the United States Supreme Court felt impelled to send back to the lower courts for tried the. famous Duke power case, in which utility com pany attempts to prevent the Gov. eminent from making a loan and grant of 12,852,000 to Greenwood County in South Carolina for con struction of a hydro-electric plant. Some fifty-two similar PWA loans are tied up and it will be many months before the issue-is presented to. the, high tribunal. its action upon technical issues of procedure, the Court that the lower irnurta “f?il - & accordance with p£*du**” «»d that >df. tUstve interests of haste . should net he permitted to qbacwp wfc; eteptlal requirements of orderly , procedure." It said that. “no exigency exists to demand that the requirements should not be enforced. Importance of the Court’s action is in the fact that its, ruling strengthens the dilatory of the power interests en gaged in fighting the government’s power, program. ■■■ THE ELECTORS VOTE Last week on “the first Monday (Turn to Page 5, please) t Dr. Poteat Seeks N. C. Referendum On Iiqnor Issue President Emeritus Of Wake Forest College Makes Public Open Letter To Voters HEAD OF DRY FORCES Says Recetnmendations Of Majority Report Of Commission Would Lead To Confusion Raleigh, Dec. 22.—Dr. William L. Poteat, president of the state dry forces, in an open letter to the “Sovereign voters of North Carolina,” made public yesterday, cjlls for a state-wide referendum on the liquor question, as suggest ed in the minority report of the special liquor-study commission. Opposing the majority report, which would allow county option, Dr. Poteat asks: “Shall we, the sovereign voters of North Caro lina, be ignored by the men we have chosen to do our public business ? “We have twice announced our will on the liquor business in thunderous tones—once in 1908 and again in 1933. We have not been consulted since,” the letter said. “Possibly we have changed our minds. What we resent is being ignored by our servants. We protest against the contem plated invasion of the sacred principle of Democracy.. the bless ing and security of a free peo ple.” Dr. Poteat, who is president emeritus of Wake Forest college, said the recommendations of ma jority “would manifestly land us in confusion.” because “the boun daries of counties present no bar riers to people going ftut or join ing in.” •Men and women, what are we to do?” the letter asks. “Hesi tate when political leaders set expediency above principles and threaten*our rights as citizens? Dicker and flicker and compro mise because the task is diffi fore the sorry spectacle of girls swinging wine and beer bot tles, adding their personal charms ,to''the lure*of~ liquor? - "Surrender before the combi nation of patriotic revenue chas ers, tipplers and old soaks. and the sleek traffickers in human debauchery? The bald sophistry and piretense of reducing the con symption of liquor by making it easier to get—shall it go without exposure and rebuke? Our bloody highways so dishonor and shame us that we begin to wonder if they bless or curse us. Fatal brawls on the street and in the home are the stock news of the daily paper. The consummate skill with which the liquor net is cast to catch our home, the boys and girls to whom we shall short ly pass the responsibilities of citizenship—dare we not rise and protect them?” “Georgia Wildcats” To Give Program At Galax Dec. 29 and 30 Clayton McMichen and his “Georgia Wildcats,” heard each Saturday night over radio station WSM, Nashville, Tenn., on the “Grand Ole Opry,” are scheduled to appear in Galax for a program of string music in the high school auditorium on Tuesday and Wed nesday nights, December 29 and SO. This band is very popular iamong lows of old-time foun tain music, as well as modern numbers, in this section and have one of the best outfits of their *jnd>Jil>the SaWh. it'> said. TWs. presentation is being spon sored by. the Galax B5re depa** ment. Child On Skates I* Held Vehicle Kankakee, 111., Dec. 21.—A child, roller skating in a high way, is a vehicle, not a pedes trian. Judge W. Hi Hunter so ruled today, awarding $1,781 damages to James B. Maas. 12, perman ently crippled when run down by J. O. Workman's automobile. [The New King . . . The Qneen . . . and the Princesses? LONDON . . . Here is the favorite family photograph of England’s new Royal family, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. The new King celebrated his 41st birthday, December 14th, two days folio whig his accession to the throne, succeeding Edward VIII, who abdicated “for the woman he loved” and is now in self imposed exile. Roosevelt, Landon Have Quiet Talk At White House Kansas Governor Pays Chief Executive A Visit While In Capital For Gridiron Dinner Washington, Dec. 22. — Presi dent Roosevelt and Governor Alf M. Landon swapped “fishing lies’’ in a quiet chat oyer a White, House desk yesterday, btlt gave politics a wide berth. Landon came to attend a Grid iron club dinner, where he and the man who defeated him for the presidency were subjects of friendly lampooning ' by newspa per men. Before the dinner the Kansan called on the cheif exec utive and talked for almost an hour. .Calling-the visit, “a .nice one," Landon said they chatted of the president’s recent South Ameri can trip and of the governor’s fishing vacation in Florida. “We exchanged fishing lies,” Landon said. At the Republican national headquarters, where he was shown about by John D. M. Ham ilton, national chairman, titular head of the party, he was asked if he had any plans for raising funds to wipe out a campaign (Turn to Page 5, Please) Senator Norbeck, Of South Dakota, Passes Away Sun. Redfield, S. D., Dec. 22.—Unit ed States Senator Peter Norbeck (R, S. D.) died Sunday as the result of a long-time heart ail ment complicated by a cancerous condition of the tongue and jaw. He was 66. The senator underwent- an op eration for the /cancerous con dition in a Rochester, Minn., hos pital last March. The immediate cause of death was given by Dr. P. R. ScaUin, his physician, as coronary hyptertension, the heart disease from which Senator Nor-j beck had suffered for five yean. HU death ended » political career that-,began with his elec tion. to the •tatacseoMe- in IMS. He served six years-Jn that hedy, then was elected lieutenant gov ernor, : and became .governor of the state in ISIS. He was the first native-born South Dakotan to become chief executive and U S. senator of that state. He was elected to the latter post in 1920. KENTUCKY SOLONS TO MEET, Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 21.—Act ing Gov. Keen Johnson called the legislature today into special ses sion Wednesday to consider an unemployment insurance act. Sparta H. S. Senior Dies. Fri. At Home Near Cherry Lane Sophia Irene, Choate, 15, died at her home near .Cherry Lane on Friday, December 18. She became seriously ill on Thanksgiving- Day. The deceased was one of the most outstanding girls of her community and was a member of the 1937 Senior class of Sparta high school, where her excellent scholastic record had placed her at the head of the class. V ■rftiiyiwua «uraj|he. parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T'. Choate; two sisters, 'Opal and Zelma, and two brothers, Aipon Aid Elgin. Funeral services .were conduct ed Sunday by Rev. T. H. Kilby and interment was at Woodruff Baptist church. The girls of her class served as flower bearers and the boys as pall bearers. New SpartaH. S. Building Is Now Near Completion Expected To Be Reedy For Use When Classes Are Resumed Jan. 4, After Use Holidays Having been begun aboutj a year ago, the new Sparta high school building, is now near com pletion and it is expected that it will be ready for use when classes are resumed on January 4, after the Christmas holidays. The building was constructed by the Alleghany County Board of Com missioners, in cooperation with the County Board of Education and with the aid of WPA work. The. completion of this modern building will mark the realization of a goal long dreamed of by those who were deeply interested in the welfare of students and in the standards of Sparta high school. Probably few people not closely associated with the local school have realized, it has been said, the great need that has ex isted for an additional school building here. In the past few years, the enrollment has grown very rapidly, due to the consoli dation of small school districts and, possibly, 'also to a greater interest in adueatUmal mw* . ; ' -** present, there are *50 stu dents enrolled -in the pigh school Due to the crowded conditions, Jtree teachers wecre forced to con iuct all of their classes in base ment rooms during all of the last ichool year and the first half of this school year. This, it has jeen pointed out, is a very un lesirable condition, judged from nany angles. y Of all the people who will be rlad there is a new high school building in Sparta, therts probably, (Turn to Page 8, Please) Edward In Happy Mood As 1st Week Of Exile Closes “No Possibility” Of Ex-King Seeing Her Before Spring, Says Mrs. Simpson Enzefeld, Austria Dec. 22. — The end of former king Edward’s first week of self-imposed exile found him Sunday in a mood as bright as his flaming orange pa jamas. The duke’s dog, Slippers, made the most exciting news in the chateau. Recovered from his cuffing by the baroness’ dog, Chew-Chew, Edward's Cairn ter rier awoke the household early with his triumphant barks. Single handed' he caught a mouse. After midnight Saturday night a hoae lifted ami Edward strolled arm-in-arm with the baroness through the heavily wooded grounds. Their voices could be heard in the crisp star-lit night singing Styrian mountaineer songs. Later the baroness sang alone and Edward accompanied her (Turn to Page 8, Please) Men Apprehended On Charges Of Stealing Steer Sheriff Walter M. Irwin arrest ed Troy Fortner and Fred Mur •phy last week on a charge of stealing and butchering a steer belonging to Mrs. Lola Davis. The two men were placed in jail and a preliminary trial was begun Monday. Fortnar, after being confronted with conclusive evidence, admitted guilt before the trial. Murphy entered a plea of insanity. The hearing, was held before A. F. Reeves, clerk, and occupied the greater part of the day Monday. Arguments by the at torneys were heard Tuesday. At the time this issue of the TIMES went to press the Verdict in the case had not been given. .'The it has been said, is to 8* commended on Ms sohrteg the case with only a few slender clues fpr 'a starting point.;?** steer tfida was found *f*«* diligent search and later the beef was found many milts distant from the place where the steer had been killed. In skinning the beef the men had left a small patch of hide on a shoulder of the meat which corresponded ex actly with a hole in the hide at the same point. This is the third or fourth case of larceny of cattle which has occurred since the present sheriff has been in office and, in each previous case, the eulprit was ap prehended and convicted. 4.- : ■' Sparta Masonic Lodge Chooses 1937 Officials Members of the Sparta Masonic Lodge No. 423) met Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in a regu lar communication, for the pur pose of electing officers for 1937. The following officers were chos en: R. P. Crouse, Worshipful Mas ter; Rush Thompson, Senior Dea con; George Cheek, Junior Dea con; R. A. Doughton, Treasurer; P. H. Jackson, Secretary; Ralph Gentry, Senior Warden and D. C. Shores, Junior Warden. Approval Given Peace Program Of United States Twenty-one Nations Jointly Sponsor Project To Coordinate Existing Agreements Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, Dec. 22. — President Roosevelt’s aim when he proposed the inter-American peace confer ence—a United States sponsored convention to bolster the new world’s peace structure—won ap proval Saturday at a plenary ses sion of the parley. The project-^jointly sponsored by all 21 American republics af ter its introduction by United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull—is designed to coordinate existing inter-American peace treaties and provides for consul tation to determine a common neutrality policy in the event of war anywhere. The conference delegjates, meet ing in the Chamber of Deputies on a hot, sticky day of the Argen tine summer and only partly cool ed by buxzmg electric fans, gave final approval to the neutrality plan and 22 other projects in quick order. A handful of women delegates added a colorful note to the som bre-clad assembly dominated by men. The galleries were crowd ed, most of the spectators being smartly dressed Argentine women. A number of trade resolutions and a Central American recom mendation Tbr a' declaration of solidarity among the American nations were left over for final consideration at a plenary session yesterday. The delegates plan to adjourn the conference tomorrow, three weeks and a day after President Roosevelt—whose initiative led to the parley—addressed the open ing session with a idea for a united peace effort and a joint stand against foreign aggression. Francisco Catillo Najera, Mexi can ambassador to Washington, in hailing the Lnited States’ neu trality proposal declared: “In the text of the convention there beats the noble spirit of American fraternity. “President Roosevelt has be come the founder of Pan-Ameri canismi free from all suspicion.” Lost 24 Hours; Baby Returns Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 21.— Two-year-old Charles Warren, lost in .a winter woods for more than 24 hours wandered into a farm house four miles from his home late today apparently unharmed. Searchers said the missing youngster toddled into the home of a Mrs. Loy at 4:46 p. m. The scantily clad child’s face was chapped and his body bore scratches from his wanderings in the woods. Power On the president to forbid the tale of raw materials as well as mu nitions to warring nations was forecast in informed quarters to night atfter a supreme court de cision. Upholding constitutionality of a broad delegation of power to the president in foreign ^affairs, ^the of neutrality, murt be ^ac court ruled 7 to l, ing with problems the chief executive and freedom from statutory re striction. Jobless Insurance Law For N. C. Is Gven Approval Plans Are Immediately Set In Motion To Get This Phase Of Federal Act In Force In State 23 STATES PASS LAWS Estimate Puts Number Of Workers Under Law In United States At About 14,000,000 Washington, Dec. 22.—The soc ial security board Saturday plac ed its stamp of approval on the North Carolina unemployment compensation law and plans were immediately set in motion to get this phase of the social security program under way in North Carolina. G. R. Parker, director for reg ion four of the social security board, announced from his of fice here that just as soon as he receives from the North Carolina unemployment compensation com mission a requisition for adminis trative funds it will get prompt approval. This will enable the commission to begin functioning without delay. “I am very decidedly encour aged over the progress of the social security program in North Carolina,” Parker declared. “The General Assembly has passed the only law essential to get enacted before January 1 and I am sure the other laws will follow right along.” Parker commended the co-oper ation he had received from Gov ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus and Governor-elect Clyde Hoey. He said the conference he had held with the Governor-elect canned him to believe that the North Carolina legislature during the early part of its regular session next year would pass the neces sary laws to enable the state to participate in the fedferal program to provide old-age assistance and aid to the blind in need and de pendent children. Approval of the North Carolina unemployment compensation law, which was given at the same time the Oklahoma, New Mexico and Virginia laws were approved, brings the total number of states which have approved laws to 28. It is estimated that 14,000,000 employees are now covered and this represents 70 per cent, of all the employees who would be pro tected against unemployment if all states had approved laws. Alleghany Co. Girl. Majoring In Physical Ed. At Va. College Miss Josephine B. Inskeep, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Inskeep. Roaring Gap, and a fieshma’n at Fredericksburg State Teachers college, Fredericksburg, Va., is majoring in Physical Edu cation. She is a member of the Young Women’s Christian Association. Miss Inskeep graduated from Sparta high school in 1986 and belonged to the Glee club.
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