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TODAY'S THOUGHT “No man is happy who does not think himself so,"—Anfconius. h.—— fSjS&gQ The Alleghany Times SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF Volume 11. DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC. ECONOhdc _____-----»-f- ■ ---- GALAX, VA. (Published fpr Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937. ———****** Subscription Price $iwm in Alleghany yew in advance 1 ALLEGHANY COUNTY . "NumbeiMZe! EIGHT PAGES __- THEM the problems of the is the comparatively paid efficient officials _in with the sums they get in the ranks of the world- During the de this was not so notice _ with the advent of im proved conditions, it is observed that a number of able young men are leaving the Government ser vice and some even go so far as to predict that the exodus has just begun. Of course many men have ac cepted appointment to Govern ment positions solely because of the prestige attached and the be lief that after a few years in key positions, they would be able to command larger salaries from pri jmployers. The question of the only cause for .jfections. Very often them become disgruntled of political interference use political figureheads, ior positions, block furth promotions. PEACE PARLEY ENDS The Inter-American Conference for the Preservation' of Peace concluded its labors at Buenos Aires last month by signing two treaties, seven conventions end one protocol and by approving fifty-six resolutions and recom mendations and one declaration. Secretary of State Cordell Hull termed tile results “significant ad vances towards the establishment of a permanent peace for this hemisphere.” However, the agree ments were said to be less specific than the United States had hoped for when President Roosevelt ad dressed the opening conference on December 2nd. They represented a compromise between sixteen na tions, members of#the League of Nations, and five which were not. WHAT WAS APPROVED In {his findl message to the del egates, read while he was suffer ing from a serious cold, the Amer ican Secretary of State cited these points which had been unani mously agreed upon: (1), mobi lization of public opinion to solve cdfctroversies and defend the peace) of the continent; (2), co ordination of existing peace ma chinery and future consultation to make it effective; (3), agree lUruff m a common attitude to ward’ an attack from abroad; (4), an equality of commercial treatment and lowering of trade barriers; and, (5), a program for mutual cultural and intellectual THE NAVY HANDICAP Last week in this column we called attention to the naval con struction underway and the spurt expected upon the conclusion of the Washington Naval treaty. In 1922; when the naval armament 4^eo [was temporarily halted, there *wm five great. sea powers, in stwdtng Great Britain, the United States, Japan, France and Italy. Jpefer’ two others must be added, Gehpany and Russia, whose re armament is somewhat rasponsi ble for tiie lapse of the building On a basis of the best available figures, the naval powers are rat ~ qn a basis of aircraft built, or appropriated for, as Britain States Ships Tonnage ....384 1,545,473 ....405 1,429,740 .... 233 882,172 793,086 521,045 323,748 204,762 . be noted that the 4pes not include ships merely “planned,” of are quite a number, given for the Russian ' intelligent guess little is known Navy except that is believed to ted at factor to be » is the example: _ while small, construction and is probably the American has six __to Great Brit eur chips are more lern and are con: superior to the Generally speak, ..an Navy is con be on a par with the British Empire, Its rival. !/:. DISCUSS - interesting report ft from Tokyo, intimat Page 6, Please) - Large Sums To Greet New Year “Happy New Year!” Is Watchword From Dusk To Dawn Over Nation As 1937 Makes Debut MORE CONFIDENCE SEEN President Roosevelt Enjoys Private Movie After New Year's Eve Dinner With Sons From dusk to down last Thurs day night, “Happy New Year.” was the watchword as millions of Americans cheered the abdication of X936 and the accession of 1937—and paid millions of dol lars for the privilege. From coast to coast, they gath ered in hotels, clubs, theaters, hot spots,- taverns, homes and cafes, intent upon fulfilling pro fessional hosts’ predictions of a New Year celebration rivalling the mass scale revelry of boom times. Plate prices at the whoopee emporiums—ranging from $3 to $20 and beyond—were higher than last year. But that seemed to make no difference to patrons enjoying bonuses, dividends and pay hikes. More silk toppers were in evi dence in the throngs in the bright light belts. Probably the largest turnout was in New York’s Times Square Thousands jammed that area to greet the infant 1937 at the “cross roads of the world.” Newspapers estimated New York celehrators would spend $10,000,000 or more. Revellers in other cities were expected to lay proportionate amounts on the line for a long night of dancing, drinking, bell ringing, horn blowing and con fetti tossing. Twelve Loop hotels welcoined between 16,000 and 20,000 par ticipants in Chicago’s merrymak ings. The top charge there was $12.60. The total bill in these dozen inns alone was1 reckoned at between $300,000 and $400,000. They opened the doors to sell out crowds at Washington. A $7.76 tariff was paid at one of the favorite spots. Fourteen members of the Ad AmAn club climbed Pike’s Peak in Colorado to welcome the New Year with fireworks. President Roosevelt sat down to a New Year’s eve dinner with his sons, James, Elliott and John, and other guests and later enjoyed a private movie. Secretary of the Treasury Mor genthau declared: "The nation has a right to look to the New Year with renewed confidence and courage. Business activities have increased. The na tional income has risen, oppor tunities for profitable work in all lines have broadened.” Brokers at the New York Stock Exchange epitomized the national spirit. While a swing band play ed and confetti showered down, they joined in the gayest party since 1929. Traders at the Chicago Board of Trade danced in the pits and cried: “Happy New Year” Rev. H, J. Ford To Preach Sunday On “Conquering Fear” Sunday school will be hold at the Sparta Baptist church on Sunday, January 10, at lb m. m. At 11 a. m., the pastor, Bor. H. J. Ford, will deliver a sermon, using as his subject "Coaquerim Fee*.” B. Y. P. U. will be held at 6:45 p. m. Rich Hitt School Pupils Make Honor “ Roll For 4th Month ■ * Pupils of Rich Hill school, in Alleghany county, who made the honor roll for the fourth month oi the present term are as follows: ! , First Grade: Rosie. Ann Brooks and Earl Fender. Second Grade: Aldean Bauges Louise . Brooks, Don Brooks anc Guv Dickerson. Third Grade: Eugene Brooks Clifford Crovse, Leo Collins, Bes sie Edwards and Helen Spurlin. : | On College Bo«td [ -IK . . . Mrs. J. A. Clark, 24, class* of ’32 of Sarah Lawrence College, has been elected a member of the Board of Trustees of that school and is believed to be the youngest member of a college governing board in the U §. Carnation Milk Co. Man To Be In Galax Area Soon A. C. Oosterhuis To Visit This Section Jan. 18, 19 and 20. Meetings To Be Held A. C. Oosterhuis, director of dairy extension of the Carnation Milk company, Oconomowoc, Wie., is planning to be in the Galax section on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, January 18, 19 and 20, and will address meetings to be held at Galax> Hillsville and Independence. Plans are already being for mulated for a dairy development program in this section and Mr. Oosterhuis is to be present at meetings to be held in the Munici pal building in Galax on Monday, January 18, at 1:30 o’clock, and in the court house at Indepen dence on Tuesday, January 19. at -1:30 o’clock. County farm agents, high school agricultural instructors and prominent farm ers of the various sections to fur nish milk for the Galax plant, as well as any producers who expect to sell milk to the company, are invited to attend these meetings. Persons from the eastern sec tion of GTayson will attend the Galax meeting and those from the western section and Alleghany county will probably find it more convenient to attend the Indepen dence meeting. Mr. Oosterhuis, who is also one of the nation’s outstanding breed ers of Holstein cattle, will be in Galax following a visit to Roa noke, where he will deliver an ad dress' at a meeting of Holstein breeders of Virginia, at Hotel Roanoke, on Friday, January 15. Sparta-Roaring Gap Road To Be Built ; Low Bids Received In response to the request of the State Highway Commission for bids for grading and surfac ing of 8.98 miles of United States Route 21, between Sparta and Roaring Gap, the low bid of $128,641.10 was made by Albert Brothers Contractors, incorporat ed, Salem. Va. A low bid of $21,487.40 for structures on this project was tendered by E. A. Grannie, Fayetteville. It is hoped that these bids will be accepted, and that construc tion work on this project will be gin immediately, as this much traveled stretch of road is too narrow and winding for aie and expeditious driving. The poapsaed route ilinhmi the distance ho tween these two points by shout two miles, aceording to the sur vey •' ; ' ■ IMPROVING OF BUSINESS local Ford deal of his garage, mak ing 166 feel^Tto SdWoJUm provide ample storage space for Colorful Parade To Be Feature Of Activities Connected 'With Day’s Program. Many Arrive " r Raleigh, Jan^_ 5.—For Thurs day’s gubernatorial inauguration of Clyde R. Hofcy, of Shelby, the joint inaugural committee of the legislature and ' the local cham ber of commerce today forecast a record-breaking attendance if weather is favorable. Approval w>as stamped on final plans for the inauugural event as this fore cast. was made. Meanwhile; legislators and friends of Hoey> as well as those of other officials who will take oaths Thursday, continued to pour into the city. Governor-elect and Mrs. Hoey will arrive here tomorrow after noon and will attend a dinner given in their honor at the exec utive manison by Governor and Mrs. Eringhaus. Others invited to attend are Speaker and Mrs. R.' Greg Cherry, of Gaston, for mer Governor and Mrs. O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, and Lieuten ant Governor Sand Mrs. W. P. Horton, of Pittsboro. The occasion will be the laSt official function of the Eringhaus family in the mansion. The full program of events to take place in Memorial Stadium was made public tonight by the joint committee. Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham will call the joint session of, the General Assembly to order at noon and the invocation will be asked by Dr. Zeno Wall, Shel by Baptist minister. A. Hall Johnston, president pro tern of the Senate, will pre sent the elected officers of the state, and the <odhs will be given m the following order by the su preme court justices: -Dan C. Boney, commissioner of insur ance and A. L. Fletcher, com missioner of labor, by Associate Justice Devin; W. Kerr Scott, commissioner of agriculture, and A. A. F. Sea well, attorney gen eral, by Associate Justice Schenck; Clyde A. Erwin, super intendent of public instruction, Charles H. Johnson, state treas urer, and George Ross Pou, au ditor, by Associate Justice Con nor; Thad A. Eure, secretary of state, and Wilkins P. Horton, lieutenant governor, by Associate Justice Clarkson. lieutenant Governor Horton then will take the gavel and pre side during the remainder of the ceremonies. Governor Eringhaus will be recognized to present Governor elect Holey and the oath will be administered by Chief Justice Stacy. The inaugural address will follow and the closing pray er will be made, by Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor of the First Methodist church of Shelby, of which Hoey is a member. The General Assembly then will be adjourned As Governor Hoey leaves the auditorium for the. reviewing stand on Fayetteville street, a 17-gun salute will be fired by a company from Fort Bragg. Buntings will be placed on Fay etteville street in the usual red, white and blue colors, while the state and national flags will be displayed ■» the auditorium and on the reviewing stand. Graham said tonight both Houses probably would meet at U o’clock Thursday morning in ^wSfanTma^S^i the w ditorium. “Old Gray Granny,” Aged Mare, Die* At 25 Years Of Age “Old Gray Granny.” or “Byrd," the aged mare owned by Mm. Jincy I. Osborne, Cox’s Chapel, that has attracted considerable attention during the past two or three years because of her re markable age, died recently. The aged mare became the mother of her first and second colts during the last two years of her life, and died at the age of 28 years. V — To Congress WeA On State Of Union Say» Vital Need Is Fior An Enlightened View With Reference To The National Constitution One-half hour after having been officially proclaimed Presi dent-elect of the United States for a second term by the Elec toral Board, Franklin Delano Roosevelt appeared yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon before a joint session of the Congress and gave in person his message on “The State of the Union.” In answer to those who have believ ed that the President would ask for an amendment to the Consti tution he said "The vital need is not for an alienation of the fundamentals of the Constitution but an enlightened view with -reference to The, C^hsti tution of - the tinned, Suites can be used as an instrument of progress and not as an instrument to prevent action. We have every right to expect that the Judicial powers will interpret our Constitution in a liberal manner and not in a narrow manner.” “It would do all of us good,” he said “if we would read the pre amble of the constitution and notice that it confers legislative powers upon Congress.” “Means must be found,” he said “to adopt legislative and judicial powers tojgle needs of the na tion.” ’IP!’ In defense of the National Re covery Act which was found un constitutional he said “The broad objectives of the National Rer cavery Act were sound but it tried to do too much. The Na tional Recovery Act was outlaw ed but the problems with which it dealt were not, they are still with us.” Greater satisfaction in life for the average man, an agricultural project that will deal specifically with the tenant farmer and un employment were among the major issues named by the presi dent to be dealt with by this term of Congress. Solonis Ready For Opening Of New Assembly Session Raleigh, Jan. 6—Apparently in tent upon enacting revenue-pro ducing legislation and taking definite action on the mooted liquor, labor, and social security problems in the shortest time pos sible, legislators poured into the city today for the biennial session of the General Assembly. Noon tomorrow will see the first 1987 gathering of the legis lators, but active work will not get under way until next week, in deference to the inauguration of Governor-elect Clyde R. Hoey and his delivery of a budget mes sage to the joint assemblage^ Senators and representatives are divided in their opinions as to the. probable length of the 1937 ses sion. Lieut-Gov-Eleet Horton said today the legislature still would be in session by May 1, but his chief colleague in the Senate, President Pro-Tem A. Hall Johns ton, of Asheville, stated that 90 days would be sufficient to trans act the necessary business. Horton and R. Gregg Cherry, of Gaston House speaker, said they wouid propose a six-day week for both legislative bodies, in order that business might be expedited. doughton AND CROUSE ATTEND GRAVES FUNERAL Attorney* R. A. Doughton end R. F. Crouse attended the funeral of Porter Graves, former Solicitor of this district which was held at Mount Airy, N. C., on Sunday. Each county in the district which he formerly served as So licitor was. represented by mem bers of the bar. A. G. PLESS, GALAX, IS AWARDED TRIP TO NASSAU A. G. Pleas, of Galax, expects to leave today for New York, where he will take a boat tq Nassau, as a guest of the General Electric company. Mr. Plesa was awarded this trip for increased sales of “G-E” re frigerators and equipment made by the Pleas Electric and Furni ture company. Mayor at 23 nard E. Goldsmith, 23, and college graduate, has a job he thinks he is too young to hold <■ He’s the new mayor of this town of 15,000 per sons. defeating the Democratic in cumbent by some 3,000 votes. He’s going to try out the job anyhow Sen. Robinson In Favor Of Wage, Hour Amendment Arkansas Solon In Capital For Opening Of New Congressional Session Tuesday Washington, Jan. 6—The idea of amending the constitution leap ed suddenly to the forefront of congressional topic Saturday night when Sen. Robinson, Democratic leader, said it was the “best method” to handle the wage and hour problem. The Arkansas senator, back for the congressional opening to day, dictated to reporters a decla ration that supreme court de cisions holding that neither the federal nor stfte governments had “power to prescribe maximum hours and minimum wages” had created a “very unsatisfactory condition.” • 1 "l" 1 7 Choir Formed Here With Miss Choate As Director A choir was organized here recently, with Miss Annie Marie Choate as director. Each church in town is repre sented in the organisation, the aim of which is to provide music for special occasions, as well as for regular church services. Much interest is being mani fested in this organisation, which is receiving the enthusiastic sup port of the churches. The choir meets on each Wed nesday evening at the home of a member. Misses Annie Marie Choate, Emaline Hawthorne and Ora Goodman have been hostesses in their respective homes. Sidney Gambill And Family To Reside In Nation’s Capital Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gambill and smhll daughter, Billie left Saturday for Washington, D. C., where Mr. Gambill will be em ployed in the service of the fed eral government. During the latter part of the last session of Congress, Mr. Gam bill served as a secretary to Con gressman Robert L. Doughton, of Alleghany county, although Mrs. Gambill remained in Sparta. How ever, Mr. Gambill’s family now plan to make their future home in the national capital city. S. Porter Graves, Veteran Lawyer, Dies Kn Mt /ilry Was Solicitor Of 11th Judicial District For 28 Consecutive Years. End Comes Sat. Morning WAS EMINENT LAWYER Central Methodist Church Scene Of Funeral, Held By Dr. M. T. Smathers And Dr. W. A. Lambeth S. Porter Graves, of Mount Airy, 71, for twenty-eight con secutive years solicitor of the eleventh judicial district, retiring to private practice of law in 1930, passed away at his home in Mount Airy at 2 r30 o’clock Sat urday morning following a> pro longed period of declining health. Mr. Graves probahjy was es teemed as highly as any man who : ever held the office of solicitor jn this district. He went into of fice in 1902 following a long line of Republican solicitors. He was opposed for the position in 1902 by James W. McNeill, Republi can candidate, of Wilkes county. J He won out by approximately' 600 votes and from that time on- 5 ward, for twenty-eight years, was I not seriously threatened with de feat- He was Opposed in the pri maries by members -of his own | party only a time or two. Opponents in the minority party, in their order, were James McNeill, of Wilkes county; John H. Dobbins, of Surry; S. E. Hall, of Forsyth; C. B. Spicer, of Ashe; J. R. Joyce, of Rockingham; A. E. Holton, of Forsyth, and C- M. Bernard, of Surry. At the time Mr. Graves went into office, Wilkes county was a' part of the eleventh judicial dis trict, but a short time later was disnlace<t bv Ashe countv Stokes county also was in the district, but later was switched into the district with Guilford county. Near the close of his prolong ed period of service as solicitor, Mr. Graves was insistently urged by many of his friends to stand for the office of congressman, then held by the aged Charles M. Sted man, the k&t remaining Confed erate veteran in Congress. How ever, in announcing plans for his retirement about the middle of January, 1980, he definitely an nounced his decision to return to the practice of law, leaving the field entirely dear to other as pirants. Mr. Graves was bom in the ancestral home in Surry county, October 28, 1866 the son of Judge and Mrs. Jesse Franklin Graves. Mr. Graves came of a long line of distinguished state leaders. His father, Judge Jesse Franklin Graves, was widely known. The family, however, was best'known because of an earlier member, Governor Jesse Franklin, of North Carolina, who after relinquishing the governorship, was elected United States senator. Immediate survivors include two children, William Graves, W'inston-Salem attorney, and Miss Mary Franklin Graves, of Mount Airy, and S. Porter Graves, Jr., of Washington, D. C-; one sister, (Turn to Page 8, Please)