JANUARY 21, 1937.
EIGHT PAGES
Number S.
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it has submitted to
a. program of govern
reorganixation that is cer
be the subject of prokjng
discussion. The essential parts
the plan relate to the regroup:
independent, agencies, num
106, under twelve depart
which include ten now rep
ln the Cabinet and' the
iitional Welfare and Public
jrks. Six executive assistants
the President would relieve
u of detail work and be his
kfidential representatives.
The entire administrative ser
w, excepting only policy-deter
ning positions, would be under
revised civil service and all
encies would be under the Pres
ort except those having semi
Jiciai powers. The present of
e of comptroller General would
abolished and its auditing dut
confined to a post-audit of
scutive expenditures. Any ju
!ial functions, relating to legal
estions of expenditure, would
solve upon the Attorney Gen
ii, The Budget Bureau would
come an office manager for the
dre establishment, combining
jsent jobs with more research
d planning.
This rough outline is nothing
we. It does not attempt to give
complete presentation of the
Jposal submitted by the Presi
nt or his argument in support,
iwever, there is emphasis upon
i independent nature of many
■sent boards and commissions,
tually under no control ex
rt the courts, and insistence
it, as they belong to the exe
tive branch of the Government,
Kbe under the Presi
jL Otherwise, it is
there will continue
“fourth branch” of
ent “not responsible
sly either to the
j the Congress, or
s.”
AN MEETS CRITICISM
Comment in Congress was va
il. It is not epsy to persuade
[tutors and Congressmen to
Id some of their patronage
hts and, under the new set
, which would extend the merit
nK3rw6iit& be turned over
an officer, directly responsible
the President and under the
e members of Congress would
ther have the responsibility or
power to ratify many minor
tointments as "has been the cus
n for years. This would be
med over to the department
ids and administrative merit
1 competence would be the sole
ndard for selection.
IES IT MEAN ECONOMY?
rhere is not much in the Presi
»t’s report that suggests econ
>y or the abolition of useless
encies. Whether this would re
!t under the continuing reor
nization poster, or not, remains
be seen when the plan is in
L«t. Perhaps, it was wise not
[be specific in regard to eny
ng along this line in order to
lid trouble with the affected
rsonnel. However, some of the
ticism dirocted against the plan
ates to an absence of any as
■ed savings and Senator Byrd
liman of the Senaiye commit
1, insist that “hundreds of mil
os of dollars can be saved by
irageous and prompt action
ihout impairing legislative .ob
tives.’’
of a citizen board.
It is important we think, to
derstand that the reorganiza
n proposed does not take from
LjgMM any power to legislate
i because Congress retains the
rse strings it will also retain
■1 control of the government,
e plan does give to the execu
e the responsibility of his
mch of the government and the
wer to do his administrative
rk, which Is what the Consti
ion intended. The economy that
timed at cam he secured as
dty under the set-up as under
»ent conditions because an act
Congress can abolish almost
— agency and dut down its costs,
jnds of the new plan insist
t it is not a question of “power
no power" for the President
rather one of “responsible
rer and irresponsible power.”
•OCRATIC PROBLEMS
irange as it seems/Democratic
era are not too phased with
top-heavy majorities that the
iy enjoys. They are not wor
about getting through the
or measures of the President’s
nam so much a;, they are over
’prospect that tS» members
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Presbyterian Meet
To Be Held Friday
At Glade Valley
Dr. Harman C. Weber, Of
New York City, To Be
Heard There Tomorrow
Afternoon At 1:30
IS AUTHOR OF ABILITY
Rev. Dumont Clarke, Of
Asheville, Also To Be
On Program, In Addition
To Rev. R. L. Berry
Tomorrow (Friday) afternoon,
at 1:80 o’clock, Glade Valley will
be host to a group of churchmen
when a conference is to be held
there under the direction of Rev.
Dumont Clarke, of Asheville, Di
rector of the Religious Depart
ment of the Farmers Federation
and a contributor of a feature
article published in a recent issue
of the Progressive Farmer, and
Dr. Herman C. Weber, of New
York city, director of the Every
Member Canvass department of
tha Presbyterian General Council
and a recognized national leader
in the official work of the church.
This service is to be conduct
ed under the auspices of the
Stewardship committee of the
Winston-Salem Presbytery, of
which Rev. J. K. Fleming, Mount
Airy, is chairman.
A similar meeting is to be held
at North Wilkesboro at 10 .*30
a. m. tomorrow and one at Lans
ing tomorrow night at seven
o’clock.
Rev. R. L. Berry, pastor of the
Sparta and Glade Valley Presby
terian churches, is expected to
participate in the Glade Valley
program and the public is cor
dially invited to attend all of
these feature conferences.
Before entering the work of
City Park Branch of First Presby
terian church, Brooklyn, and he
held earlier pastorates elsewhere
in New York City. Immediately
after the World War, during
which he had done religious work
in the navy, he became a field
man in the New Era Movement
of the Presbyterian Church, where
he built up the distribution and
service departments.
Dr. Weber, an able author, has
established an interdenominational
reputation for vitalizing, visualiz
ing and interpreting church sta
tistics. Among his recent books
are “Church Statistics through
One Hundred Years’’; “Evange
lism,” a graphic survey of the
entire history of American Protes
tantism; and “The Every Mem
ber Canvass—People or Pocket
books,” a discussion of • methods
in organizing churches for more
generous and spontaneous benevo
lences. Dr. Weber is well known
as an entertaining and enlighten
ing public speaker.
Frank Rooevelt, Jr.,
In For Athletics,
If Doctor Agrees
Boce Grande, Fla., Jan. 19.—
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., re
cuperating from a sinus infection
and complications, sought his
physicians’ advice on sports to
day. ,
He wants to go Ashing and he
wants to play tennis with Donald
Budge, the nation’s top-ranked
tennis player.
The President's son is staying
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Dupont, parents of Ms
fiancee, Miss Ethel Dupont. The
house Is on an island in the gulf
of Mexico, with Charlotte Harter
to the easi.
Barron Collier, who owns vast
tracts of Florida’s southwest, has
invited Roosevelt to Useppa is
land to go Ashing. Budge al
ready is on his way to Useppa
island.
For the time being, young
Roosevelt ir. taking things easy.
He said he would take pp ath
letics only “if the doctor agrees.”
JUSTICE STONE TO RETURN
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 19.—Su
preme Court Justice Harlan F
Stone, convalescing at Sea Island
beach from a long illness, planned
today to return to Washington
February 1 to (resume his. place
on the bench.
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Class Rings Are
Received By Seniors
Of Sparta H. S.
The forty-two seniors of Sparta
high school are now proudly ex
hibiting -their new class rings to
the admiring gaze of underclass
men.
The rings are unique in that
.there will be none like them for
at least one hundred years, as
they bear a seal with the words
“Centennial of Educatibh, North
Carolina, 1837-1937.” They also
bear the seal of the Old North
State against a background of
pir-e cones.
Some of the rings are set with
sapphire, others with rubies.
Bishop Freeman To
Preach At College
Finals h June
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Washington Divine To
Be Heard At Woman’s
College of U. Of N. C.
At Greensboro June 6.
Greensboro, Jan. 19. —< The
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
bishop of Washington, Episcopal
church, will deliver the baccalau
reate sermon at the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina in connection with the
46th commencement of the col
lege, according to announcement
made here recently by Dr. W. C.
Jackson, dean of administration.
The service will be held Sunday
morning, June 6, in Aycock au-,
ditorium at the college.
Dr. Freeman has served as
bishop of Washington since 1923.
Prior to that time he had served
as rector of St. Andrew’s church,
Yonkers, N. Y.; St.. Mark’s
church, Minneapolis, and Epip
hany church, Washington. In 1928
he was the Lyman Beecher lec
KWaeti uiiiwAel* -univerutynswam. ^
Founder of “Hollywood Inn,”
e working man's club in Yonk
ers, Bishop Freeman organized
and developed similar clubs in
Minneapolis.
Among the books Bishop Free
man has written are “Themes in
Veorse,” “Everyday Religion,”
“The Man and the Master” and
“The Church of the Byway.” He
has been the recipient of honor
ary degrees from Kenyon college.
Brown university Dickinson col
lege, Bowdoin college and George
Washington university.
Commencement exercises at the
Woman’s college, of which the
baccalaureate sermon is a part,
are to take place Saturday, Sun
day and Monday, June 6-7.
Farm Agent Warn*
Farmer* Against
Imported Seed*
Attention of fanners has re
cently been called by R. E. Black,
Alleghany county agricultural
agent, to the fact that an esti
mated 18,000,000 pounds, or 600
carloads, of imported red clover
and alfalfa seed will be brought
into the United States this com
ing spring, and that all this seed
is% worthless, or near worthless,
for seeding in North Carolina.
The federal seed law, accord
ing to Mr. Black, protects the
farmers to the extent that ^ re
quires all imported seed to l»ve
at least one per cent.
issr.rtir rMS
different color from that of t e
natural seed.
To Hold Poultry
School January 22
At Wilkesboro
,A one-day poultry school is to
be held at .Wilkesboro on Friday,
January 22, conducted by the
North Carolina Poultry depart
ment. The school will begin at
10 a. m.. and last until 8:00 p. m
General poultry production and
disease problems are to be dis
cussed.
■r. E. Black, Alleghany county
farm agent, recently exposed
the opinion that this school will
be worth the time of any farmer
to attend if he is really interest
ed in poultry production.
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Four More Years
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WASHINGTON
of President Frankli
. . An informal, but a new portrait study,
Delano Roosevelt at his desk in the White
House, shortly before the inaugural ceremonies which took place
yesterday, January 20, starting his second term at the head of our
federal government.
For Governor Ed Rivei
Of Georgia. Arrive In
Washington Tuesday
Washington, Jan. 19.—-After
arriving in the capital this after
noon to attend the inaugural cere
monies tomorrow. Governor and
Mrs, Clyde Roark HOey, of North
Carolina, launched into a whirl
wind of entertainment which will
command practically every mo
ment of their , time while in the
city.
Governor and Mts. Hoey at
tended a reception held for Gov
ernor Ed Rivers, of Georgia. Af
ter the reception the Governor
attended the banquet for the
presidential electors.
Gov. Hoey And
Governor Hoey will go to the
capital at noon tomorrow to wit
ness the president taking the oath
and to hear his inaugural ad
dress. He will then motor to the
White House for a buffet lunch
eon and then return to Capitol
Hill to join the inaugural parade.
He will ride with Adjutant Gen
eral J. B. Van Metts in the par
ade and will be followed by Lon
Folger, Democratic national com
mitteeman from North Carolina,
and Mrs. Beatrice Cobb, commit
teewoman.
When arriving at the court of
honor, in front of the White
House the North Carolina partici
pants ’in the parade will join the
President In the reviewing stand.
After the parade they will walk
to the White House for a tea
being given by President and Mrs.
Roosevelt for distinguished visi
on.
Governor and Mrs. Hoey will
entertained at dinner,, tomor
w night by Senator and Mrs.
dley at the M^wer. Mem
n of the North Carolina dele
tion in Congress also have
en invited to Hie Bailey dinner.
Hundreds of North Carolinians
gan arriving hi Washington to
« to attend the- inauguration
d several thousand are expected
be in the city when President
wsevelt rides up Pennsylya™
enue, the avenue of Presidents.
EV. R. L. BERRY TO _
reach at baptist church
Rev. R. L. Berry pastor of the
parta and Glade Valley Presby
urian churches, will preach at
Sparta Baptist church on
Galax To Have
Birthday Ball
For President
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AnmiaLAffair In Honor
flfW&ltlin Roosevelt
At Time Of Birthday To
Be Elaborate Affair
A very elaborate and enjoyable
affair is expected to be the birth
day ball for President Roosevelt to
be held in Galax on Friday night,
January 29, the enre of the birth
day of the chief executive. For
this occasion arrangements for
which are in the hands of Floyd
Williams, the services of John
Peddicord’s orchestra, of Winston
Salem, have been obtained.
Nathan Potolsky has been nam
ed chairman of the greetings com
mittee and a huge assemblage is
expected to be os hand here fo*
the occasion) which is becoming
more and more each year
an affair looked forward to for
months before the time, which is
at or near the date of the presi
dent’s birthday, January 30.. It
is not known as yet whether the
ball will be held at the Blue
mont hotel or in Firemen-Legion
hall.
A ball in honor of President
Roosevelt on his birthday, and
for the benefit of infantile paraly
sis victims, has been held in Galax
each year since the custom was
begun soon after Mr. Roosevelt
began his first administration. The
one held there each year is one
among the many thousands that
are held in all parts of the Unit
ed States.
Ashe County Girl
On Honor List At
Virginia College
Miss Albertine Hurt, of Nath
ans Creek, in Ashe county, and
a student at Radford State Teach
ers college, Bast Radford, Va.,
was among thirty students of the
college who made more “A’s" than
VB’s” on their work during the
fall quarter which closed on De
cember 19.
, According to an announcement
made recently by Registrar J. P.
Whitt, of the college, 33 students
made high honors on their work
for the quarter. Three of these
made ,“A” on all course? taken.
These are: Mias. Helen Brittain,
Roanoke, Va.; Miss Clara Merg
ler, Chatham. Va-. and Miss
Catherine Slusser, Blacksburg,
Va.
Miss Bril
Mergler
Slusser is
Senior, Miss
£ Miss
President Roosevelt Takes
Oath Of Office Wednesday
For 2nd Time In Heavy Rain
New Business To
Be Opened Soon At
Gap Civil
Purvis Lee, manager of Lee’s
Grill, and Mrs. Lee are having
a new place of business erected
on top of the Mountain at Gap
Civil, two miles West of Sparta.
The new business is to com
prise a filling station, tourist
cabins, lunch rooms, a miniature
golf course and croquet courts.
Contracts have already been
let and construction work has be
gun. Present plans call for the
opening of the new place at an
early date.
Lakes-To-Florida
Highway Is Being
Improved In Co.
Alleghany Stretch iLast
Unimproved Section.
Work Being Done In
Grayson And Wythe
Much to the gratification of
residents of this section, in par
ticular, grading was begun this
week on the last unimproved
stretch of the Lakes-to-Florida
highway, United States route 21,
a distance of 8.98 miles, between
Sparta and Roaring Gap. Con
tracts for grading and surfacing
the present highway between
these two points were awarded
recently, grading and structural
contracts going; to the Grannis
Construction company, Fayette
ville, and the surfacing contract
to Albert Brothers, of Salem, V*.
The proposed rqpte shortens
the distance between Sparta and
Roaring Gap by about two miles,
according to the survey. It will
be of interest to those living on
the present highway to learn that
the old roadbed will not be tom
up, except where the new high
way traverses the old.
The Lakee-to-Florida highway,
as the name implies, provides a
direct route from the Great Lakes
region to Florida. Work on the
Virginia link between Independ
ence and Wytheville, in Grayson
and Wythe counties, is already
under way and the elimination
of this last unimproved stretch
will insure tourists from the north
a straight, surfaced highway all
the way to Florida. When com
pleted, this route is expected to
become one of the main thor
oughfares of the nation. Pass
ing through Sparta, the Lakes-to
Florida highway intersects the
Blue Ridge parkway at a point
about eight miles out of Sparta,
toward Roaring Gap.
It is expected that the road
will be completed by the end of
the coming summer.
Letter Carriers
Urge Improvement
In Public Roads
At an annual Board meeting
of state officers of North Caro
lina Rural Letter Carriers Associ
ation held in the early part of
the winter, the problem of abort,
bad places in roads was called
to the attention of the Highway
department, with a request that
special attention be given the
Improving of these weak spate,
also soft shoulders in front ol
boxes on hard-surfaced roads.
The Highway department has
asked employees to contact rum
carriers in the various sections in
reference to weak places in the
roads and to cooperate with the
association to the fullest extent in
making it possible for mail to
be delivered at all times.
W. Carl Irwin, president of the
Alleghany County Rural Letter
Carriers association, states that
the Highway department, working
within itself and through its em
ployees, has labored very cease
lessly and untiringly in efforts to
make the roads in this county
satisfactory for mail delivery,
which work has added much M
the convenience of the carriers
Many Thousands Brave
Elements To Witness
Colorful Inauguration
Of Nation’s Chief
HUGHES GIVES OATH
.Executive Returns To
White House To View
Parade. Precedes
Event By Worshiping
Before a -vast throng of many
thousands and braving a rain that
reached almost torrential propor
tion^ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
at noon yesterday took the oath
for a 2nd term of office as presi
dent of the United States, on the
specially constructed inaugural
stand in front of the capital.
The inaugural program began
at 11:40 a. m. ,(EST) when the
house convened and proceeded in
a body to the inaugural platform,
followed by the convening at
11:50, of the senate, which also
proceeded to the platform.
At twelve o’clock noon, Presi
dent Roosevelt arrived with his
cabinet, shortly before the oath of
office was administered Vice
President Garner by Senator Jos
eph T. Robinson, of Arkansas.
Following these events,, Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes of
the United States Supreme court,
administered the oath to the
president.
It was an inauguration in vivid
contrast with that of four years
ago- Then, it was a day of sub
dued gayety at best. President
Hoover was up late the night be
fore at the White House; Presi
dent-elect Roosevelt at the May
flower hotel. Harried bankers
were meeting in New York and
Chicago and at the treasury here.
In the morning all the banks
were clowd. -v .
Today the grim atmosphere of
1983 was absent. Democratic
leaders were cognizant of how
the wheels of industry and finance
are revolving at an ever quicken
ing tempo.
As in Marcn of 1938, Mr.
Roosevelt and his family prefac
ed the inaugural ceremonies with
private devotions at quaint old
St. John’s Episcopal church, Just
across Lafayette square from the
White House.
Following the inaugural ad
dress, Mr. Roosevelt returned to
the White House to review the
inaugural parade at the court of
honor in front of the executive
mansion.
The parade was quite different
from the six-hour affair of 1988,
replete with fancy costumes and
floats. This time it was almost
entirely military with the famous
West Point cadets and midship
men from Annapolis providing a
high spot.
It filed across the Capitol
plaza, turned down Constitution
avenue to Pennsylvania avenue
and followed that famous thor
oughfare around the treasury to
the White House, dispersing a
few blocks beyond.
For a reviewing stand, a minia
ture of Andrew Jackson’s Ten
nessee home, The Hermitage, had
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