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TODAY’S THOUGHT "Watch well oar begin nings and results will manage themselves.” — Clark. The Alleghany Times Subscription Price d* "I a year V * in advance ■a Alleghany county only DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHAN Y COUNTY Series 1937 GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937. eight PAGES Number 2^^* DNG SESSION AHEAD The present outlook is that the at session of the 75th Congress ill be prolonged far beyond the pectation of members when ey assembled on Jan. 4th. What emed destined to be somewhat ntine legislative labor suddenly veloped into a bitter fight when esident Roosevelt tossed into the is of startled Congressmen his rprise message calling for the rision of the Federal judiciary wn the Supreme Court down. Since Feb. 5th little has been oomplished and, in fact, not ich has been finished in the ses n thus far. One appropriation 1, the deficiency measure for a year, was sent to the Presi at but not a single appropria n bill for the coming fiscal ir has reached the White House, few laws have been passed, ratly of minor character or re taal of expiring statutes, such the extension of the Railway tirement Act ami the neutral measure. Progress has been de on the naval appropriation l and some discussion has been ird of other important propo I. r-DOWN STRIKERS rhe sit-down strike epidemic ated a flurry during Senate isideration of the Guffey Coal when Sen. Byrnes attempted attach an amendment declaring, a matter of policy, that when ployea cease to work they nld leave the property of their i>loyers. Sen, Johnson, of Cal Ka, vigorously supported the sation, insisting that the sident should take action un an old statute- Among those ing the other side was Sen. ah, of Idahof who asserted t. as matters stood, the Fed l government had no legal it to intervene in the sit-down fce situation. The Byrnes ■ndment to the pending coal was defeated and thereupon . Pittman introduced a con rent resolution that the sit n strike and the industrial system are both “contrary to id public policy.” he Court fight continues, with ously less interest being taken the Senate committee’s hear i and with signs that some ef 1 may be made in the House force the issue forward. The sident stands pat and loses opportunities to emphasize position, as he did in the let read at ceremonies celebrating semi-centennial of the Inter e Commerce Commission. In the Court itself the deep-set igonism between the justices ividenced by Justice McRey l’s sarcastic repetition of some ds used by Justice Stone last r in dissenting fro-m the New k Minimum Wage case. ur own idea is that the court |i has been magnified into a pr disturbance when it could b been disposed of without 5i damage to the nation or the k of Congress itself. Rabid isans on both sides have gone xtremes in debate that do not x justified. If the proposal i then the President and his mrters must find some other to proceed with their New I. It may be more difficult not impossible. If the re in plan wins there is no sense he idea that the Constitution prooted and liberty dead uns the people of the country l nit-wits to Congress and the lident appoints saps to the :h. Neither of these contin ues is probable. JY PEACE MOVES eports that the President Id attempt to intervene in in ational affairs in an effort to |_off anpther war were met i positive repudiation on the of Secretary Hull, with the eased approval of Presi Roosevelt. However, rumors inued that some move is con ilated, whether initiated by country or not, and that the ed Slates is expected to make ramatic contribution to the e of peace. It is well known President Roosevelt has been ly interested in disarmament the strengthening of peace ment, but interested officials t out that there is no evi e that the time is Kpe for ir undertaking. In fact, the id States is not prepared to any cooperation with other srs and the rest of the world >t anxious for a parley which result in nothing but advice. is perfectly plain that the t powers are engaged in a sndous effort to prepare iselves for “defense.” Great dn, France, Germany, Italy Turn to Page 5, Please) ' ‘ Activities At Lake Junaluska To Be Increased Enlarged Program Planned 'For Season Beginning On June 27 and Ending On August 31 At Resort FAMOUS BEAUTY SPOT W. P. Few, President Of Duke University, Durham, Named Assembly Trustee To Succeed Mouzon Durham, April 13.—The Metho dist assembly at Lake Junaluska, in the Western North Carolina mountains, will have an increased program of activities during the coming season, June 27 to Aug ust 31, according to Prof. J. M. Ormond, of Duke university, who has just been named program manager by the assembly of trus tees. Professor Ormond, who has served as dean of the North Caro lina Pastors’ School and the Rural Church institute, states that an enlarged program of recreation, music, dramatics, and other ac tivities will be carried out this year. President W. P. Few, of Duke, was recently appointed an assem bly trustee, succeeding the late Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon. The other trustees are Bishop Paul Kern, of Durham, and Dr. W. A. Lambeth, of High Point. James Atkins, holds the position of prop erty manager. une notaDie new ieature ol the assembly is the organization of a local board of Christian educa tion for Lake Junaluska, com posed of officials and representa tives of the general boards. This board will be responsible for a church school for the lake and for other activities. The assembly program this year will feature missions, educational evangelism, and social service. Miss Faye Joines On Honor Roll At Mars Hill College Miss Faye J*ines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Joines, Strat ford, who is a student at Mars Hill college,, was an honor roll student for the past semester. This announcement was made to the parents of Miss Joines by the. Dean, I. N. Carr, of Mars Hill college. Mr. Carr wrote in regard to Miss Joines’ record,: “This is one of the highest hon ors that can come to a student while in college. I feel sure that this distinction represents consci entious study, consistent prepara tion and faithfulness to tasks, which is a vital element in char acter development. . . . Accept our sincere congratulations and best wishes.” CAKE AND CAKE ICING DEMONSTRATION IS GIVEN Delightful as well as instruc tive was a cake and cake icing demonstration given by Miss Hel en Andrews at the ho-me of Mrs. G. 0. Edwards, Stratford, Tues day. The demonstration was given to a dozen ladies. Delicious cake was served with grape juice by Miss Andrews and the hostess, Mrs. Edwards. Many were the compliments be stowed on the demonstration cake, mixed “muffin method.” The next meeting will be held on April 27 at the home of Mrs. L. C .Joines. and community la dies are cordially invited. The topic will be “Pastry.” GLADE VALLEY BIBLE CLASS MEETS AT GENTRY HOME The Adult Bible class of the Glade Valley Presbyterian church held its monthly meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gen try on April 9, at 7:80 o’clock. About twenty-five members were in attendance. Various phases of the church work were discussed. At the close of the business session, a delightful social hour was enjoyed. TO HOLD FINALS APR. 24-26 AT GLADE VALLEY H. S. The 27th annual commence ment of Glade Valley high school will- be held April 24. 26 and 26. Details will be announced later. Milk Plant Supt. Gaylord Hancock (above) has been appointed superintendent of the Galax Carnation Milk company plant, which is expected to be ready for operation about May 10. Mr. Hancock was trans ferred to Galax from Coshocton, Ohio. N. C. Delegation Discusses Wagner Labor Act Opinion Comment Among Delegation Widespread Tuesday. DoughtOn "Gratified” At News Of High Court’s Act Washington, April 14.—Com ment was widespread yesterday among members of the North Carolina congressional delegation On the Supreme Court decision in regard to the Wagner labor re lations act and the effect of the liberal action on President Roose velt’s court plan. Senator Josiah W. Bailey led off with a statement to the ef fect that the Supreme Court ■ de cisions do not mean much and the fault has not been with the court but with the “bright young men” who have been drafting new deal laws. He said: “Some day—not so far off—it will occur to many of the Ameri can people that the difficulty with much of recent legislation has not been that the Supreme Court was opposed to it, but that it was so carelessly drawn that no court could uphold it as constitutional. “Nothing appears In the opin ions to indicate that collective bargaining may be carried to the point of discrimination against workers not in the bargaining group—or any worker may be represented by a majority of his fellow workers against his will. “The Supreme Court may be trusted to hold constitutional leg islation constitutional and uncon stitutional legislation unconstitu* tional,” he added. Bailey expressed the opinion that had the NRA been confined to commerce among the states (Turn to Page 5> Please) Ladies’ Auxiliary Of Glade Valley Holds Meeting The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Glade Valley Presbyterian church held its regular inspirational meet ins' at the home of Mrs. Ed Lundy, with Mrs. Walter Taylor joint hostess, on Wednesday, April 7, at 3:30 o’clock. About fifteen members were present. A program on “Africa” was ably presented by Mrs. Ellen A. Gu errant and Miss Margaret Dowdle, of the Glade Valley school faculty, and Mrs. Ralph Gentry. During the social hour, the hostesses served delicious refresh ments. BOYS OF ALLEGHANY MAY ATTEND C. M. T. C CAMP Any boy between the ages of 17 and 26 who wishes to attend Citizens Military Training camp at Fort Bragg, from August 3 to September 1, may get an appli cation blank from R. E. Black. Alleghany county farm agent. Angell Says Court Han Is Pofitical Bad Faith Example President Emeritus Of Yale U. Declares There Is No Emergency Requiring The Ravaging Of High Court Washington, April 14.—The Roosevelt court bill was denounc ed Friday by James R. Angell, president emeritus of Yale unver sity, as a “flagrant instance of po litical bad faith.” In a letter made public by Sen atorial opponents of the Roosevelt proposal Angell warned that “once our confidence in the good faith of the Cheif Magistrate and the impartiality of the Supreme court is shaken, the end of our form of government is in sight.” The letter added: “There is simply no emer gency such as requires this ravaging of the Court.” Asserting the President had not mentioned the proposal during his campaign, Angell said: "To spring it now and to try and whip into line the huge Democratic majority in Con gress is a flagrant instance of poitical bad faith, which it would be difficult to match in our entire history.” Demanding a constitutional amendment, if necessary, Angell said!: “The effort to pack the Court must be condemned as un-Amer ican and ultimately sure to de stroy certain of the foundation stones upon which our Repub lic rests. llO juaiciary niaue up ut political ‘ye* men’ could main tain public confidence and re spect." The committee received other protests that the bill would en danger democratic government, impair the prestige of the courts and constitute “teurpation of power” by the Executive. Witnesses called Friday were Prof, William M. Cain, of the Notre Dame College of Law; Frederic R. Coudert, speaking for the New York City Bar associa tion and William Masterson, dean of the University of Missouri Law School. Cain contended the legislation would create uncertainties adverse to business stability. He said: "No man seekiug investment for his capital is likely bo as sume the 'hazard Ihe would be compelled to assume if inter pretations of the constitutional guaranties wore to vary with variations of public opinion. “The country is committed to the theory and fact of judicial supremacy, and I aAn opposed to any bill that may or will afford the slightest opportunity to change it.” Coudert agreed with Cain that, if the country favors enlarged Federal powers, the proper road is by constitutional amendment. To go about it indirectly, he said, would undermine independence of the courts. He said: “Should the loyalty of tlhe American people to an inde pendent Supreme Court fail, then the road lies open to di rect democracy with its usiual result—dictatorship." Farmers Urged To File Work Sheets For Farms At Once Notice has been received from Washington that there will be a closing date for the signing of work sheets on the 1987 Soil Conservation program. This date has not been definitely set, but will not be later than June 1. There is no reason why every farmer in the county should not fill out a work sheet fo^ his farm, according to R. E. Black, Alle ghany county farm agent. The county agent’s office will be open six days a week, and any farmer who has not filed a work sheet and wishes to do so should not put it off until it is too late, Mr. Black said recently. METHODIST W. M. S. TO MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON The Woman’s Missionary socie ty of the Methodist church will hold its regular meeting on Fri day, April 16, at 2:80 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Lura Heck ler, with Mrs. Jay Hardin asso ciate hostess. Sanction Of High Court Is Given Wagner Labor Act Opinion Is Divided 5 To 4 As Decision Is Rendered Monday. Verdict Hailed As Roosevelt Victory Washington, April 13.—The Wagner labor relations act was “tagged” today by the United States Supretne court “consti tutional,” by a five-to-four decis ion, and brought labor relations in a vast sector of the manufac turing industries under the regu latory authorities of the Federal government. Its verdict, claimed at once as a major victory for the Roosevelt administration, obviously had the immediate effect of intensifying the raging congressional debate over the president’s bill to re organize the high tribunal. Opponents of the measure promptly asserted that the bill was ‘'dead,” because it had been demonstrated to be unnecessary. Its friends as quickly countered with statements that the status of the measure was unchanged. Some held that the close division of the court had strengthened the president’s position. Reduced to their simplest terms today’s majority decisions held that the power to regulate com merce “between the States con ferred upon the Federal govern ment by the constitution extends to activities affecting” such com merce—the manufacture, for in stance, of articles flowing into the stream of interstate com merce. The minority of four, however, held that in the cases under judg ment, at least, the manufacturing processes involved had only an “indirect” or “incidental” effect upon interstate commerce, and were thus beyond the constitution al -readr-of Federal regulation. The Wagner act, the legisla tion involved in the decisions, guarantees the right of organiza tion to workers and forbids em ployers to interfere with or co erce employes in the exercise of that right. It undertakes to com pel employers to bargain with representatives of their workers. Five applications of this law were before the court for adjudi cation, each involving the validity of a national labor relations board order directing that employers, allegedly discharged for labor union activities, be reinstated un under the law. The court held the law constitutional in each instance*. Brice B. Gambill Accepts Position With N. Y. Bank Brice B. Gambill. youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gamibll, Crumpler, N. C., and a brother of Robert M. Gambill, Sparta, has accpeted a position with the Guaranty Trust company, of New York city. Mr. Gambill is now a student in the Law School of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and will enter upon his new work the first of June, at the end of the present session at the university. He has been assigned to the Corporate Trust Division of the New York bank, and will continue his law studies at Co lumbia, specializing in Trust law under the supervision of the bank. Every Able-bodied Man In Alleghany May Obtain Work According to S. R. Nichols, county manager of the North Carolina State Employment Serv ice, there is now work available for every able-bodied man in Al leghany county. If the eligible men in this coun ty do not avail themselves of this opportunity to secure employment, placements will have to be made from surrounding counties. Of course, once these placements are made, no one from this county can hope to replace one from outside the county. Therefore, those desiring employment should see Mr. Nichols at once. The Sparta office last week re ferred 73 to work, and could have referred more than 100 if enough men had been available. Copper Code ■■■■■ESI BISBEE, Arts. ... . Miss Dee St ride wears the very latest in cop per bathing suits. It is made of copper as thin as doth and was exhibited at a style show here. Hughes Spends 75th Anniversary Quietly Sunday No Special Observance Of Natal Day Has Place In Activities Of High Court Head As Birthday Passes Washington, April 14—Pass ing virtually unnoticed by the principal character involved, the three-quarter century milestone in the life of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes passed Sunday. The chief justice was 75 years of age. He stayed at home, reading newspapers in the morning, and took a walk in the afternoon. There was no special observance. Last year, when he became 74, he said, “I’m not Jiving by the calendar. The chief justice became the fifth member of the Supreme Court to round out 75 years. Others are Justices Brandeis, 80; Van DeVanter, 77; McReynolds and Sutherland, each 75. The chief justice was described as being in the best of health. He has not been absent from his duties a day since he was ap pointed by President Hoover in 1930. He is one of six members who would be affected by President Roosevelt’s proposal to add a new member to the court for each jus tice who failed to resign within six months after reaching 70. On major litigation, the chief justice has voted ten times in favor of administration laws and nine times in opposition. He recently delivered the five to four decision upholding the right of a state to fix minimum wages for women—the decision reversed previous rulings. Hughes will preside tomorrow over a session of the court which may produce an opinion on consti tutionality of the Wagner labor relations ^act. Many observers be lieve this decision will have great bearing on the possibility of re organization of the tribunal. Sparta Man Is Given Executive Post In New Bank At a meeting of the directors of the newly formed Northwest ern bank, held Saturday after noon in North Wilkesboro, Edwin Duncan, cashier of the Bank of Sparta, was elected executive vice president to succeed LeRoy Mar tin, who is connected with the Raleigh branch of the, Wachovia Bank and Trust company, and who decided not to accept the position offered by the new bank, which has resources totaling near ly $3,000,000. GENTRY WILL ISSUE BRUSH-BURNING PERMITS Residents of Alleghany county may obtain brush-burning permits from R. D. Gentry, county forest warden, whose telephone number Is 39, Sparta, or George Royal, Roaring Gap. •. l??J ' ’* *’Ii Fti km-' House Committee Votes To Condemn St-down Strikes Members Of Committee Plan To Give House Chance To Act Next Tues. Upon A Declaration Of Policy; FINAL VOTE 11 TO 1 Action Taken Tuesday By Labor Group. Senate Has Already Adopted A Policy Declaration On Strikes Washington April 13.—The house labor committee, by an overwhelming majority, approved' today a measure condemning sit down strikes. Members planned to give the house itself a chance to act next Tuesday upon the policy decla ration, previously passed by the senate. Some of them said the committee’s split decision fore shadowed a sharp floor fight. The committee left intact pro visions denouncing company unions and industrial spy systems as well as sit-downs. It wrangled for two hours over whether to write an “OK” on the measure. The final vote was 11 to 4, but first the group agreed by a one-vote margin against de laying action pending study of yesterday’s Supreme Court decis ions upholding the Wagner labor relations act. Representatives Keller, (D. 111.), Gildea and Dunn, (D.-Pa.), and Schneider, (P.-Wis.), oppos ed the condemnation. They arg ued the court decisions have gone, a long way toward solving labor disputes. Keller contended, moreover, that congress has no right to “butt in” on the sit-down strike controversy and stir up more animosity. The four announced they in tend to file a minority report against the resolution and to fight it when it reaches the house chamber. He said presidential policies had created a monster which Mr. Roosevelt was “either unable to, or will not, control.” Two Negroes Are Lynched Tuesday In Mississippi Winona, Miss., April 13.—Two Negroes were tortured and lynch ed by a mob of over 100 white men near Duck Hill, Miss., this afternoon within two hours after they had pleaded innocent in Montgomery county circuit court to a charge of murdering a white man. A third negro suspected by the mob of complicity in the slaying of George Windham, a county storekeeper, was severely whipped and run out of the county after narrowly escaping the fhte of the other two negroes. Roosevelt Townes, who had con fessed, Sheriff E. E. Wright said, that he shot Windham, was tied to a tree near Windham’s store and tortured slowly to death by flames from a blow torch. A negro identified only as “Bootjack” McDaniels, indicted with Townes in the Windham slay ing, was shot by members of the mob, and his body burned. "A man that hath friends mutt show himself friendly." 1ML It—The American Clipper starts Hawaiian flight from California, 1335. 17—A new comet I by M. Cocrcjia Swift, 1874. It—San Frandeoq. CqHfar nia, destroyed by fire and earthquake, 1908. It—The first gasoline auto in the U. S. operated by C. A. Duryea 1892. It—Goyeroor Ellis of North varouna seized in© u. o mint at Charlotte, 1961. II—The U. 8 Marines landed atymaOmstep^ m
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