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GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937.
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Number 37.
Hugo 5. Sims, Washington
Correspondent
EW DEAL ENEMIES
Many months ago, in these
)lumns, we pointed out the
langing political scene that was
>lh>wing the reform efforts of
resident Roosevelt. The New
eal program had then, and has
ow ,bitter enemies within the
inks of the Democratic party
ho will not hesitate at any
anoeuvre which promises to
reck the Roosevelt machine,
hat much was certain long be
>re the Supreme Court fight and
le wages and hours battle in
ongress and there is no reason
>r any amazement when the op
isition rears its head.
OOSEVELT'S STRATEGY
The President long ago deter
ined that the Democratic party,
> long as he was in control,
ould be the liberal political or
inization of the United States,
e- was willing then, and he is
filing now, to give up the con
srvative group of Democrats in
cchange for the acquisition of
epublican and independent lib
■als. His strategy has been emi
ently successful as the recent
actions attest.
EVIEWING THE PAST
Por a number of years, follow
ig the administration of Fresw
•nt Wilson, the Democrats were
opeleasly in the minority. In
ict, the first election of Wilson
as made possible when Teddy
oosevett, out for President on
le Progressive ticket, cut the
ilitical throat of President Taft,
: eking reelection as a Republi
in. Wilson was a minority Presi
•nt during his first tern and the
issessor of a small majority dur
g his second term. Then came
ie deluge that covered the Dem
:rats, massive majorities that
ected three Republican Presi
ints in a row, Harding, Coolidge
id Hoover. The nation seemed
irever Republican.
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When Wilson was reelected in
>16 he polled 9,129,606 votes,
is worth noting that when Cox
as beaten by Harding in 1920
r the unprecedented majority of
900.000, the Ohio Democrat ac
lally polled more votes than the
ar-time President. Pour years
ter Coolidge, beat Davis by a
■eater number, and although A1
nith polled more votes in 1928
lan Coolidge got in 1924, Hoover
d him across the line by more
tan 6,000,000 ballots, Then, in
>32, came the amazing reversal,
ith Hoover dropping more than
000,000 votes and Roosevelt
eking up 7,000,000 more than
nith, to almost equal the record
ad scored by Coolidge in 1924
hen he beat Davis by 7,340,000
>tes.
This was the situation when the
resident went into office in the
irk days of the 1938 panic, with
s strategy already aimed at win
ing the support of labor and the
jrmers. Plainly the hope of the
oosevelt regime was to effect a
ilitical coalition between the
ogressives of the West arid the
last and to retain the Solid South
i the Democratic game-bag. How
ell this was accomplished is to
s seen in the figures of the 1936
ection. Landon polled nearly a
illion more votes than did Pres
ent Hoover in his race for re
ection but Roosevelt added near
five million to his previous
ital, to beat his Republican rival
y more than 11,000,000 votes.
IEALIGNMENT UNDERWAY
Of course, the balloting was
ifluenced by economic condi
ons. Roosevelt cashed in on na
onal recovery just as Hoover
ished on the depression and
ime political observers predict
tat now, with the nation ap
noaching normal conditions, there
ill be a realignment of votes
long the old revision. This re
iains to be seen but there is per
cent talk of a thir^ party to
lallenge the long supremacy of
ie two old-line political organi
itions. Common conversation al
ays includes the possibility that
ohn L. Lewis will attempt to
»t up a Labor party and he may
o so, but the writer thinks that
e is too smart for such a manoeu
re unless there develop .other
ilits within the two major par
hird party outligk
What we mean iB this: The ex
Teddy Roosevelt in
emonstrates that a
beat both old
It can
the organi
comes and
Many Plan To
Have Exhibits
At Sparta Fair
Sparta H. S. Faculty
Members To Give Comedy
Play In Auditorium On
Friday Night Of Event
Many persons throughout Alle
ghany county have signified their
intentions of entering exhibits in
various departments at the an
nual Alleghany fair to be held
here on the grounds of Sparta
high school Friday and Satur
day, September 24 and 25. Am
ple space to take care of all ex
hibits is being provided.
Flair officials expressed the de
sire recently that many more will
cooperate in making the fair a
success by having some of their
various farm products on exhibits,
since* the success of an agricul
tural fair is determined, they say,
by *the number of exhibits on
display and not by the number
of side shows.”
Among added attractions, other
than the athletic contests, will be
music to be rendered by the
Fries brass band and a wood
chopping contest. Three prises,
two axes and $1, will be award
ed the three winners in the wood
chopping contest by Sparta Sup
ply company.
“Aunt Abby Answers An Ad,”
a three-act comedy play, is to be
presented by members of the
Sparta high school on Friday,
September 24, at eight o’clock,
in the high school auditorium.
The play is a royalty production
and promises, it is said, to be
very entertaining.
The public is urged to watch
next week’s issue of THE TIMES
for a detailed description of the
play and the cast of characters.
Sparta Women
Visit Oak Hill
W. M. U. Recently
In response to a special invi
tation of Mrs. C. W. Fields, a
large delegation of local women
attended the regular meeting of
Oak Hill W. M. U. held recently
at her home, which is located a
short distance above the point
where Wilson creek empties into
New river, and also near the
beautiful falls of the Fields power
plant where electricity is pro
ducer for the surrounding com
munities.
In the home, which was deco
rated with lovely cut flowers, Mrs.
J. F. Fletcher, president of the
W. M. U.. welcomed the guests
to the meeting. *
Following a most helpful and
interesting program, short talks
were made by a number of the
visitors from Sparta and West
Jefferson.
During the social hour, the
hostess invited her guests into
the dining room, where the dining
table, with its cloth of lace, was
laden with bountiful refreshments
consisting of ice cream, angel
food and pink layer cake, grapes,
peaches, apples and lemonade.
Among those from Sparta en
joying Mrs. Fields’ hospitality
were- Mrs. C. A. Reeves, Mrs.
Lola White, Mrs. R. V. Thomp
son, Mrs. J. M. Cheek, Mrs. W.
B. Estep, Mrs. Jones Waddell,
Mrs. R. A. Wagoner, Mrs. Ruth
Hackler, Mrs. Fred Richardson,
Mrs. w’. B. Reeves and Mrs. A.
O. Joines.
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baptist w. m. u. to
HOLD MEETING TODAY
The Women’* Missionary union
of the Sparta Baptist church will
hold its regular monthly meeting
today (Thursday), at two o’clock,
at the home of Mr*. Jones Wad
dell, Scottville.
“SCHOOLBOY” ROWE GROWS
TIRED OF NICKNAME
Terre Haute, Ind. Sept. 14.—
Lynwood (Don’t Call Me School
boy) Rowe, took time out from
his osteopathic treatment* here
today to tell the world that he’*
tired ot that nickname.
The veteran of two world eer
ie* said that now that he’* 85 he
feels he’s outgrown the “School
boy atuff.”
Alleghany Baptist
Association Meet
Is Well Attended
The Alleghany Baptist associ
ation meeting held at Pine Fork
church on September 10, 11 and
12 was well attended.
FViday morning the Rev. Beach
delivered an address on “Religious
Literature.’’
M. A. Adams gave a temper
ance lecture in the afternoon.
Rev. H. H. McMillan, Thomas
ville, editor of “Charity and
Children,” spoke Saturday morn
ing on orphanage work. On Sat
urday afternoon, Rev. W. T. Whit
tington, West Jefferson, preach
ed, and on Sunday morning Rev,
Howard J. Ford, Sparta, delivered
the sermon.
Much Building
Activity Under
Way In Sparta
In recent months Sparta has
been expanding in both the resi
dential and business sections.
Among the buildings being erected
in the latter group are A. L.
Rector’s two-story store building
on Whitehead street and Sam L
Porter’s roller mill west of town,
rhis three-story structure will be
eased by T. L. Duncan, who has
been operating the Duncan roller
mill about two miles out of town.
Both of these buildings will be
ready for occupancy within a
nonth, it is thought.
Another addition to the busi
ness life of the town is Green
Gables, which was opened in the
jarly spring. Also, Clepe Reeves
is enlarging his place of business
by erecting a brick building,, en
closing the temporary structure
he has been using.
Apnong the dwellings recently
completed are R. E. Black's stone
residence Dr. Odell Richardson’s,
Howard Hopper’s, and Sam L.
Porter’s, all of brick, west of
Sparta, east of town is R. L.
Joines’’ new brick residence.
The following have houses now
in process of construction: James
Hoppers and Albert Richardson,
their homes being built of brick
and stone, respectively. On
Whitehead street the brick dwell
ing of George Jones is practically
completed. On the Elkin road,
Clennel Richardson and Duke
Bledsoe have begun construction
on new dwellings.
On Whitehead street a lot has
been bought adjoining the resi
dence of D. C. Duncan, on which
a modern six-room brick veneer
bungalow is being erected to be
used as the Baptist parsonage.
The Presbyterian church also is
nearly completed.
Gov. Hoey Sees
Federal Hand In
Schools Of Future
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 14.
—Governors of twenty states met
in a penthouse overlooking the
Atlantic ocean today and spoke
their minds about the possibility
of Uncle Sam’s long arm reach
ing into the little red schoolhouse.
Most of the governors express
ed fear that very thing would
happen when the states began
accepting from the federal gov
ernment financial aid for their
schools.
Already before Congress is a
bill to appropriate $100,000,000
for the aid of community schools.
Governor Clyde -R. Hoey, of North
Carolina, said that would call for
some federal regulation. He pre
dicted that within ten years the
amount would be raised to $6>
500,000,000 and asked: “Then
what 7’’
HOEY DECLINES INVITATION
OF LOWELL THOMAS
Raleigh, Sept. 14.—Governor
Clyde R. Hoey yesterday declined
an invitation from Lowed Thomas,
president of the New York Ad
vertising club and noted com
mentator and writer, to attend a
governors’ dinner in New York
city September 28.
MISS BETTE COOPER WINS
•‘MISS AMERICA” TITLE
Atlantic City, N. J. Sept. 14.—
Miss Bette Cooper, Hsckettstown,
N. J., as “Miss Bertrand Island,
J.," Saturday night hen wan
the title, “Miss America, 1987“
from 48 other
Fivfc
Generations Pictured
1/
Pictured above are representatives of five generations of the
Caudill family, in Alleghany county. Seated is Mrs. Caroline
Caudill, 84. Others in the picture are (left to right), Mrs. Caudill’s
son, S. G. Caudill; her granddaughter, Mrs. Mamie Brawley, daugh
ter of Mr. Caudill; her great-grandson, Frank Brawley, and the
latter’s small daughter, great-great granddaughter of Mrs. Caudill.
On Sunday, July 25, twenty-four of S. G. Caudill’s children, grand
children and great-grandchildren gathered at his home together with
Mr. Caudill’s mother, for a family reunion.
Boston frl To
Marry Youngest
Son Of President
Nahant, Mass., *Cept. 14.—Al
though the principals could not
remember where or when it hap
pened, a casual meeting about
three years ago yesterday blos
somed into the engagement of
John Aspinwall Roosevelt, young
est and only unmarried son of
President Roosevelt, and Miss
Anne Lindsay Clark, pretty
blonde Boston debutante.
Announcement of the engage
ment, which has been kept a se
cret “some time,” John said,
came from Anne’s mother, Mrs.
P. Haven Clark, widow of a
wealthy Boston banker, who for
several weeks hag been (trading
rumors of a romance between
her eldest daughter and young
Roosevelt.
John said, “we have been en
gaged some time.’’
The President and Mrs. Roose
velt knew about it before he
made his recent trip to Europe,
he said. “We were engaged,” he
continued, “at the time of the
wedding of my older brother,
Franklin and Miss Ethel du
Pont.”
“We met about three years
ago,’’ his slender fiancee said.
“Just when or where I do not
remember.”
John nodded in agreement.
Neither could they remember
who introduced them.
Linked romantically with the
tail, handsome 21-year-old son of
the president since he escorted
her to the Roosevelt-du Pont
wedding, Miss Clark has been a
frequent visitor at the White
House and was one of the first
to greet John at Hyde Park on
his return last week from an
European tour.
“No plans for the wedding
have been made yet,” Anne’s
mother said. Of course, it will
not be until John has graduated.”
The engagement was confirmed
from the summer “White House”
at Hyde Park, N. Y. Young
Roosevelt came to Boston from
Hyde Park a few days ago, os
tensibly to arrange for his room
for the coming fall semester at
Harvard, where he is going into
hiB senior year.”
METHODIST W. ft. S.
NOT TO MEET THIS MONTH
The Women’s Missionary soci
ety of the Methodist church will
not hold its regular meeting this
month on account of the tone
to be held in
(Friday) .^R
*e attend this
.
meeting, which is
Jefferson tomorrow
i, hoped that
Sparta will be able
Roosevelt Bans
Arms Shipments
To The Far East
Washington. Sept. 14—A par
tial embargo was invoked tonight
by President Roosevelt on ship
ments of arms and munitions to
the Far Eastern war zone.
After conferring with Secretary
of State Cordell Hull and Joseph
Kennedy, chairman of the mari
time commission the Chief execu
tive issued a formal statement an
nouncing that no merchant ves
sels owned by this government
would be permitted to transport
such articles to China or Japan
"until further notice.”
Other American merchant ships
carrying arms cargoes t» either
country, the president said will
do so at their own risk.
His statement was issued a
short time after Mr. Roosevelt at
his regular presses conference had
reiterated that he would do every,
thing possible to keep this coun
try out of war.
The action, however, did not
formally invoke the Neutrality
Act, which would automatically
forbid all exports of implements
of war to belligerents in addition
to clapping an embargo on all
American financial assistance to
the warring nations.
The president emphasized that
the government’s policy with re
spect to application of the Neu
trality Act still remains on “a
24-hour basis." He said the ques
tion of invoking the act always
is under consideration and has
been for weeks.
Whether any specific attempt
to ship arms on government ves
sels prompted the president to
act today or whether he was moti
vated only by general apprehen
sion for the future was not made
clear.
Roosevelt Denies
Knowing Black
Was KKK Member
Washington, Sept. 14.—Presi
lent Roosevelt today took cog
lizance of the storm of comment
fhich has arisen over disclosure
f Justice Hugo Black’s former
£u Klux Klan connections by
tersonally dictating at his pregB
onference the following terse and
ignificant statement?
“I know only what I have
ead in the newspapers. I note
he stories are appearing serially
ind their publication is not com
pete. Mr. Justice Black is in
Surope and undoubtedly he can
tot get the full text of thete
Kicks. Until such time as he
in h» ‘ *
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Sparta E S. Closed Until
Sept 27 Aftei Development
Of Infantile Paralysis Case
Rev. John Hoyle, Jr.
To Hold Methodist
Quarterly Meet Sun.
The fourth quarterly confer
ence for the Sparta charge will
be held at Walnut Branch Metho
dist church next Sunday, Septem
ber 19, at three o’clock in the
afternoon. Rev. John Hoyle, Jr.,
presiding elder, of the Statesville
•district, will preach, after which
he will conduct the business ses
sion.
Royal Family
To Hold Annual
Reunion Sept 26
The regular annual reunion of
the Royal clan will be held at
Liberty Knob church, in Alle
ghany county, two and one-half
miles south of Roaring Gap post
office and two miles west of U.
S. highway No. 21, on Sunday,
September 26, beginning at 10
a. m.
For the first time this family
clan will be joined, in the re
union, with the Miles and Brooks
families, and will be, in reality,
a Royal-Miles-Brooks reunion.
Those in charge of arrangements
for the occasion have secured in
obtaining the services of some
noted speakers, as well as sing
ing choirs and quartets, and are
looking forward to the day with
anticipation of one of the largest
gatherings ever to assemble at
this church.
Attorney Forest W. Miles, of
Winston-Salem, is to be the first
speaker on the program, and Rev.
C. N. Royal, pastor of the First
Baptist church in High Point, N.
C., will be the second speaker,
according to present plans.
All relatives and friehds of the
family groups mentioned are cor
dially invited to attend and take
with them well-filled baskets of
“eats.”
J; A. J. Royal is chairman of
the reunion organization, and ar
rangements for the event are in
the handg of a committee com
prised of F. W. Royal, J. T. Miles
and Brett Cothren.
Unique Ganfe Is
Displayed By
B. & T. Drug Co.
A very unique and novel game
is being displayed by the B. A T.
Drug company, and is being of
fered with a tube of toothpaste
at a special price.
The new game, known as the
“Streamlined Train Game,” is
educational as well as entertain
ing for the children and the
grown-ups as it is played on a
map of the United States drawn
on a piece of cardboard and giv
ing the names of the states and
many of the principal cities as
well as the names of the bodies
of water touching on the United
States and the names of the
principal rivers.
INCREASED ENROLLMENT AT
N. C STATE COLLEGE SEEN
Raleigh, Sept. 14. — Student
registration at N. C. State college
will be completed tomorrow with
the listing of upperclassmen. Col.
J. W. Harrelson, administrative
head of the college, said he ex
pected a total enrollment of more
than 2.100, an increase of 200
over last year.'
BAPTISTS TO HAVE SHORT
WEEKLY PRAYER SERVICES
Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor,
announced recently that a short
prayer service will be held
on each'’ Wednesday night
at the Baptist church, rrom 7 to
7:20 o’clock. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
SENTENCED TO DEATH
Marion. Sept 14.—Mann Smith
Negro, was sentenced by J«dg<
Alley today to die in the g*
chamber October IS for
a whit. cm. ::g|!
Young Son Of Bert Edwards
Taken To Winston-Salem
Hospital Suffering With
Disease; Returns Tues.
Sparta high school was closed
yesterday (Wednesday) morning
until Monday, September 27, fol
lowing a meeting of quarantine
officers, Mrs. Virginia Ashley
Greene, county nurse, and school
authorities to consider the de
velopment of a case of infantile
paralysis in Sparta early this
week. Tommie Edwards, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ed
wards, was taken to a Winston
Salem hospital Monday suffering
with the disease, but returned
home Tuesday.
The meeting mentioned above
was attended by W. C. Thomp
son, superintendent of Alleghany
county schools; C. R. Roe, prin
cipal of Sparta high school, and
T. R. Burgiss, chairman of the
local school board.
those who participated in the
meeting agreed with the state
board of health that the wisest
course to pursue, in view of the
development of the infantile
paralysis case, would be to close
the school for the time being.
The child attended school last
week and it is particularly feared
that other persons in the com
munity who came in contact with
the Edwards child may take the
disease. Therefore, it was deem
ed wise to quarantine students
of the Sixth grade, of which the
Edwards child is a member, at
home for a period of 14 days
from time of exposure. This
quarantine applies also to those
children who were on a camping
trip during the past week-end,
of which the Edwards child was
a member, and those pupils who
rode the school bus with the child
who developed the disease.
A further announcement will
be necessary, it is said, as to
whether the Alleghany Agricultur
al fair scheduled for Friday and
Saturday, September 24 and 25,
will be postponed.
Legionnaires Begin
To Converge On
N. Y. For Meeting
New York, Sept. 14.—The
American Legion convention be
gan bearing down on New York
in earnest today.
Harry Landsberg, of Mil
waukee, was the first ex-service
man to' register. Stretched out
behind him on the nation’s high
ways and railroads was an army
of nearly half a million converg
ing on the convention city for
first-day events Monday.
Hairy W. Colmery, the national
commander, is expected tomor
row. General Victor Beauregard,
France’s official representative
will arrive on the liner Washing
ton Thursday.
DOLORES COSTELLO IS
RETURNING TO FILMS
Hollywood, Calif., Sept. 14.—
Dolores Costello, former wife of
John Barrymore, is returning to
films again.
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