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Series 1937
GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1937.
Number 39.
(By Hugo S. Sim», Washington
Correspondent)
THREATS TO PEACE
The people of the United States
cannot fail to be interested in the
threatening condition confronting
world peace. Fighting in the Far
East and in Spain creates grave
perils because of the general situ
ation in the world. The unde
clared wars may spread through
a decision by other powers to
take action. Whether the United
States can remain at peace if
{either battlefront becomes gen
eral is very much to be doubted.
IN THE FAR EAST
In regards to the Far East, the
.overwhelming sympathy of the
with China, as that struggling na
tion makes a desperate, if heroic,
effort to stem the tide of the pow
erful Japanese military and naval
attlck. That this Government is
ready to do almost anything to
'.void a clash with Japan is ap
int. While the Neutrality Act
[has not been applied as this is
(written, the order preventing Gov
.'emment-owned ships from trans
porting war materials to China,
the frantic effort to move our
nationals out of danger, and the
flight of our diplomatic staff out
of Nanking in the face of Japan
ese warnings of an impending
aerial devastation of the Chinese
capital, point a course which ul
' timately means abandonment of
all rights in the Far Blast unless,
at a later date, the United States
decides to risk Japanese displeas
ure by taking a more positive
I stand.
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of- the United States is
U. S. PLEASES JAPAN
These moves on the port of
this Government have pleased the
lapanese because they apparently
recognize the Japanese doctrine
Of supremacy and superior rights.
They have disappointed the Chi
nese who consider them favorable
;o Japan, a nation engaged in vio
lating internal treaties and wan
:only disregarding the principles
upon which other nations insists
.hat world peace must be based.
Some ill-feeling toward the Unit
;d States begins to develop in
China, where the danger is that
f the’ fighting is prolonged, some
:hird power will eventually take
jart. Such a development, be
sFause of the situation in Europe,
night easily become a general
var.
THE SPANISH WAR
The European threat still re
solves around the war in Spain.
Germany and Italy, through re
iponsible spokesmen, have plain
y declared an intention to assist
Jenerai Franco and to do what is
lecessary to overthrow the Ma
Irid Government. All of these
leclarations are based on a fight
jnst the spread of Coramun
_the same explanation given
iy Japan for her campaign in
Ihina. That the Spanish imbrog
may involve other nations is
ipparent from recent events.
armed strength. Future devel
nents in this area are doubt
but the possibility of a show
m exists. This means war in
IGHTING MAY SPREAD
The repercussions from a Euro
ean war which would pit Great
Utain, France, Russia and small
L allies against Germany, Italy
nd probably Japan, might well
fceck modem civilisation in those
Luntries and even if the United
cates managed to stand on the
[delines, the dislocation of peace
Li processes would create grave
ULL explains policy
[Readers are probably familiar
Mh the general theme of the for
En policies of this country, as
wciated by Secretary of State
ftrdell Hull. He has recently
Sited the general principles upon
Jhieh the peaceful' progress of
L world depends. They were
JLiamitted to the League of Na
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Faculty Play To
Be Presented At
H. S. Fri. Night
“Aunt Abby Answers An
Ad” Is Title Of Play To
Be Given During Fair
By Sparta H. S. Teachers
According to advance infor
mation furnished THE TIMES,
everyone who attends the faculty
play, “Aunt Abby Answers An
Ad,” to be presented tomorrow
(Friday) night in the Sparta high
school auditorium, in connection
with the Alleghany Agricultural
fair, which is to open tomorrow,
will be “in for” a good, hearty
laugh. The production is a new
farce comedy and is said to con
tain more laughs in one act than
is usually found in an entire
play. 1 i i
“Aunt Abby,’’ a confirmed old
maid, answers an ad for a hus
band. Her niece and the latter’s
chum discover the letter and make
plans of their own, which, it is
said, start the fun rolling, never
to stop until the end of the play’s
presentation.
The admission charge to be
made, promoters of the play say,
will be found by those who wit
ness it to be the best “laugh in
vestment” they have made for
years.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows; Abby Ainsley—a dyed-in
the-wool old maid, Mrs. R. C.
Halsey; Lucindy Lovejoy—her
maid of all work,. Miss Annie Sue
McMillan; Horace Harter—her
unwelcome suitor, Arnold Jones;
Anna Ainsley—her niece from the
city, Miss Gertrude Andrews;
Lillian Lorraine — Anna’s girl
chum, Miss Polly Dougherty; Billy
Barberton—engaged to Lillian,
Ralph Cheek; Bobby Barrington
—Anna’s boy friend, Burton Mc
Cann; Mrs. Purviance—a tourist.
Mrs. Warren; Horace Harkell—
a lonely widower, Bryan Taylor,
and Essie Ebbersole—a tattle
tale, Miss Ann Joyce. •
Friends of Mrs. Halsey, it has
been said, know that she possesses
an unusual acting talent but even
her most ardent admirers will be
surprised when they see her play
the part of “Aunt Abby” in this
play. She does full justice, it is
said, to the screamingly funny
comedy lines and situations that
this new play contains.
Another funny part is said to
be that of Lucindy Lovejoy, a
sour-faced spinster who is Aunt
Abby’s housekeeper, and, along
with Aunt Abby, is bitten by the
“love bug.” This part is to be
played by Miss McMillan and,
judging by reports, she will con
vulse the audience with laughter.
“If you have never seen a good
tattle-tale,” say those in charge
of arrangements, “let Miss Ann
Joyce show you how it is really
done, as she plays the part of
Essie Ebbersole.” Various other
parts are said to be just as en
tertaining as the ones mentioned.
The presentation is scheduled
to begin at eight o’clock.
ALLEGHANY CHILDREN
ARE GIVEN SCHICK TEST
Three hundred and seventy-five
Alleghany county children, under
the age of 14, were given the
Schick test here Friday, to de
termine whether they were im
mune to diphtheria.
The county nurse. Mrs. Virgin
ia Greene, was assisted in giving
the tests by Dr. Ray Norton, as
sistant director of preventive
medicine, State Board of Health,
Raleigh.
Of the number who took this
test, nineteen reacted positively,
thus showing that they were not
immune to diphtheria, and are
being re-vaccinated.
MARTHA RAYE IS GIVEN
DIVORCE FROM WESTMORE
Log Angeles, Sept. 28.—Charg
ing a variety of mistreatment,
Film Actress Martha Raye of
the Cavernous mouth divorced
Hamilton (Buddy) Westmore, 20
year-old Hollywood make-up ar
tist, today and won a court order
restraining him from molesting
her.
They eloped to Las Vegas, Nev.,
last May *0, and trouble began
within a week, die testified.
Community Library
To Have Exhibit
At Alleghany Fair
The community library will
have an exhibit at the oounty
fair, which will be held here
Friday and Saturday. Posters
are now being prepared.
On Friday, refreshments will
be served, the proceeds to go to
the library.
“And So- Victoria,” by Vaughn
Wilkins, and “Private Duty,” by
Faith Baldwin, two books recently
placed on the rental shelf, are
extremely popular, each having a
long waiting list. More than 460
books are to be found on the
free shelvesi with 50 to 76 books
in circulation constantly.
County teachers may borrow
a number of books from the com
munity library for use in their
schools.
Duncan Memorial
Assoc. Is Formed
In Alleghany Co.
Some intimate friends of the
late Dr. Guy Franklin Duncan
have recently brought about in
the county an organization to be
known as “The Duncan Memorial
Association.”
It is the purpose of this or
ganization to obtain funds with
which to purchase and erect at
a suitable place in the oounty a
memorial shaft ( or monument,
which shall be ’appropriately in
scribed and dedicated to the mem
ory of Dr. Duncan.
Funds for the purchase of such
a memorial are to be solicited in
the county by officials of the or
ganization and others who may be
appointed for that purpose. Each
contribution shall be a free-will
offering, as an expression of love
and appreciation for the unselfish
service which Dr. Duncan render
ed during the many years he
practical medicine in the county,
state, anti other states.
Probably no man in the cqunty,
it has been said, ever had more
friends than did Dr. Duncan, and
it is thought that all those friends
will welcome an opportunity to
do something to honor the mem
ory of such a great public ser
vant. Each person who makes a
contribution shall be recognized
as a member of “The Duncan
Memorial Association.’’ Accur
ate records of the membership
and of each contribution shall be
kept by a responsible citizen of
the county.
The following have ben named
officials of the association: Edgar
Williams, president; Rev. Lee A.
Hampton, vice president, and
Rqv. C. W. Ervin, secretary
treasurer. These men were close
friends of Dr. Duncan. Contri
butions may be given to any one
of them.
Alleghany Court
Has Brief Term
Here This Week
Alleghany County Superior
court convened on Monday morn
ing, September 27, at 9:80
o’clock, for the purpose of hear
ing criminal and civil cases with
Judge E. C. Bivens, of Mount
Airy, on the bench> and Earle
McMichael, solicitor for this dis
trict, prosecuting the docket
Seventeen bills were found by
the grand jury, fifteen true bills
and two “not true” bills.
Court was adjourned Tuesday
at noon, the land cases being
postponed.
ELDER DANCY TO PREACH
IN THIS SECTION SOON
Elder C. R. Dancy is scheduled
to preach in the near future at
the places and times mentioned
as follows:
Wednesday- October 6, at 1
p. m., Piney Creek; Thursday,
October 7, at 10 a. m.. Antioch;
Thursday, October 7, at 2 p. m.,
Cranberry, and Friday, Saturdaj
and Sunday October 8, 9 and
10. at Meadow Fork associatior
meeting.
Bill Pape Stages
Daylight Hold-Up
At Candor Bank
Candor, Sept. 28.—After ejus
ive Bill Payne led two of his
henchmen in a daring daylight
hold-up at the Bank of Candor
and fled with $2,500, this little
sandhills town of 500 settled back
into the even tenor of its way
tonight.
A cordon of state county and
city police was thrown around
a six-oounty sector in an effort to
trap North Carolina’s No. 1 bad
man and his pals.
Grouped in little knots on the
town square, Candor people talk
ed in hushed tones of Payne’s
latest episode in his long career
of crime.
Meantime, the search for the
outlaw with a price on his head
turned toward Silver City, long
a rendeavous for Payne. A re
port reaching here tonight said
Payne had been spotted in the
Chatham county town. Sheriff
Earl Brnton and a deputy left
immediately for Siler City.
The new model sedan in which
the bandits escaped from here
was found near West Philadelphia,
12 miles away. It had been gut
ted by fire. State Highway Pa
trolmen rescued the license plates,
turned them over to state vehicle
authorities who attempted to
identify the owner of the auto
mobile.
Twilight brought quiet to this
town and its people went home
for the evening meal as the
sheriff hurried off to Siler City
with word that Payne was in that
vicinity. Many hung on, how
ever, and talked about how brave
Miss Ruby McG^skill was through
the holdup.
wny," saia one woman, "sne
didn’t even scream.”
Most everybd^f said it all
seemed like a dream. But Miss
McGaskill and her brother, M. T.
McGaskill. who is cashier. know
it wasn’t a dream.
Herding the three back of the
counter—the two bank officials
and a customer—the man in
brown—McGaskill said it was
Payne—waved his pistol toward
the open vault.
“Back there,’’ he directed.
“Wait a minute. You’d better
lie down on the floor here.”
The three lay down.
Payne searched for more
money. He didn’t find any. By
some means he overlooked $6,000
lying close by.
“You’d better get into the
vault,’’ he told his captors.
They lnoved into the big vault.
Payne slammed the big door,
spun the combination.
No one saw him leawe the
building.
Three minutes later—not more
than four at the most—McGaskill
freed himself, his sister and Ed
wards from the vault.
“I’d been practicing for just
such an emergency ever since
Bill Payne escaped from Cale
donia prison farm,” the cashier
said.
He grabbed a telephone, called
the sheriff at Troy, several miles
away. Sheriff Bruton came run
ning.
G-men at Charlotte were noti
fied. They came later in the af
ternoon, began an investigation.
Meantime, state officers were
notified. The new state highway
patrol broadcasting station sent
out its first urgent message from
Raleigh, directed patrol cars to
converge on the Montgomery
Moore county section.
Honor Roll For
Turkey Knob School
Is Made Public
Grade 1.—Ted Louis Young,
Gayle Phipps, Dean Joines, Del
bert Kennedy, Bayron Phipps and
Bonnie Price.
Grade 2.—Carrie Billing and
Wilma Rose Kennedy.
Grade 8.—Greek Brown, John
Lee Phipps, Charles Ray Kennedy,
Jim Leff Dixon and Garnet 1*
rud!
Grade 4.—Walter Lee Dixon,
Lavonne Kennedy and Madalene
Brown.
Grade 5.—Earvin Price. Car
rie Anders, Marie Anders and
Lon Bra Anders.
Grade fc-^CIifton Phipps and
Bruce Stamper.
Hughes Report Is
Seen As Blow To
Court Reform Plan
Washington, Sept. 28.—A re
port tonight by Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, chief jus
tice of the United State Supreme
court, that the federal courts are
making “important progress’’ in
speeding up litigation, struck what
was widely interpreted as a blow
at President Roosevelt’s court re
organization proposal.
He asserted also that a survey
made by Attorney General Cum
mings “affords no just ground for
general criticism of the work of
the district courts.”
His statements were contained
in a report on recommendations
of the annual conference of sen
ior circuit court judges, who met
at the Supreme Court last week.
The conference reoommended
the appointment of four new cir
cuit judges and 12 additional dis
trict judges to relieve congestion
in certain localities.
Hughes said that a year ago
the conference reoommended ad
ditional district judges from
Northern Georgia, Eastern Louisi
ana. Southern Texas and Western
Washington but that nothing had
been done about it.
“The conference renews its rec
ommendation as to the four dis
tricts above mentioned,” Hughes
said.
He added that reports submit
ted to the conference by the cir
cuit judges “show that in general
the circuit courts of appeals are
well up with their work.”
Attorney General Cummings’
survey, he said, showed that the
work of the district courts is
“current” in 68 of the 84 dis
tricts.
One of the grounds given by
President Roosevelt for the court
reorganization he vainly advocated
at the recent session by Con
gress was that the federal tri
bunals were behind in their work.
The conference recommended
that Congress give careful con
sideration to the question of re
lieving district judges “of the
duty of holding court in more
places than are reasonably neces
sary.”
Alleghany Farmers
Visit Experiment
Station In Virginia
S^ven fanners of Alleghany
county, H. G. Black, D. P. Jones,
J. C.’ Gambill, Gwyn Tniitt,
Kenny Truitt, W. B. Estep and
N. H. Bell, accompanied R. E.
Black, Alleghany county agent,
on a demonstration tour recently
to the experiment station operated
by Virginia Polytechnic institute,
Blacksburg, Va.
The group saw alfalfa success
fully grown where four tons of
limestone, six hundred pounds of
16 per cent phosphate, and one
hundred pounds of muriate of
potash were used per acre.
J. C. Gambill, one of the mem
bers of the party, said he was
impressed most by the three-year
rotation of com, wheat and
clover, which gave better results
than when clover was left two
or three years.
One outstanding leature oi we
experiment station was a pas
ture demonstration. One hun
dred acres were divided into ten
acre plotSf on nine of which dif
ferent fertilisers were used. On
the tenth plot, nothing was used.
Of the many kinds used, the most
economical returns were found to
be from the use of lime and
potash. The ten plots now carry
seventy steers, compared to thirty
before the land was treated with
fertilisers. In the rainy month of
August, the cattle lost weight on
the unfertilised plot, whereas they
showed good gains on the phos
phated plot.
The Alleghany farmers also
visited the H. L. Bonham estate,
at Chilhowie, which is well known
for its purebred Hereford cattle,
and the farm of J. Tyler Frasier,
where purebred Hereford cattle
and Hampshire sheep are raised.
REV. H. J. FORD NOT TO
BE AT SCOTTVILLE SUN.
Rev. Howard J. Ford has an
nounced that he will be. away
Sunday morning, October S, and
will not hold services at Scott
ville. This meeting will be port
until the fourth Sundaj
Gov. Hoey Speaks
Tues. Night At
Meeting In Durham
Durham, Sept. 28.—Governor
Clyde R. Hoey, speaking here to
night before delegates to the na
tional convention of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America, sounded
a note of optimism in the future
of the United States and declared
that “the very freedom of Amer
ica is our greatest protection
against the spread of ‘isms.’ ”
In this country, he said, the
lack of restraint allows dissatis
fied persons to “get things off
their chests.”
Earlier in the day the conven
tion had adopted resolutions de
nouncing foreign “isms” and call
ing for restrictions on aliens and
immigration.
Doughton Reunion
Is Held Sun. At
Laurel Springs
The annual Doughton reunion,
which was held on Sunday, Sep
tember 26 at the new Laurel
Springs school building, was at
tended by many friends, as well
as members, iof the Doughton fam
ily. Congressman and Mrs. R.
L. Doughton were presenti but
Gov. R. A. Doughton was unable
to attend on account of illness.
Among those from out of the
county attending were: Dr. and
Mrs. Bert Edwards, Asheville;
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, Gas
tonia; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dough
ton and family. Winston-Salem;
Mr. and Mrs. Horton Doughton,
Statesville; Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Doughton, North Wilkesboro;
Mrs. Nannie Doughton and Miss
Mattie Doughton, Guilford Col
lege; T. D. Carson, Washington,
D. C.; Miss Bernice Doughton,
Philadelphia, Miss Ivy Grace
Doughton. Jamestown; Judge and
Mrs. J. C. Padgett, Independence;
Mrs. Josie Fields, Jdouth of Wil
son, Va.; Mr. and* Mrs. Councill
and Mrs. Brown. Boone; Miss
Reba Doughton, Washington, D.
C., and Dr. B. B. Dougherty,
Boone.
Speakers on this occasion were
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of
Appalachian State Teachers col
lege, Boone, and Judge J. C.
Padgett^ Independence.
A feature of the day was
lunch_ which was served picnic
style from tables filled to over
flowing with an abundance of de
licious food.
Roosevelt Is
Heard Toes. At
Bonneville Dam
Bonneville Dam, Ore.. Sept.
28.—Upbuilding of the nation’s
small communities. through pow
er, was visualized here today at
this towering generator of elec
tricity by President Roosevelt.
Large cities, he said, might
grow “unhealthy” at the expense
of smaller neighbors. He recom
mended study and planning, and
described as “misleading and ut
terly untrue,” statements toward
“totalitarian or authoritarian or
some other kind of a dangerous
national centralized control.’’
He added that he did not un
derstand the terms “but they
sound awfully big.”
He said the $61,000,000 cost
of Bonneville dam across the
Columbia river “will be returned
to the people many times over.”
He expressed the thought it was
wiser for the United States to
spend its wealth on such projects
than on armaments.
“As I look upon Bonneville dam
today,” he said, “I cannot help
the thought that instead of spend
ing as some nations do, half their
national income in piling up arma
ments and more armaments for
purposes of war, we in America
are wiser in using our wealth on
projects like this which will give
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Alleghany Fair To
Begm Tomorrow;
Program Complete
Exhibits, Athletic Events
To Be Prominent Features
Of Annual Event To Be
Held At Sparta H. S.
Plans and final arrangements
are now practically complete for
the annual Alleghany County
Agricultural fair to be held here
at Sparta high school tomorrow
(Friday) and Saturday.
AIj exhibits except livestock
must be on the grounds by eleven
o’clock tomorrow morning, and
judging of exhibits will begin at
one o’clock in the afternoon. To
morrow night the faculty of
Sparta high school will present
the playt “Aunt Abby Answers
An Ad,” in the high school audi
torium. Before the play and be
tween the acts, Hess’ nine-piece
orchestra, of Fries, Va., will ren
der music.
All livestock exhibits must be
in place ready to be judged, by
ten o’clock Saturday morning.
Also, at ten o’clock Saturday
morning, athletic contests are to
begin. The athletic program will
consist of a 50-yard dash, a 100
yard dash, potato race, three-leg
ged race, basketball relay and
sack race (These contests to be
open for both high school and
elementary pupils); a slipper-kick
ing contest, nail-driving contest
and a husband-calling contest, for
women, and an apple-diving con
test and a balloon-blowing con
test, for children. A game of
old-time Bull-Pen has been ar
ranged for men more than 40
years of age.
Un Saturday afternoon wood
chopping and wood-sawing con
tests will be held. Also, two
softball games are scheduled, one
with Sparta town girls against
Sparta high school girls and one
with Sparta town men against
Sparta high school boys.
Winners of the athletic con
tests will be awarded ribbons.
The Fries band will furnish
musical entertainment at inter
vals throughout the day’s pro
gram . and the Woman’s club will
serve lunch, sandwiches and cold
drinks,
What is said to be a good pro
gram of boxing bouts has been
scheduled for Saturday night,
bouts to be on the card as fol
lows:
Grammar Grade Boys—George
Roe vs. Rudy Roe, Fred Shoe
make vs. Keith Richardson, Boy
den Atwood vs. George Bryan
Collins, J. D. Smith vs. George
Braye. Jimmy Miles vs. Jay Dun
can. Thomas Zack Osborne vs.
Raymond Woodruff, Kenny At
wood vs. Hurley Bell and Billy
Carroll Choate vs. Wade Miles.
High School Boys—Arza Rich
ardson vs. Don Dancy, John Pugh
vs. Howard Wagoner, Jack Ma
son vs. Neil Brooks, Howard
Honaker vs. Clay Combs, Vem
Smith vs. Guy Woodruff. Earl
Jarvis vs. Foster Absher and Dan
Rector vs. E. J. Richardson.
Plans call for a closing bout
between Harrison Finley. Sparta,
and L. C. Choate, of Hooker.
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