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"A day, an hour of vir tuous liberty is worth an eternity of bondage.”— Addison. Want To Sell The Alleghany Times DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Something ? Try a Want Ad Series 1937. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. CO ' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937. Number 48. Hugo S. Sim, Washington Correapondent DEMOCRACY FADING 13 DICTATOR-NATIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA ISLAND REPUBLICS COLOMBIA DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AMERICA LAND-OWNERS CONTROL FUTURE COMPLICATIONS THE TWO AMERICAS While waiting for Congressional action on the major measures now pending before the special session and for business and the Administration to conclude their process of adjusting differences we are going to make a rough survey of the situation in the Western Hemisphere, where more than a scone of nations are grap pling with serious domestic prob lems while their foreign relation ships become increasingly import ant. At the start we are going to write off, so far as this discus sion is concerned sdl the territory to the north of the United States, including Canada and other Brit ish areas. There is, we think, no cause for alarm over the lands that separate the United States and Alaska Relations have rarely been better and the future out look is bright for sensible cooper ation in the improvement of trade and cultural intercourse. To the south, however, when we cross the Rio Grande, we face a dif ferent situation,' and it does not change much as we pass through Central America and go into the nations of South America. Altogether, including the island republics to which we refer later, there are twenty republics in Central. and South America. In a vague way the people of the United States think of them as "American” in the sense that they think of the institutions in the United States. There is a general idea that they are developing along the same general lines, that they sympathize with our ideals and that they incline to follow in the footsteps of this country. The idea is that the people of the other republics admire democracy like the United States as a protec tor, and are doing what they can to make, the two Americas shine as an example to a troubled world. Well, let’s see about it. To be gin with, out of the twenty re publics, only four can be classed as democracies, three would be classed as radical or of the left, and the other, thirteen are defi nately of the rightist or dictator type, with tendencies toward fas cistic forms. These classifications are somewhat reasonable approxi mations. In the thirteen republics now ruled by strong-arm dicta tors there is practically nothing left of representative government, the opposition is almost univer sally outlawed and the adminis tration in power is supported by the military. Significantly, the land-owning classes in almost all of these republics are the chief beneficiaries of the conservative governm'ents and the main prop to their support. Looking at the situation from the standpoint of the number of people involved, we find that the four democratic governments con trol about 12,000,000 people, the leftist nations about 24,000,000 and the dictators around 84,000, 000. When we 1 •onsider resources it is plain from the alignment of the republics, that the democratic nations are weaker than the other groups. Beginning > at the Rio Grande and continuing to the Panama Canal there are seven republics, starting with leftist Mexico and its 17,000,000 people. The next four nations, in order as they come are Guatemala, El Salva dor, Honduras and Nicaragua— ruled by dictators who seized their power by arms, aligned be hind an anti-communist past of tbeir own and working together to suppress their political enemies as “communists.’’ The most popu lous, Guatemala (2,250,000) and -El Salvador (i,500,000), under German and Italian influence, re spectively, quit the League of Nations and the latter was the fat nation in the world to recognize Manchukuo. The other pair, Honduras (900,000 and Nica ragua (800,000) ane just as firm ly fascist, and now in dispute over a boundary line. If we look eastward we see the Island of Cuba (4,000,000) under a military dictator and the Do minican Republic (1,500,000) where rule by force has been car x. U. ovfftTlf fig r(ed bo its greatest extent. H td^en these two, on the same island with the Dominican Re public lias Haiti (2,500,000), now democratic presidential number of jjijalpssii Ayres To Probe Cause Of High Cost Of living Rooaevelt Directs Head Of Trade Commission To Make Investigation; Facts Are To Be Sought Washington, Dec. 1.—President Roosevelt has directed William A. Ayres Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, to initiate an inquiry as to how far the rising cost of living is due to monopo listic or unfair trade practices. This is an important question and the answer which the Trade Commission seeks will he awaited with interest by everybody. For everybody in America is feeling (the pinch of rising prices for food, clothing, shelter and the ! other things which everybody buys. If there is any evidence unearthed by the Commission pointing to conspiracy to raise prices to consumers or any other illegal trade practices the punish ment of those concerned should be swift and sure. Let’* Get the Facts The President’s request reflects a widespread impression that somewhere in the background there exists hidden and myster ious forces engaged in trying to gouge the public by raising prices of necessities. Whether that is true or not, so long as a con siderable number of people be lieve it to be true, it is the President’s duty to start an in quiry into the facts. Recent studies by the Dapart mnt of Labor. indicate that the rising prices of necessities are not in proportion to the prices received by producers. The price (Turn to page eight, please) Galax Bowlers Me Toes. Game From Sparta Team The Galax bowling team took revenge on the Sparta represen tatives at the Galax Bowling al leys Tuesday night with both the girls’ and men’s teams taking first place in their weekly match. The total for the men of the Galax team was 2,008 points as compared with the visitors’ 1,807 total. The Galax ladies’ team won over their opponents with a 78-point margin, their total being 1,373 points to the Sparta even 1,300. Previously, a week ago, on the Sparta team’s home alleys, the North Carolina team took the visiting Galax crew over the jumps by. a margin larger than the Galax group won by Tuesday night! None of the scores tallied at Sparta are available for pub lication. The Sparta men’s team took the lead in the first set with 613 points to the locals’ 682. But the local crew limbered up in the first game and took the next two sets with enough margin to make up the first game deficit. Galax took the second set, 697 to 638, and pulled into their command ing lead during the final game with 729 points to the visitors’ Johnnie Richardson paced the Galax scoring with a total of 454 points, followed closely by the 406 scored by Floyd W. Williams. Galax ladies’ team took their game with 73 points to spare, totaling highest in the first and third sets to gain a partial re venge on the lassies from the Alleghany county seat for their last week's shellacking. Galax took the first set with 478 points to the Sparta 478, dropped the second 427 to 413 and finished with flying colors with 482 to 60. The Galax team individual soor ig totals follow? Men—Dr, V. O. hoate 371; Jim Reavis, 381; .1 Reavis 396; Johnnie Richard >n 464 and Floyd Williams, 406. rirls-—Juanita Anderson, 346; ;elen Hampton, 323; Hattie Weatherman, 333, and! Nell Jo .nderson, 368. Sparta ladies’ individual score: vonne Wagoner (ladies high ;orer) 372; Sally Vass 247, and ue McMillan, 349. The name f one member of the S parts idies’ representatives could nol » learned. . I The names of the ; Alleghany Chapter Of Red Cross To Hold Meet Dec. 10 A meeting of the Red Cross Chapter of Alleghany county will be held on Friday night, Decem ber 10 at 7 o’clock, in the court house. Rev. R. L. Berry, chairman of the chapter, made an announce ment to this effect recently. Dalton Warren will make a talk about the work of the Red Cross. Officers for the coming year will be Elected at this meeting, and plans will be discussed. Han To Reduce Federal Road Aid Sharply Opposed Washington, Nov. 30. — Al though Congress made all prepa rations today for passing one item of President Roosevelt’s pro gram for helping business out of its slumpi it found fault with another. Hardly had- he asked a deep cut in road building expenditures than Senators Hayden and,^ As hurst, Arizona Democrats an nounced their opposition and Chairman Cartwright (D.; Okla.), of the house roads committee is sued a sharply critical statement. All was well, however, with the president’s proposal for .reducing the cost of home building in the hope of stirring up a construction boom that would have a generally beneficial effect. Hearings were, begun, and1 the legislation was put on the list for enactment at the special session. The president’s anti-depression program, as announced in recent days, consists of five points: housing, government retrenchment (to which the road building cut is related), immediate purchase of some $245,000,000 worth of government supplies, a revision of taxes and encouragement of public utility programs. In a special message to con gress today on road building ex penditures Mr. Roosevelt object ed “strenuously” to the practice of incurring advance obligations for this purpose without reference to the condition of the budget. The practice has been to make “authorizations’’ one to two years ahead of time for federal1 assistance to the states in build ing secondary roads. At the be ginning of each year the sum au thorized has been apportioned among the states by the secretary of agriculture, to be followed by actual appropriations. Thus, Mr. Roosevelt said, a total of $238,000,000 was au thorized for 1938 and the same amount for 1939. Of those sums $38,000,000 has been appropriated for 1938, but no appropriations have been made for 1939. In stead of the $200,000,000 remain ing for 1938, he *»id he would include $10<tfH)0,000 in the bud get now in preparation—the bab lance to be provided for 1940. Existing law says that on Janu ary 1, next, Secretary Wallace must apportion to the states $214,000,000 of the 1939 authori sation. The president asked that before that date, congress cancel the authorization. He added a request that congress limit to $12,000,000 all such authoriza tions for the fiscal year 1940 and succeeding years. ■ Capus M. Waynick Resigns Position As State Official Raleigh, Nov. 30.—Capus M. Waynick resigned Friday as direc tor of the state division of pur chase and contract, and immedi ately Capitol Hill began specu lating on his successor. Prominently mentioned to succeed Waynick was W. Z. Betts who has been in the division since’1920. . Waynick’s resignation is to be come effective December 16. He will return to his home at High Point to become editor of the Enterprise. LABOR PEACE SOUGHT John L. Lewis and William Green were to talk labor peace Thursday. Seeing Is Believing I LUJI Being true blnebloods of the feline and. rodent world, this well-bred Siamese cat and red mouse appeared together In a New York pet show along with other equally good-mannered cats and mice, with no casnad Me* reported on either side of the erstwhile mortal enemies. * Many Alleghanians Join Red Cross Or Contribute To It . — Following is a list of the names of tfiSee responding, up to the present ^kne, to the annual Red Cr^ .roll call - in Alleghany county. Those contributing as much as one dollar are enrolled as mem bers. I They are; Albert Richardson, Mrs. Al bert Richardson, A. O. Joines, G. L. Duncan, Miss Jean Haw thorne, T. R. Burgiss, Miss Elma Waddell, 1 Mrs. Hasweil Rector, Mrs. A'. C; McMillan, Mrs, Sam Richardson, Mfhs N^ttfe Ruth Kreger, B. F. McCann, Miss Gert rude Andrews, G, Arnold Jones, Mrs. A. V. Choate, Mrs. C. R. Roe, C. R. Roe, F. H. Jackson, Byrdia Kilpatrick, Betty Joines, Hazel Burchett, Thelma Oafiorne, G. P. Crutchfield, J^T. Fnskeep, Mrs. J .T. Inskeejt,' Johnnie Dale Taylor, Mrs. Grayson, Dr. L. L. Long, Mrs. F. JMiller, Edward J. Pugh; Mrs. Hazel. Taylor, Nancy Miller, Fffed T. Hart, Mrs. Car rie Fender, Marie Perry, Blanche Pugh, Mrs. Ola P. Osborne, Ralph Evans, Mrs. Bruce Wagoner, Donna C. Jones, Mrs. Page Thompson, Mrs. Rush Thompson, Mrs. Clay Thompson, Mrs. Wayne Thompson, Wayne Thompson, Mrs. John Guerrant, Annie Carey, E. B. Eldridge, Lillian Cooper, Clay Thompson, Lillie Ervin, Nora Helen Doughton, Mrs. Dwight Greene, Mrs. Robert M. Gambill, R. F. Cnouse, W. M. Jrwm Ivaizelle Taylor, Mrs. T. J. Carson, Rev. R. L. Berry, Mrs. R. L. Berry, Mrs. James Toms, James Toms Rev Howard J. ford, Alleghany Motor com pany, Mrs. George Cheek, George Reeves, Charles Myers Alton Thompson, Mrs. E. F. Chester, Wayne Waddell, W. V. Blevins, E. F. Chester, j'. D. Higgins, Ben Reeves, Jay Hardin, Glenn Nich ols, Oder Joines, Ralph Cheek, Dr. C. A. Reeves, Mrs. Bert Choate, Mrs. Joseph Barnwell, Peftil Fields, D. F. Sturdivant and Mrs. C. A. Thompson. The following schools have en rolled all’ the teachers as adult members, and each room in the school has given fifty cents or more, which enrolls them as Jun ior Red Cross members: Laurel Springs, $9.00; New Hope school, $1.50; Turkey Knob, $1.50; Glade Valley Elementary school $1.50; Whitehead school, $3.00'; Pine Swamp school, $2.00, and Strat ford school, $1.50. Other schools are yet to report. J. K. Wagoner contributed $0.50 and R. L., Nichols and Crockett Duncan contributed $0.25 each. ALLEGHANY MAN HAS DRIVER’S PERMIT REVOKED According to a bulletin issued by the State of North Carolina, H. Lester Jones, Furches. had his driver’s permit revoked' on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. The permit was revoked Oc tober 18. The number of the permit according to the bulletin, was 275768. i To Probe H. C. L. « William A. Ayres (above), who has been directed by President Roosevelt to initiate an inquiry into the. rising cost of living. ..... Township Farm Meetings To Be Held In Alleghany Soil Conservation Program For 1938 To Be Subject For Discussion; Program Praised By Black For the purpose of giving farmers an opportunity to dis cuss details of the 1938 Soil Conservation program that have been released recently from wasnington, u. u., a series ot township meetings will be held in Alleghany county during the next few days. The program, according to in formation given out recently by R. E. Black, Alleghany county farm agent, is similar to the 1937 program and, in his opinion, is a better program than that for 1937 for small farmers and for Alleghany county. Farmers will be paid for the use of lime and- phosphate, and seeding of grasses and legumes, turning under of green manure crops and planting of fdrest trees. However, soil-building goals will be set for each farmer and failure to meet these goals will result in deduction in maximum payment. Farmers who are informed con cerning the schedule of these meetings are requested to pass on the information to their neigh bors who may not know about them. December 3, Piney Creek high school, at 7 p. m.; Monday, De cember 6, Sparta, in the court house, at 7 p. m.; Tuesday, De cember 7, New Hope, at 9 a. m.; Tuesday,' December 7, Laurel Springs school, at 7 p. m.; Wed nesday, Decent her 8, Whitehead, at 9 a. m.; Wednesday, Decem ber 8, Blevins Cross Roads, at 7 p. m., and Thursday, December 9, Glade Valley, at 7 p. m. BOILEAU SCORES FARM BILL Washington Nov. 30.—With brandished fists and choked ex pletives, Representative Boileau (Prog. Wis.), fought in the House' today against farm bill provisions which he said would “subsidize” the South’s entrance into the dairy business. Unification Of Three Major Units Of Methodism Now Seems To Be Certain Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 30.—Final tabulation Fri day of the vote of all the annual conferences in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in this country showed that the various conferences had voted for unification with the other two major branches of Metho 1 dism as follows: For, 7,577; Roosevelt Asks For Lower Costs Of Home Building Washington Nov. 30.—Yester day President Roosevelt asked Congress to cut the post-of home building as an anti-depression measure—and Congress quickly showed a liking for the proposal. In a special message, the chief executive suggested amendments to the Fadeial housing act which, he said, would halve the down payment On small houses and re duce the , financing charges on them, as well as on more am bitious structures. He proposed, also, changes in the law to stimulate large, scale construction of houses for sale and houses for rent, with & $b0, 000,000 allocation front the Re construction Finance Corporation to give the movement impetus. As a .supplementary project, Mr. Roosevelt announced he, would hold conferences with in dustry, union officials and finance directed at reducing the cost of labor and of building materials. He blamed the high cost of those items for the continuing lag in construction and called the latter “one of the principal reasons” for the current business recession. He said he hoped the total ef fect of this program one of several methods he has chosen lor comoaning tne slump, wouio bo a boom in residential construc tion spreading economic benefits in many directions. “The long continued lag in building is a dTag on all indus try and trade,’’ the message said. “This presents an urgent problem which is the common concern of industry, labor and gov.emment. All business needs the infusion of orders and the diffusion of pur chasing power that come when building is thriving. Much encouraged by the re action to the president’s message, Senator Wagner (D., N. Y.), promptly introduced a bill to carry his proposals into effect, and arranged for the banking committee. of which he is chair man, to begin hearings tomor 10w. Enactment at some inter val in the special session was re garded as probable. While, some skeptically warned the public against expecting mir acles to flow from the housing plan, virtually all congressional elements, from such administra tion dependables as Senator Bark ley, the majority leader, to such anti-Rooseveltians as Senators Copeland (D., N. Y.), and Van denberg (R., Mich.), expressed approval. Roosevelt Visits First “Alcatraz” On His Vacation Miami, Fla.. Nov. 30.—Presi dent Roosevelt and his vacation guests aboard the U. S. S. Po tomac turned back the pages of time today and visited Dry Tor tuguas Island, America’s first Al catraz, in the Gulf of Miexioo near Key West. A message to temporary White House headquarters here said the yacht anchored off the island at breakfast time. It added' the President, who had an abscessed tooth extract ed November 18 in Washington, still was feeling the effects of the infection “but' showing satis factory improvement.’’ The tooth pocket was draining some when [the President left Washington. Some members of the Presi dent’s party went ashore on Dry Tortugas and inspected Old Fort Jefferson, built at great expense back in the days of the Seminole Indian wars but hardly ever used except as a Civil War prison, ■ Against, 1,247. The next step toward reunion I is final approval by the southern i church general conference which meets next May in Birmingham, i Ala. Immediately after the expected •approval by the southern church ,a standing commission on the mer ' ger proposal was ready to call a uniting conference, which must meet within 12 months. Nine hundred delegates 400 each from the north and" south branches and 100 !from the Protestant group, will attend the uniting conference which in turn will arrange for the first general conference of the united church. This meeting probably will be held in 1941 or 1942. During the interim between the ' Birmingham approval and the : first united general conference, ■ sub-commissions of the . churches j will thresh out the details of the 'union of the various benevolent, educational, publishing, ritual 1 and property ownership agencies of the churches. The new Methodist church will be divided into five geographical jurisdictional groups and one racial group in the United States. One of the major changes will provide for the election of bishops by jurisdictional groups rather than by general conferences as under the present setup. This change, church leaders said, would provide a more democratic Episcopal administration. The bishops would then serve the entire church as. an Episcopal council, yet each would1 be direct ly responsible to the jurisdiction by which he was elected. Office Of Park Service To Be Moved From Galax From a letter written recently from Congressman Robert L. Doughton to S. V. Tomlinson, chairman of the public affairs com mittee of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club, it was learned' that the National Park service ’ office,, in charge of the Blue Ridge park way, now located in Galax, Va., will be njoved to North Wilkes boro. Agitation to have the park vice office moved was several months ago when efl were made to speed up pay for about 7,000 acres of land Wilkes and Alleghany counti for park service use. This is being developed into the IK park, outstanding wayside ational grounds along a 100-n section of the scenie boulevard. Representative Doughton “Referring to the interest pressed by the Kinwanis Club North Wilkesboro in having National Park Service office, located at Galax. Va.. transf to North Wilkesboro. N. C-. I ; glad to be able to advise ithat an order has just been is by the Secretary of Interior recting that this change be It is understood that change will become January 1. Woman’s Club H*f ioyable Meeting '’lblic Library November meeting of Oman’s club was held on day, November 26, in the Public library with a large ber of members and visitors ent. Mayor R. F. Crouse the club, complimenting on its achievements past year, and lines of endeavor for the year. Four new members to the club; Mrs, Mrs. Hicks Hash Mrs. Millan and Mrs.’ Following the a social hour wi Mrs. James (Turn
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