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Series 1937.
GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1937.
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Number 49.
Hugo S. Sim*,
Washington CorraapotuUnt;
CONGRESS WAGS ALONG
The special session of Congrest
'wagged along last week without
many indications that the mem
hers are ready to proceed with
legislation in accordance vnth the
program submitted by the Presi
dent. The Wages-and-Hours bill
was backed by enough names, on
a petition to force the bill intc
the House for consideration. The
Farm measure was before the
two houses, but there was much
disagreement between the bilk
and much confusion as to details.
The government leorganizatior
proposals and the Seven Regional
T. V. A.’s were, apparently, quiet
ly sleeping.
ECONOMY HURDLES
Other issues attracted atten
tion including the preliminary dis.
cussion of tax revision, although
legislation along this line is not
expected until January. Tht
President in the interest of a
balanced budget, virtually de
manded that highway aid to the
states be cut in half. Some sena
tors immediately reacted unfavor
ably, insisting that state pro
grams had been formulated in
accordance with the' Federal
promises of money and should
not be disrupted at this time.
PRESSURE MISSING
The Wages-and-Hours bill has
caused considerable debate, with
Labor leaders divided. President
William Green, of the American
Federation of Labor, who sup
ported the measure last summer
withdrew his endorsement and
suggested that Labor formulate a
satisfactory legislative proposal.
The pending billT however, has
the general approval of John L.
Lewis, although the aggressive
chieftain of the Committee for
Industrial Organization has not
O' ferted any tremendous pressure
Li its behalf. While farm legisla
tion enjoyed priority in consider
ation, the supporters of the labor
bill threatened to block agricul
tural relief unless some of its
proponents ceased their efforts to
prevent a report on the labor
measure.
The compulsory farm plan
faced heavy attack in both houses.
The situation was further com
plicated by wide differences in
the. House and Senate measures
and the inability of some senators
to explain intelligently the de
tails of the Senate measure. This
was emphasized when Secretary
Wallace termed the measure
“more restrictive than necessary”
and added that it might cost
twice as much as the $500,000,
000 limit which President Roose
velt has put on the farm program.
The farm bill is criticized on
essential points by faim organiza
tions and the support of labor is
not unanimously behind the other
bill. While the President and
Administration officials are in
sisting upon favorable action for
both measures, the insurgent
spirit in Congress is strong. The
Labor and Farm blocs know from
past experience that whenever
they make up their minds to se
cure special legislation for labor
ers and farmers,- the votes in
Congress will be available.
WALLACE TESTIFIES
Secretary Wallace, appeared be
fore the House Rivers and Har
bors Committee to testify in be
half of the Regional Consarvatoin
bill which would establish seven
planning ozones based on the coun
try’s principal watersheds for con
servation, flood control and hy
dro-electric power development.
Mr. Wallace emphasized the first
purpose “of formulating compre
hensive plans for the conserva
tion of natural and human re
sources’’ and held that the gener
ation and distribution of hydro
electric power would be a “by
product.” He refused to be
drawn into a general discussion
of the power features of the pro
gram and insisted that his only
interest in this phase would be
“cheaper power for the farmers.”
CAN FDR STOP SPENDING?
This brings us to a considera
tion of the President’s leadership
and; particularly, his present in
sistence upon a balanced budget.
Mr. Roosevelt’s determination to
limit Federal expenditures in the
interest of a saner national econ
omy has been plain for a number
of months. Having followed the
“pump-priming” policy for several
years in an effort to bring the
nation out of the, depression, the
Chief Executive has concluded
that it is time for the Govern
ment to let natural forces take
qver a part of the burden. This
explains the moves being made to
encourage private capital and in
dustry to get busy. It also ex
plains the President’s desire to
down on the money that the
has been distributing
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Lindbergh And
Wife Return To"
United States
Plan To Spend Christmas
Holidays In Their Native
Land; Children Left In
Their Home In England
New York, Dec. 6.—Ending his
j two years of self-imposed exile
with a surprise visit in his native
land, America’s “Lone Eagle,”
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
came back today. Unheralded,
amid the strictest secrecy, Colonel
Lindbergh and his wife arrived
on the S. 8. President Harding
to break—at least for a brief
interlude during the Christmas
holidays—their never-explained so
journ abroad.
The famous aviator left his
two small children, Jon, 5t and
, Land, <5 months old, in England.
They may be at the Lindbergh
estate, “Long Barn,” Sewenoaks,
in Kent, England, or with Mrs.
Lindbergh’s, sister, Mrs. Aubrey
Niel Morgan, who lives in Wales.
The arrival of Colonel Lind
berghs almost passed unnoticed.
An alert ship news photographer
was the first person to see them.
Other photographers and reporters
were roving the first class quart
ers in search of “celebrities."
Meanwhile, Colonel Lindbergh,
heavily muffled, and his wife hur
ried down the third class gang
plank immediately upon the ship’s
arrival at its North river pier
shed.
They slipped down a side
freight elevator, without going
through the formality of customs
inspection, and' sped away in a
khaki-oolored sedan waiting at
the curb to the home of Mrs.
Dwight Morrow, mother of Mrs.
Lindbergh, in Englewood, N. J.
“Their visit will be brief,” one
of the liner’s officers said. “They
I plan to return abroad immediately
j after Christmas.’’
j Lindbergh, on his arrival, wore
i a bluish-grey light topcoat.' Fore
| going his habit of appearing hat
[ less, he wore a grey fedora. Mrs.
| Lindbergh wore a black cloth
I cape with a fur collar and a
helmet-type hat.
Considerable mystery was at
tache*! to the reason for the
famed aviator’s selection of the
Yuletide season for returning. Al
though their second son, Land, is
'too young to realize the signific
ance of Christmas—he was bom
in England last May 12—the eld
er son, Jon, now five years old,
presumably has reached the age
where Christmas means most, and
the absence of his parents would
make it a lonely invent.
In the face of Lindbergh’s sil
ence, the question of whether he
plans some day in the future to
return to residence in his native
land or take up British citizen
ship, as has been rumored, re
mained unanswered.
The fact that he left his two
children at their quaint old home,
“Long Barn,” at Sevenoaks, in
Kent, indicated that he does not
plan a permanent return for some
time and that the “wound” has
not healed since the grey Decem
ber day in 1985 when he stood
on the deck of the S. S. Ameri
can Importer, exile-bound, and,
with his 3-year-old son, Jon, in
his arms, saluted the Statue of
Liberty on the way out to the
onen sea.
Length Of 1938
jMinisters School
| At Duke Reduced
I Durham, December 7.—The
board of managers of the North
Carolina Pastors’ School, meeting
at Duke university tod^y,. decided
to reduce the length of the 1938
session to one week, from the
two-week sessions that have been
operated during the past 19 years.
I Announcement wac also made
that Dr. Harold C. Phillips, pastor
of the First Baptist church, Cleve
land, Ohio, will deliver the open
ing address of the school. Mrs.
Grace Sloan Overton, one of last
year’s school leaders, will return
to give another week’s course.
The pastors’ school is conduct
ed with the cooperation of the
two North Carolina conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and Duke univer*
sity. H
Asks Capital’s Aid
Political observers saw their
predictions of a CIO-New Deal
split come true when John L.
Lewis (above) charged that the
administration had lost prestige
“because of lack of competent
and coordinated man-power.” They
were surprised, however when A.
F. of L. leaders publicly joined
with Lewis in calling for united ]
action by labor and capital to j
solve tjStaiion and unemployment
problterrtsP"
Administration
Is Winner In
Farm Bill Vote
Washington, Dec. 7. — Deter
mined senate and house leader
ship turned the legislative tide
temporarily, at least, in favor of
the administration farm bill to
day.
By a vote of 51 to 25, the sen-!
ate rejected an amendment by
Republican Leader McNary, of
Oregon, to limit operation of the |
bill to three years. Friends of
the crop control measure called
this the first test of senate senti
ment on the No. 1 item of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s special session
program.
Foes of the legislation had
gained an initial advantage yes
terday in the house, when that
chamber voted 85 to 76 tt> dis
card compulsory control of wheat
marketing.
Another senate test was in
the making, and senators urging
that the bill be sent back to the
agricultural committee for re
drafting expressed confidence
that they could muster more than
the 25 votes cast for McNary’s
idea of confining the program to
the years 1938, 1939 and 1940.
Eleven Democrats joined the 14
Republicans in supporting Mc
Nary’s amendment.
The fierce debate that preceded
the vote brought Senator Johnson,
(R.-Calif.), silver-haired veteran
of the famous fight against enter
ing the League of Nations, to his
feet for the first time this session.
In a booming voice that belied
effects of his illness last session,
he demanded that “we take time
to determine the wisdom of our
actions,” and sided with McNary’s
contention that the bill should be
given a limited trial.
New Alleghany Co.
Prison Camp To Be
Open For Inspection
The new quarters of the Alle
ghany county prison camp will
he open for inspection to the
public next Saturday afternoon
ind Sunday, December 11 and 12.
This new camp is modern in
every respect, and is designed by
die North Carolina State High
way commission as a standard
pne-hundred-man camp. The
people of Alleghany county, it
has been said, may be justly
proud of this $35,000 structure..
The public is cordially invited
;o visit the camp on the above
iate and see how the prisoners
ire cared for under the modern
system.
sparta Girls And
Elkin Boy8 Win
Basketball Games
In the basketball game played
we Tuesday night between the
Elkin and Sparta teams, the
Sparta girls were victorious, mak
ng a score of 40 points compar
'd with 8 for the Elkin girls.
Annie Mae Truitt scored 18
points of this number.
The Sparta boys lost to the
Elkin team with a score of 11-28,
some of their best players being
unavoidably absent.
Roosevelt Back
In White House;
Tooth Examined
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Washington,; Dec. 6.—President
Roosevelt, ba«k in the White
House tonight after a shortened
vacation in the south, submitted
to a dental examination.
The examination centered on a
gum pocket still draining after a
tooth extraction November 18.
Slow healing of the cavity prom
pted tffe cmef executive to trim
off his 12-day* itinerary so he
could receive dental treatment.
X-ray pictures taken tonight
will determine whether the jaw
bone should be scraped to prevent
spreading of any infection
The president’s general condi
tion was described by Captain
Ross T. Mclntire, his naval phy
sician, as “excellent.” Six days
of resting and fishing around the
Florida keys had given him a nice
tan and “put him on his toes,”
the doctor said, adding:
“He got tep hours sleep on the
train last night. He feels fine,
but his jaw is still sensitive The
combination of a gastro-intestinal
disorder and the bad gum had
him feeling a little low for three
or four days, but he has regained
strength and is now feeling ship
shape.” ,
The president was extended a
warm official welcome at the de
pot after completing a 26-hour
ride by special train from Miami,
Fla. Vice President Garner,
Speaker Bankhead and six mem
bers of the cabinet were on hand.
Hoey Is Heard At
Dedication At
Colored College
Durham, Dae, 7.—The name of
Philanthropist TJenjamin'N. Duke, j
part of whose tobacco millions;
went into the North Carolina Col-!
lege for Negroes, was given to
the new auditorium at the college
today in a dedicatory program
featuring an address by Governor
Clyde R. Hoey.
The auditorium, built wiht Pub
lic Works administration aid, was
filled slightly beyond capacity with
about a thousand persons. A new
dormitory, library and several fac
ulty cottages also were dedicated
today.
Although it is not a panacea
for all the ills affecting civiliza
tion, “we cannot go forward ex
cept by education,” the governor
declared.
Robert L. Flowers, vice presi
dent and secretary-treasurer of
Duke university, and chairman of
the trustees of the Negro college,
presided at the program. In an
nouncing the name of the new
auditorium, Mr. Flowers said:
“The most gentle, the most
self-effacing, if you please, the
man who had more of the milk;
of human kindness . . . was Ben- j
jamin N. Duke.”
Robert N. Gantt, vice chairman i
of the college’s trustees, referred i
to the educational advance in
North Carolina that began with j
the administration of Governor!
Charles B. Aycoek at the turn of
the century and declared:
“Not since his administration |
has there been a turning back;
not even a marking of time.” |
Alleghany Native
Dies In Twin Gty
Of Bullet Wound
—
Samuel Clayton Shepherd, of
Winston-Salem, who was shot
about 4:30 o’clock last Thursday
morning at Crystal Ice and Coal
company there, while on duty as
watchman, died at a local hospi
tal at 2 o’clock Tuesday after
noon
Police investigated the assault
but have been unable to make
much headway. Plans were made
for an autopsy.
Mr. Shepherd was born at Lau-1
rel Springs, in Alleghany county, i
April 21, 1888. He was the son
of J. P. and Alice Heftenstall
Shepherd. He went to Winston
Salem in 1916 from Laurel
Springs, and was connected with
Crystal Ice and Coal company for
nine years. He was married to
Miss Nellie Hogan in 1914.
Return To U. S.
uoionel unai.es A. Lincbergn
and wife Aiine Morrcw Lind
bergh (above), who landed in
New York jester ..ay after e’most
two year- in England. They plan
to spend the. Christmas holidays
in America and return soon there
after to their English home.
Senator Glass, Of
Virginia, Contrasts
Present And Past
New York Dec. 7.—Joseph P.
Kennedy, chairman of the federal
maritime commission, tonight ask
ed Roosevelt administration critics
to “stop bellyaching,” and added
“it isn’t going to do you any
good.”
Speaking extemporaneously be
fore the economic club, Kennedy
followed Senator Glass (D. Va.),
to the rostrum.
Senator Glass, the honor guest
of. the club before which he spoke
24 years ago in a rousing de
fense of the federal reserve act,
regarded in political circles as
epochal, had brought a great
burst of applause when he paid:
“I cannot refrain from con
trasting the difference between
that .age (when he was fighting
for the federal reserve) and this
era. Then, I was in eager and
enthusiastic accord with every
thing that was being done. Today,
I am totally in disagreement with
nearly everything that has been
done (by the administration) and
nearly everything proposed to be
done.”
“I went to Washington as a
real enthusiast of the new deal,”
Kennedy said. “I still am an
enthusiast of the new deal.”
“It isn’t going to do any good
to bellyache or to say Roosevelt
is no good or that everybody in
Washington is crazy. Whether you
like it or not he. (the president)
is going to be there three more
years.”
He spoke of the depression
years when there was such fear
that “everybody” was being scar
ed “half to death.”
Then he asked his hearers to
back the administration to give
“help not for Roosevelt, not for
the new deal, but for yourself.”
Never was it more imperative “to
get, behind him,” he cried, “to
stop bellyaching and do something
for the cause.”
There was a faint undertone of
booing mixed with applause as he
finished.
Other speakers were Lewis W.
Douglas, former director of the
budget, and Wayne C. Taylor,
fiscal assistant secretary of the
treasury.
Galax Band To Go
On Air Saturday In
Winston-Salem
“The King’s Serenaders,” Galax
string band, is scheduled to broad
cast over radio station WAIR in
the Robert E. Lee hotel in Wins
ton-Salem% next Saturday after
noon, December llt at 3:80
o’clock.
The local group has been heard
a number of times over station
WOPI in Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
Those who will participate in
the programi and the instruments
they will play, are :Elmo (“Cae
sar”) Vaughan, electric Hawaiian
guitar and mandolin; Lynn
( “Banty” ) Vaughan, guitar;
Harmon (“Slim”) Marion, guitar,
and Aaron Higgins, violin and
banjo.
Cold Wave Strikes Sparta
And Much Of N. C.; Snowfall
General In Mountain Section
Doughton Dashes
Dopes For Tax
Relief hi 1937
Washington. Dec. 7.—A slender
hope that business would be given
tax relief on this1 year’s earnings
was shattered today by Chairman
Robert L. Doughton or the House
ways and means committee, who
indicated strongly that revisions
in the undivided profits le.vy
would be made effective on Janu
ary. 1, 1938.
The veteran North Carolina
member, after reviewing the his
tory of this tax. which has caused
such a backfire from business,
pledged “my best efforts toward
revision and substantial modifi
cation to be effective January 1,
1938.”
Representative Doughton aired
his views on taxation matters in
a statement which he had read
before the Association of Tax
Administrators at their meeting
today in Atlantic City.
In addition to promising revi
sion of the undistributed profits
tax, the head of the revenue-rais
ing committee of Congress said
some changer, would be made in
the capital gains tax. He declar
ed, however, that the provisions of
this tax had been “distorted.”
The need for revenue, caused
by payment of bonus and invali
dation of AAA processing taxes
by the Supreme Court forced his
committee to seek other sources
of revenue, Doughton said in giv
ing'the background wfejch J^d^np.
to the enactment of the undis
tributed profits tax.
“Still*” Seized
And Destroyed In
Alleghany County
On Saturday, December 4,
United States Investigators Ben
nett, John Norton and Walter
Jones and Sheriff Walter M.
Irwin cut up a large distillery
in the Rich Mount section of
Bullhead, destroying 1,500 gal
lons of mash, two 50-gallon
“stills” and other paraphenalia
for manufacturing liquor on a
large scale.
This “still’’ had been in oper
ation for a long period of time, |
as evidenced by the truckload of
coals that had been raked out of
the furnace.
Sheriff Irwin and Deputy Sheriff
Steve Spurlin destroyed a "still”
on Tuesday in the Glade Valley
section with a 9,000-gallon
capacity. This outfit was so large
that the officers compared it with
a “city.” They cut up 14 four
hundred gallon boxes of mash and
a brick furnace, as well as the
shed covering it. At this place
the officers reported that they
found a “lake” of slop dammed
up by logs.
Contest Held By
S. S. Class For
Membership Ends
The membership contest be
tween the two teams of the T. J.
Carson Memorial Sunday School
class of the Methodist church
closed Sunday, with the “Green’s”
winning by the narrow margin
of three points. The losers, the.
“Reds,” will entertain the class
with a “tacky” party to be held
morrow (Friday) night, at 7:30
o’clock. Each member of the
class is cordially invited to be
present, and is asked to dress in
costume.
Alleghany School
Teachers To Meet
Sat. In Sparta
A meeting of the Alleghany
county teachers will be held at
Sparta high school Saturday
morning, December 11, at 10
o’clock, according to an announce,
ment made by Cqjinty Superin
tendent W. C. Thompson.
A program committee has ar
ranged an interesting program,
and all teachers in the county are
invited and vurged to attend.
Heavy Covering Of Snow
In Banner Elk Region
Pleases Ski Enthusiasts;
14 Below On Mt, Mitchell
Snow flurries have been fre
quent in Sparta and Alleghany
county during the past few days,
snow having fallen here as late
as shortly before noon Tuesday,
after zero weather was register
ed at 7 a. m. The sun came out,
however, shortly after noon, and
at 10 p. m. Tuesday the mercury
was up bo 20 degrees. Yester
day (Wednesday) was fair and
the temperature was considerably
higher than on the previous day.
A heavy snow hung on at
Whitehead, where two degrees be
low zero was reported Tuesday
morning.
Winston-Salem warmed up to
25 degrees just before midnight
after hitting a low of 11 degrees
during the previous 24 hours. The
weather bureau reported a high
of 34 during the day.
In the Blue Ridge mountains
west of the Twin City, towns
swept by snow Monday reported
falling windd, snow flumes and a
rising mercury.
The official forecast said slight
ly warmed weather, with probably
rain or snow in the extreme west
ern portion of the state today
and Thursday, would follow yes
terday’s icy spell that sent the
mercury nose-diving to subzero
at many points.
Subfreezing temperatures for
the most part formed weather
menu over the entire area last
night.
Encased in snow, to the de
light of ski enthusiasts. Banner
Elk reported abating winds and
14 degrees at 10 p. m. after
Yegiplteflnj? "4f 'degrees below at 7
a. m., yesterday.
Mountaineers predicted snow
for the Banner Elk area today,
but skies were clear .as a whistle
last night. Much ice was reported
on highways leading into the
mountain town. Express trucks
were forced to cancel schedules,
but the mail and other traffic
moved over the winding, slippery
roads.
At West Jefferson, the reading
was 4 above at 7 a. m., but rose
to 12 degrees at 10 p. m. High
winds were reported.
Mount Mitchell, highest point
in eastern America, registered 14
below zero. Asheville had a low
of 4 above. iffl
Solcns Pass
Mileage Bill
For Trips Home
Washington. Dec. 7_Both the
House and Senate today passed a
mileage bill for the- special ses
sion of Congress without a roll
call. ■ i'$|l
This measure will pay con
gressmen their railroad fare to
Washington for the special ses
sion. They will also be paid for
the regular session although most
of the members will remain in
Washington and wot return home
for the holidays.
"The “mileage grab” for
special sessions which run into
regular sessions has often been
the subject of criticism, and there
was quite a bit of comment on
the Hill today that possibly the
only legislation enacted by the
lawmakers at the special
would be for transportation.
On a standing vote in
House on the measure, Repr
tative Walter Lambeth,
Thomasville, and Represent
William Umstead, of
were seen to stand in
to the mileage bill
325 to 7. The bill
Senate unanimously.
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