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Want To Sell Something? Try a Want Ad The Alleghany Times You Will Profit If You Always Read Times’ Advertisements DEVOTED TO THfe CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT O F ALLEGHANY COUNTY Vol. 13 GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938. Number 43. Hugo S. Sim*, Washington Correspondent FOR EDUCATION Federal grants to the States for educational purposes' have been hastened by the. report recently submitted to Congress by the ' President who received it from an Acjpisory Committee on Educa tion. Finding “glaring inequali ties in educational opportunities, which “can be adequately correct ed” only by Federal aid1, the study recommends the contribution of $855,500,000 in six years, divided into six major funds. NEW FEDERAL AID The first, of $40,000,000 in 1939, and increasing $20,000,000 a year, would be for general aid in the operation and maintenance of public elementary and second ary schools. A second, from $2, 000,000 to $5,000,000 annually, far improvement in the prepa ration of teachers; the third, $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 an nually, for construction of build ings; the fourth, $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, for improvement of State Departments of Education; the fifth, $5,000,000 to $15,000, 000, for civic, general and vo cation part time activities and the sixth, $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, for rural library service. STATES TO CONTROL The committee insisted upon State control, plainly and exactly established by law, with the ex ception of a provision that States maintaining separate schools for Negroes provide an equitable dis tribution of the funds without re ducing the proportion of present funds spent on Negro schools. So complete will be State au thority that local authorities will have to decide whether parochial and private schools will share in the benefits. However, the advis ory group held that the largest share should go to rural schools,, because the farm population has a disproportionately heavy edu cational load to be borne on a lower per capita income. The National Education Associ ation, the largest teachers’ 'or ganization in the country, gave the report its official commen dation after a committee reported' that the President favored the main principles, that the money be distributed to equalize edu cational opportunity for the na tion’s children and that school control be kept in the hands of the States and local school dis tricts. It is interesting to point out that Federal grants for educational purposes already exceed $50,000, 000 a year. They include vo cational education in public schools, rehabilitation of the physically disabled, instruction at land-grant colleges, agricultural experimentation and agricultural and home economics extension work. The activities would not be interfered with, except pos sibly to be placed more clearly under State control, and the new grants are to be in addition to the sums appropriated for the purpose mentioned. RE-ORGANIZATION BILL The Senate last week debated the administration’s reorganization bill with the measure under heavy attack from a group of Senators, loosely identified as the insurgent, or anti-court-reform. Democrats and Republicans oppised. Sev eral Presidents have attempted' to solve the problem of administra tive efficiency presented by the 135 separate agencies of the gov ernment in Washington. In 1932 Congress gave President Hoover power to rearrange the bureaus but with the provision that changr es had to be submitted to Con gress, without effect until sixty days, not even then if either house passed a resolution of dis approval. The present measure including the gist of two house bills, pro vides for submission of reorgani zation orders to Congress for sixty days but to prevent any of them from taking effect a bill would havie to pass both houses and, if vetoed, secure the neces sary two-thirds to thwart the change. Senator Byrnes, in charge of the bill, admitted at the outset that no large percentage of the budget can be saved by regrouping agencies and that the only way to save big money “is to stop appropriating money for the agencies.’*' AN EXECUTIVE. JOB The Senate bill is in five titles, the first giving the Chief Exe cutive power to reduce or con solidate executive agencies, except a group specifically exempted, in cluding the Federal Reserve Sys (Turn to page seven, please) An Alleghany man was given an unusual honor —by the national House of Representatives last week when the lower congres sional body renamed the Blue Ridge parkway the Dough ton-Blue Ridge parkway, in honor the the Alleghanian. Under an amendment introduc ed by Representative Robert F. Rich (R), Pennsylvania, to the Interior Department bill and un animously adopted, the scenic highway connecting the Great Smoky Mountains and the Shen andoah National Parks will be known by the new name. This action was taken just before the House approved an ap propriation of approximately $2, 500,000 to continue construction of the parkway—18 additional miles in North Carolina and 18 ing Virginia—during the next fis cal year. The House also adopted the appropriation of $86,350 con tained in the bill for administra-. tion, protection and maintenance of the Great Smoky Mountains Park. Representative Doughton, to gether with Representative Zebu Ion Weaver, were on the House floor when the parkway item was reached in the bill. When Repre sentative Rich arose it was ex pected that he would offer an amendment cutting the appropri ation since he led an unsuccessful fight a year ago against the park-1 Instead the Pennsylvania Re- j publican surprised the House by! proposing this amendment renam ing the parkway. “I offer this as an amendment to the paragraph, realizing that to offer other amendments cutting down the appropriations will do no good,” Rich asserted after hav ing his amendment read at the desk. “I believe, however, that there is one thing we may do construc tively and that is name this the Doughton-Blue Ridge parkway. “If there is anyone in the House of Representatives that is responsible for having this park way constructed between the Smoky Mountain park and the Shenandoah park it is the honor able, genial gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. Doughton. He has worked diligently and earnest ly to have this highway construc ted and I question very much if the project would have been con sidered had he not got behind it wholeheartedly. “There is nothing that would stand out as a monument to that great gentleman from North Car olina like naming this beautiful highway after him. If you will adopt the amendment I have just offered it will give him credit for that beautiful highway to be built (turn to page ten, please) Roosevelt rounded1 I out live years in the White House —Friday and, when asked, at the press conference, to comment on his fifth anni versary in office, said: “The significant thing after five years is that the old ships of state is still on the same course.” Using nautical language which his experience with ships has taught him, the president said at times the helm of the ship of state may be put hard astarboard and with the shifting of the wind put hard aport, but this was done to keep her on the course charted for attaining fixed objectives. Mr. Roosevelt began his press conference by referring to the services he and Mrs. Roosevelt at tended at St. John’s Episcopal church Friday morning. On March 4, 1933, just before taking the oath of office, the president wor shipped in this church and on each fourth of March since, he has attended a special service there, The president said the text of the sermon Friday was the fif teenth Psalm, and if he were a newspaperman, that would be his lead on a story Friday. This re ference sent newspaper correspon dents searching: for a Bible and the' passage in which David de scribed a citizen of Zion. It reads: “Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh up rightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbors, nor taketh up a re proach against his neighbor. In whose eyes a vile person is con tenteth, but He honoreth them that fear the Lord. He that swear eth ta his own heart and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury nor taketh re ward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.” Although swept into office with the electoral votes of all the states except Maine and Vermont, Mr. Roosevelt was unable to get a single piece of his legislative pro gram through a special session of Congress. He conceded Friday that the wages-hours legislation, which the House recommended at the special session, may not be en acted at the current meeting but is hopeful that it ultimately will be passed. A representative of the N. C. State Employment service —will be in Sparta on Wednes day of each week, having begun this schedule on March 2. The public is notified, there fore, of this change of date. “Egg Day” will be inaugurated here Sat, March 12, from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m —When subscribers to The Alleghany (Times, and others wishing to subscribe, will be able to pay their subscriptions in eggs. Seventy-five eggs— six and one-fourth dozen—will be accepted as full pay ment for a full year’s subscription to the paper, if the subscription is for a person living in Alleghany county, NY A work in Alleghany has been discontinued —temporarily, according to an announcement made this week by Mrs. Margaret C. Ray, the supervisor. Mrs. Ray expressed the hope that this work will be resumed soon. The interest that the peo ple of the county manifest in the work will> decide, it is thought, whether or not it wiU be resum ed in the immediate future. It is estimated that approximately forty young people in the county would be eligible for work on the NYA projects. The NYA work was discontinu ed in six other counties in thi9 district last week. the only territory where one dollar subscriptions are accepted. This is your opportunity for the people of Alleghany county to “swap” a few eggs for fifty two copies of their own county newspaper. This is, of course, less than one and one-half eggs for each copy of the paper that will be received. The people of Alleghany county are invited to take advantage of this offer if they wish to receive this news paper for a full year without the outlay of any cash. Further than this, they will receive more per dozen for their eggs than they would1 if they sold them for cash. Don’t forget the date, Satur day, March 12. All eggs: should he delivered to the office- of The Alleghany Times on the second floor of the Tran sou building in the room adjoining the Sparta public library. Eggs will be re ceived between nine a. m. and four p. m. It’s Water, Water Everywhere! DALLAS ... A “floodscape” taken from the air shows a resi dential section on the outskirts *of this city after the backwaters* of the Trinity River swollen by the torrential mins of several days, overflowed its banks inundating wide areas in nearby towns and fields. The 48th annual meeting of the Baptist W. M. U. —iof North Carolina opened Tuesday afterno-on in Ashe ville. The sessions were to last through today (Thurs day). One thousand women from North Carolina were expected to be in Asheville by Wednesday for the session. The first general meeting was held Tuesday night, when dele gates heard an address by Mrs. George McWilliams, of Liberty, Mo., who discussed plans for the golden jubilee observance of the union. Mrs. J. S. Farmer1, of Ra leigh, presided at the session. Tuesday afternoon was taken up with conferences of the execu tive committee, associational sup erintendents and young people’s leaders. Wednesday, the delegates were welcomed to the city. Dr. Ira S. Knight, pastor of the First Bap tist church at Durham, spoke on “Home Missions,” and Mrs. J. Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, de livered an address. The principal speaker at the session yesterday afternoon was Mrs. C. K. Dozier, of Fukuoka, Japan. Mrs. A. V. Washburn, of Goldsboro, was heard in Sparta —at a conference held in the Baptist church last Sunday after noon. Mrs. Washburn -is Baptist State Vacation Bible school lead er. All churches in the Alleghany Baptist association were repre sented by delegates or pastors at the meeting. At the close of the conference, Rev. H. J. Ford was selected as principal of the Vacation Bible School work, with the following conference leaders: Beginners’ department, Mrs. Tom Moxley; Primary department, Mrs. Hugh Choate; Junior department, Mrs. A. O. Joines, and Intermediate department, Mrs. C. A. Reeves. Mrs. Washburn spoke on the same subject at Liberty church at 7:30 o’clock. Republicans of Alleghany will hold a meeting —in the court house in Sparta, on Saturday, March' 12, at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of naming a county executive committee for the coming term. Delegates to the state and congressional con ventions will be selected at that time. The meeting has been called by N. Carl Jones, chairman of the Alleghany couity Republican executive committee. REV. HOWARD J. FORD IS TO PREACH SUN. MORNING —March 13, at eleven o’clock, in the Sparta Baptist church. A hearing was held Tuesday for Ccy Collins —who faced charges grow ing out of the death on Sat urday night, February 26, of Wallace Sutton, who was fatally injured in an auto mobile accident a few miles, west of Sparta, near the residence of Johnson Wyatt. The hearing was held in the Alleghany county court house Tuesday morning. Collins was charged with driv ing an automobile while under the, influence of intoxicating bev erages, with involuntary man slaughter and with failing to ren der aid in such a case, as pre scribed by law. Soon after the accident a war rant was issued and Colling was arrested and placed under bond, in the sum of $1,000, for his appearance at the hearing held Tuesday. The court withheld a decision in the case until Saturday. Herbert Hoover and Adolf Hitler had a talk —with each other Tuesday in Berlin. The German lead er and the former president of the United States, whose home is in California chatted for 45 minutes. Ex-President Hoover had no comment to make after his meet ing with Chancellor Hitler at the Reich chancellery. Chancellery of ficials said the two statesmen talked of national problems, Ger man-American relations and “just about everything.” The conversation was: in the presence of Hugh R. Wilson, the United States ambassador, and an interpreter, Paul Schmidst. Afterward, Hoover attended a luncheon given by Wilson. He sat between Konstantin von Neu rath, president of the German council on foreign affairs, and the French ambassador. They were flanked by the Brit ish and Polish ambassadors. As coffee was served' in an adjoining room, Hoover talked successively with Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichs bank; Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosig, minister of finance; Dr. Otto Meissner and Count Weis zaeker. Every free moment during the forenoon and afternoon was oc cupied with individual talks with Germans and. Americans' with whom the ex-president is acquaint ed. Hoover’s evening was taken up with a dinner and reception given in his honor by the Carl Schurz society. Schacht, an honorary member of the society, presided. Several Sparta Merchants Are Cooperating In A Big Dollar Days Event —Which will be held Friday, Saturday and Mon day, March 11, 12 and 14 during which time ,a harvest of exceptional values will be offered to the buying public of Alleghany county and adjoining territory. The cooperating business firms of Sparta are ready and waiting with their stores literally Completion of work on U. S. Route No. 21 —south of Wytheville, Va., toward Speedwell on the Lakes-to-Florida highway that passes through Elk Creek and Independence, in Gray son county, and on through Sparta, into the South, is expected in the near future. Con victs have completed the laying of the first , course of stone b.e teween the bridge over Reed creek and • Speedwell, and less than one-half mile ia yet to be laid When this is done a continuous hard-surfaced road will be provided for a dis tance of more than 800 miles. This route is . said to be one of the shortest and best constructed thoroughfares from the Great Lakes to Florida. There are many Interesting facts connected with the early de velopment of this route. Grayson county citizens donated by pri vate subscription $10,000.00 to help build a road down Iron mountain, and Wythe county cit izens, especially those living at Speedwell and Cripple Creek, do nated $8,500.00 to continue down Tron mountain to Speedwell. The road enthusiasts of North Carolina, it is said, did much to 1 hasten thjs road. Ex-Governor E. Lee Trinkle’s I last official act as governor of Virginia was to sign a bill which placed this road from Wytheville to Independence, in the State system, it is said. The late Hugh and Rich Chat ham, of Winston-Salem and Elkin I andR. G. Click, of Elkin, it has been raid, -were behind the move ment in North Carolina, working with R. A. Doughton, of Sparta, and were responsible for the bri Ige being built over New river, south of Independence. In commemoration of the ser vices rendered this road by R. A. Doughton, a bill has just been gotten through the Virginia Leg islature and signed by Governor James H. Price, naming this bridge over New river the “R. A. Doughton Memorial Bridge.” Mr. Doughton and R. P. John son, of Wytheville, president of the Lakes-to-Florida Highway as sociation, it has been pointed out recently, have both lived to en joy life and health more than the three score and ten years allot ted. Plans are being formulated for a big celebration in Wytheville sometime in July, soon after the completion of this route. A new WPA project for Alleghany —county has been approved re cently for the setting of shrub bery around the court house in Sparta and on the grounds of the schools at Sparta, Piney Creek and Laurel Springs. Moun tain laurel and other shrubbery native to this county will be used. Cary Brown has been appoint ed supervisor of this WPA pro ject. It is thought that six wo men and the same number of men will be assigned to this work, which will probably begin tomorrow (March 11). Elisabeth Cobb, daughter of Irvin S. Cobb —writer, and Cameron Rogers, 37, member of a socially promi nent Santa Barbara, Calif., fam ily, filed notice Tuesday of inten tion to wed. Miss Cobb gave her age as 34. The couple said they would be married within a month. crammed with bargains for this big selling event, Smithey’s Store and Belk’s De partment store _ modern and up to-date, department stores, are offering exceptional values in Ladies’ ready-to-wear and in men’s and children’s dress and work clothing. While Cash and Carry Store and Smithey’s grocery de partments are offering food values at extraordinary low prices, B. & T. Drug company, Sparta’s up to-the-minute drug store _ is offer ing values that will please all who visit this store during these three days. In fact each business establish ment participating in this event is making every effort to make these three days a veritable feast of values for the people of Alle ghany county and nearby ad joining territory. These business firms ha,ve greatly reduced prices, on merchandise of many kinds and anyone interested in getting the most for his money is urged to turn now to the big double page advertisement in this, paper and see for himself the many unusually attractive prices on .al most any kind of merchandise in v hich he may be interested. The merchants cooperating hi this bargain harvest are, extend ing an invitation to their custo mers and friends to take advan tage of the big bargains offered for these three days. Earl Pennington, Laurel Springs, was lolled —almost instantly in Kan napolis late last Saturday, Mardh 5, when he appar ently lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a telephone pole. Young Penning ton, who was 21 years of age, suffered a broken neck, and a fractured skull. After passing an automobile, he went off the left side of the road and his machine struck a pole ten feet from the pavement. Pennington had lived in Kan napolis since November, being em ployed with the Fisher Motorcycle company. He is survived by his sister and mother, both of Laurel Springs. Ten minutes after the motor cycle crashed, two automobiles collided within 50 yards of the spot where Pennington died. Cars driven by P. C. Woods and Bert Hehns, of Kannapolis, were badly damaged but occupants were unhurt. Funeral details have not been learned. I _ i The Sparta Public Library received three dozen —volumes of fiction, and as many magazines, last week from Mrs. A. S. Carson and Miss Jean Carson, Raleigh, who also pre- , sented the library a much-needed set of reference books—a five volume set of “Everybody’s Cy clopedia.” Among the books donated were five volumes of Victor Hugo’s novels, including the perennially popular “Les Miserables” and “Notre Dame.” Some popular books for boys to be found in this collection are “The Rover Boys on Treasure [Island” by Arthur M. Winfield; “Bound to Rise,” Alger, and “The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts,” Allen Douglas. Among the books that will ap peal to grown-ups are; “The Rose Dawn,” by Stewart Edward White; “The Shadow of the East” by E. M. Hull, and “His Own People,’’ by Booth Tarkington. Sparta Community Dollar Days Fri., Sat., Mon., Mar. II, 12, 14
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