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■I Want To Sell , Something ? Try a Want Ad i DEVOTED TO Yon Will Profit If You Always Read Times’ Advertisements THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 13. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938. Number 48. by Hugo S. Sim*, Wukiaftoa Correspondent The congressional elections are less than seven, months away but already the political campaign is under full sway. The issues can be boiled down to a single ques tion: “Are you for or against President Roosevelt?” For several weeks the country has witnessed an amazing bar rage of opposition directed against the Reorganization Bill. The in tensity of the struggle was amaz ing, equalling anything that Con gress has seen in many a year. Frankly, in the opinion of most observers, the furore was entire ly out of proportion to the meas ure involved. Repeating ISM and 1936 The meaning of it all is simply this, that in the fall of this year, the voters will be asked again to approve or disapprove the policies of the New Deal. The present campaign is preliminary to a lar ger manoeuvre designed to con vince the people of this country that the President has too much power, that he is threatening Democracy and' that a dictator rr.ay result some day in the fu ture. Lined up against him are the same elements that partici pated in the battles at the polls in 1934 and 1936. Of course, the author of this column has no way of knowing how the people, of this country would vote in an election today. At the same time, it is evident that the tactics of his opposition are the same which President Roosevelt overcame in earlier elections. Present observations in dicate that he has lost some ground but there is no reason to suppose that this has been any thing like what his enemies claim. Party Lines Shattered, The Republicans are somewhat unified in their concerted opposi tion to the President, but show a tendency to divide rather easily in attempts to define definite fu ture policies. In his own party ranks, President Roosevelt is fac ed with considerable opposition, usually led by the anti-Court Bill group, which shows a willingness to display a surprising indepen dence at times. In some instances party lines are divided and instead of a line-up on the basis of previ ous party policies, one finds the division strictly based on the President and his New Deal poli tics. The current business recession, is, of course, counted upon as an aiset to the opposition. If it con tinues until this fall, political ob servers expect the voters to reg ister their dislike of “hard times.” It is too early, however, to pre dict the. economic’ state of the country in the fall and this fac tor remains uncertain. What the government will do to assist busi ness and improve economic con ditions remains to be seen. Early Forecasts While most of the election fore casts currently assume that the Republicans will make wide gains in Congress, some asserting that they will gain from fifty to eighty seats in the House, it is entirely too early for such calculations. In most cases the prediction rep resents wistful thinking. At any rate, they are along the same line and from the same sources that made similar predictions in 1934. Meanwhile, it is to be noted that the opponents- of the measures recommended by the President seldom fail to refer to President Roosevelt in complimentary terms. This is taken to be a recognition of his continuous personal popu larity among the people of the country. So far, he has given no indication whatever of abandoning his program and it is safe to say that he will be militant in the advocacy of the New Deal before, the campaign comes to a con clusion. Then it will be up to the voters and after the ballots have been counted the prophets will find out whether the New Deal has the continued approval of the American people. Until then, we must wait. The seizure of foreign oil prop erties by the Mexican Government created a grave situation, not only in regard to our relations with Mexico, but also in the possible effect upon other Central and South American nations. To understand this, it is neces sary to realize that, in the past, the United States has repeatedly been accused of using its power to protect the activities of Ameri can investors in other countries. It is not necessary to condemn the attitude of this country in the past or to pass judgment upon the activities of its nationals abroad. Nevertheless, one can realize that our attitude and the activities of (Turn to page five, please) Governor Hoey has allocated for improvement —of secondary, or tarm-to market roads, the sum of $2,000,000 from the high way fund surplus. This was the second time in less than a ! year that such action has been j taken. The chief executive made t the allocation Monday, j The apropriation, the governor said, was made possible because of a large highway surplus and "because the state generally is | in good financial shape.” He add ed, however, that is still was like- i ly that some highway money j would be diverted for general S fund expenses before the end of j the 1937-39 biennium. Governor Hoey estimated that, the highway surplus now totaled more than $9,000,000, but point ed out that $1,500,000 of the sum represented road machinery j and that $2,000,000 in cash al ways was needed for current op erating expenses. In addition, projects contracted for but not actually under way accounted for several million dollars of the sur plus. Last July, the governor allo cated $2,000,000 from the sur plus for secondary road improve ment. Both allocations are in addition to the regular legislative appropriation of $5,800,000 for maintenance of farm-to-market roads. Highway department officials said the new appropriation would put secondary roads in the best condition in the history of the state. Improvement of county roads was part of Gevernor Hoey’s “must” program, outlined in his inauguration address. The State Highway and Public Works commission will meet today (Thursday) to decide how and where the $2,000,000 shall be spent. Hoey said the appro priation was made at this time “so that the commission will have opportunity to make plans for the proper allotment of this fund and its expenditures during the summer and fall, as best results can be obtained in working on the county roads at that time. The allotment will enable cer tain WPA road betterment pro jects to be carried out, the gov ernor said, since a portion of the money will be spent to supple ment WPA funds. “There will be no further allot ment (from the highway fund) for WPA assistance,” he added. The legislature earmarked $15,750,000 to be spent during the current fiscal year on roads. In addition, the federal govern ment put up $4,842,707, includ ing $1,244,662 for grade-crossing elimination work. Bids on 11 new highway pro jects, to cost approximately $680,000 were tx> be opened Tuesday morning. The highway commission is expected to award contracts today. The Honor RoD for the 7th month atPineyCreekHi” —i* as follows: First Grade—Gayle Billings, Jimmie Weaver, John Franklin McMillan, Josephine Blackburn, Susie Halsey, Joyce Osborne and Dorothy Wheatley. Second Grade—Mary Frances Parsons, Leta Faye Woodie, Wan zoleen Landreth, Doris Southeirs, Raline Barr, Herbert Bair, Rob ert Caudill, Billy Halsey and Dean Cox. Third Grade—Evelyn Brown, Ozena Landreth, June Hash, Lois Finney, Harold Reed and Hurley Blackburn. Fourth Grade—Bytha Sturgill, Edwin Wyatt, Mary Frances Rich ardson, Mildred Blackburn, Ed ward Woodie and Fred Pugji. Fifth Grade—Evon Jenkins and Lacy Lee Weaver. Sixth Grade — Georgia Cox, Carolyn Billings, Jacqueline Bare, Dorothy Brown, Bruce Whiteley and Jesse Cox. Seventh Grade—Mildred Wyatt, Betty Mae Wagoner, Logene Pugh, Ella Phipps, Burton Lan dneth, Helen Halsey and Mar garet Bedwell. Eighth Grade — Louise Perry, Bina Collins and Maxine Jenkins’. Ninth Grade—Mattilene Gam bill, Elizabeth Cook and Mary Kennedy. Commencement at Piney Creek H. S. is to begin —on Saturday ! night, April 23, when the Senior play, “Huckleberry Finn,” will be presented. This play is based on Mark Twain’s famous book, “Huckleberry Finn,” which has received world-wide acclaim. In regard to the c-oming presen tation of this production at Piney Creek, an interested person com mented recently as follows: “Plays come and plays' go; some are good, some are bad, but no play has ever attracted such wide spread interest at Piney Creek as has ‘Huckleberry Finn’. . . Don’t miss' seeing acted before your very eyes the boy or girl that once was you, vividly por trayed by Miss Eva Weaver as: Mary Jane, and Riley Austin in the character rale as the immortal Huckleberry. “Don’t forget the. date, and be prepared for an evening of bright, clean, sparkling entertainment. Even surpassing ‘Oh, Doctor,’ our hit of the winter season, ‘Huckle berry Finn’ will live in your heart long after the final curtain has fallen at Piney Creek.” The cast of characters is as. follows: Aunt Polly' (Mariah Watson)^; who is “so nervous,” Miss Emoline j Finney; Ruth Watson—her sister, Miss Gena Sue Gambill; Mary j Jane—their young niece, Miss Eva Weaver; Fred Raymond—ini love with Ruth, Clay Joines; Melba White—colored maid at the Watson’s, Miss Zollie Souther; Clara Woppinger—Deaconess of the church, Miss Grace Hoppers;1 Amy Woppinger—her irrepr essible sister, Miss Ellen Collins; Huckle-1 berry Finn—who loves to play pranks, Riley Austin; John Finn I —^his father, Keith Danielson, and j Tom Sawyer—Huck’s pal and comrade, Aster Joines. On Sunday morning, April 24, at eleven o’clock, the commence ment sermon to the graduating class is to be preached by Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of the i Sparta Baptist church’. A Grade program, consisting of an operetta, is to he presented j on Wednesday night, April 27. j Graduating exercises are sched- j uied for Thursday night, April 28, at 7 r30 o’clock. The. name of the speaker who will deliver the literary address to the gradu ates will be announced later. Senator Byrd took a firm stand Sunday I —night against a renewal of “pump priming” and said that authoritative reports indicated that “the adminis tration will recommend1 another huge new spending program of four billion dollars in an effort to again ‘prime the pump’ and spend ourselves back to prosper ity on borrowed money.” The Virginia senator, Demo cratic critic of some salient items of the Roosevelt program, said “the consequences of another huge spending program pyramid ing the public debt are so ser ious that the eountry should promptly take stock of the situ ation.’’ Spending of borrowed money, Byrd: said, may bring the day when taxes alone are insufficient to maintain federal solvency— “which means the confiscation of property and the destruction of our system of private ownership.” He also contended that ma chinery to distribute eight billion dollars already used in the fight against depression had created a “bureaucracy so wasteful and so powerfully entrenched that little short of a political revolution will be necessary to dismantle its vast operations.” i i'l Byrd said previous pump-prim ing failed. It brought, he said, only a “transient and artificial prosperity.” The senator did not indicate just how the administration in tends to spend the four billion dollars he mentioned. Previous reports, however, have been that $1,500,000,000 might be sought for a program of public works, and that perhaps $2,000,000,000 might be spent for work relief in the next fiscal year.; Police, Strikers Clash In Labor War DETROIT, Mich. . . Again Michigan is the scene of labor war. Throughout the state, strikers in possession of strategically located electric plants threatened to turn off power but acceded to a last minute settlement after Governor Murphy had rushed here from a Florida vacation to take charge of the situation. Here, at the Federal Screw Works, police charge into strikers picketing the plant. The president and his aides talked Tuesday —-night for three hours about the first rough draft of a forthcoming message to congress covering the entire economic situation. Cabinet mem bers and other high officials left the White House declining to dis cuss details of the message to be sent to the Capitol today (Thurs day) by President Roosevelt. But it was strongly indicated in authoritative circles that a proposal for new public Works would be submitted. In addition to dealing with do mestic subjects, the message, it was said, would touch upon for eign angles, particularly in a comparison of conditions here and abroad. Originally announced as a mes sage dealing with the relief situ ation and the general economic situation, the document apparent ly has grown into a discussion of many pressing questions. Some who knew the nature of tonight’s conference said the president dis played a thorough recognition of the seriousness of the economic situation and the necessity for remedial measures. Mr. Roosevelt’s consultants were limited to his as sistants in the executive branch of the government, excluding his lieutenants in Congress and Vice President Garner. It had been reported that the president and Garner had disagreed Monday oyer “pump-priming” expendi tures and other matters, but the president denied the accuracy of such reports at a press confer ence Tuesday afternoon. Although numerous figures have been mentioned as the amount likely to be recommended for public works, it was reported reliably that the figure now in mind was $1,500,000,000. Herschel Anderson, of the Bullhead section, was taken —into custody on Saturday, April 9, charged with stealing and butchering a cow belonging to J. G. Rash of the Bullhead com munity. i Mr. Rash reported that he saw Anderson, who was carrying a shotgun, driving the cow away from the former's home late Fri day afternoon. The head, hide and other parts of the butchered animal, which had been shot in the head with a shotgup, were found Friday morning a short distance from Mr. Rash’s home, in a laurel thicket. Upon investigation, Sheriff Wal ter M. Irwin found half the beef hidden in a thicket about a mile from the home of Anderson, and approximately the same distance from the place where the cow was butchered. Anderson gave bond Tuesday for his appearance at the May term of Superior Court in Alle ghany county to answer these charges. He is also under bond for a eapias served on him for his failure to appear at the last term of court in Alleghany county for larceny of some sheep. Closing exercises were held April 8 at Rich Hill —school, at which time a program was given, begin ning with two songs which were sung by the entire student body. After the vocal numbers were rendered, prayer was offered by Rev. Howard J. Ford, pastor of the Sparta Bap- ( tist church. Next on the program were the numbers presented by the follow ing girls and boys, comprising the Seventh grade graduating' class: Evon Hendrix, Pearl Col lins, Mabel Collins, John Freel( Fender and Clifford Brooks, The; exercises were very impressive j and, it has been said, reflected a very high degree of training. After the class program was presented, Isom W. Wagoner,; local rural letter carrier, deliver ed a literary address, using as his subject: “Preparation for Citizenship.” Mr. Wagoner spoke at length on the development of those essential qualities requisite to the citizenship of a great nation. , Following Mr. Wagoner, the Rev. Mr. Ford preached a very inspiring sermon, stressing the importance of “A True Christian Life,” which the speaker said is necessary if we expect to have life more abundant. After the sermon, certificates of graduation were presented to the members of the class by the principal of the school. The prin cipal also presented to 19 other girls and boys-perfect attendance certificates and, along with these as complimentary awards, each of the 19 received a greenback dollar. A large fountain pen, a reward for most improvement, was won by Clifford Brooks. Two other fountain pens, given for quiet ness and ’courtesy in the school, were won by Mabel Collins and Dennis Franklin, respectively. After the awarding of the cer tificates, rewards, report cards, etc., the exercises were brought to a close by a benediction pro nounced by the Rev. Mr. Ford. The principal of the school, T. C. Osborne, and the assistant, Miss Blanche Joined, seemed to be well pleased with the splendid spirit of cooperation existing throughout the two years that they have taught at Rich Hill, and praised the children highly for their good work. A CONTEST WAS HELD AMONG MUSIC STUDENTS —of Sparta high school recently, closing on April 1. The contest was sponsored by the Music tea cher, Miss Nellie Ruth Kreger. Miss Mildred Wagoner was the winner in the advanced group. Miss Wanda Choate received hon orable mention in this group. In the beginners’ group, Miss Ruth Pugh was the winner, and Maven Moxley received honor able mention. Prizes were awarded the win ners. THE BAPTIST W. M. U. IS SCHEDULED TO MEET —this (Thursday) afternoon, at two o’clock, in the home of Mrs. C. A, Reeves. "Star In My Kitchen/' the free movie Cooking School, will be presented in Galax —on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after noons, April 18, 19 and 20, at 2:30 o’clock, in the Colonial theatre, sponsored by the Gazette Printing and Publishing company, publishers of The Alleghany Times and the Galax Gazette. i his picture will be "h grand treat for every woman of Alleghanv Tom died April 6 in Washington, D. C. —at the age of 54 years. He was clerk of the House Ways and Means committee, of which Congressman Rob ert L. Doughton, of Alleghany, is chairman. Death came to the committee clerk, who, like the chsflrman of the body, was a North Carolinian, in Sibley Me morial hospital after a short ill ness from pneumonia. A native of Taylorsville, Mr. Bumgardner was educated in the Taylorsville public 'school, later attending Oak Ridge academy, at Oak Ridge. From 1900 to 1908, he served as secretary to Con gressman Richard Hackett, a pre decessor of Congressman Dough ton. Two years later, he went to Albemarle, where he was em ployed for the next twelve years in the offices of Wiscassett Mills company, and also served one term in the state legislature. Mr. Bumgardner again went to Washington in 1933 as assistant clerk of the House Ways and Means committee. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Roberta Bumgardner; three broth ers*, Lindsey Bumgardner, Ashe ville; E. D. Bumgardner, Taylors ville, and W. J. Bumgardner, Jr., Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. T. C. Barnes and Mrs. J. C. Fortner, both of Taylorsville, and one daughter, Mrs. R. M. Hauss, of Ramseur, Funeral services in the capital city were conducted on Thursday afternoon, the 7th, at Ryan’s Funeral home by Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist church, assisted by Dr. James Shera Montgom ery, chaplain of the House of Representatives. The body was taken to Albe marle, where last' rites were held Friday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, in Central Methodist church. Interment was in Albemarle cemetery. Roosevelt seems to have lost his control —of Congress as evidenced by an historic upsurge of opposition which appeared in the national capital Saturday night and forced ad ministration leaders to. abandon hope of regaining control of the 75th congress. The administration took a ter rific beating Friday night when the house rose up against the government (reorganization bill and sent it back to a special re organization committee. Demo cratic leaders had admitted even before the vote that that action would kill the bill. They said it would be interpreted as meaning that the house had voted a lack of confidence in the president. It was the third major setback the house had handed the ad ministration since December. The first was when it recommitted the wage-hour bill, the second, when it revolted against placing a special surtax on family-owned and closely-held corporations. Friday night’s vote was an nounced by Speaker Bankhead as 204 to 196. He and Majority Leader Rayburn, just before the roll was called, had marched dramatically down into the well of the chamber to assert with all the fervency they could command that Democrats, by their vote, should not send over the nation a message that the president no longer was leader of his party. county. North Carolina, arid Gray- -• I son and. Carroll counties, Vir- . . • gin in, and no woman -hould miss it. • . ... ;1 “Star in My Kitchen’’ was pro duced in one of the major motion picture studio, in Hollywood and has a large cast of well-known , actors and actresses. It combines : in, a full-length picture the ■ romance and glamour of Holly wood with the every-day problems of home-making. Those who avail , themselves of this unusual op portunity and witness this novel i picture will laugh at and with : Aunt Bella, large, jolly colored maid, and be thrilled by the love scenes between Mike (the movie star) and Dedee, the" lovely heroine. And most important of all, they will see in complete de- ] tail demonstrations of many re cipes 'developed by several of America’s leading home econo mists. There will be absolutely no ad mission charge-—seats in the Colonial theatre will be free to all for the showing of this feature picture—and. in addition, a num ber of valuable free gifts will be distributed each day to per sons in the audience. Many of the scenes in “Star in My Kitchen” are, in technicolor, adding much to the attractive ness and interest of this new pic ture. Seats in the back row will be as good as those, in the front row—the motion picture permits everyone, to hear and see every trick in frosting a cake, making a pie or cooking bananas. Experienced housekeeping will thrill to the adventures of the young Dedee Abbot,, who, just out of college., suddenly finds herself with a large home to manage and several mouths to feed—as well as a handsome young movie ac tor to impress. All of the practical equipment is seen in use and because “see ing is, believing” the audience will soon learn that pies and cakes and salads can make them “stars in their kitchens.” It won’t be necessary to carry pad and pencil and try to scribble measurements in the darkened theatre because free recipe sheets with complete formulas for many i °f the delicious dishes prepared i in this Motion Picture Cooking ! school will be, distributed daily. ! No one interested in home ' problems can afford to miss this Fiee Motion Picture Cooking | school, starting Monday after noon. April IS, and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday after noons, at 2:30 o’clock, at the Colonial theatre, in Galax, i_ The 28th annual commencement at Glade Valley —high school is to begin on Saturday night, April 23, when the initial program will be presented, in the form of a musical recital. On Sunday morning, April 24, : at eleven o’clock, the commence ment sermon will be preached, j and graduation exercises are to be held on Monday morning, April 25, at ten o’clock. Speakers far the commence ment service Sunday, and for the graduation exercises, are expected ; to be announced next week, j The commencement will come j to a close on Monday night, April 125, with the Senior class play, .“The Time of His Life.” j The Seniors have been practic I ing for some time on this play, j which is a comedy in three acts. | Tom Carter, played by Bill Spen cer, versed in the art of “make i UP” and fresh from college theatricals, slips into the place of an absent Negro butler when hte sister is confronted with the necessity of entertaining guests at a moment when all th« house hold servants are “off’> for the (turn to page eight, please)
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