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Want To Sell Something ? Try a Want Ad DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND You Will Profit If You Always Read Times’ Advertisements SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume 13. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY. APRIL 28, 1938. Number -5»J. Hugo S. Sims, Washington Correspondent The President’s new recovery! program, outlined to Congress two j weeks ago and explained to the people in a radio address, is de risively referred to as “the cam paign fund for 1938” by the op-1 position, which includes, a. number, of Democratic members of Con- 1 gress as well as most of the Re publicans. While Congress may do consid erable ear-marking of funds, the ■ prospects are that the program I will proceed. It is important, i therefore, for the people of this country to understand the back ground, the intended results and the consequences of the Presi dent’s proposal. Briefly, the Pres- j ident argues: The National Income: The national income, which was , •$80,000,000,000 in 1928, dropped i to less than $40,000,000,000 in 1932, but rose to ^68,000,000, 000 .in 1937 as a result of the Administration’s, acts to reestab lish reservoirs of credit, to put purchasing power in the hands of , the consuming public, and to se,- j cure a more equitable distribution of the national income. By the end of 1936, he said,! the Government felt. that a I large measure of the Govern ment’s spending activities could be reduced. During the winter and spring of 1937, cotton fac-^ tories, automobile plants and other industries, for various causes, | produced goods fester than the j consumers could buy them, and by the autumn of 1937 had' sur plus stocks on hand. During the same period price.? of some pro ducts rose faster than was war ranted and many commodities were priced to consume::? above the “inflationary boom prices of 1929.” ' i Government Action Naturally, the question arises, | did the Government do anything j about the situation then? The1 answer is three-fold. In Decem ber, 1936, the Treas ury began to , “sterilize” incoming gold from! abroad to keep it from inflating ' the credit structure of the. nation:' in April, 1937, the Government issued warnings against the prac-j tice of over production and high j prices; in May, 1937, the Federal Reserve increased its require-1 me.nts in order to curtail banking credit. Cc-nplaint* of But'oess Evidently, to answer the com plaints of business that Govern ment interference has retarded j recovery, the President said, “It j should be noted in fairness that I since January 1st, 1937, the! President has recommended to I Congress only four measures, of ■ major importance to business, of i the country.” These include: (1) legislation to stabilize agri-l culture. (2) legislation to end loopholes | in personal income tax laws. (3) legislation to put a floor under wages and a ceiling over hours of labor in industry, and (4) tax legislation to remove inequities from the Undistributed! Profits tax, especially as they af-1 feet the smaller types ♦ of busi-; ness. Legislation for items (11 and; (2) have been anproved by the! President, item (3) is under con-j sideration and congressional ac tion on item (4) is. in the final stages of free conference. “The, record sneaks, for itself,’’ says the President, adding “no other j measures affecting business hawe; been proposed.” In discussing possible, increase j in the national income, Mr. Roose- j velt continued: “I want to make ^ it clear that we do not believe j 'hat we can get an adequate rise i in national income merely by in- j vesting, lending or spending pub-1 lie funds. It is essential in our economy that private funds be put to work and all of us recog nize that such funds are entitled to a fair profit. The Government cannot and should not act alone. Business must help. I am sure business will help.” The Present Proposal What does the President pro pose? First, that in the coming fiscal year Government expenditures for the WPA, the Farm Security Ad ministration, the National Youth Administration and the CCC be - continued at the same rate as at present. To do this1, will mean an increase of about a billion and a quarter dollars, more than estimat ed in the message sent to Con gress on January 2nd. Second, to make definite ad ditions to the purchasing power by providing new work by (a) adding $300,000,000 to the amount available for immediate construction of additional slum-1 (Turn to page five, please) Teachers (or the 1938-39 term have been named | —by Che school committee for District No 1 of Alle ghany county, recently. Ths committee is comprised of R. B. McMilan, chairman, Walter! Osborne and A. V. Milsap. Teachers elected are as fol-. lows: Sparta high school—Charles R. j Roe, principal, Mrs. Julia West) Roe, Mrs. Ida J. Warren, Mrs. ' Lacky Halsey, Mrs. Grace C. Rec tor, Mrs. Thelma O. Richardson,; Mrs. Bessie McMillan, Mrs. Re-1 becca O. Choate, Misses Annie | Sue McMillan, Aileen Perry, I Gertrude Andrews, Elma Waddell! and Polly Dougherty, Ralph B.1 Gheek, Bryan Taylor, Burton F. McCann and Arnold Jones. Airbellows—Mis-s Muriel Cau-, dill. Cherry Lane—Miss Hazel Bur dette. Chestnut Grove — Miss Vada Mae Duncan. J Glade Valley—Mrs. Rachel H. • rhompson. Irwin—Miss June Crouse. j Liberty Knob—Mrs. Grace W.! Wagoner. New Hope — Miss Donna C.! fones. Stratford—Miss Ivazelle Tay or. Tolliver — Miss Annie Reid rruitt. i Pine Swamp —Mrs. Leila G. Wagoner and Mrs. Vera W. Ed- ! vards. Whitehead—Miss Johnny Dale; raylor and Mrs. T. Lovill Cray on. — , | Wolf Branch — Hugh Choate ind Mrs. Reba C. Howell. It is said that both the teach-! >rs and nations feel that the com mittee should be commended - for he prompt election of teachers, j Jesse Jones sees no real danger in conditions I —prevailing at the present time, and is “unable to see any justification for this | recession in business.” Jones,; ivho is chairman of the Recon-1 struction Finance corporation, spoke Thursday night in Lynch jurg, Va„ after being introduced by Senator Carter Glass as “one of the really saje men in the ad ministration at Washington.”j Lynchburg is Senator Glass’ home ;own. “No real dangers confront us,” lones said in his address before :he annual dinner of the Lynch lurg chamber of commerce. “Our aanks and financial institutions | ire sound and strong. . . We nust all lea.vn restraint. The government cannot go on for ever paying out more than it ;akes in. “I have no desire to sound a discouraging note. To the con trary, I have no fear of the future.” - Senator uiass, vigorously ap plauded by a hometown crowd n his brief introductory remarks, referred to his bill, recently pass ed by congress and signed by the president, authorizing the RFC to lend a billion and a half dollars ;o government subdivisions for self-liquidating projects. He said he didn’t believe in the bill in principle, but intro duced1 it because the loans would be administered by Jones. By means of that bill, he said, “we both hoped to avert a more vicious proposition.” He then reiterated the charge that other phases of President Roosevelt’s “pump priming” pro posal duplicated the functions of the Glass bill, with the difference that the RFC would make its loans so as to realize a profit for the government, whereas the “other agency” would "give the taxpayers’ money away.” Carter Glass, Jr., chamber president, introduced his father by recalling that the senator had been called an “unreconstructed rebel” by President Roosevelt. Senator Glass said he appreciated bhe “terse and truthful” presen tation and that for the balance of his life he proposed to remain unreconstructed “when it comes to things of wrong doing.” The Sparta H. S. baseball team played Monday —afternoon at Glade Valley against the Glade Valley high schol team. The final scores were 10-3 in favor of, Sparta. Dan Rector, pitcher for the Sparta team, was the outstanding player of the afternoon. He is a Senior student and has pitched several shut-out games. He is said to be the best all-round ath lete in Sparta high school. Plans are under way in Alleghany for surfacing —a number of Farm-to Mar.ket” roads in the county during this year, through t'he Works Progress ad ministration, according- to a state ment made recently by Claude Miles, WPA project superinten dent. At present, 76 men are employed on a WPA road project at Vox, and assign ment cards have been issued to 65 more. A rock "crusher s being operated at Vox, where me and one-half miles of stone lave been hauled, ready for crushing. It is expected that this project will be completed within i few days. Five of the trucks used on the project at Vox are rented by the LJ. S. Government from individ .lals in this county. The State highway department furnishes crushers, road machines and sev ;ral convicts on the “farm-to narket” road projects. With Carey Brown as fore nan, the WPA shrubbery project at the courthouse here has been completed. The five men and five women who were employed on this project are now working on a similar project on tne grounds of Sparta high school. Another re cently completed WPA project is the hard-surfacing of one and a quarter miles of street in west Sparta, known as Reeves avenue. Eighteen men, with George Ed wards as foreman, are working at the rock crusher, which re mains there crushing stone to hard-surface additional side streets in Sparta. Among the WPA projects that have been sent to Washington, D, C., to be aproved is that for a new brick high school building at Piney Creek. About forty labor ers and carpenters would be em ployed on this project for ap proximately four months. It is planned to have the new building ready for use when schol opens next fall. Another project sub mitted for approval is the build ing of a sidewalk from the Spar ta Baptist church to the Presby terian manse, and another stretch from John Choate’s residence to that of W. F. Hoppers, on Main street. Still another project sub mitted is that for an addition to the State Fish hatchery at Roar ing Gap, which is expected to employ twenty-five laborers. At the beginning of the WPA projects in Alleghany county jear ly this year, only one laborer re ported for work. At least a hund red are now employed on the various projects in the county. A minstrel is to be presented Saturday night —April 30, in the SpartA high school auditorium by the school faculty, and students. For this event, the interlocutor will be Byran Taylor. Ena men will be F. H. Jackson, B. F. McCann, Arnold Jones and Dan Rector. Following the presentation of the ministrel, a “beauty contest” will be staged, with local busi ness men as contestants. The men will be dressed in ladies’ clothes, and will be judged on their “femininity.” SPARTA H. S. WON FROM GLADE VALEY H. S. —in a baseball game played here on Friday, April 15. Dan Rector, Sparta pitcher, was the star of the game. He pitched nine innings and allowed only two hits. With mer. on bases, he belted out a home run in the first inning. FDR Spending Okay; Business Booms WASHINGTON, D. C. . . Vice President Garner, House Speaker ! Bankhead, Senate and House Majority leaders Barkley and Rayburn I pause on the White House steps after assuring the President of ! legislative approval for his $5,000,000,000 recovery program. The certainty of favorable Congressional action ha? given stocks and bonds, carloadibgs and business indices a firmer tone than' any time since 1937. Thousands were v. . gathered in Newton Tuesday —to hear Postmaster Gen eral James A. Farley de liver an address on the occasion of 'the dedication of the new $(10,000 post office!: building. i1 The Roosevelt administration is (1 not disturbed, by the we aling that ! “new propaganda” will be launch ed on members cf Congress against the new recovery pro-1 gram, Postmaster General Farley said while he Was in Newton. < “We know that thij propa ganda isn’t going to have any effect on the country,” the nation- ! al Democratic chairman said, i In North Carolina to dedicate two post office buildings, Farley "said he had not seen a copy of the anonymous letter which the president received a warning that “new propaganda’’ was about to be released. The letter was read Monday to the House, by Repre sentative Rayburn, of Texas. Farley, who has been called the nation’s ace political strate gist. made a dozen appearances in a 250-mile drive through the Piedmont before he. headed for South Carolina to blast the foes j of President Roosevelt in a speech j before a group of Democratic I women. Four thousand persons jammed ; the main street of Mooresviile. at j mid-morning and gave a rousing j cheer ah Farley and “Farmer i Bob” Doughton climbed to a speakers’ stand erected under an oak tree. “I give you a great American, I a great statesman and a great Democrat,” said Houghton in in troducing the postmaster-general, j . Alt along the route, men and women and children stood and j waved at the big black car in which Farley was riding. The nation’s No. 1 mailman and politician waved back. At Barium Springs, * al ley stopped long enough to shane. j hands with 320 children at the orphanage, told them he was de lighted to see them and to be in : their grand state. Fifteen minutes later the motc.v- j cade stopped in front of the \ Statesville post office. State! Senator Jack Joyner was there to « shake hands with Farley. Anj official delegation from Newton' joined the motorcade there andj again Farley was on his way. Passing out of Farmer Bob’s! district, Farley crossed into Ca-I tawba county, stopped Clare-1 mont to shake hands with a group at the little post office and tell them that he was delighted to be with Major Bulwinkle. At least 6,000 persons crowded j into the Newton town square for the speech there. Flags flew from every building. Bunting draped the streets. Farley inched his way through the crowd to the speakers’ plat-j form where National Committee-1 woman Beatrice Cobb, of Mor ganton, and Judge Wilson War lick waited to greet him. An early summer sun beat I down on the crowd. It was al j most noon. The crowd extend | ed a block to the, north, a block , to the east and back across, the square into the courthouse green. The 28th annual commencement at Glade Valley H. S. —began on Saturday night, April 23, at eight o’clock, with ?. music recital, follow ed by the commencement :ermon to the graduating class >n Sunday morning, the 24th, at 4even o’clock. This . sermon was matched by Rev. W. C. Cooper, jastor of the Mocksville Presby erian church. On Sunday night, lev. Marion Murray, of Banner 51k, delivered a sermon to mem bers of the Young People’s lea rue, using as his text the 16th ■•erse of the 11th chapter of He irews. Rev. Joe II. Carter, Anderson, 5. C., delivered the literary ad iress to the graduates oh Mon lay morning, April 25, at ten j’clock. For his topic he chose 'our words beginning with the etters that stand for “Glade Val ey High School”—”G. V. H. S. —Gratitude, Vision, Hard work ind Service,” and spoke of the sart these play in. attaining sue-' :ess. The closing program, the sen or play, “The Time of His Life,” was given Monday night. All the exercises were well at tended. A large number of for ner graduates were present for :ommencement this year. Those receiving diplomas and Bibles were Virginia Moxiey, Cleo Osborne, Violet Blevins and James Greene. Master Billy Har ris was the mascot of the senior class. The following students received awards: Maggie Sapp, scholarship medal; Georgia Bryan, Louise Ervin, Memorial music medal; Violet Blevins, Brenau recitation medal; Francis Bryan, scholar ship award; Francis Bryan; do mestic art. prize; Roger Shep herd, declamation medal; Violet Blevins, citizenship award; Bill Cok, dramatics award, and Bob ie McCall, Arlene Davis, James Greene, Eugene Metcalf, and Jack Lawson, room prizes. The school at Cherry Lane closed Friday —April 22, and those receiving awards for perfect attendance during'the past year were: John Robert Pierce, Wayne Brooks, George Gentry, Carl Gentry, Har rel Brooks, Dorothy Spicer, Hel en Brooks, Buford Spicer, Kyle Gentry, Herbert McCann and Grace Pierce. Those who received awards for best writing in different grades were: Opal Spicer, first grade; Cora McCann, 2nd grade, and Vergie McCann, 3rd grade. Awards were made for highest average in each grade, as follows: John Robert Pierce, 1st grade; George Gentry, 2nd grade; Eliza beth McCann, 3rd grade; Helen Brooks, 4th grade, and Grace Pierce, 5th grade. Help was offered President Roosevelt —Tuesday by 16 big business men in establishing a system of continuing consultation betweer government and business for the prevention of over-production and periodic depressions. [A planing mill is under construction at Twin Oaks —by M. A. Goodman, who esti mates that approximately 25 men will be employed in the plant. Various kinds of building ' mater ial will be finished at the new j mill, The main building is 70 x 46 feet in size. A 125-horse powerj ! steam boiler, which will furnish ! power to operate the mill, is housed in a brick building at the jrear of the main one. Part of the equipment has al ready been installed, and Mr, Goodman plans- to begin opera tions by May 10. Gov. Clyde Hoey named to the supreme court —bench Attorney General A. A F. Seaweli to succeed the late Associate Justice George W. Connor. Harry McMullan, assistant attorney, gen eral, was elevated tp the attorney generalship to succeed Seaweli. The appointments were made by Governor Hoey Tuesdav. Plans, have not been annonc ed for administering the oaths! of office. McMullan indicated, however, that he and Seaweli might be sworn in at a single ceremony. - McMullan will name his own successor as. assistant district at-: tpv"“V-general at a later date. The governor’s appointments can.e as no surprise-to,many state officials. a large number of whom had endorsed the attorney general and his assistant for the lost,;, tine: official even h.ad gone so far as to send a mbit's foot to Seaweli and McCuHan. More than a score of other persons also had been recom mended for.'appointment. to; suc ceed Justice Connor, who died unexpectedly of a -heart attack Saturday, “A large number of wormy and capable men were presented, but I could name only one man and I finally decided to select the attorney-general,” Governor Hoey commented. Seaweli and McMullan will serve in their new capacities un til the November general election. The Democratic and Republican executive committees will nomin ate candidates,' whose names will be placed on the general election ballots. Seaweli. despite his 73 years, is one of the most active state officials. A native of Moore coun ty, though his place of nativity now is in Lee county, he comes from the central portion of the state—a section not represented on the court. After serving five terms in the General Assembly, he was appointed assistant attor ney-general in 1931 and attorney general in 1935. McMullan is 53 years old and a native of Hertford. He. has serv ed in the State Senate, as head of the sales division of the De partment of Revenue and as chairman of the Industrial 'Com* i-mission. He was appointed assis tant attorney-genail two years ago. June 1 has been set as an approximate date —for the adjournment of Congress and leaders ar ranged a heavy program Saturday for the legislators | tMs week. President Roosevelt in | tended to complete his legislative i recommendations during this week j and leave Washington Friday for [ a fishing trip. Messages were ex pected from the chief executive on monopoly and the removal of tax exemptions on salaries of public employees and on income from federal and state securities. Administration leaders on capi tol hill hoped to send the tax re vision to the White House this week, obtain senate approval of the naval expansion bill and clean up a half-dozen odds-and ends of legislation in the house. ! The president’s mu'ti-billion dollar spending-lending program will continue its journey through i the house appropriations com ! mittee. Officials of the farm se | curity administration were schedul ed to testify before the committee Monday. The spring term of Alleghany court will begin —om Monday, May 2, in the county court house here, with Judge Don Phillips presiding. Solicitor J. Earle McMichael, of Winston-Salem, solicitor of the 11th judicial dis trict of North Carolina, wilt prosecute for the state. Many persons predict that this, will be the longest term of court. °ver held here. The criminal docket is the longest in many years, there, being 28 cases-' on the warrant docket and 13 cases continued from last term. Twer of the criminal cases that are expected to consume the most time are those of the. State vs. Glenn Maxwell, murder, anth th» State vs. Coy Collins, drunken driving. There are 19 cases orr the civil docket. A venire of 40 men with be summoned from Surry cOtintv far Maxwell’s trial. It i»: thought,, that the jury for' this case will b% selected Tuesday afternoon surd that the main portion of the trial will be held on Wednesday. The spelling champion nf the county was named —in a contest h&ld last Thursday, April 21, The champion is Myrtle Ruther ford, a member of the Freshman . class of; Piney Creek ; school. Miss Rutherford "'ill represent Alleghany in t'ie Journal and Sentinel finals to be held in Winston-Salem on Satur day. April 30. Schools- of Alleghany entering the county contest, and the win^ ner from each school competing in the county finals at Sparta high school, were as follows: Sparta high school, Dorothy Shep i'id; Piney Creek high school, Myrtle Rutherford; Tolliver school. Mack Caudill, and Laurel Springs, Lester Church. Mack Caudill, the runner-up in the contest, failed to spell correctly the word “source.” R. E. Black, of Sparta, has announced recently — that Dr. C. A- Thompson and Dr. R. O. Choate, both of Sparta, have volunteered to assist local youths to qualify for attendance at Citizens Military Training camps this summer. Mr. Black is chairman of the Military Training Camps association for Alleghany county. . : 1 Since these physicians are serv- ; | ing without charge, it is now possible for young men of Al leghany county, between the ages of 17 and 29, to attend camp this summer without expense whatso ever. While these camps are support ed by the Federal government for the purpose of giving military 1 training to those who volunteer for it, every effort is made to make the camps as attractive as possible. Afternoons are devoted- ..5 to athletics and games, and enter tainments of various kinds are offered at night. The camp this year will be held at Fort Bragg, for the young men of this county and will last for one month, beginning June 16. Persons interested may obtain further information from the lo i cal chairman of the Military Training camps, association or by writing to the C. M. T. C. Officer Fort Bragg, N. C. “Huckleberry Firm/* which was given at Piney Creek H. S. —on Saturday night, April 23, was an outstanding success, breaking all previous record* there for attendance. Proceed* from this play amounted to mow s than $80.00. Ramond Francis, high school instructor, who was a member of the Carolina playmakers at the ; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, coached the charac ters in this play. Mr. FVancis ! has had considerable experience : in coaching dramatics, having special training along this line at * Emory and Henry college, Emory..
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