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DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT O F ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Volume 13.
GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938.
Number 52.
by tvjj_i5 S. Sims,
Washington Correspondent
President Roosevelt and his
Mew Deal have emerged triumph
ant from the first primary test in
the 1938 political campaign.
The overwhelming victory of
Senator Claude Pepper, in the
Democratic Primary in Florida,
gives no comfort whatever to the
opposition. The Administration,
favorite polled nearly sixty per
cent, of the votes cast. His chief
opponent, Congressman Mark Wil
cox, a frequent New Deal critic,
was backed by about twenty-eigiit
per cent, of fhe voters and most
of the other votes went to form
er Governor Sholz, generally re
garded as a supporter of the Ad
ministration.
What Significance?
Mr. Pepper considered his vic
tory over four opponents as a
vote of “confidence and approval”
oi the Administration. His view
was accepted by Chairman Far
ley, James Roosevelt and such
New Deal stalwarts as Majority
leader Barkley, Secretary Roper
arid others. The opposition, in
cluding Conservative Democrats
and Republicans, saw “no national
significance in the Florida re
sults.”
Conservative Democrats, whr
are opposing the President’s poli
cies, especially those of the South,
however, will get a significant les
son from the result in Florida.
Considered together with the vic
tory of Representative Lister Hill,
a .strong Administration man, in
th#' Alabama senatorial election a
few months ago, the implication is
that the President is in continued
favor with Southern Democrats.
Other Primaries
The primary election in North
Carolina, June 4, will give addi
tional information on this point.
Senator Bob Reynolds is cam
paigning for reelection as a “red
hor Rooseveltian” and is generally
expected to win. His opponent in
the primary is Congressman
Franklin Hancock. After that, we
will have to wait until August 6
when the voters of Kentucky
choose between Senator Alben
Barkley, open White House favor
ite, and Governor “Happy” Chan
dler, New Deal critic. Three days
later, in Arkansas, the voters will
pass judgment on, Senator Hattie
Caraway, a “100 per cent.”
Roosevelt supporter, who is being
opposed by two members of the
House of Representatives.
President Still Powerful
The significance of the Florida
primary is not to be found in the
fact that Senator Pepper won, nor
even in the overwhelming nature
of his renomination. The more
important revelation is that, at
the Florida polls, there was very
little evidence that President
Roosevelt has lost much, if any,
of his popular support. If this
inference is borne out by subse
quent primaries in the Southern
States, the conclusion will be ob
jvious.
The Florida result is welcomed
by supporters of the Administra
tion as an antidote for many
"opinions” that are being, widely
circulated. It, in their opinion, will
offset the view that the President
is much weaker with the people
than he was, that the Conserva
tives of the South are ready to
cut his political throat, that elec
tions held today would reveal
widespread dissatisfaction with the
Administration, that the current
depression has alienated the faith
of his admirers and that they are
now ready to abandon the New
Deal as a sinking ship.
Declaring that “concentrated
private economic power” is strug
gling to “master our Democratic
government,” President Roosevelt,
in his message to Congress on
monopoly, made it ■ plain that he
is not beginning “any ill-consid
ered ‘trust-busting’ activity which
lacks proper consideration for eco
nomic results.”
The President called for “a
thorough study of the concentra
tion of economic power in Ameri
can industry and the effect of that
concentration upon the decline of
competition” and asked for $500,
000 to finance a study of the prob
lem. He also requested $200,000
for the Department of Justice
“to provide for the proper and
fair enforcement of the existing
anti-trust laws.”
Borah Approve*
Senator Borah, who recently
conferred with the President on
this subject, approved the investi
gation, but feared' that it might
“string along and finally reach
the desk or the upper shelf in the
form of ten or twenty volumes
which few will even consult.” The
Idaho Senator asserted that “we
know that monopoly exists in this
country’’ and that it is under
mining our whole economic and
(Turn to page five, please)
Gov. Hoey found
an invigorating
atmosphere
—regarding business i n
Niorth Carolina Tuesday
when he read the state’s
financial barometers—more
invigorating than in many other
sections of the country.
The chief executive issued the
following forecast: “The people
of the state are hopeful and, with
any reasonable recovery in the
textile business, the state is ready
to go forward.”
Building activity, postal re
ceipts and gasoline tax collections
in April and the fust quarter of
1938 showed increases, a survey
disclosed.
Several corporations have, an
nounced plans to open new plants
or to expand old ones.
“New industries are moving in
to North Carolina at an increas
ing rate because the state pos
sesses so many natural advan
tages,” said J. T. Anderson, in
dustrial engineer far the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment.
The Ecusta Paper Corporation
of Wilmington, Del., and New
York city, plans to open a $2,
000,000 cigarette paper plant at
Brevard. Caraleigh Mills* at Ral
eigh, which has been idle for
years, will be reopened under new
management. Two knitting mills,
a cloth mill and a pickle factory
will be established. Two new
hosiery mills are under construc
tion in Valdese. A new unit of
the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Com
pany’s bromide plant at Kure
Beach rkill be built.
Raleigh reported April building
permits of $1,274,325, believed
to be a new record. Henderson,
Kinston and Fayetteville building
permits showed increases. Char
lotte listed a slight drop in April
permits, but building for the first
quarter of the year ran $500,000
ahead of the 1937 period.
G. Glenn Nichols,
local postmaster,
has announced
—that his office would have
a special cachet Which will
be used on all air mail let
ters during National Air
Mail Week, May 15-16. Postmas
ter Nichols stated that all patrons
of his office wishing a cover
containing this special cachet
should address their letters to
the right of the center of the
envelope, in order that the cachet
can be applied without defacing
the address.
The special cachet stamp will
only be applied during Air Mail
Week, May 15-21. The local post
master stated that the goal of
Air Mail Week is “One Air Mail
Letter Each Day From Each
Citizen,” and it is hoped that the
citizens of Sparta will add the
additional three cents to all their
mail during Air Mail Week, which
will give a creditable number of
Air Mail letters from this office
and will at the same time, ad
vertise Sparta by having cachets
distributed throughout the United
States.
me postmaster at sparta nas
asked the folowing citizens to
serve as members of a committee
to boost Air Mail week in this
county during National Air Mail
week, May 15-21: R. A. Dough
ton, R. F. Crouse, R. M. Gambill
and George Cheek, Sparta; J. E.
Miller, Piney Creek; C. M. San
ders, Stratford; W. R. Miller,
Laurel Springs; Mrs. J. T. Ins
keep, Roaring Gap; J. T. Miles,
Cherry Lane; Rush Thompson,
Glade Valley; G. N. Evans, Bar
rett, and W. B. Reeves, White
head.
Each rural carrier in the coun
ty has been asked to participate
in this important event.
On the 19th an airplane will
pick up mail at West Jefferson
and Elkin. This will be the first
time that Alleghany citizens will
have an apportunity to have mail
dispathed by air from so near.
A special effort will be made to
collect a large amount of mail
for dispatch on that day.
All air mail received at Sparta
by 10:00 o’clock on the 19th,
will be dispatched from Elkin
that day.
They Want To Spend The Money
Reports from Capitol Hill are said to indicate- that although the
spending program will be approved, the legislative branch will seek
to control the purse strings. When asked if Congressional allocation
of relief, P. W. A. and W. P. A. funds would seriously hamper
relief work, Harry Hopkins replied, “Unfortunately unemployment
doesn’t follow political lines.” Secretary lekes. (right) has sup
ported Hopkins’ stand for Executive direction of spending.
W. M. Warren
died at ins
home in Galax
—on Friday morning, May
6, about 10 o’clock, after
having been in ill health
for a considerable period of
time. Mr. Warren, who was a na
tive of Wilkes county, had been)
a citizen of Galax for severall
years, having moved there from j
Independence. He was one of the 1
most prominent men in Grayson!
county, and was widely known. j
Mrs. Warren, who was, before1
her marriage, Miss Dell Dickey,
passed away last November 10. ;
One daughter, Mrs. Hattie Ful
ton, Galax, survives.
For a number of years, Mr. j
Warren was president of the
Grayson County National Bank,
Independence.
The body was taken Sunday to
Independence, where funeral ser
vices were conducted, at 2 :30 p.;
m., in the Independence Metho
dist church by the pastor, Rev. j
L. D. Mayberry. Rev. D. Sidney
McCarty, pastor of the Galax
Presbyterian church, and Rev. R.
L. Wiley, Independence.
After the singing of the hymn,
“My Faith Looks Up to Thee,”
a scripture lesson was read by
the Rev. Mr. Mayberry, followed'
by a prayer offered by the Rev.
Mr. McCarty.
A quartet comprised of Mrs.
G. F. Carr, Mrs. G. Z. Phipps,
J. Clifford Kyle and M. L. Myers,
sang “In the Land Where We’ll
Never Grow Old.”
Remarks concerning the life of
the deceased were then made by
the Rev. Mr. Mayberry, and the
Rev. Mr. Wiley made a talk.
A duet, “Going Down the Val
ley,” was sung by Mrs. Carr and1
Mrs. Phipps.
The hymn, “The Old Rugged
Cross,” was then sung by the
choir.
a oriel discourse on tne me i
of the receased was given by
Judge J, C. Padgett, Indepen
dence.
Mrs. W. B. Whitney, Indepen
dence, accompanied at the piano
during the singing of the various
numbers.
Active pallbearers, nephews of.
the deceased were: Charles W.
Dickey, L. P. Summers, V. F.;
Couch, L. C. Couch, C. S. Couch
and Roger Couch.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Dan B. Waugh, J. H. Witherow,
R. A. Klor, J. T. Pollard, Opie
Daniel, Kyle T. Cox, John Mac
Reeves, Fred Reeves, Dr. Virgil
J. Cox, F. W. Farmer, eff Mat
thews, Glenn Pless, Wythe F.
Wampler, Charles P. Waugh, Dr.
R. L. Jones, Willard Cox, Wal
ter Gillespie, W. R. Ballard, G.
F. Carr, Mayor B. D. Beamer,
Warren B. Giersch and H. P.
Burnett.
Flower bearers were: Mrs. J.
T. Pollard, Mrs. F. W. Farmer,
Mrs. J. Scott Cornett, Mrs. Hor
ace Sutherland, Mrs. Leona
Wright, Mrs. R. L. Jones, Mrs.
Grace Jones, Mrs. Walter Gil
lespie, Mrs. Rex Sage, Mrs. Clif
ton uhudy, Mrs. R. A. Anderson,
Mrs. Warren B. Giersch, Mrs.:
J. Wayne Vaughan, Mrs. J. K.1
Ward, Mrs. Willard Cox and
Miss Lizzie Sutherland.
Fourteen members of Galax
fire department acted as escort
and assisted in the handling of
traffic.
Republicans of
the House were
loud in pretest
—against the Roosevelt
sipending - lending program
Tuesday night, when they
assembled in conference.
They denounced the program as
“another new deal raid upon the
treasury,” destined to increase
unemployment and produce a
“cataclysmic inflation.”
At the. close of a day of bristl
ing debate, in which minority
members individually heaped criti
cism upon the program—while
Democratic leaner- confidently
claimed “votes 'to spare,” for its
passage—q, number of Republican
gathered to give their views the
weight of official party approval.
“The entire program is based
upon the exploded theory that a:
nation may spend its way to
prosperity,” said a statement
they issued. “That delusion never
has had a more extravagant trial
than in the United States during
the last five years.
“This trial has cost the tax
payers roundly $40,000,000,000
and has led only to the sharpest
and most sadden business depres
sion in modern economic history
—a depression which is experienc
ed in no other principal nation
of the world.
“The Roosevelt proposal simply
is to start that whole disastrous
cycle over again.”
Earlier in the day the majority
of the House appropriations com
mittee had recommended the pro
gram as one which would provide
employment “for some of the
many millions who are unemploy
ed and destitute or harassed by
the spectres that haunt the door
step of that too large, unfortun
ate group.”
Closing exercises
were held Monday
night, May 9
-—at Laurel Springs school,
in the presence iof one of
t 'h e largest assemblages
ever gathered to attend a
program at that place.
A special feature of the pro
gram was the Tom Thumb wed
ding, which brought much ap
plause.
A very timely address was giv
en by Rev. Howard J. Ford, pas
tor of the Sparta Baptist church,
to the Seventh grade class on
the subject, “Building for Life.”
Twenty certificates were given
to boys and girls completing the
Seventh grade. Twenty three stu
dents received perfect attendance
certificates and awards for the
year.
Awards were presented Blanche
and Ben Taylor for seven years
of perfect attendance.
CIRCLE NO. I OF THE
BAPTIST W. M. U.
—will meet this (Thursday) af
ternoon, at two o’clock, at the
home of Mrs. George Crutchfield,
Roaring Gap.
Eleven steps
jfor recovery
were advanced
! —Thursday night in Okla
I homa City, Okla., by Ex
President Herbert Hoover,
of California, who declared
| the Roosevelt new deal is head
! ing the. nation along “that danger-;
! ous- road for democracy that led
j to disaster in Europe.” The |
j former chief executive offered a j
; program which he said “would at |
least be a start on a saner and (
more cheerful road.”
The former president asserted!
“despite every alibi, this depres- J
ision is the direct result of gov-j
i ernmental actions.’’
To “get off this dangerous
road,” he called for eleven “prae- j
tical steps.”
These included an end. to
j “spending, inflation and pumping,”
l tax revision, a one-third reduc
Ition in relief expenditures through
, decentralization of administration,
| a drive to balance the national j
[budget, the same right for em
j ployer and employe, be foie the;
i labor board, and a stop to “in-j
| discriminate defamations of busi
| ness and the creation of class ’
I hate.”
i
! Mr. Hoover spoke before aj
“grass roots” convention of• Okla
homa Republicans. The address,
was broadcast nationally.
I Discus-sing his recent trip to
[Europe, he said, “the torch of
liberty has been dashed -out by
[some sort of fascism “in 14 na
tions of more than 240,000,000
people-—they all undertook new;
deals under some title, usually,
planned economy,’’ as panaceas!
to cure, economic difficulties-.
Mr. Hoover said constructive,
action to allay fear and re-estab
lish confidence in the future
“would release the enormous re-1
serves of private enterprise, in
place of a trickle of government
money” apd would “take men
back to their jobs tomorrow and!
permanently.” !
“For a start,” he said, “we
need tor
“First, re-establish confidence:
that there will be no more at
tacks upon the safeguards of
free men. That is the indepen
dence of congress and of the!
courts. |
“Second, restore common mo
rals and intellectual morals in!
government. In a democracy or j
in a Christian country the ends!
do not justify any means.
“Third, abandon this economy
of scarcity and go in for produc
tion, work, and thrift.
"Fourth, stop this spending and
inflation and pump-priming.
“Fifth, revise the taxes so as
to free the initiative and enter
prise of men. The original senate
proposals were a step in that
direction.
"Sixth, reduce relief expendi
tures by one-third, through de
centralizing its administration.
Take it out of the hands of
wasters and politicians and put
it back into non-political com
mittees in each community and
require the states and local com-!
munities to find five or 10 per j
cent of the cost. That will pro-;
vide greater and more sympa- i
thetic care for those in distress. j
It -will restore confidence that the
republic is not being destroyed by
the purchase of elections.
(Turn to page five, please)
“Betty s Dream”
is to be given
tomorrow night
—(Friday) in the Sparta
high school auditorium, by
the music department of
the school. Announcement
concerning this play was made
recently by Miss Nelile Ruth
Kreger, Music teacher.
The play will begin promptly at
8:15 o’clock, and will continue
until 9:15.
The program this year is the
first of its type to be presented
by •the local music department,
and it is believed that it will be
very entertaining. Much time and
effort, it is said, has been given
to make this program successful.
Parents and friends of the par
ticipants, and the general public,
are most cordially invited to be
present and a warm welcome will
be extended to all who attend.
Many Cases Were Disposed
Of In Alleghany Superior
Court Held Here Lost Week
—with Judge F. Donald Phillips, of Rocking
ham, presiding. This was the regular May term
of court, and the outstanding case on the docket
vvas that of Glenn Maxwell, Negro, for the murder of
Charles Shepherd, in April. Maxwell was sentenced to
die in the lethal gas chamber in Raleigh, on Friday,
WPA workers were
told to vote
as they please
—Last week by Administra
tor Harry L. Hopkins. This
advice was given the 2,600,
000 WPA workers and their
bosses, who were .told not to be
influenced by promises of re
ward's "-.or threats of reprisal
from political candidates, . '
“No one will lose his job be
cause. of his vote in any election
or his failure to contribute to any
campaign funds,” he said in let
ters to be inserted in the next
pay envelope of every person en
rolled by the Works progress ad
ministration.
“What’s more, I want you to
let me know if anybody tries to
tell you anything different.”
His action, Hopkins said, re-1
suited from charges that primary 1
candidates in some states were
coercing WPA workers to sup- j
port their candidacies. All these
charges, centering chiefly in Penn
sylvania, Missouri, New Mexico
md Florida are being investi
gated, Hopkins said.
Two Greyhound
buses stopped
in Sparta
—on Saturday, May 7, for a
few hoars. The buses were
carrying 76 North Carolinians,
celebrating the opening of the;
now Greyhound lines between
Bo-one and Wilmington.
A. J. Maxwell, Commissioner
of Revenue, and Stanley Win
borne, chairman of the Utilities
commission, were in the group,
as well as delegates from Wil
mington, New Bern, Pittsboro,
Wilson, Raleigh, Siler City, Ashe
boro, Lexington, Winston-Salem
and other towns on the new route.
After lunch, R. A. Doughton
introduced Mr. Winbome, who
made a brief talk, praising this
section of the mountains, and
speaking of the new bus line.
The group expected to return
to Wilmington the following day,
concluding the celebration of the
opening of the route.
Galax Livestock
market has been
purchased recently
—by E. G. Bowman, of the
Wytheville Livestock market, A.
L. Gardner, Hillsville, and others.
The new owners are now in
position to handle the livestock
of Grayson and Carroll, and ad
joining counties, in Virginia, and
Alleghany county, and other near
by territory, in North Carolina,
regardless of whether it is lambs-,
sheep, cattle, calves, hogs, horses
or goats.
Sales will be held every Mon
day.
1 he Carnation
plant in Galax
observed
—the first anniversary of the
first receipt of milk at the plant
Tuesday (May 10). On Monday,
May 10, 1937, the first day miik
was received, 10,000 pounds of
milk wa# gathered from 206 pa
trons.
Now, there are 730 patrons
furnishing milk for the
plant and about three times as
much milk is now being received
as was received a year ago.
The company anticipates that
it will be receiving milk from
two or three hundred more pa
trons by the end of the summer.
Officials of the Galax plant
are gratified at the success of
the plant during the first year
of its operation.
THE YOUNG WOMEN’S
CIRCLE WILL MEET
—at the Methodist church tonight
(Thursday), at eight o’clock.
j une i i.
The following men served as;
jurors during the May term:.
. Cleve Nichols, Steve Johnson,
Shade Caudill, Parley Truitt, J.
M, Brooks, N. H. Bell, S. W.
: Brown, George Sturgill, S. A,
Irwin, Troy E. Pugh, W. P
Ifwin, A. M. Greene, Schooner
Duncan, G. M. Edwards, M. L.
Richardson, ,R. J. Wagoner, J, W,
Jarvis, Houston Tolliver, M. B,.
Cox, Bruce Sturgill, Sam Handy,
C, C, Kennedy, Claude Gainbill,
Stanley Wyatt, Joe Finney,. Leis
ter Mabe,„ George Richardson,
Troy Brooks, Raymond. Shaw, A.
J. Woodruff, L. E. Choate and
J. M-. Brown.
In addition to the cases men
tioned in last week’s issue of
1 HE TIMES, the- following case*
were disposed of;
State vs. • Veit Fortner and
Everett Fortner, '-assault. Pleaded
guilty . of assault with deadly
weapon, and were Gentenced to
work on roads for 90 days.
State vs. Hershel Anderson,
charged with larceny, sentenced
to work on road.- for-six months
on each of two charges.
State vs. Arthur Whitaker, driv
ing drank. Pleaded guilty,, and
was given a four-months road
sentence, suspended for two years
upon payment of. $50 fine and
costs, upon good behavior. Li
cense was revoked for a year.
State vs. Loyd Blevins and
Doyle Higgins*, charged with
manufacturing whiskey. Higgins
pleaded guilty of possessing ma
terial for 'the manufacture of
liquor, and was ■ giyen a six
months’ road sentence, suspended
for two years upon payment of
$25 fine and costs, defendant to
abstain totally from making,
drinking, using, buying, selling
or having ; in his possession anv
spirituous intoxicants for . two
years.
Loyd Blevins was given 6
months on the -road, and an 18
months sentence, suspended fair
five vears
State vs-. Floyd Billings. Non
support. Pleaded guilty of aban
donment and non-support of a
minor. Prayer for judgment con
tinued for three years, on con
dition that he pay $6.00 per
month for use and benefit of
Doris Billings.
State vs. Odell Jones, driving
drunk. Alias Capias.
State vs. Bert Edwards. Lar
ceny. Six months on roads.
State vs. Bob Edwards, Charg
ed with “.escape.” Given 90 days
on road.
State vs. Arlie Crouse and,
Everett Gentry, charged with vio
lating the prohibition law. Were
called arid failed judgment. Nisi
sci fa instanter. Gentry entered
plea of guilty of possessing and
transporting. For possessing, he
was fined $100 and costs. For
unlawful transportation, he was
given 6 months on the road, the
prison sentence suspended for two
years, upon condition that defend
ant does not violate any of the
prohibition laws of North Caro
lina for two years.
State vs. Robert Joines. Charg
: ed with selling mortgaged prop
I erty. Motion by defendant for
I nonsuit was allowed and a ver
dict of not guilty entered.
. otate vs. Alex Bryant. Charged
j with carrying concealed weapon.
Pleaded guilty and was sent to
i the road for four months.
In connection with the Maxwell
> case, the grand jury in a body,
j i he foreman and seventeen mem
| hers, returned into open court a
: bill of indictment charging Glenm
l Maxwell with the crime of mur
! der in the first degree. The bill
1 of indictment follows r
I “The jurors for the State upon
thc-ir oath do present that Glen
[ Maxwell, late of Alleghany
| county, on the 14th day of April,
A. D., 1938, with force and arms,
at and in the aforesaid county
d:d unlawfully, willfully, felon
iously deliberately, premeditated
ly and of his malice aforethought
kill and murder Charlie Shep
herd, contrary to the form of
Ine statute in such cases made
and provided and against the
peace and dignity of the state.”
The defendant was arraigned *
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