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DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
I Volume No. 14.
GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938.
Number 1.
by Hugo S. Sim*,
WailHington Correspo >dent
Every once in a while the au
thor of this column feels, like
saying a few words directly to
the thousands of readers who see
it each week. The writer recog
nizes and accepts a responsibility
not only to the newspapers which
publish this column, but also to
the people who read it. Conse
quently, it might be a good idea
for a change to outline some of
the ideas behind “Looking at
.Washington.’’
This column undertakes, dur
ing the course of a year, to keep
its readers informed as to what
is taking place in Washington. It
does not attempt to handle “spot”
news. It discusses the trends in
the broad political field. It also
undertakes, at times, to explain
pending legislation and political
situations. It tries to inform and
explain so that the reader may
understand all issues. Further
more, it would reflect an accurate
picture of political conditions in
the country from time to 'time.
Election Forecasts
Inasmuch as 1938 is an election
year, this column will, before the
November election, attempt to ad
vise the reader as to the probable
outcome. In 1934 and 1936, our
efforts were particularly success
ful. How accurate our 1938 fore
casts will be, no one knows, but
the writer can assure all readers,
regardless of party, that the fore
cast in this column will be based
upon impartial study of all avail
able facts and represent an ef
fort to reach, a correct conclusion.
Roosevelt Dominant
Readers might as well recognize
that the writer who comments up
on events at Washington finds
himself compelled to center much
attention upon President Roose
velt. Regardless of what one
thinks of the President, he is. the
dominant, if not the overwhelm
ing, factor in American political
life today. What the President
thinks, what he plans, and what
he does is of far more political
significance than the similar
thoughts, plans and actions of
any other person. Despite tempor
ary setbacks to his program, ap
parent rebuffs and reported loss
of popularity, President Roosevelt
is the man who .makes political
news. He creates issues and he
chooses positions. Around him,
to an amazing degree, centers the
political life of the United States.
New Deal Popular
Since 1933, the country has
witnessed the development and
enlargement of what is called the
“New Deal.” It is the Roosevelt
program. The elections of 1934
and 1936 demonstrate that it has
amazing popular support. The
cold facts today is that there is
slight concrete evidence that it
has lost much of its appeal to the
American people. The writer says
this, because, as an honest re
porter, he must write what he
concludes is the truth. It may be
good news or bad news to the
reader, depending upon what the
reader thinks of the policies in
question and the conclusion may
be different in the Fall, but, to
day, the President is almost as
dominant as ever.
Very often it happens that the
reader keeps up so closely with
current affairs that he loses sight
of longer and more sweeping
trends. In affaire, political, this
is easy. Therefore, the writer is
going to review the political situ
ation in the United States today.
The following appraisal is built
on careful study of many factors.
It does not represent the views of
one individual. Naturally, it is
not infallible; it merely repre
sents an honest effort to reflect
the party picture as it appears
to an observer who is trying very
hard to be conscientious and fair.
Third Party Wobbles
As a beginning, let us take up
the recent third party movement,
launched by Governor LaPollette,
of Wisconsin. Up to this time, it
has signally failed to make any
substantial progress. There has
been no rush of “liberals” to sup
port the new banner. There has
been a marked reluctance on the
part of “liberals’’ to abandon the
leadership of President Roosevelt.
In fact, on the basis of the situa
tion today, the new third party
may be written off as a national
proposition; it may have consider
able importance in several states.
Republican* Hopeful
The Republican Party, under
new leadership, is showing con
siderable activity. It has yet, how
ever, to clearly delineate a pro
gram of opposition that can rest
upon fundamental differences of
principle when contrasted with the
eo-ealled New Deal. There con
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Commencement at
Sparta H. S. is
| to open Saturday
—morning, May 21, at ten
o’clock, when the annual
high school debate is to be
'held. The question for this
[year’s debate is:' “Resolved, that
i the several states should adopt a
j unicameral system of legislation.”
j Speakers in this debate are to
| be as follows: Affirmative—Dan
Rector and Harrell Joines. Nega
i tive^—Misses Lila Lyons and
Lucille Pugh.
The debate will be followed by
the presentation of Seventh grade
certificates, and also the perfect
attendance certificates.
On Saturday afternoon, at 1:30
o’clock, the annual high school
recitation and declamation con
tests are to be held. Those who
are to participate in the reci
tation contest are Misses Texie
Hoppers, Elvira Wagoner, Treva
Jarvis and Georgene Mitchell.
These scheduled for participation
ir. the declamation contest are
Dan Rector, Harrell Joines, Kyle
Atwood and Ralph Redd.
opootcy lavern, tne senior
class play, is to be presented Sat
urday night, at eight o’clock.
The cast of characters follows:
Lon Hacker—owner of Spooky
Tavern, Earl Richardson; Ghost
Oman—who haunts Spooky Tav
ern, Miss Edna Edwards; Lucy
Hacker-—a spiritualistic medium,
Miss Lila Lyons; Joyce Wingate
—a resourceful college girl, Miss
Pauline Edwards; Florabel Win
gate-—her younger sister, Miss
Edith Rizoti; Bedelia—the girls’
colored mammy, Miss Virginia
Joines; Ralph Channing—a Senior
in love with Joyce, E. J. Richard
son; Terry Tanner—a Junior in
the same fix, Ray Lundy; Wiley
Wargle—a stuttering Freshman,
afraid of ghosts, Wade McMil
lan; Blackie Simms — Farone’s
henchman, Doris Jones, and Fa
rone—known. as “The Creeper,”
Dan Rector.
The commencement sermon to
the graduating class is to be
preached on Sunday morning,
May 22, at eleven o’clock, by
Rev. D. Sidney McCarty, pastor
of the Galax (Va.) Presbyterian
church.
Graduation exercises are to be
held on Monday morning, May
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| Finals are to
begin May 11 at
Lees-McRae
—college, Banner Elk, and
close on Monday, May 30.
The commencement activi
ties will come to a close
with presentation of diplomas to
more than 50 Seniors.
Dr. Wilbert C. Davidson, dean
of Duke University medical school,
will deliver the graduation ad
dress. Rev. Robert L. McLeod, of
New York, member of the Na
tional Board of missions of the
Presbyterian church, will preach
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday,
May 29.
| A recital by students in the
j college music department will be
[ the first event on the commence
ment program. Class night exer
cises will be held Saturday night,
May 28.
Senator Reynolds
opened his
campaign Tuesday
—night with a radio address in'
Raleigh, in which he predicted he
would be returned to office by
an overwhelming majority, and
asserted that his reelection would
be a victory for President Roose
velt.
In the speech, announced as his
first political address of the cur
rent campaign, Reynolds said he
would win a “victory unsurpass
ed” in the Democratic primary of
June 4. A majority in the pri
mary would be tantamount to
election.
Reynolds’ claim was in direct
conflict with that of Representa
tive Frank W. Hancock, Jr., of
Oxford, his Democratic opponent,
who predicted Saturday that he
would win the nomination in a
landslide.
Reynolds did rtot mention his
opponent-*- 4»me ami referred to
Hancock by innuendo only in
statements to the effect that “new
members of the‘Senate must start
at the bottom regardless of prev
ious service in Congress,” and
that seniority in the Senate was
of great importance.
. Stating- that President Roosevelt
“has brought the government to
the people,” the Asheville senator
said the record would show that
he had stood “solidly behind the
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Degrees will be conferred upon 297
Seniors at the Women’s College, U. N. C.
—in Greensboro, at graduating exercises to be
held on Monday, June 6. The 46th commence*
ment is scheduled to begin on Friday, June 3.
Diplomas will be presented by Dr. Frank P. Graham,
president of the Greater University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. Other officials who are expected t(5 attend
the exercises include trovemor
Clyde R. Hoey and Dr. W. C.
Jackson, dean of administration
of Woman’s college.
Dr. Robert E. Speer, of New
York, will deliver the baccalau
reate sermon Sunday morning,
June 5, in Aycock Auditorium.
George M. Thompson, of the
school of music, will direct the
college choir in an afternoon
concert, after which an informal
meeting will be held for seniors,
parents, alumnae and friends.
The second day of the program
will be given over to alumnae
matters, with a general meeting
at 11 a. m., followed by a lun
cheon, and then a concert by the
faculty of the school of music.
Permanent officers of the sen
ior class will be elected and in
stalled at an afternoon session, at
which senior representatives of
the five departments conferring
degrees will speak. They will be
Miss Gwen MacMullin, of Ram
seur, of the A. B. Department;
Miss Edna Douglas, of High
Point, of the B. S. in secretarial
administration; Miss Frances
Moselay, of Lacrosse, Va., of
the B. S. in music department;
Miss Mae Steven Wiley, of
Bryn Mawr, Pa., of B. S. in phy
sical education, and Miss Arthelia
Mitchell, of Winston-Salem, of B.
S. in home economics.
The representatives were chos
en on a basis of scholarship and
outstanding departmental activity.
The evening will be given over
to class reunion suppers.
The commencement program
be launched with a faculty-alum
nae “at home” the night of June
3, followed by the commencement
ball in Rosenthal gymnasium.
A large number -
of children have
been examined
—during the past year by the
Alleghany county health nurse,
Mrs. Virginia Ashley Greene. A
total of 1,155 grade school child
ren in the 28 schools of Alle
ghany county have been examin
ed. Of this number, 879 had
diseased tonsils, 901 had decayed
teeth, and 79 had defective vis
ion. The greater part of these
defects, it has been pointed out,
were due to diseased tonsils.
Three hundred and thirty-seven
were underweight; 453 had de
fective breathing, and 585 had.
unclean teeth. A total of 183
other children had miscellaneous
defects, such as abscessed gums,
skin diseases, etc.
Since last year, of 1,200 child
ren, 308 either had tonsils re
moved, or teeth filled. Seventy
five of these had tonsil operations
performed at Roaring Gap free
clinic, by an eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist, of Winston
Salem.
Sanitary conditions In eighteen
of the twenty-eight schools in
this county have been condemned.
| Four schools have no toilet facili
ties. Only four schools in the
county have a safe water supply.
Within the last two years, the
country health nurse has immuniz
ed 1,045 persons in Alleghany
county against diphtheria, 325
against smallpox, and 760 against
[typhoid fever.
Remember The Vets-^—Buy A Poppy . .
“Buy a poppy, Buddy?”—of course you will!—and the Buddy
Poppy you wear may be one of these that have been completed by
the ex-doughboys of the Menlo Park, New Jersey, Home for Disabled
Veterans. Throughout the nation more than six million poppied .are
I sold annually during Memorial Week beginning this year May .21.
Josephus Daniels
made an address
in Charlotte
—rTuesday night. In his
address, th^ United States
ambassador tr> Mexico said
“the only thing this old
world needs is to apply the teach
ings: of Jesup Christ to business,;
to industry, and to politics.”'
“We are coming to, a day, ’me
added, “when we ;must have
social justice. . . Fifty, years from
ton.ay you will have no slums in
Charlotte.”
“Daniels.’• address launched the
Chnr.ottee Y. M. C. A.’.- #100,
000 building .modernization cam
paign.
“the best investment, the mu'
which will pay the largest divi
dends that can. be made in. Csai>
■lotte tcuay,” he shin, “is in the.
cha; m ter of the youth of this,
city.”
“The Y. 01. C. A. is based on
the essentials of the - Christian re
ligion; take that out and it would
be only a gymnasium or club and
it would soon pass away. . . It i? .
your responsibility, to throw
around these young people of
Charlotte who are to be your
leaders torn u vow the safeguards
of the Christian religion.’’
This Week
Features You Will Like
The Chinese defenders of
South Shantung, stratgetic point
in the war in China, are shown
in a graphic trench picture in
our news photo section.
How does the Bible interpret
good citizenship? Rev. Harold L.
Lundquist discusses this in his
Sunday Schol lesson text from
Mark 12:13-17. In this week’s
issue.
Willie Wimpus shows Pop sim
plified method of exercising- in
“S’Matter Pop.” See the funny
page in this issue.
Shakespheare’s Lord Macbeth is
compared to a modern gangster
by Elizabeth C. James in our i
literary feature- this week.
Another installment of “To
Ride the River With,” Wililam
MacLeod Raine’s pulsating story
of Jeff Gray, mystery man of the
West.
Drew Pearson and Robert S.
Allen tell of interesting happen
ings in Washington in the “Week
ly Washington Merry-Ge-Round.”
“The fate of the Democratic
Party is inextricably bound up in
the program of President Roose
velt “Says Hugo S. Sims, in the
feature “Looking at Washington”
in this issue.
THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
WERE ENTERTAINED
—by C. R. Roe, principal of the
school, and Mrs. Roe, on Monday
night, May 16, with a theatre
party.
After the show, the Seniors
were treated at the drug store
by Mss. J. T. Inskeep.
Great Britain
considered the
Mexican situation
—yesterday and pondered
what course to pursue. This
consideration was given the
question by a government
already -deeply concerned over the
European and Far Eastern situr
ations. The Mexican.situation was
thrust upon the London govern-1
ment recently by the severance of ;
diplomatic relations between Eng- *
land, and Mexico, which took1
place during the latter part of
last week..
Viscount Halifax, Britain's for
eign -eeietary, began study of
the problem. after- returning front
Geneva where he, engineered the.
British about-face to recognize
Italy's "conquest of Ethiopia.
1 he» - lo.vc;gn orrieo cl‘i-iti:e :
comment on the Mexican .-it.u
&tiori or any intimation of- what
the next, step might be. But one
important factor in the,; situation ;
from the British standpoint will
be consideration of her oil supply
if war should come,
Britain might have to depend,
principally on South and Central
American fuel 'in wartime, an
eventuality for his majesty’s gov-1
ernment to consider in seeking
means, of preventing further am
bitterment of Ariglo-Mexican re
lations.
Mexico in the past has furnish
ed Britain only six per cent of
her oil imports, a quantity that j
totalled 176,000,000 gallons in
1936, but war would increase that
amount.
The reason is that in peace
time the British get about 18 per
cent of their oil from Iran (Per
sia) and five per cent from Iraq.
Most of this oil is piped thous
ands of miles along lines that
could be disrupted quickly.
Also in wartime Rumanian oil
sources might no longer be avail
able.
Informed sources said Britian
thus might be forced to convoy
almost her entire oil supply across
the Atlantic. Already 38.3 per
cent comes from Venezuela and
the Netherlands West Indies.
There are still
three vacancies
m Alleghany
—county’s quota for enrollment
of trainees for attendance at the
Citizens Military Training camp
to be held at Foit Bragg June 16
to July 15.
Claude William Andrews, of
Sparta, has already qualified for
attendance at this year’s camp.
It is urged that young men be
tween the ages of seventeen and
twenty-nine desiring attendance
at this year’s camp send in their
applications without delay. Lieu
tenant R. E. Black, Sparta, who
is county chairman for this coun
ty will render all assistance neces
sary to expedite applications and
the following physicians have
volunteered to examine prospec
tive trainees free of charge: Dr.
,C. A. Thompson and Dr. B. 0.
! Choate, both of Sparta.
Information and application
| blanks may also be obtained by
| correspondence direct with The
C. M. T. C. Officer, Fort Bragg,
IN. C.
The annual FFA
party was held
Tuesday, May 10
—in the afternoon, at the Sparta :
high school gymnasium, by F. H. j
Jackson, Agriculture teacher in i
the. school, and his1 FFA boys, j
The party was attended by ap
proximately 30 couples, and many J
new games were enjoyed by those j
present. |
Delightful ' refreshments were j
served.
A colorful
Gypsy wedding
was solemnized
—in Charlotte Tuesday
when Rachel Mitchell and
Coster Johnston, betrothed
at the age of three years,
were united in marriage,, in a
ceremony that continued for nine
hour-. The two are members of
a Gyp y band. Roth are lit.
Tin .Mitchey and Johnston
tribes are two of the oldest, larg
•-t and richest in the United
State.-.
The .Mitchells, caiin- from Brazil.
about 200 years ago. The John
stons came from. Serbia about
the same time.' The fc a is of the
tribes became f riends and lintel -
tribe, in a linages have taken plait
sine • that time.
The- 'bridegroom . i- a copper
smith and. a very good orjc, his
friends say. But he' has only
food and clothing given him from
his father’s camp and the amount'
of the “settlement” for the bride.
A few months ago “Father.”,
Johnston, wrote “Father Mitchell” .
that the, money which Would allow
ris son to care, for his wife was
re, ay. So Wedding' plans. Went.
'.award.
The Mitchell tribe • already ,wa
there—;ha.d been for 13 years. The
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Undercover men
are unauthorized
to carry on
—activities of enforcement
of the prohibition law in
N -n th Carolina’s 73 dry
counties, according to #
ruling released Tuesday by At
torney General Harry McMullaa
in Raleigh.
Cutlar Moore, liquor commis
sion chairman, requested the rul
ing after being informed by the
U, S. Treasury Department that
thousands of cases of whisky, were
being shipped monthly into dry
counties.
Th.-; attorney-general pointed
out that the salaries of the.'under
cover men were, paid from profits
of liquor - sol'd in the state's 27
wet counties and held that the
men- must confine their activities
to those. 27 counties.
n l- my opinion tnat your
boa*d- doe- not i’.ave any Jurisdic
tion of authority in dry counties . : ‘
to engage iij eft forcing: the - viola* it
tion- of the prohibition laws in . f
such-countii.McMull'dn wrote, If.
‘■I am di-ru-■ -ins' only the ques*
‘i)'1 of the authority of your
board to engage , ami employ poi- * •
icy officer.- to. eh force- violations.. ;
of ,,w.- against the -ale of intoxi
cating.-liquor- in dry counties, and
tli .i.-- count! r- which have, voted ..
n favor of county -tores. I am
not- discussing other features of
the act which have no .reference
to the. police power.- of your .-.
boar 1.”
lUe.Mullan said that the local
>ption liquor law, passed in 1937,
fid —not directly authorize the.
appointment by the liquor coifi
ini.-s.on of undercover men. He
idle!, however, that the authori
sation might be inferred, since, '' :j
fie coini.nis.-io.n was-instructed “to
- e th e all the law- rotating to . v.
fie -air.- an-h control .of alcoholic ’ ' :
- life Observed.’'
beverages
Or L R, Scarbrough, of Texas, was
named president by Southern Baptists •
—Friday at the Southern Baptist convention in
Richmond, and selected Oklahoma City as the
1939 meeting site. Plans also were made for an
“extensive and intensive sou'-winning campaign.’’ Dr.
Scarborough, president of the Southeastern Seminary at
Seminary Hill, Tex., succeeded Dr. John R. Sampey. of
Louisville, ivy., as leader ot more ;■
than 5,000,000 Southern Baptist#;
in 18 states and the District of i
Columbia.
A resolution presented by Dr.
Charles E. Maddry, executive sec
retary of the foreign mission,
board, asked the convention to
support the board in its effort to \
seek indemnification from the j
Japanese government for mission';
property destroyed in “the ruth-!
less undeclared war in China,’’
The proposal war referred toj
the resolutions committee after a
move to have it tabled, failed.;
John W. Inzer, Asheville, N. C.,
expressing the opinion that Bap
tist work in Japan might suffer.'
if the resolution was. approved as
presented, urged that it be tabled. ;
Dr. Maddry asked the endorse
ment of the convention and the I
“incident publicity to strengthen i
our hands when we, go. to Wash-1
ington to see the state depart-!
merit next week.” He added that.
123 foreign mission boards of j
other denominations were also
pressing for the same general!
demands on the Japanese govern#;
ment.
Delegates pointed out that Dr.
Scarborough, himself a noted:
evangelist, was deeply interested'
in this phase of religion, as were
others among the major conven
tion officers, all of whom were
reelected.
They include: Ralph A. Her
ring, Winston-Salem, N. C., first
vice president; Dr. W. W. Hamil
ton, New Orleans, second vice
president; Hight C. Moore, Nash
ville, Tenn., returned as senior
secretary for the 26th year, and
J. Henry Burnett, Macon, Ga.,
junior secretary.
Dr. S. F. Lowe, Atlanta, was
named chairman of a new com
mittee to study the possibility of
using radio in promoting Baptist
work.
Five thousand representatives
•f Southern Baptists solemnly rose
an masse Thursday in their huge,
dim-lit convention hall to dis
approve the proposed organic
union of all Christian denomina
tions.
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The House voted
an appropriation
for the relief
—measure advocated by
President Roosevelt Thurs
day night, in the amount of
$3,000,000,000, to be ex
pended in the proposed lending
spending- campaign against the
depression. The chamber’s huge
Democratic majority was strongly .-.a
aligned behind the chief, ocr'-vutiw , J
once more, in the voting on the
relief appropriation.
Virginia’s delegation in the i
House split evenly on the relief
bill with only Representative
Flannagan, of Bristol, not voting.
Woodium, Hamilton and Sattar
field voted for the measure, while
Bland was paired for it. Burch
Drewry, Robertson and Smith
voted against the measure.
Shattered earlier in the session
by the wage-hour issue and the
reorganization bill, the party lines
reformed, to the delight >of ad
ministration leaders, to repulse
repeated efforts to amend or re
commit the bill and finally to pass
it, 329 to 70.
The measure, appropriating $1,
250,000,000 for work relief,
$965,000,000 for public works,
$175,000,000 for the farm secur
ity administration, $75,000,000 for
the national youth administration,
and lesser sums for administra
tion leaders are, nevertheless,
highly confident of the outcome.
The $3,000,000,009 in the bill
is an integral part of the pro
gram of $4,500,000,000 in loans
and expenditures which Preside!#
Roosevelt proposed -several week3 j
ago as a means of increasing gen
eral purchasing power. Th» re
maining $1,500,000,600 was pro
vided in previous legislation for
highway building for CCC camps
and for loans by the Reconstru
ction Finance corporation.