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GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1938.
Number 3.
Politicians, oiliceholders, party
leaders and newspaper writers
have been busy for the past two
weeks trying to interpret the re
sults of the primary elections held
in Pennsylvania and Oregon.
The returns from Pennsylvania]
created the greatest interest. Both i
parties were engaged in bitter;
fights. In the Republican camp,
Judge Arthur H. James, backed
by the conservative faction, bat
tled Gifford Pinchot, former Gov
ernor, identified as a Progressive
The Democrats staged a struggle
between John L. Lewis and Sena
tor Earle and State Chairman
Lawrence on the other side. On the
day before the voting, Jim Farley
urged the election of one candi
date on each side, advocating
votes for Governor Earle and
Thomas Kennedy, the CIO candi
date for Governor.
Republicans Lead
The Pennsylvania electorate
turned out in surprising force, j
more than sixty per cent, of the
registered voters going to the
polls. The Republican candidates
polled approximately 140,000
votes more than the combined
total of about 1,300,000 votes!
and the Republican total of!
more than 1,400,000 votes wrere j
contrasted with the results in |
1936, when President Roosevelt \
beat Governor Landon by a lit-;
tie more than 600,000 votes, [
2,253,000 against 1,690,000.
Taken on its face, the results
of the primary indicated that if I
both parties continued united, the |
election in November will be close. 1
However, there are factors to be!
considered. Democrats point out
that their total primary vote was
more than twice as large as the
next highest in Democratic his
tory, in 1934, when 569,744 Dem
ocrats went to the polls. The
Democrats, moreover, insist that
steady increases in Democratic
registration in the last few years
is evidence that Republicans by
the thousands are changing to
the Democratic party .
Lewis and C. I. O. Lose
Considerable interest in the
Pennsylvania primary was based
on the fact that one of the candi
dates for Governor on the Demo
cratic ticket was an active mem
ber of the CIO and the candidate
of John L. Lewis. Mr. Kennedy
the Lewis candidate failed to win
the nomination for Governor but
polled sufficient strength to in
dicate that the CIO organization, |
at least can defeat the successful I
Democratic nominee if the half
million CIO members in Pennsyl-1
vur.ia turn against the Democratic j
part s
T've likelihood of such a step j
is less probable when one realizes!
that Judge James, the successful;
Republican candidate, made Mr. ]
Lewis and his CIO a major issue j
against Gifford Pinchot, attacking
Pinchot as a “New Dealer” and
“pro-Lewis” candidate. The CIO
strength will not be thrown to j
Judge James. It might, under j
some conditions, go to an inde- j
pendent Labor candidate or fol
low the new tactics of the econo
mic struggle and “sit-down” dur
ing the Fall election.
Is G. O. P. Gaining?
The Pennsylvania vote was
hailed by John D. M. Hamilton,
chairman of the Republican Nat
iional Committee, as a definite
indication of a Republican vic
tory in November. Alf M. Lan
don, Republican presidential nom
inee in 1936, expressed practical
ly the same opinion. Republicans
generally seem to take the pri
mary results as proof that a uni
ted party can win the state from
the Democratic candidates.
That Republicans get encour
agement from the prospect of
winning control of Pennsylvania,
a state that for decades has been
a foundation of Republican
strength, indicates the havoc
which the New Deal has made
in political alignment in this
country. Whether the election
this Fall will show that the
Pennsylvanias have swung back
to their normal Republican pre
ferences remains to be seen.
A Florida Effect
Aside from the failure of John
L. Lewis and the CIO to demon
strate domination of the Demo
cratic party in Pennsylvania, the
primary results carry another re
flection. It comforts the Republi
cans in much the same way that
the Florida results encouraged
the New Dealers. The Florida
primary came after considerable
debate as to the President’s loss
of popularity and prestige and
the results bolstered New Deal
morale by exhibiting the strength
of President Roosevelt. In Penn
sylvania, the primary comes after
discouraging defeats to the Re
publicans and gives them hope
and courage by strengthening
their belief that after all, it is
possible to beat the Democrats.
New Deal Scores
(Turn to page five, please),
S. R. Nichols is
to be in Sparta
on three days
—Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of each week,
during the regular office
hours of 8:30 to 4:30
o’clock. Mr. Nichols is a repre
sentative of the North Carolina
State Employment service, and
will be at the court house on his
days in Sparta.
For some time, this office has
been maintained here only On
Wednesdays, but on account of
extra projects being undertaken
in the county, it is now necessary
to keep it open three days a week.
Mr, Nichols announces that more
able-bodied men aie needed on
the rock quarry project and in
building the two overhead passes
now under construction, one hear
Roaring Gap and the other be
yond Laurel Springs. In the first
project mentioned, crushed stone
will be furnished for surfacing
sixty miles of the Scenic high
way.
Mr. Nichols points out the fact
that the N. C. S. E. S. makes
private as well as public place
ments. For instance, if a farmer
needs a laborer, he can call on
Mr. Nichols to help him locate a
man. This service is furnished
by the state at no cost to the
employer.
Frank Hancock
made a speech
Tuesday night
—in Elizabeth City in t'he
interest of his candidacy for
the United States Senate
seat now held by Senator
Robert R. Reynolds. In his Eli
zabeth City address, the Oxford
congressman told an Albemarle
Sound region audience that Sen
ator Reynolds was afraid and
ashamed of his record as a sena
tor and Was trying to “dodge”
his way into another term.
“But he can’t do that with me”
the congressman said. “He has
got to explain himseif or else go
before the people next Saturday
without any explanation.
“Where there is no denial, and
where excuses are too weak for
utterance, there is ordinarily only
one course to pursue, and that is
to change the subject.”
Renewing seven contentions he
said Reynolds had “religiously
avoided” answering, Hancock said
the junior senator’s “opening
gun” had failed to fire five
times and had, on the subject of
aliens, “merely fizzled.”
“When I charged that con
trary to all promises and prece
dents, he had employed as his
secretary a citizen of Virginia
instead of turning to his native
state for such assistance as he
needed,” the congressman said,
“the ‘opening gun’ actually w'ent
off. He entered his defense on
this sole charge.”
Hancock denied that Reynolds’
secretary worked for the late
Senator Overman and added,
“then my opponent says his sec
retary worked for Senator Morri
son . . I will let Senator Morri
son himself tell howr long he kept
in his office anybody except
citizens of North Carolina.”
The congressman said Reynolds
had net answered contentions that
he was a playboy, that he con
ducted a “one-man travel bur
eau”; that his only contribution
to statecraft was sponsorship of
a liquor and barroom law for the
District of Columbia, and that he
had failed to keep campaign
promises.
MISS MILDRED McMILLAN
GRADUATED ON MAY 19
—from the School of Nursing
of Union Memorial hospital, Bal
timore, Md. Miss McMillan is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freel
McMillan, Street, Md.
Miss McMillan’s friends and;
relatives in Alleghany county will
be interested to know that she
received a scholarship of $50
for attaining the highest general
average, this being the second
successive award of this kind she
has received. She also received
this year her second successive
award of $20, which is given the
student who is voted the most
polite, kind and considerate.
The county (arm
agent has been
made the target
—of much undeserved criti
cism since tobacco and cot
ton allotments were an
nounced, said Dean 1. O.
Schaub, of State college, Raleigh,
recently, in an article published
in the Extension Farm News.
In a few communities, some dis
gruntled farmers have been clam
oring for the agent’s dismissal,
basing their argument on appar
ent “unfairness.”
“Thus we have a strange situ
ation,” the director of the Ex
tension Service said. “The county
agent is put in much the same
position as a tax collector. He
has orders which he must carry
out that were formulated by the
Congress of the United States.
His duties are purely administra
tive.”
Dean Schaub explained that
county committeemen determined
acreage allotments for individual
farms after a careful study was;
made of the county and accord
ing to a formula set up in the
act. .. I
After the allotments were com
pleted they were announced
through the office of the county
agent, headquarters for the AAA
program in each county.
“National goals were set up
in Washington, and each state
given its proportionate share of
acres,” Dean Schaub said. “In
the case of cotton, even county
goals were established in Wash
ington. For tobacoo, the State
committee set each county's
quota, which was approved by
the AAA regional office in the
nation’s capital.
“We think that only a small
part of the growers are cam
paigning actively against the pro
gram. Most of the others are
still willing to go along with us
in order to give control a fair
chance. If they don’t like it af
ter the marketing season is over,
they can vote down the program
at the next referendum.”
INTERESTED PERSONS ARE
TO MEET AT ELK CREEK
—on Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 7 and 8, to complete work
that has been begun on the cem
etery. ,
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
Was Jeff Gray really a crimi
nal? Read “To Ride the River
With,” William MacLeod Raine’si,
important new Western Serial.
Pa Piffle, shows what it takes
to be tough. See “Mescal Ike” :
in our comic section.
“Serving by Personal Devotion!
to Christ” is the subject of Rev. j
Harold L. Lundquist’s Sunday,
School lesson for this week.
Burglar hunting is a thrilling |
sport, as you’ll find if you read;
“Death by Proxy,” Floyd Gib
bons’ “Adventures’ Club” story j
in this issue.
The story of King Arthur,
ruler of the Round Table, is our|
lierary feature this week. Tenny
son’s classic is given a five-minute {
condensation by Elizabeth C,
James.
An autogiro landing with mail!
on a Chicago post office roof is j
one of the interesting pictures)
shown in our news photo section. )
Politicians, officeholders, party'!
leaders and newspaper witters j,
h^ve been busy for the past two)
weeks trying to interpret the re-j
suits of the primary elections held j
in Pennsylvania and Oregon. Read j
their conclusions in the feature I
“Looking at Washington” in this!
issue.
Mrs. Geo. W. Baker
passed away here
on Sat., May 28
—at the home of a daughter,
Mis. B. 0. Choate, after having
been ill for some time.
Mrs. Baker's husband died only
a few months ago in Fries, Va.
Surviving children are Mrs.
Choate, Sparta; E. J. Baker,
Fries; Mrs. I. M. Dotson, Char
lotte; Dr. C. H. Baker, Chil
howie, Va.; J. E. Baker, Roa
noke, Va., and F. G. Baker, Rich
mond, Va.
Funeral services were conduct
ed in the Fries Methodist church
Sunday afternoon, at three
o’clock, by the pastor, Rev. C.
F. Watkins.
Pallbearers and flower bearers
were nephews, nieces and grand
children of the deceased.
Interment was in Fries ceme
tery.
A statement was
made recently by
Dr. G. M. Cooper
—of the North Carolina
State Board of Health, that
if the Alleghany County
Board of Commissioners
does- not see fit to appropriate
$1,200 necessary for the county to
enter into a district health de
partment, he has decided not to
allow Alleghany county to keep
the county health nurse, even if
the commissioners are willing* to
appropriate the amount that i
necessary f oa' that, which is
$900.
Dr. Cooper pointed out the
fact that this county has enjoyed
the* sendees of a public health
nurse fo rtwo years, the first year :
it not a cent of cost to the;
;ounty, the nurse being sent here >
is a compliment to Congressman ;
R. L. Houghton. Last year, .the j
nurse was allowed to remain here 1
in order to give Ashe county a,
year’s time so that these two
counties might enter a districtl
health department at the same
demonstration of health work.
This year, the State Health de
partment expects Ashe, Alle
ghany and Watauga counties to
join a district health department.
Alleghany’s part of the expense
of this department would be less
than half of that of Ashe. Since
Alleghany has had the health
program demonstrated for two
years at an exceedingly low cost
to the county, and since it is be
ing offered this year at one-fifth
its actual cost, if the county is
not sufficiently appreciative of
these services to appropriate the
$1,200, Dr. Cooper favors with
drawing the public health nurse
from this county.
Then, if the $1,200 is not
appropriated, the county will be
deprived not only of the services
of the nurse, but the remainder
of the health program as> well.
The clinic for crippled children
will no longer be held in this
county, for instance. An example
of the advantage to the county
| of having such a clinic is found
I in Homer Ellis, 14-year-old Piney
Creek boy, who is now at home
in a body cast, after receiving an
18-day treatment in the Winston
, (Turn to page eight, please)
Alleghany Can Get A Full
Health Service By Making
Appropriation Of $1,200.00
— according to information given out 'here re
cently. The Alleghany County Board cf Com
missioners, which is composed of J. C. Spr.vlin
chairman, .James McD. Wagoner and Victor Phipps, has
been requested by the State Board of Health to decide
P.v Monday, June (1, whether or not it will make the
Senator Reynolds
spoke Tues. night >
in Winston-Salem
—and declared that his
friends are going to send
him back to the United
States Senate by a tremend- t
jus. majority. To a .capacity crowd I
that packed the Forsyth county i
mart house, to capacity, Reynolds
talked for an hour and twenty- r
three minute- and never mention- f
ed the name of his opponent, <
Representative Frank W. Han- ]
;ock, Jr:, of Oxford. j ]
The North Carolina Primary is.t
to be held, on Saturday of this t
week ( June 4).
“I don’t love you just because ;
Saturday is coming,” the blond, i.
pugilist-built senator said, ‘‘I’ve
loved you all my life and will
love you whether you vote for me (
or not.”
Reynolds spoke extemporane- ’
ously. He had no notes! But he ‘
talked of world problems that i
concern “we folks here at home.”
He talked of his record in the U.
S, Senate. He discussed social,
economic and industrial trends;
and declared that America has
the weakest, poorest immigration
laws of any country in the world.
And when he had painted a
word picture of the horrors of.
war, he paused and there was a
smile on his face. These were his ’
words:
“T’rr. glad North Carolina has
Mien a great chief executive, the
lovablt Clyde R. Hoey. He has
broiie1 t the government to the ,
people.’.’
There was more applause and
more yells.
“I admire Clyde R. Hoey,” said
Reynolds, “because he has gone
about the state, mixing and
mingling with the people and
finding out what they need, what;
they want.”
And then the senator paid
his respects to “Dr. Ralph W. ■
McDonald, who is yonder in a hos-!
pital in the mountains and who I
am glad to say will be a well i
man in four months.”
Accompanied by his son, Robert
R. Reynolds, Jr., the senator wasj
Introduced to Forsyth county vot
ers by. Alex P Le a s a n't s,
Southern Railroad conductor, of;
Winston-Salem, who declared j
Reynolds “is the greatest states-j
man North Carolina ever has j
had
Rural letter
carriers of
Alleghany met
—on Saturday night, May j
28, at Green Gables, for the
anmtal Alleghany County
Rura 1 Letter Carriers associ- ‘
ation meeting. All ten carriers
in the county were present, and
all but two were accompanied by
their wives. Several visitors were ;
also present as guests of the as
sociation.
An outstanding feature of the
occasion was a banquet, at which
W. C. Irwin, president of the as
sociation, acted as toastmaster.
Mr. Irwin pointed out the fact
that the Alleghany association
maintained a 100% membership
since its organization ten years
ago.
After several shore speeches by
various carriers and guests, offi
cers were reelected for the sixth
consecutive year as follows: W.
C. Irwin, president; Lon Me
Reeves, vice president, and R. G.
Taylor, secretary-treasurer.
The Ladies auxiliary, the mem
bers of which organization are
the wives of the carriers, also
held their meeting and reelected
officers for the coming year as
follows: Mrs. W. C. Irwin, presi
dent, and Mrs. Edward Pugh, sec
retary-treasurer.
ippropnatton.. By appropriating
hi- amount, the commi.J.-ionert,
t ha- been pointed out. would
btnin for Alleghany, county ap
ii'oxiniat'-.iy ..-*5.000 worth of
ealtK service lor about one-fifth
f it- actual cp-t.
Th service,- an f condition? un
jf-i- which thi. -enice could he
btaihed i o- Alleghany, A* re and
Vatauga counties, in cooperation
-ith t: e St .v. Board of Health
nd , Fe !•- ral agencies, has been
lUtlined by Dr. R. E. Cox. direc
ox of the Division of County
ieaiVn, of the State Board t»f.
iealth, as follows:.
The ..District. Health Deparb
n-nt wilt conduct a public health,
ro'jrrain in the three counties as-.:
•utlined and approved by t.ha
iorth Carolina State. Board of
health, which would, supply »
he citizen? of the three counties
he following essential services:
1. School health .supervision,
ncliidiijg physical examination .0#
chool children for defect;
2. Immunization service will be
ffered by the District Health De
partment, providing for the cont
rol of smallpox, diphtheria, and*
yphoid fever;
3. The perfection of an. organ
:ation for the. correction of phy
sical . defects, such physical de
fect? to be corrected by compe
tent physician? of the District;
4. The department will conduct
an organized program to reduce
maternal arid infant deaths;
5. An adequate Venereal Dis
ease and Tuberculosis program
ivill be carried out with the co
operation of the local medical pro
fession ;
(L The health department wiH
conduct an education and super
•isavy program which will go far
toward correcting .environmental,
sanitation, with particular empha
sis on safe excreta disposal, ma
laria control, providing a pure
and wholesome water supply, a
pure milk supply, and pure food
within each county in the dis
trict;
7. The department will conduct
epidemiological investigations and
institute adequate, intelligent, and.
effective measures for the pre
vention of the spread of com
municable diseases;
8. The Public Health Nurse on
the staff will visit homes, of school
children who are absent because
of communicable diseases’ and in
whom physical defects, may be
found, take such steps as may be
A Baptist S. S.
convention was
held Sunday
—at Laurel Springs, and in
spirational and Informative
addresses were delivered by
Rev. Perry Crouch, secre
tary of Education of the Baptist
Convention, Raleigh, and Rev. J.
P. Davis, pastor of the Boonville
Baptist church.
All the Sunday schools were
represented by delegates or pas
tors, and local problems were dis
cussed by superintendents, teach
ers, pastors and Sunday School
workers. A choir of Laurel
Springs girls rendered special
music, and Mrs. H. J. Ford and
Mrs. Walter Johnson, Sparta,
sang a duet.
A basket lunch was served by
the Laurel Springs Baptist and
Methodist Sunday Schools.
A permanent organization was
formed and the following officers
were elected: Superintendent, Mrs.
A. O. Joines; Associate Superin
tendent, W. F. Doughton; Gen
jeral Secretary, Mrs. C. A. Reeves;
| Adult Department, Vann Miller;
Young People, Walter Johnson;
Intermediate, Mrs. D. J. Jones,
and Elementary, Mrs. J. T. Fen
jder.
! The next annual meeting will
; b* held at New Hope church on
I the fifth Surnfcy in April, 1939.