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The Alleghany Times DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT O F ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume No. 14. • GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1938. Number 4. You Will Profit If You Always Read Times’ Advertisements Want To Sell Something? Try a Want Ad by Hugo S. Sim*, Washington Correspondent In view of the widespread dis cussion of the National Labor Re lations Act, which is constantlj assailed by industrialists wht clamor for its modification, il might be well to review the Acl itself, the work of the Nationa Labor Relations Board and some of the history connected wit! both. It should be clearly understood, in the beginning, that the Nation al Labor Relations Act, signed by the President on July 5, 1935, gave legal recognition to certain specified rights of laborers and prohibited employers from doing certain acts, considered unfair to labor. For Employe* Only The Act affirmed the right of employes to full freedom in self organinzations, and in the desig nation of representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining. It forbids employers from dismissing em ployes because of union member ship or engaging in union activi ties, from supporting company unions financially, or aiding in their organization; from refusing to bargain with any labor or ganization chosen by the majority of employes through their free choice and from bargaining with any other group than the one chosen by the majority of em ployes as representatives of the workers. Ip brief, the Act recognized the right of laborers to organize and bargain collectively and set up the National Labor Relations Board to protect laborers in the full exer cise of their rights. This Board is charged with enforcement of the Act. It receives complaints, holds hearings and issues cease and desist orders. In the event that employers fail to comply with the orders, they are referred to the Federal Circuit Court of Ap peals for review and enforcement if upheld. To Protect Labor The NLRB is an independent agency. Its prime purpose being to see that laborers are, protected in the exercise of the rights given by the Act itself. This Act, it should be clearly understood, was enacted solely for the protection of laborers. Consequently, the Board Investigates issues, facts, practices and activities of employ ers or employes in labor contro versies, sees that employes have the right to self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organi zations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities for the pur pose of collective bargaining or other mutual aids or protection; and is charged with the -duty of preventing any person from en gaging in any unfair labor prac tice affecting commerce. Courts Uphold Law The Act was upheld by the United States Supreme Court on April 12, 1937, in five cases ap pealed from lower courts. In six additional cases, the Court failed to announce any opinion adverse to the Labor Board or holding in valid any single provision of the law. In its opinion, the Court up held the Act as a valid exercise of the commerce power of Con gress, said that it did not violate the due process clause of the Constitution, and declared that the procedural provision adequately safeguards against arbitrary ac tion. Subsequently, the Court held that the Board could not be en joined from holding hearings on complaints against employers, that in particular situations, when it finds domination or interference on the part of an employer in the organization of his employes, the Board has the power to order the employer to withdraw recognition from the so-called company union; that the statute applies to an em ployer processing raw materials within one state and shipping part of his product out the state, and, finally, that workers on a strike remain employes and that the em ployer, if he discriminates against them, violates the Act. Court Worries Board Because the Board is a quasi judicial agency, it has been in volved in the recent discussion oi the relationship between the Court and such government agencies Edwin S. Smith, one of the three members of the Board, recently criticized the tendency of some Circuit Courts to give little or no effect to the findings of facts made by the board, although the Act expressly says, if such find ings are supported by evidence they shall be final. (Turn to page five, please) Gov. Hoey spoke in Greensboro Monday morning —to the 296 graduates of the Woman’s College of the University of North Caro ! lina. “Build your lives in ! the greatness of God,” advised | the governor. i The graduates heard three I speakers in brief and telling mes I sages just prior to presentation j of diplomas in the final event I of the school’s 46th commence ment. “The development of fine char acter is paramount to all other human endeavors,” said Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the greater University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as he pre pared to deliver the diplomas. “We face the world with clear heads and strong hearts,” de i dared Miss Alma Hall, of New Bern, president of the Senior class, in a farewell message. The program was held in Ay cock auditorium and was attend ed by a capacity audience. Miss I Gwendolyn MacMullin, of Rarti seur, was announced * as the graduate winner of the Henry Weil fellowship, providing a year of special study in another uni versity. Miss Maxine Garner, of Liberty, rising senior, is winner of the Martha Winifield scholar ship for excelling in English. Miss Sarah Austin, Monroe, ris ing junior, won the Gertrude Mendenhall scholarship for excel lence in mathematics. Dr. W. C. Jackson, administra tive dean of the college, para phased the Roosevelt tribute to North Carolina, when he present ed Governor Hoey as the “balan ed Governor.” The governor ex pressed his envy of the graduates starting on none-too-easy courses in life but said the way is not as gloomy as some picture it, citing steady progress in political, eco nomic and social service. He minimized the satisfactions j that came from a life of ease and said the chief joy one finds is in accomplishment. He urged the graduates to lift the world to higher standards rather than stoop to the levels they find about them. Character and integrity were termed by him as essen tials for real accomplishment. Dillon Siddon is bang held in jail here —pending the outcome of injuries suffered by Roy Evans, who, was allegedly stabbed in the region of the left lung Saturday by Siddon, The condition of Evans' is said to be very critical. Siddon’s home is near Glade Valley. Raymond Crouse is also being held in the Alleghany county jail | here in connection with the wounding of Charlie Williams, who received cuts recently dur ing an altercation, it is under stood. Williams’ condition, how ever, is said not to be very ser ious. A preliminary hearing for Crouse was to be held Wednes* day. A proposed kidnap law is seen as unnecessary —by U. S. Attorney General i Homer Cummings, according to a statement made Tuesday by the i cabinet member in Chester, Penna. ! Cummings said that interstate kidnaping has been broken up 'and that he was not in favor of a law that would forbid parents to pay ransom. The two recent Florida and New York kidnapings were “lo cal” crimes, the head of the Jus tice Department said in an in terview before he received the honorary degree of doctor of laws at Pennsylvania Military college. Of the suggested no-ransom law, the attorney-general said it “would be almost impossible to enforce and would do more harm than good. It would be of doubt ful constitutionality.” | In 65 Day Coma Chicago . . . Mary Ellen Rear don, two years old, pictured with her mother, has ldin quietly in bed for 65 days, not seeing or hearing anything and oblivious to all ai'ound her. She fell victim to “sleeping sickness’’ following an attack of measles. She is able to take food from a spoon instead of through tubes which were necessary at first. Her re covery is assured. The right of gov’t, officials to give views —on political contests in a state of which he is a native was strongly defended Tues day by President Roosevelt in Washington. The chief execu-; tive spoke in particular reference j to the right of Works Progress Administrator Hopkins, who re cently stated his preference for Representative Otha D. Wearin young new dealer, to Senator Guy M. Gillette, in Iowa’s senatorial primary race. Striking out at news paper and congressional criticism that Hopkins sought to “play poli tics with human misery” when he expressed a preference in the race, the president described the agitation as a “great deal of smoke.” He told the newspaper corres pondents that dispatches criticiz ing WPA influence in politics were written for the purpose of pleasing newspaper owners. Fur thermore, he said, Hopkins mere ly availed himself of a preoga tive that belongs to every citizen. He added that had he been born, reared and gone to college in Iowa, he would have felt at liber ty to talk about the primary. Hopkins is a native of Iowa and attended Grinnell college with Wearin, who was defeated overwhelmingly by Gillette. Be fore the Chief Executive came to his defense Hopkins issued a statement declaring that the de feat of the candidate he had en dorsed refuted criticism that he was playing politics with relief, money and that WPA workers had not disregarded his reminders that they could vote as they pleased in any political contest without fear of losing their jobs. “1 am glad to witness this re futation of those who accused us of playing politics,” he said. “In addition, as one born and brought up in Iowa, I want to say that I sincerely hope that Senator Gillette will be returned to the Unite dStates Senate.” The president made no com ment on the Iowa results, except to say that he expected to see Gillette as soon as he returns to the Capital. Earlier, however, Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic national committee conferred with Mr. Roosevelt and afterward disclosed that he had telegraphed congratulations to Gillette and pledged the com mittee’s assistance. THE SPARTA BAPTIST W. M. U. WILL MEET —tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, at three o’clock, at the church, for a special study of the Mis sion book “Fruits of the Years.” THE CEMETERY AT UNION CHURCH WILL BE CLEANED —on Wednesday, June 15, and all persons who are interested in the care and upkeep of this ceme tery are requested to be present on that day and assist in the work. JOHN RICHARDSON DIED SUDDENLY TUESDAY —according to information re ceived here. The deceased was blacksmith at the prison camp near Sparta. !A county-wide banquet is being planned —by members of Masonic lodges in Alleghany county for Wednesday night, June 15, at 7:30 o’clock, at the Sparta cafe. According to mem bers of the- local lodge, a large number of Masons are expected to attend this banquet. Ira T. Johnston, Master of the Jefferson lodge, is scheduled to deliver an address at the gather ing. A committee from the Sparta lodge has been appointed to work in cooperation with a similar com mittee from the Piney Creek lodge in making arrangements for the event. Any Mason in Alleghany county who may desire to attend this banquet is urged to communicate with the committee. FEWURES YOU WILL LIKE Important developments in to day’s installment of “To Ride the River With,” a hard-riding, fast shooting story of cattie '.rustling and the Law. Although Arthur Guinan saw front line service in France, he j had to come home to run into ■ real trouble. His thrilling exper- j ience is told by Floyd Gibbons I in “Adventurer’s Club.” A striking picture of one of the War department’s new “Air acuda” fighting planes, revolu tionary in design, is shown in j our news photo section. The crisis for Jesus in the Gar- ! den of Gethsemane is the topic for Rev. Harold L. Lundquist’s Sunday School lesson. The text is Mark 14:32-36. The Greek poet Homer, wrote two of mankind’s greatest epics. His story of Ulysses is condensed by Elizabeth C. James for our literary feature of the week. • A review of the National La bor Relations Act, which is con stantly being assailed by indus trialists, is contained in the reg ular feature, “Looking at Wash ington,” in this issue. Carlisle Higgins’ name was sent to the Senate —a few days ago by President Roosavelt for another four-year term as United States District at torney for the middle North Carolina district. Since Mr. Higgins’ nomination is for reappointment, it was ex pected that it would be quickly confirmed by the Senate. S Leaving Discussion Jan Ma&aryk, the Czechoslovak Minister, shown leaving the Brit ish Foreign Office where he had been discussing the Czechoslovak Minorities question with Sir Alex ander Cadogan. The Czech Minis ter’s call came on the heels of Konrad Henlein’s flying visit to London. Eminent speakers will be heard in Chapel Hill —on the program of the Carolina Institute of Inter national Relations to be held there June 13-22. Nor man Thomas, Socialist leader, and ; Bishop Paul B. Kern, of the ) Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who was recently assigned j to the Nashville (Tenn.) area j are among those scheduled for addresses. The institute, a continuation of i the Duke University Institute of Internationa! Relations is spon-: sored by the American Friends j Service Committee and the Uni-j versity of North Carolina. It is j being financed through voluntary | contributions. Other speakers will include Roger Henry Soltau, of the Friends International Center, Ge neva, Switzerland; Irwin Can- j ham, Washington, representative1 of the Christian Science Monitor, j and Mrs. Nadia Danilesky, of j Chapel Hill, formerly a social \ worker in Russia for the Amer-! ican Society of Friends. Also Brackett Lewis, executive j secretary of the Masaryk Insti tute, Pittsburgh, who was for j ten years national Y. M. C. A. secretary in Czechoslovakia; Gro-: ver Clark, professor at the Uni versity of Denver; William I Stone, vice president of the For- J eign policy Association, Wash ington and Professor Hornell Hart of the Hartford Theological Sem inary; Dr. Herbert Von Beck erath, professor of economics at Duke and the University of North Carolina; Dr. Rupert B. Vance, of the University of North Carolina’ Institute for Research in Social Science and" Dean What ley W. Pierson, of the university graduate school. Senator Reynolds carried Alleghany county over Hancock by 546 votes —in the Democratic primary held Saturday. Reynolds received a total of 1,298 votes in the county, and i Hancock received 752. In Che race for utilities commissioner, Winborne was given 820 votes in the county, as compared with 551 for his op ponent, Grady. In the races for the nomination for the Threshers in N. C. counties may obtain permits —now from the Register of Deeds in their respective county seats, it was announced recently. These licenses, if obtained on time, will be issued without cost. There is a fine of $25 for threshing grain without having first obtaine4 a permit, it has been pointed out. The licenses may be obtained only from the Register of Deeds offices. Licensing permits county of ficials, through reports that tresh ers are required to make, to estimate the grain crops the farm ers of the counties produce each season. The reports are forward ed to the state department of agriculture at Raleigh, where further estimates of State pro duction are compiled. House of Representatives and the Clerk of the Superior Court, neither candidate received a ma jority, and a run-off primary will be held to select the nominees for these offices. In the race for the House, the vote in Saturday’s pri mary was as follows: Brown, 747; Edwards, 682, and Taylor, 679. The last named candidate is the present incumbent. In the Clerk’s race, the vote is as follows: Reeves (incumbent), 946; Doughton, 686, and Os borne, 609. The vote in other county races was as follows: Sheriff—Bryan, 1,268; Duncan, 765, and McCann, 243. Register of Deeds — Gambill 1,084, and Reeves, 1,017. Coroner — Choate 1,324, and Edwards 751. County Commissioner—Wright, 16, and Hoppers, 14. The second primary for the House and Clerk nominations is to be held on Saturday, July 2. Senator Robert R. Reynolds Was Renominoted Sat. By An Overwhelming Majority _in the North Carolina Democratic primary. According to late returns which showed a new high record for votes cast in a Senate primary as they were received in Raleigh Monday, Senatoi Reynolds lead over Representative Frank W. Hancock was gradu ally pushed beyond the 100,000-mark. Returns from The first “Co-op” lamb shipment from Alleghany —county was made on Tues day, May 31. Blue-circle lambs netted the farmers nine cents per pound on home weights, and red-circle lambs brought fifty cent.- les-. The next cooperative shipment is to be made on or about July 1, it was announced recently by R. E. Black, Alleghany county farm agent. Stomach worms are usually more plentiful in a wet season, Mr. Black said, and farmer should start drenching their sheep at once and repeat each month ’ until October. Drenching in-' structions may be obtained from the county agent’s office free of charge. Judge J. J. Parker spcke at the U. of N, C. finals —Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, when the concluding program of the university’s 143rd commencement was presented. The federal judge said j that democracy was in greater; danger today than at any time | since Napoleon’s defeat at Water- ! loo. Judge Parker said democracy could be preserved in the United I State; by protecting fundamen-: tal principles of the Constitution and applying them intelligently to changed conditions. The jurist told a record gradu ating class of about 600 that “the nation looks to the universi ties of America for leadership in the preservation of democracy.” Ambassador Josephus Daniels' presented Judge Parker as a “distinguished home-grown jurist who has grown in the confidence of his countrymen, who is an honor to his Alma Mater, to his state and to the judiciary of America.” Before presenting the diplomas, Governor Clyde R. Hoey invited the graduates to consider first the opportunities offered by North Carolina before considering other states for residence. Imagination may cause real bodily pain —and produce symptoms of phy sical illness so realistic as to con fuse the medical diagnostician, Dr. Theodore P. Wolfe, of New York city, told the American Psychiatric association Tuesday in San Francisco. Dr. Wolfe cited the case of a girl who underwent an appendec tomy after complaining of abdom inal pain. The operating surgeon found only a normal appendix. A psychiatric examination, disclosed she had been suffering from a number of phobias—fear of being alone, fear of walking in the dark, and fear of the subway. The abdominal pain was ascribed to these, A big supply bill was put before the House —Tuesday, calling for an appro priation of $274,000,000, includ’ ing funds to begin the big navy program. The bill bore the ap propriations committee’s approval. Last of the session’s major supply bills, the measure carried a total of $41,775,167 for the navy, of which $35,802,000 was earmarked for starting construc tion of ID vessels and broad pro gram of navy yard improvements. 1,721 of 1,852 precincts grave Reynolds 287,170 'votes, and Han cock 184,787, making- the total 471,957, as compared with a previous high of 471,014 ca*t in the 1936 Senate race. Congressional races, for the most part, were closer and there wa.- a jjos-ibility of run-off pri maries in -ome. Representative ■ A. L. Bulwinkle, of the tenth district; John K. Kerr, of the second; Graham A. Barden, of the third; and Zebu Ion Weaver, of the eleventh—the1 only incumbents opposed-—appar ently were renominated; but hot fights developed in three districts in which incumbents iid not seek re-election. • Returns which trickled in slow ly during the day Monday show ed results ds follows: Second district—114 of 'lift* precincts gave Ken* 26,059; Troy T. Barnes, of Wilson, 14,698. Third—-134 of 158, precincts gave Barden 23,394; Charles L, Abern-thy, Jr., son of the form er congressman, 12,326, rum—±3i oi precincts' gave A. L. Folger, of Mt. Airy 22,501; Marshall C. Kurfees, of Winston-Salem 11,797; and George Fuly, Of Leaksville 5,466. Sixth—117 of 117 precincts, (complete) gave Lewis E. Teague, of High, Point, 10,360 ; Oscar G. Barker, of Durham, 8,970; George Penny, of Greensboro, 2,917; Atkinson, 6,796; Bruce F. Jones, of Burlington, 4,672; Bruce H. Carraway, of High Point, 983; and Edney Ridge, of Greensboro, 6,847. Eighth—202 of 202 (complete) gave C. B. Deane, of Rocking ham, 12,923, and W. O. Burgin, of Lexington, 12,231. Tabulation of 194 precincts in this district gave George Ross, of Jackson Springs, 8,061; Roland F. Beasley, of Monroe, 8,878; and Giles F. Newton, of Gibson, 1,363. Tenth—-259 of 259 (complete) gave Bulwinkle 35,223; Hamil ton C. Jones, of Charlotte, 31, 788. Eleventh—220 of 250 precincts gave Weaver 36,744; R. L. Whit mire, of Hendersonville, 22,310. Superior court judgeship races: First district-—101 of 103 pre cincts, Judge C. E. Thompson, of Elizabeth City, 11,107; Solicitor Herbert Lepry, of Edenton, 10, 622. Second—-67 precincts complete, Judge Walter J. Bone, of Nash ville, 14,412; Itimous T. Valen tine, of Nashville, 10,754. Sixth-—67 precincts complete, Henry L. Stevens, Jr., of 'War saw. 12,005; Solicitor James A, Powers, of Kinston, 6,786. Eighth—72 precincts complete, Solicitor John J. Biurpey, of Wil mington, 15,110; Clifton’ L. Moore, of Burgaw, 7,492. Ninth—81 precincts complete, (Turn to page five, please' Alleghany will enter a district health set-up —beginning July 1, accord ing to a report given out recently by the Board of County Commissioners. The proposition, whereby the county will obtain appioximately $5,000 worth of health service for about one-fifth *of its actual cost, was put before the Commissioners re cently by the State Board of Health, which requested that a ■decision be reached not later than Monday of this week (June 6), by the Commissioners, as to whether or not they would ap propriate the required amount— | $1,200. j The state health department proposed that Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga counties join together i in a district health department, j Alleghany’s part of the ex Ipense of this department will be j less than half of that of Ashe, it has been pointed out.
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