Want To Sell Something ? Try a Want Ad The Alleghany Times You Will Profit If You Always Read Times’ Advertisements DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume No. 14. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1938. Number 9. by Hugo S. Sim», Washington Correspondent President Roosevelt’s highly publicized swing across the Con tinent has about ended and in a few days the Chief Executive will board a cruiser at San Diego for a fishing trip that will end at the Atlantic Coast. The political campaign of 1938 is wagging along its way, with the President undoubtedly taking a leading part in the discussion, framing the issues and using the full force of his office to drive home to the people the advan tages of the policies that he es pouses. Once more, Mr. Roosevelt has demonstrated his amazing ability to set the stage, to pro perly time his acts, and to focus the limelight where, in his opinion it will do the most good. Wants Decision. The gieneral attitude of the Pres ident toward the coming referen dum at the polls is that of the people of the nation are divided between two schools of thought classified generally as Liberia] and Conservative. He urges the people to vote in their party primaries and to make healthy choice be tween the candidates of the op posing parties. He insists that an election “cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.” Naturally, the President urges the voters to favor Liberals in all contests and is more concern ed about the general attitude of a candidate towards present-day problems than attitudes toward any particular test. He warns that progress may be blocked by men who say “Yes” and then find special reasons to oppose every specific object advanced to solve national problems. Retains Popularity. Regardless of whether the splurge on the Stock Exchange marked the end of the current depression or not, the amazing fact is that the President did not lose his hold upon the people. Al though Mr. Roosevelt during the recovery movement, boasted at ■Charleston, “We planned it that way,” the evidence indicates that the popular opinion of the nation does not blame him for the eco nomic trouble of the past year. The fact has been reasonably well established by two polls of public opinion. The Gallup Poll disclosed that only three persons out of ten blamed Roosevelt or the New Deal for the depression. The other seventy percent, put the blame upon something else, including natural economic trends, bad distribution of national in-! come, lack of cooperation between ! business, labor and the Govern-! ment, maladjustment of our eco nomic machinery, etc. The Poll of Fortune Magazine asked, “Do you approve in general of Roosevelt?” In reply, 54.8 per cent, of those polled said, “Yes.” About eleven per cent, did not know, and only thirty-four per cent said “No.” This result is more remarkable because the same poll that showed general approval of the President reported that none of his policies have the ma jority support of the people, ex cept rearmament. Practically everybody is inter ested in the economic situation in the country and most of us are wondering whether we have come to the end of the present depres sion. Business Picks Up. The writer is not a business ex* pert, and cheerfully admits that most of the “sound policies” of economic and fiscal affairs have been thrown into the ash can by the experience of the world in the past decade. Undoubtedly, business signs have been more fa ' vorable in the past few weeks than was expected. The summer will probably prove more encour aging than anticipated. The spend ing program of the Government will have a favorable effect on Fall business and this will extend into next year. What happens afterward depends on the ability of private industry and capital to keep the ball rolling. Without attempting to settle the argument as to what caused the 1937-38 depression, or call atten tion to the significant differences which distinguished it from the earlier decline between 1929-32, It is admitted, fundamentally, that -tiie economic dislocation is much less serious than it was nine years ago. With this introduction we will attempt very briefly to re count some of the favorable and unfavorable factors now operat ing throughout the nation. Heavy Industrie*. The heavy industries, those which make goods that last a long time, such as factory equipment (Turn to page four, please) i More than half of the Blue Ridge parkway route —will have been completed or will be in process of con struction, by the end of th« summer, as a result oi appropriations reaching a total oi $5,500.00, which have just be come available, according to Con gressman R. L. Doughton. Th« total appropriations for the park way to date amount to $16,000, 000. The Federal government anc the States of Virginia and Nortl Carolina are completing plans to begin construction with the funds appropriated by the last session of Congress. Grading of the park way in sections of about 10 miles in length will be commenced in Virginia south of Rockfish Gap, at me soumern ena oi me onen andoah National Park, for about thirty miles, and for twenty miles near the Peaks of Otter in Bed ford county. , In North Carolina the new money will be used to build about 14 miles from Mount Pis gah south toward the Great Smoky Mountains National park beyond Asheville, and the sec tion between Boone and Blow ing Rock, with another short section near Mount Mitchell. Sev eral bridges and overpasses and underpasses will be built in both states. These overpasses and un uerpasses are being patterned from the “Clover-leaf” style, first used across the Potomac from Washington, where Fourteenth Street crosses the Mount Vernon boulevard. In this type of cross ings, no traffic enters except from the right, thereby minimizing danger from other autoists sud denly driving onto the Parkway. The 10-mile section from The Meadows of Dan south towards the Virginia-North Carolina State line was advertised by the Bu reau of Roads last week. The necessary money is available for the construction of the remaining 20-mile section in Grayson and Carroll counties, Virginia, to the North Carolina line near Galax, and the contract for the con struction of this section is ex pected soon. Construction was commenced at the North Carolina line about two years ago, and the grading and a part of the surfacing has been completed through Ashe and Alleghany coun ties. More than 100 miles of pav ing is now under contract, and is expected to be finished by September. Parkway landscaping is under way in Floyd and Franklin coun ties, Virginia, and on 10 miles in North Carolina just south of the State line, through Alleghany county. The first part of this work is the removal of dead and down timber and debris which consti tutes a fire hazard. The second phase calls for the removal of all stumps, to improve the ap pearance of the Parkway and permit the young trees to grow. Under careful supervision, some trees and branches are removed to open views off the mountains. (turn to page eight, please) The Galax Firemen s 4th of July celebration -—came to a close Saturday night, at twelve o’clock, end ing a week filled with activ ity on the part of the firemen and those connected with the celebration. Pelts park, where the celebra tion was held, was thronged with people Saturday night, when near ly 3,000 persons passed through the gate. On Monday, the Fourth, a total attendance of more than 6,000 persons was recorded. Included in these figures are those who at tended during the day Monday, following the street parade, as well as those who were admitted Monday night. The celebration opened on Sat urday night, July 2, and was in progress exactly one week. The big day was the Fourth of July, when a gigantic street parade was- held in the business section at 10.-00 a. m., and a water battle was fought in Felts park at 4 p. m. An outstanding feature of the parade was the Pulaski Firemen’s band. Benjamin Cardozo passed away Saturday night —at 6:40 o’clock, at the home of Judge Irving Leh man, of the New York court of appeals. The 68-year-old associate justice of the United States Supreme court had been ill with heart trouble since last winter. In the last few weeks he had spent much time in an oxygen tent. He had long been I a friend of President Roosevelt and only Saturday, the president and Mrs. Roosevelt sent flowers to him. At the bedside of the jurist when the end came were members of the household and his sec retary, Joseph Ruah, who announ ced the death. Cardozo had served on the Supreme Court since 1932, when he was appointed by President Hoover. Long celebrated as a liberal, he went to the court as successor i to Oliver Wendell Holmes, famed as “the, great dissenter.” A staunch supporter of the new deal philosophy, he upheld 22 of 27 laws brought before the Su preme Court in the historic period from 1934 to 1937. His death ended more than a week’s fight to overcome a re lapse from the old heart ailment. The first news of the relapse came on July 2, when physicians re ported he “has not been doing so well.” President Roosevelt described Justice Benjamin Cardozo Satur day as a “constant friend” of the nation and said his death was a great “personal shock.” Mr. Roosevelt jotted down a brief statement at Oklahoma City, before entraining for Fort Worth, Tex., the next stop on his cross country trip. He said: “The news of the passing of Justice Cardozo came to me as a great personal shock. Years ago, when he was chief justice of the high court of New York, I learned to admire and love him. He had a great soul. The whole nation has lost a constant friend.” Associates on the supreme court and other high ranking govern ment officials voiced words of highest praise for the justice. The funeral of Justice Cardozo was held Monday at 2 p. m. (E. D. T.) at the home of Jus tice Lehman. The service was conducted by Rabbi Dajessurum Cardozo (no relation) of the local Congrega tion Shereth Israel and the jus tice was buried in the Cypress Hills cemetery in Queens, Long Island. FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE A Bible parable for leadership in times of emergency is found by Hnrold L. Lundquist, who uses it as the topic for the Sunday School lesson in this issue. Muley Bates finds a painless way of paying off his bills, in this week’s installment of “Mies cal Ike.” See our oomic section. An interesting close-up picture of Prince Bertil and Crown Prin cess Louise, of Sweden, in America for the tercentenary cele bration, is in our news photo section. Norman Thomas, socialist lead er who was recently pelted with aver ripe eggs during a speech at Newtark, N. J., comes back for a return engagement. Picture in news photo section. Ruth Chiswick despised Jeff Gray, yet she could not forget his heroism. Read about this mysterious man of the West in “To Ride the River With.” Two CCC boys, caught in a Landslide, have one of the most exciting • experiences Floyd Gib bons has written about in many weeks. See the "Adventurers’ Club.” Edgar Allan Poe’s fascinating tale, "The Goldi Bug/' is the subject of this week’s miniature by Elizabeth C. James. You’ll enjoy her expert condensation of the story. Read about President Roose velt’s cioss-country swing and his endorsement of various New Deal candidates, and the 1938 con gressional campaign in general, as it is calculated to be effected by prevailing economic conditions, in “Looking at Washington,” in this issue. (Target Of Irate Traffic Violator I i KNOXVILLE, Tenn. . . Howard Jones, cameraman for the' Knox ville (Tenn.) Journal, standing at rear of the city jail where he was fired upon by E. McNiew, a political leader and head of a bonding firm beaming his name. White circles mark where two of, the bullets struck while Jones took pictures. McNew was arrested for driving while intoxicated and other traffic violations. Was Spring Bride —Photo Courte*y Win*ton-Salem Journal Mrs. Jack M. Thompson (above), who was, before her marriage on Saturday, April 16, Miss Jewel Hope Richardson, Sparta. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. B. A. Poole, Methodist minister, at In dependence. Work has been going forward in recent weeks —on landscaping .along a ten-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge parkway, just south of the North Carolina-Vir ginia line, near GaJiax. The first job is to remove from the woods and fields on the park way land the dead and down tim ber and debris, which helps re duce the danger of fire and im prove the appearance of the parkway, as well. In this connection, the July is sue of the Blue Ridge Parkway News had the following to say, in part: “In the next job, the stump growth is removed so that the better trees may have the light and air and so that they may be seen. Here and there, under care ful supervision, some trees and branches are removed to allow views off the mountains and to show the rhododendron, laurel, and aaalea in the background. “During the summer and next winter this work will be carried on throughout 100 miles of the Parkway. This past spring we have done, in addition, tree and shrub planting on three miles in Virginia as an example of what is proposed all along the road dur ing the fall planting season. “During the summer one of the most interesting parts of the work is to go ahead with the improvement of fields and pas tures. Many fields will be al lowed to grow back naturally into woods or they will be plant ed with seedling trees. ,> “Other fields will he limed, fer tilized, and seeded. Some are planned as wild dower and game food meadows. In co-operation with some of the county agents and with the advice of experts on wildlife, we have arranged to get the proper seed to build up food for quail and the other game. One of the important ideas is to get a growth high enough to be above the winter snow line. Any Alleghany fanner may build la brick silo —and enjoy the advantages to be gained from one, under a plan that is being worked out by R. E. Black, | Sparta, Alleghany county agricul | tural agent, in cooperation with | county agents of a number of | nearby counties, Galax Associ ation of Commerce, and the Car nation company, Galax. Exceptionally good use of silos can be made in this sec tion, due to the fact that the high altitude of this region re sults in only 150 days of average growing weather in a year. This means, it is said, that in order for farmers to keep livestock profitably, silos must be built to store the feed during the other seven months of the year. Prices and other details of the plan, as worked out, follow: brick silo, 10 by 25 feet, for 10 to 14 cows, $200; brick silo, 10 by 30 feet, for 15 to 20 cows, $240; brick silo, 12 by 30 feet, for 20 to 25 cows, $286, and brick silo, 12 by 36 feet, for 25 to 30 cows, $344.50. The prices mentioned above include brick blocks, labor of building, cement, lime, reenforcement, doors, plastering on inside, fin ancing and all interest charges. Delivery of brick blocks to the farm, if farm is on a passable road, is also included in the prices. Under the plan, farmers would do the following: build a suitable foundation, furnish suitable sand and lumber for scaf folds, board two masons while silo is being built (5 to 7 days), and haul the cement and lime to the farm, although the cement and lime would be paid for by the contractor. If the farmer should prefer to naui ms oricn diocks ne wouiu have $7 per thousand deducted from the prices. The brick blocks will be purchased from the Mar ion Brick company, Marion, Va. If the farmer prefers to have some local mason build the silo he can do so. Bricks may either be bought for cash or the pur chase may be financed over a period of time, the same as the silo costs. The plan is flexible and per mits each purchaser to do as he preiers in regard to hauling, erecting and paying. For a brick silo, 10 by 25 feet (the most popular size), uncer the plan, the cost of the silo would be $200 and the pur:A New York, July 12—With two blonde dolls under one arm, Shir ley Temple sailed today for Ber muda with her father and mother on the S. S. Queen of Bermuda. "I want to ride in those little carts they have there,” she sai