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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, OCTOBER 27, 1938. Number •V nusmess ounuiuoiis arc new encouraging to economists con nected with the Government. They are quite positive that the down ward cycle has been reversed and that improvement for business and' industry is assured' for the months just ahead. WPA TO REDUCE. Already the results of this be lief are apparent in Government policies. The WPA has been ad vised to make its remaining .money last until next March 1st. This will require some reductions in the 3,130,000 individuals now drawing WPA checks, but the in crease in employment is expected to take care of the slack. The Treasury Department, it is reported, is looking for larger in comes from taxes and a smaller deficit next July than the $4,000, 000,000 predicted' is likely, if the spending can be checked. INDUSTRY PICKING UP. If Government spending is to be slowed down, it is necessary for industry to assume the bur den of giving employment to workers. There are signs that this will not be, impossible. Auto mobiles are being made at an in creasing rate, with good sales re ports coming in. Steel production has risen above fifty per cent, of capacity and this is expected to go higher in view of the re ductions recently made in the j price of steel of the type used' in the- automobile industries. Resi- j dential construction- is showing a | good gain over last year andj machine tool orders are rising to give optimists additional encour-! agement. The recent action of one of the largest utility systems to reorgan ize under the Public Utility Act j is taken to indicate the develop ment of cooperation between in dustry and the Government. The conviction is spreading that the Government will be reasonable in regard to the so-called “death sen tence” clause in the Act. More over, labor relationship® are some what improved in basic industries ] and the likelihood' of damaging strikes is somewhat removed. DEFENSE PLAN AIDS Probably the major "factor in the present picture is the program of national defense which is ex pected to have important effects upon three large industries, utili ties, railroads and aviation, with | lesser effect upon other scattered industries that are related' to de fense problems. Expansion in the utility indus try has already been discussed I with speculation about a billion-1 dollar program, privately financed, to eliminate bottle-necks by the construction of transmission lines j and the building of steam-gener-1 ating plants in certain key cities. Reorganization and moderniza tion of the railroad systems, part ly financed by public funds, will not only serve the national de fense, but, it is felt, revive the failing industry. In the field of aviation, large Government orders for airplanes j will increase activity. Whether j the industry wiU be able to or- j ganize itself on a mass production 1 basis is uncertain because, here-1 tofore, American airplanes have been made on the basis of qual ity rather than quantity. FOREIGN DEMANU. The fact that the Munich Agree- j ment, while producing temporary j peace in Europe, has resulted in a feverish renewal of the race in armament means that foreign na tions will continue to require American machinery and raw -ma terials. Moreover, in South Amer ica, observers report a swing to wards the United States, with; some evidence that this may mean 1 a Wfetter market for American I products. RETAIL TRADE: On the other side of the pic-: ture is the admitted fact that re- j tail trade has not been up to ex-1 pectations. While the unseason- j able weather is blamed in some i sections, the major part of the drop is attributed to lower farm income. Returns to farmers from the sale of products is off and naturally retail sales show the result of this fact. However, it seems to be taken for granted that Congress and the Chief Executive will take steps to improve farm income in the near future. The Wages and Hours Law, which went into effect on Mon day, October 24th, will be slow ly applied to regulate the nation’s industrial structure. Elmer F. Andrews, Administrator, has chos en the textile industry for first attention. Hampered by a small appropriation, he will recruit a staff of about 1,000 persons, all (Turn to page four, please) Music lovers of this section are eagerly awaiting —the singing convention am,d musical program, which is to be held next Sunday, October - 30, in the Sparta Methodist Church. At the Bap tist Church, at 10:45 a. m., the male chorus from St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Wytheville. Va.. will render two numbers; Also, members of the Wytheville group will render special music at the Methodist Sunday School. At eleven o’clock, at the Methodist Church the Wytheville. chorus, with P. A. Spence, direc tor, will sing several sacred num bers, alternating with Mrs-. Riley, instructor in the Federal Hawaiian School of Music, of. Pulaski and Wytheville, who, with some of her pupils, will render hymns on Hawaiian guitars. Also. Willard Sharitz will play hymns on the handsaw. The morning program will close at 12:30 o’clock. Everyone is invited to' attend this program, and is requested to take a basket lunch. The afternoon program, which will begin at 1:30 o’clock, will be held in the Sparta High School auditorium, where there will be more room for the large crowd that is expected to attend. A variety of hymns and Hawaiian songs will be played on guitars and handsaws at this time. Also, a number of hymns will be sung. The public is cordially invited to attend these programs. National And World NEWS At A Glance MISSING GIRL RETURNS Walnut Cove, N. C., Oct. 19.— Missing for more than 10 days, Nell Mabe, 15-year-old Walnut Cove grade-school student, believ ed kidnaped, came home today unharmed and reluctant to talk about her “adventure.” HITLER IN AUSTRIA Vienna, Oct. 19.—Chancellor Ado’f Hitler arrived in Austria tonight cn a visit which many observers believed might develop into a personal investigation of the recent anti-Catholic disorders and a new wave of violence against Jews. CATHOLICS END MEET New Orleans, Oct. 20.—Eighty thousand Catholics marching twelve abreast today staged the greatest religious demonstration in the city’s history at the con clusion of the eighth national Eucharistic congress. JAPAN HAS TYPHOON Tokyo, Oct. 21.—An unseason able typhoon sweeping in from the sea today killed at least 226 per sons, injured more than 590 and left 35,000 homeless. About 230 persons were missing. WILL AID JEWS Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct. 22— rhe United States government will “do everything in its power to maintain Palestine as a national home for Jewish people,” Senator Wagner (D., N. Y.) said he had been assured today by President Roosevelt. SEES RELIEF DECLINE Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct. 23— Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief director after a week of con ferences' with President Roose velt, said today he expected to see the “relief curve go down” and predicted a smaller WPA appropriation for next year. ACTRESS LOSES APPEAL San Francisco, Oct. 24.—Bar bara Stanwyck, film actress, lost her appeal today in the California Supreme Court to prevent her former husband, Frank Fay, from visiting their six-year-old child, Dion Anthony Fay. HALIFAX DISCUSSES CRISIS Edinburgh, cotland, Oct. 24.— Viscount Halifax, British for eign secretary, declared today that Britain, France, oviet Rus sia and their allies could not have saved Czechoslovakia from de struction by the German army if war had started in central Eur ope. It was the foreign secretary’s first speech since the international crisis. Monroe Adams will speak in Sparta on October 29 —at 7:30 o’clock, in the Court House, instead of on October 22, 1 as was inadvertently stated in last | week’s issue of THE TIMES. ' Mr. Adams will speak in the j interest of his candidacy, on the Republican ticket, for Congress t from the Ninth Congressional | District of North Carolina. Mrs. Ellen Parks has resigned as Librarian ■—at the Sparta Public Library, j after having served in this capa i city since the library was open | ed, about a year and a half ago. Under the guidance of Mrs. I Parks the library has grown from I a small beginning of forty books to its present size. The library which now owns seven hundred and fifty volumes has been re cognized by the North Carolina State Library Commission, and is listed in statistics compiled by the commission of North Carolina Public Libraries. The Sparta Public Library is one of the few in the state that are self-supporting. Mrs. Parks, it has been said, is to be commended for the in terest she has shown in the li brary. She has devoted much ex tra time and energy to this work, and it is felt that the rapid growth of the library was due in great part to her. Mrs. Lola White will take ov er at an early date the position from which Mrs. Parks is resign ing. Meets Tragic Death jonjj jli. Keeves ^Dove;, oi Independence, who was fatally in jured' Tuesday in an accident caus ed by a run-away team. Death came a short time after the accident, in Galax Hospital. Mr. Reeves was Chairman of the Grayson County School Board and of the Grayson County Democratic Committee, — Photo Courtesy The Roanoke Times. Sparta High School was dismissed Friday —in order that some of the teachers might attend the annual meeting of the Northwestern District Teachers Association, held at the Senior High School in Greens boro. Teachers who attended were Mrs. C. R. Roe, Mrs. Rebecca Choate, Mrs. Grace Rector, Miss es Elma Waddell. Gertrude An drews, Lois Roberts, Polly Daugh erty and Aileen Perry, C. R. Roe, Burton McCann, Bryan Taylor and Arnold Jones. They report ed that the meeting was both interesting and helpful. Friday morning, at 10 o’clock, a general assembly was held in the auditorium and' an interesting program was given. Committees were appointed on resolutions and elections and of ficers were elected for the coming year as follows: president, T. E. Storry, principal of North Wilkes boro High School, and secretary, Miss Ethel Perkins. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, Raleigh, introduced' the prin cipal speaker, Dr. Elbert K. Fret well, Professor of Education at Columbia University, New York. Dr. Fretwell gave a very interest ing address on “Democracy in Education.” Friday afternoon, the teachers assembled to their departmental meetings, and on Friday night a second general assembly was held. jMrs. Chamberlain — Symbol Of Peace LONDON, England . . . Mrs. Neville Chamberlain, the wife of the Prime Minister, who was acclaimed almost as widely as her husband in London peace celebrations', after the fo.ur-power conference which averted a general European war, still is cheered by throngs when she appears on the streets. P. L Harrington died at his home in Independence •—about fiour o’clock Satur day afternoon, October 22. Mr. Harrington, who was I Commonwealth’s Attorney [.of Grayson County. had been in poor health for more than a year, but had been critically ill for only a few days preceding his death. The deceased is survived by the Widow, Mrs. Clyde Higgins, Harr ington, fomerly of Ennice, and one son, Tom Vaughan Harring Iton, of Goldsboro. Beauregard Harrington and’ Peyton W. Har rington, of near Comers Rock, Va„ are surviving .brothers. A sister and other near relatives also survive. One of the largest assemblages ever seen in Independence for a funeral gathered there Sunday afternoon, for the last .rites for Mr. Harrington. The services were held at two o’clock, in the Independence Methodist Church, and were in charge of the pastor. Rev. L. D. Mayberry. Rev. T. C. Vaughan, Spring Valley, offered a prayer, after a scripture reading by the Rev. Mr. Mayberry at the beginning of the services. An obituary sketch had been prepared by Judge J. C. Padgett, Independence, and was read by Judge Padgett at the funeral. The Rev. Mr. Mayberry made a talk concerning the life of the deceased, in which he spoke in very high terms of the life of service lived by the deceased, and the good traits of character that Mr. Harrington possessed. Among the songs sung by the choir were “Asleep In Jesus,” “The Beautiful Garden of Pray er,” “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Abide With Me.” The list of honorary pallbear ers follows: J. M. Parsons, T. X. Parsons, Judge John S. Draper, S. Floyd Landreth, M. A. Hig gins, Rev. T. C. Vaughan. W. E. Taylor, Dr Glenn Ward Phipps, T. E. Brannock, Eugene Shuler, i C. M. Vaughan, Sr., Alex Reeves, j Marvin Doughton, H. P. Burnett,! H. A. Bedwell, Steve Browning, Judge Horace Sutherland, Early Rhudy, Letcher C. Wingate, J. P. Bartlett, Judge J. C. Padgett, Dr. J. C. Moxley, Dr. E. Scott Elliott, I Grey Anderson and W. P. Parsons, j Active pallbearers were: Joe W. Parsons, Wheeler Day, Dir. R. H. Harrington, Bayard Taylor, Ber ket Taylor, Glenn Harrington, Herbert Harrington and Maiden Harrington. The abundance of exceedingly beautiful floral offerings were carried by the following flower bearers: Mrs. Virgie Harrington, Mrs. Walter Roberts, Mrs. Gur ney Hash, Mrs. Worley Delp, Mrs. Burrell Delp, Mrs. Wheeler Day, Mrs. Wiley Taylor, Mrs. Carnet Cox, Mrs. Berket Taylor, Mrs. Maiden Harrington, Mrs. Bayard Taylor, Mrs. Herbert Harrington, Mrs. Glenn Harrington, Mrs. Hor ace Porter, Mrs. Norman E. Davis, Mrs. R. H. Harrington Mrs. W. J. Roberts, Mrs. Early Rhudy, Mrs. Paul Bolt, Mrs. Eldon Har rington and the Misses Margaret Harrington, Katherine Harring ton, Ruby Harrington, Ola Mae Harrington, Juanita Lundy and Helen Day. The body was interred in the Independence cemetery, where Masonic services were held at the grave, led by Judge J. 0. Padgett. John L. Reeves was fatally injured Tuesday —afternoon in a tragic farm accident while working with his brother on their farm a few miles south of Independ ence, and died about 6:30 o’clock 1 uesday night in Galax Hospital, where he was rushed immediately after the accident. Mr. Reeves, with his brother, George Reeves, was hauling rails when the team of young horses they were working bolted, causing the wagon to run him down, a wheel passing over his body. It is understood that Mr. Reeves’ injuries included a crushed chest and a lung puncture. The deceased man, who was 61 years of age, was a very promi nent citizen of Grayson County, and was Chairman of the Gray son County School Board and also Chairman of the Grayson County Democratic Executive Committee. He was very active in Democratic party circles, and other enterprises, being a mem ber of the Board of Directors of the Grayson County National Bank, Independence. Mr. Reeves is survived by his father. Preston B. Reeves, with whom the deceased resided at the family home alongside New River. Also surviving are the brother, George, and four sisters, Mrs. Bina Hawthorne, Mrs. Oscar Smith and Mrs. Bays Bryant. In dependence. and Mrs. lyde Hale, Spring Valley, widow of the late June P, Hale. Mr. Reeves' moth er died two or three years ago. Funeral services are to be con ducted this (Thursday) af ternoon, at two o’clock, at the home, by Rev. L. D. Mayberry, pastor of the Independence Metho dic t Circuit, and Elder J. D. Vase, Fancy Gap. Interment will follow in the family cemetery. Three counties have been combed in a search —for John Davis, of High Point, sought as the driver of the car which crashed with an automobile Saturday night, near Boonville, j killing Arthur Matthews, Boonville j Township Constable. Matthews’ widow is a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cheek, Sparta, and a sister of Mrs. A. O. Joines, Sparta. Matthews was killed when his car crashed into the rear of a liquor car during a chase. Of ficers said the diwer of the liquor car slammed on his brakes while, both cars were traveling at a high rate of speed. Matthews’ car crashed into the rear of the ma chine. The funeral for Matthews was held Monday morning at Union Grove Baptist Church, between East Bend and Boonville. Rev. Lee K. Burr us and Rev. Ellis Norman conducted the services’. Burial was in the church ceme tery. A HALLOWE’EN SQUARE DANCE WILL BE GIVEN —in the Laurel Springs School auditorium tomorrow (Friday) night, beginning at eight o’clock. Music will be rendered by a six-piece string band from the National Park CCC Camp, near Laurel Springs. Rev. L. F. Stradei was named paster of the local Methodist charge Monday in Charlotte by Bishop Clare Purcell at the final session of the annual gathering -—of the Western North Carolina Conference, which had been in session, there since Thursday of last week. Rev. A. B. Bruton, who had been pastor here for the past three years, was appointed pas tor at Micaville, in the Asheville District. Regret at the departure from Sparta of Rev. Mr. Bruton and wife Presides At Meet Bishop Clare Bun ell v above), of Charlotte, who presided over the annual sessions of the West ern North Carolina Methodist Conference, in First Church, Charlotte, October 20-24. Alleghany and Ashe counties have been given —$377,000, in an allocation made to the two counties by the Rural Electrification Ad ministration, for the purpose of constructing 276 miles, of rural electric line in these counties, serving more than 1,500 farms. Approximately 115 miles of this i line will be built in Alleghany county and will serve over 550 customers. The line in Alleghany and Ashe is a continuation or ex pansion of the system in Caldwell ( County, and, when approved, made : the system one of the largest j R. E. A. projects in the United States. The swift approval of the pro ject was made possible by the co operative efforts of the boards in the two counties w'orking in con junction with the Caldwell Mutual Corporation. These boards had, the support of interested citizens, I who canvassed the counties getting the signatures of prospective users ] of the current. Congressman R. I.. Doughton, it has been said, rendered invalu able assistance in obtaining ap proval of this project. He made numerous trips in the interest of the proposal, including a special trip to Washington D. C., where he contacted REA officials, and urged immediate approval of the project. His advice was. at all times available to the local pro moters. It is doubtful whether the project would have been ap proved without the support of Mr. Uouehton. it is said. R. E. Black, county agent of Alleghany, as well as members ■of the various committees, it has also been said,' deserves much credit for securing this project. It was he who conceived the idea, collected information, held edu cational meetings, directed the making of survey.-, and carried material to Washington, D. C,, af ter county maps were made. Mr. Black, Congressman Doughton and all others who aided in this work are to be congratulated on their efforts in promoting and getting this project approved, it is pointed out. Work on the line will begin as soon as the $5.00 membership fees are collected, the rights-of way obtained and the necessary surveys made. FIRE SWEPT BELOW DECKS ON THE DEUTSCHLAND —German Liner,, Tuesday, imper illing the lives of 1,000 persons in a North Atlantic storm off New foundland, before it was controll ed. Aboard the big ship were 591 passengers and about 40 crew members. Included among the pas engers were 350 Americans. a.~ been ex ivf -by members of ithe charge and tii• local peo ple a- a whole, who a loo extend a cordial welcome to. the Rev. Mr. J Strader and wife. In regard to the Rev. Mr. Bruton .and wife, it '• t'(. It h ><• that their lives while living in Sparta have been great influence- few good.' In particu lar, the R' -v Mr. Bruton’s work among the young people will be greatly mussed, it ha.- been -aid. Oth r appointment- in the Statesville District, to which Rev. John Hoyle, Jr., was. returned as presiding elder, follow: Balls Creek, H. H. Robbins; Bethel Fairgiove, J. P. Hornbuckle; Catawba, W. Q. Grigg; Cool Springs, J. O. Banks; Creston, M. B. Shives; Davidson-Fairview, R. B. Shumaker; Elkin, P. W. Tuck er; Elmwood, G. F. Houck; Green Valley, M. L. Chappell; Helton Lansing, R. J. Starling and W. W, Hager. • ■; Hickory—First Church, W. A. Rollins; Highland-Rhodiss, H. M. Wellman; Westview, H. L. Po well; Hiddejiite, C. R. Ross; Jeffer son, J. A. Howell; J.onesville. D. B. Mullis; Lau*-ei Springs, T. A. Plyler, Jr.; Maiden, J. G. Wink ler; Mooresville—Broad Street, V. R. Masters; Mooresville—Central W. A. Kale; Mooresville—Jones Memorial, G. S. Miller; Moores ville Circuit, B. M. Crosby; Mo ravian Falls, J. M. Green; New t-on, W. B. Davis; North Wilkes boro, A. L. Aycock-; Olin, D. H. Rhinehart; Shepherd, A. G. Lackey; South Iredell J. O. Cox. ; State.tville-—Broad Street. A. C. Gibbs; Statesville—Race Street, G. W. Vick; Statesville Circuit, J. B. Tabor, Jr.; Stony Point, C. H. Peace; Taylorsville, W. A. Kerr; Todd, H. O. Hdss; Trout man, J. M. Varner; Warrensville, J. G. Wooten, Jr.; West Jefferson, W. J. Huneycutt, and Wilkesboro, A. W. Lynch. Rev. J. Clark Cornett, a form er pastor at Sparta, was appoint ed by Bishop Purcell as- presiding elder of the Marion District, after having been pastor for the past year at Hickory, in the States ville District. Dr. W. A. Jenkins was trans ferred from Elkin Station to Marion Station, and Dr. W. J. Miller was returned to Central Church, Mount Airy. All the other Mount Airy pastors were j returned to their charges for an other year.. Dr. G. Ray Jordan was re turned to Centenary Church, Winston-Salem, and Dr. J. B. Craven was returned to West Market Street Church, Greens boro, where the 1939 session of the conference is to be held. Dr. L. B. Hayes was transferred from Hawthorne Lane Church, Char lotte to Greensboro, where he is tin1 new presiding elder of the Greensboro District. A tobacco-grading demonstration is to be held Monday —October 31, at 9:30 a. m., ,at E. C. Wyatt’s, it has been announced by R. E. Black, Alleghany County farm agent. This demonstration will be conducted by L. T. Weeks, Tobacco Extension Spec ialist from State College, Raleigh, in cooperation with a tobacco grader from the United States Department of Agriculture. Commenting on plans for the demonstration, Mr. Black had the following to say: “We feel that many farmers lose quite a lot of money after their Burley tobacco ! is grown by not having it proper ly graded. . . . “New growers, especially, should attend this meeting and we feel that old growers can also gain some .valuable information on grading and handling their to bacco after it is produced.”
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