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DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Volume No. 14. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939. Number 48.
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Washington
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ington, Apr 12.—(AS)—
every move that is made
lgress, practically every
jr utterance of the Presi
any member of the Ad
ttion, is carefully calculat
the light of its possible
m the Presidential cam
f 1940.
ington lives politics, thinks
and plays politics all the
iut with the next Presi
campaign less than a year
half ahead, the political
s at both ends of Penn
, Avenue are becoming
nd more sharply focussed
question of who will be
t President of the United
! is mo. political experi
d wisdom concentrated in
jton than in any other
the world. It is not all
i to politicians, either,
ioundest political judgment
jnal political issues is that
five hundred or more spec
espondents of the import
repapers and press associ
vhose chief job is telling
s back home what is going
i, and why.
of these correspondents
olitical reporters in their
ties and states before they
;re; many were managing
of important daily papers,
now politics and political
lities from the ground up,
honest cross-section of
unions is the best possible
to the probable future
of political events,
correspondent has lately
out a hundred or so of
st experienced and least
of the corps of corres
s as to who will be the
itial nominee of the two
arties, so far as present
ns give indications.
I Expect Third Term
is practical unanimity
iident Roosevelt's chance
' renominated by the
;s is growing less. No
be sure that he wants
ts to run for a third |
f he does, and can get;
nation, the best opinion
e can be re-elected,
tterest inter-party strug
;cent political history is
i, more or less behind
loors, to prevent Mr. j
’s renomination, by build-1
the candidacy of Vice-1
Garner.
are a dozen receptive
ties around whom the
;s of an organization are
: up; but the combined
of the Washington ob
rho know their way about 1
all of those movements
to the ground when the
;ic National Convention
d it is demonstrated that
Jack” Garner has a
delegates pledged bo him
>ugh, if not bo nominate
at least to prevent the
m of anyone whom he
endorse.
imer boom has come out
open with the passing of
tion indorsing him for
, by the Texas legislat
r. Garner modestly re
in the presiding officer’s
the- Senate when the
solution was being read,
i is no doubt that it was
easing, to him.
Leasing to the bushy-eye
Vice-President was the
change of letters between
ident’s son, Elliot, and,
er-in-law, John Boettiger.
josevelt, who is now a
if Texas, came out in
tic terms in favor of
tier as his father’s suc
while Mr. Boettiger
lis father-in-law ought to
tt.
ay Choose Candidate
iriying all the talk about
ler boom, which seems to
,ing rapidly all over the
runs a question whether
■year-old Texan really
run for President him
hand his delegates over
idate of his choice,
still a strong belief
rner’s real candidate
•If but Senator Ben
f Clark, of Missouri,
is a definite conviction
he is bent on preventing Mr.
•sevelt’s renomination, or the
nomination of any candidate pick-.
ed by the President, at whatever
cost.
The consensus of opinion among
the experienced political observ
ers here as to the Republican
Presidential possibilities is that,
as things stand now, that party’s
best bet is District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
That opinion is based upon Mr.
Dewey’s record, rather than upon
his personality. He has never
been in Washington enough to
make the personal contacts which
enable the correspondents to size
^ / turn to nan ait. )
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The Glade Valley !
H. S. Senior
class presented
—a mystery play entitled:
“The Hobgoblin House,” ion I
Saturday night, April 8.
Many friends of the school i
were present, and the play was
enthusiastically received.
At eight o’clock on the night
of Saturday, April 15, the Music
students of the school will give a
recital, which will be followed <
by a declamation and recitation
contest.
Dr. P. H. Gwyn, Jr., of David
son College, will deliver the com
mencement sermon to the gradu
ating class of the school on Sun
day morning, April 16. Dr. Gwyn
iias a keen understanding of the
moblems which confront young
America, it has been said, and
the school is considered most for
tunate in obtaining his services
for the 1939 commencement.
Graduation exercises are to be
held on Friday night, April 21, at
eight o’clock, and at this time,
Rev. James B. Ficklin, pastor of
the Mount Airy Presbyterian
Church, will deliver the literary
address. The Senior class desires
that the public attend these exer
cises and join with them in
making the occasion a happy one.
Rev. O. V. Caudle will deliver
a sermon for the young people
at the Glade Valley Church Sun
day night, April 16.
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Penitentiary
sentences were
given two men
—at Independence last
—at Independence, Va., last
cuit Court, with Judge John
S. Draper, of Pulaski, pre
siding. Con Edwards, 48, and his
son, Clell Edwards, confessed a
charge of larceny of meat and
chickens, and were sentenced by
Judge Draper.
The father, on two counts, was
given two years on each count,
and the son, on three counts, was
sentenced to serve a year on each.
Judge Draper said that the docket
of the court was cleared with
the disposition of the Edwards
cases.
The regular March term con
vened March 27, and reconvened
on Tuesday, April 4, after an
adjournment of a few days.
School committees
for die districts
of Alleghany
—County have been ap
pointed recently by the
Board of Education. They
are as follows: District No.
1'-^.. V, Mill saps, Glade Valley,
an*Walter Osborne, Sparta, with
thiijhird committeeman to be
setW&Ad.
District No. 2—W. F, Parsons,
Piney Creek; Frank Busic, Piney
Creek, and Carlie * Hash, Piney
Creek.
District No. 3—R. L. Hendricks,
Glade Valley; A. M. Greene, En
nice, and Dillon Edwards, En
nfce.
District No. 4—Dr. L. L. Long,
Laurel Springs; Colonel Joines,
Furches, and Vann Miller, Laurel
Springs.
CIRCLE NO 2 OF THE
W. M. U. HELD A MEETING
—on Tuesday night, April 4, at
the home of Mrs. Howard J. Ford,
with Miss Edna Walls as leader.
The topic for the month was
“Southern Baptists’ Response to
the Great Commission in Latin
America.”
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess at the con
clusion of the program.
The May meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Bruce Wago
ner, at Glade Valley. Mrs. How
ard J. Ford will be program
leader.
THE WQMEJTS MISSIONARY
SOCIETY WILL* MEET ;
—tomorrow (Friday) afternoon,
at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of
Mrs. John M. Cheek. Mrs. L. K.
Halsey will be program leader,
A total of 536
Alleghany farmers
havejj ved
—£1 compliance with
the ' ure program,
R. E ’ farm agent,
has e
irty-nine
of lipped to
the county this^B t grant
of aid. Additioj^^® Jlh *iave
been placed for 26c tons.
Under the new
marriage law in
North Carolina
—enacted at the recent
1939 session of the legis
lature and effective Monday,
April 3, all couples wishing
to obtain marriage licenses in
the state must first obtain a health
certificate from a reputable phy
sician showing that they are free
from any active communicable
diseases. Accompanying this cer
tificate must be a certificate from
the state laboratory certifying
that the applicant is free from
any venereal disease. These tests
must be made and dated not
more than seven days prior to
the application for the marriage
license.
These certificates are not re
quired for non-residents from
states that do not have such re
quirements. A violation of these
requirements subjects the violator
to a fine and also imprisonment.
Couples from this state can
not escape these requirements by
going to another state to get mar
ried. This examination must - be
taken within 60 days after their
return to this state, or they too
will be subject to indictment, it
has been pointed out.
The Honor Roll
for the Rock Creek
School for March
—has been announced recently,
and is as follows:
First Grade—Billie Joines and
Rosalie Crouse.
Second Grade—Betty Farmer,
Dwight Reeves and Ted Sanders.
Third Grade—Doris Southern,
Imojean Carpenter, Blanche Cro
use and Evelyn Joines.
Fifth Grade—Wayne Carpent
er, Ruby Sanders and Kathleen
Carpenter.
Seventh Grade—Edna Sanders,
Wilma Hampton and Fred Hamp
ton. /
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The U. S. Senate
passed the relief
bill Tuesday
—night, and /sent the $100,
000,000 measure to the
White HiOUjke, after legis
lative leaders 'had disclosed
that President Roosevelt will ask
Congress fori $1,500,000,000 to
finance WPA/ during the coming j
year. / J
There was no record vote.
Previously, ‘the Senate had re
jected 49 to 28 an amendment
by Senator Claude Pepper (D),
Fla., to restore to the bill the
$50,000,000 stricken out by the
House, an^l an amendment by
Senator Lewis Schwellenbach (D),
Wash., which would have frozen
WPA rolls at their present levels.
The chief fight centered on the
Pepper amendment which had
strong administration support.
The vote on it, however, found
31 Democrats joining with 17
Republicans and one Farmer
Laborite to defeat it. Twenty
four Democrats, one Republican,
one Progressive, and one Farmer
Laborjte and one Independent,
voted' aye.
Tkj President intervened dur
ing ’[Vie closing hourg of debate
in a* futile effort to aid Pepper
and the new dealers backing the
fight for the larger appropriation.
He wrote the Florida senator a
letter warning that the cut would
throw between 300,000 and 400,
000 persons off of WPA rolls.
Only 12 senators were on hand
to hear it and they were chiefly
members of Pepper’s bloc. Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R),
Mass., >was the only Republican in
bj.«A
Alleghany Couple Married 55 Years .
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Mr. and Mrs. Flelden Miller (above), of Laurel Springs, recently!
celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. They were married
March 26, 1884. Mrs. Miller is a sister of Congressman Robert L.
Doughton and Ex-Lieutenant Governor Rufus A. Doughton, Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one daughter, Mrs. T. M. Moxley, Laurel
Springs, and six sons, Grady, of North Wilkesboro; John, of Char
lottesville, Va.; Dr.. Wayne Miller, of Lenoir; Dr. R. C. Miller, of
Gastonia, and Van and Reece Miller, Laurel Springs.—Photo Courtesy
Winston-Salem Journal.
National And World
NEWS
At A Glance
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FRANCE REELECTS LEBRUN
Versailles, April 5.—A tumul
tous national assembly today elect
ed President Albert Lebrun to a
second seven-year term despite
opposition of leftists struggling
against the semi-dictatorial Da
ladier government.
ARMY DAY CELEBRATED
Warms Springs, Ga., April 6.—
United States marines in full
dress blues celebrated Army Day
before the admiring eyes of Pres
ident Roosevelt and a handful of
wheel-chair patients of the Warm
Springs foundation here today.
STOKES MAN MUST DIE
Danbury, April 7.—A Stokes
county jury tonight convicted a
man of first-degree murder for
the first time in 72 years.
After deliberating for five hours
a jury reported to Judge Felix
Alley at 9 p. m. that it had
found Russell Nelson, 25, guilty
of first-degree murder in the
slaying last November of Watt
Smith, 53.
Reuben Tilley, 19, indicted
jointly with Nelson, was acquitted.
LINDBERGH SAILS FOR U. S.
Cherbourg, France, April 8.—
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
sailed tonight aboard the liner
Aquitania for the United States
on what friends said was a busi
ness trip.
“JIM HAM” LEWIS DIES
Washington, April 9.—Senator
James Hamilton Lewis (D-Ill.)
who had been stevedore, soldier
and statesman but liked most to
be a gentleman of the old school,
died unexpectedly tonight of a
heart ailment.
AID REFUSED IDLE MINERS
Charleston, W. Va., Apnl 10.—
Governor Holt told leaders of the
United Mine Workers today the
state would find it impossible to
furnish relief to miners idle be
cause of the general shutdown.
After a two-hour conference,
Holt issued a statement saying
the state is dependent on industry
for its revenues and any continued
suspension in the bituminous
fields would throw all fiscal af
fairs out of gear, including relief
to the needy.
QUEEN GERALDINE ILL
Athens, April 11.—Queen Ger
aldine, of Albania, tonight suf
fered a serious attack of puerpeal
fever which, aroused fear in her
retinue that the ordeal of her
flight before invading Italians
might cost her life.
She was in a hospital at near
by Larissa. Her fever ranged as
high as 102.2 degrees.
ROOSEVELT URGED SWIFT
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
—Tuesday to pave the way for
barter of American farm surpluses
for strategic war materials from
Great Britain, Belgium and Hol
land—the latest administration
move to aid Europe’s anti-Naxi
iPalcist bloc.
The Home “Ec”
department of
Sparta High School
—suffered ia great Loss as
a result lof the fire at the
old school building a few
weeks ago. Included in the
items lost in the fire were two
machines purchased by the local |
Women’s Club and two purchas
ed by the school, six new tables
that had been nicely finished by
the Agriculture Department, a
number of chairs and other Home
Economics equipment.
The teachers of the Sparta
school, in both the elementary
and high school departments,
have purchased two new machines
and the county commissioners
have also purchased two, in an
effort to help restore the equip
ment.
The Women’s Club is also help
ing to finance some of the neces
sary purchases. The honje Eco
nomics girls are replacing some
of the smaller items of equipment
by means of a small laboratory
fee.
“The control of
typhoid fever in
the United States
l
—represents an outstanding!
achievement in preventive!
medicine. In 1900 the na-j
tional death rate from this!
disease was 31.3. Today the rate1
is about 2.1. This marked de- i
crease in typhoid’s killing power j
is based on knowledge of its
cause, how it spreads and the
application of control measures.
Perhaps at this moment no other
disease is more vulnerable to
scientific attack than typhoid. In
deed, it is no exaggeration to
say that, from a public health
viewpoint, there should be no
typhoid fever,” states Dr. I. C.
Riggin, Virginia Commissioner of
Health.
“This disease is caused by a
germ. The organisms are found
only in the excreta of persons
suffering from it or in those of
carriers, the latter being persons
who harbor the germ but are not
ill. If it were possible to pre
vent people from becoming in
fected with gems coming from
these sources, typhoid would
cease to be a problem.
“In cities and towns, thanks to
safer water and milk supplies,
adequate sewage facilities, and
environmental sanitation, typhoid
has been almost eliminated. Un
fortunately, sanitary and environ
mental protection on a community
basis cannot be offered to those
living in rural areas. While con
trol methods are the same for
both city and country, in rural
districts it is essential that not
only public health officials but
the householder become person
ally interested in them if they are
to be completely effective.
“Every country dweller should
have water tests made. If
tained.
Thieves stole an automobile,
radios, checks, etc., from
the Alleghany Motor Co. >
—here in a bold robbery Monday morning, about
three o’clock. Police announced Monday night,
however, that papers kept in the safe of the
firm, which is operated by Duke Bledsoe, local Ford
dealer had been recovered. These included a cashier’s
check for $500, notes and papers valued at $750 and all
Tris Speaker sees
sandlot baseball
as a check to crime
—for as sandlot baseball increases
in a community, its juvenile
crime rate decreases, the former
big-league player points out in
the current Rotarian Magazine.
The man regarded by many
as baseball’s greatest outfielder
now gives much of his time to
spreading interest in the national
pastime by teaching schoolboys
its fundamentals. With Lew
Fonseca, former White Sox star,
and other players, he has con
ducted baseball schools in Chi
cago, Boston and other cities—
and few of the lads ever cut
classes.
“Nobody, of course, will ever
be able to say just how much
those boys learned from us about
baseball,” comments Speaker. “But
this we do know: their interest
svas stimulated to a high degree,
and the police told us that juven
ile delinquency decreased as much
as 35 percent in some of the
neighborhoods where we conduct
ed our schools.’’
For further evidence of pre
venting crime through vacant-lot
ball games, Speaker cites his home
city, Cleveland, Ohio, where simi
lar schools have been held. He
reports that Eliot Ness, the city’s
safety director, once told him that
if amateur baseball did not oc
cupy such a large place in the
thoughts and activities of Cleve
land boys, the work of the police
department would be tripled.
The Honor Roll for
March at the
Elk Creek School
—has been announced, and is as
follows:
First Grade; Edna Rose Hines
and. Emma Jean Warden.
Second Grader Betty Jean Fen
der.
Third Grade: R. S. Warden and
Tom Cook.
Fifth Grade: Lyle Cox, John
Henry Sturgill and Rufus Mus
grove, Jr.
Sixth Grade: Rose Joines, Irene
Richardson, Brice Richardson,
Clarabell Fender and Charles War.
den.
Seventh Grade: Marie Sturgill,
Walter Estep, Rheba Hines and
Fanny Hendrix.
The Parkway FFA
Federation wiD
hold a Field Day
—event in Boone on Mon
day, April 17. Alleghany
County will be represented
by teams from Sparta and
Piney Creek. Watauga teams
entered will be from Boone and
Cove Creek, and teams from
Newland, Crossnore and Cran
berry will represent Avery Coun
ty.
The tournament will be held at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, under the supervision ol
the college.
The ;< Field Day events will
consist of softball, 50, 100 and
250-yard dashes, standing and
running broad jump, high jump,
and horseshoe pitching.
A SQUARE DANCE WILL
BE HELD ON SATURDAY
—night, April 15, beginning at
eight o’clock, at Laurel Springs
School.
A nominal admission charge
will be made and proceeds will
be used for the benefit of the
school.
“LOOK ME IN THE EYE” IS
TO BE PRESENTED HERE
—in the Sparta High Schoo
auditorium on Saturday night
April 22, by the Senior class of
the school.
Further announcement concent'
ing the presentation will be made
next week.
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other papers kept in the safe. Also
reported missing in the bold loot
ing of the motor firm was $300
in cash. The automobile stolen
was a new one. Three radios • [
and several tires were also in
cluded in the thievery.
Police said the check, which
was negotiable, and other papers
were in the safe, which was
found by officers Monday in a
pick-up truck, also stolen from
the company, abandoned three
miles from Sparta on the Roaring
Gap highway. The papers had*
not been disturbed.
No trace of the band of rob
bers had been found, however.
The band was thought to have
included about five men. A re- a
port was received here that the
gang was seen shortly after the
robbery headed for Roaring Gap.
The proprietor of the cafe
adjoining the motor firm’s place
of business said he heard a noise
Monday morning, about three
o’clock, but assumed that me
chanics were working, and making V
the noise.
A chain hoist was evidently
used by the robbers to place the
1,000-pound safe on the pick-up.
They then drove the truck and a
new car from the showroom of
the firm.
The safe was opened on the
highway and the cash removed.
Then, both the safe and the truck
were abandoned.
Britain sent ;
Italy a strong j
protest Sunday
—-in regard to the fascist
seizure of Albania. The pro
test was forwarded during
an Easter Sunday of urgent
political, military and diplomatic
conferences.
In return England received as
surances that Italy’s occupation of
her little neighbor across the
Adriatic would be of “a limited
character.”
The British protest was deliver- ?
ed orally by Foreign Secretary
Viscount Halifax' in three sepa
rate interviews with Guido Crolla,
Italian charge d’affaires.
There was an atmosphere of ^
crisis as Prime Minister Chamber
lain cut short his fishing holiday
in Scotland and returned to Lon
don to deal with the latest coup
in Europe.
He ordered a full cabinet ses
sion for today to deliberate on
measures to halt what London
feared may be further expansion
by the Rome-Berlin axis in south- 'J
eastern Europe.