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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, MAY 11, 1939. Number 52.
This Week
in
Washington
Washington, May 10 (AS)—
There has been a decided let-up
in war talk in Washington since
public officials and members of
Congress have had time to study
and analyze Hitler’s long and ram
bling reply bo the President’s pro
posal of guarantees of non-aggres
sion.
The feeling is gaining ground
that the United States has gone
as far as it can properly go, in
trying to extract assurances from
the German government, and that
from now on it is none of our
business what Germany does.
It is the general feeling, how
ever, that the President’s appeal
to Hitler and Mussolini served as
reassurance to Britain, Prance and
Poland that the sympathies of
this country were with them, and
encouraged them to take a firmer
attitude toward the dictators. Out
of the whole situaion the prospect
for peace in Europe seems from
here much brighter than it has
been for a long time.
The belief that public opinion
in America is strongly opposed to
any move which would tend to
lead this country into another
European war has been strength
ened by the flood of letters and
telegrams which Senators and
Representatives have been receiv
ing.
It seems quite definite that a
revision of the neutrality laws
will be made, to insure the United
States complete freedom to trade
with any belligerent power on
terms which would not involve
this nation in their disputes be
tween themselves.
Defense Not Slackening
At the same time, the strength
ening of our national defenses is
not slackening. As near as our
foreign policy can be defined, it
seems to be simmering down to
putting ourselves in the strongest
possible position against attack
from abroad, and to be prepared
to help any other nation in this
hemisphere to resist foreign ag
gression.
Within an hour after President
Roosevelt had signed the $550,
000,000 appropriation bill for
increasing our fighting air force,
the War Department had let con
tracts for 571 new military air
plane^ bombers, pursuit planes
and “interceptors." These will
be the speediest planes of thedr
type yet produced, and still more
speedy ones are contemplated.
Among the reports which Col.
Lindbergh brought from Europe
is that Germany is now building
some war planes with a speed
of 475 miles an hour. Upon
Lindbergh’s report, aftifer he has
finished^ his tour of inspection of
American aircraft plants, the
future air program of the Army
and Navy will be shaped.
The first part of the President’s
reorganization program, as sub
mitted to Congress, follows closely
the forecast in these dispatches.
Three new Government agencies
are created by grouping existing
independent offices, or bureaus
previously attached to departments
in which they didi not fit.
Grouping of Bureaus
The new Security Agency takes
over the Social Security Board,
the Employment Service, the Of
fice of Education, the Public
Health Service, the National Youth
Administration and the Civilian
Conservation Corps.
In the new Works Agency are
the WPA, the Public Works Ad
ministration, the U. S. Housing
Authority, the Bureau of Public
Road& and the Public Buildings
Division of the Treasury.
The Federal Loan Agency in
cludes the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, the Electric Home
and. Farm Authority, the Home
Loan Bank Board, the Federal
Housing Administration, Export
Import Bank, Disaster Loan Cor
poration, National Mortgage As
sociation, Home Owners Loan Cor
poration and the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corporation.
The Federal agencies having to
do with farm credit are trans
ferred to the Department of Agri
culture, and the President himself
takes direct charge of the Budget
Bureau, the National Resources
Committee and various statistical
bureaus.
Very little criticism of this part
of the Reorganization program is
heard. It appeals to almost every
body as being a common-sense re
grouping of Governmental func
tions, which should make for more
efficiency and some economy. In
/ stead of waiting sixty days, the
I inclination of Congress is to give
j affirmative approval to the plan
with little delay.
Relief Request
The President’s request for the
appropriation of a billion and
three-quarters for all relief pur
poses, including WPA, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1,
seems likely to run into hard
sledding in Congress. While it is
(turn to page six, please)
The Duke of
Windsor made an
appeal for peace
—in all the world .Monday
night, breaking his two and
one-half years of silence,
and speaking “simply as a
soldier of the last war,” broad
cast a fervent appeal to the heads
of all nations. The Duke spoke
from the hallowed battlefields of
the World War, at Verdun,
France.
The former king in exile sent
his peace plea across the Atlantic
to the United States—whence it
was re-broadcast back to Europe
—despite loud objections from
British court circles and the press
and a boycott clamped upon his
speech by the British Broadcasting
Company.
The duke’s speech also was boy
cotted in Canada, where it was
felt to be “untimely” in view of
the voyage across the Atlantic
to the United States and; Canada
of King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth on a peace mission.
Windsor appealed to the lead
ers of nations to “renew their ef
forts to bring about a peaceful
settlement.’’
• it is not ior me to put ior
ward concrete prposals; that must
be left to those who have the
power to guide their nations to
ward closer understanding,” the
duke said.
“God grant that they may ac
complish that great task before it
is too late.’’
Without directly mentioning it,
Windsor spoke gravely of the
widening tension between the dic
tatorships and the western nations,
including his native Britain over
which he once ruled.
He asked for an end to “all
that harmful propaganda which
. . . tends to poison the minds of
the people of the world.’’
“I personally deplore, ifor ex
ample, the use of such terms as
‘encirclement’ and ‘aggression’,”
he said.
“Statesmen wl\o set themselves
to restore international security
and confidence must act as good
citizens of the world, not only as
good Frenchmen, Italians, Ger
mans, Americans and Britons.”
It was the duke’s first public
speech since his historic “the wo
man I love’’ address to the Brit
ish Empire on the night of De
cember 11, 1936, when he abdi
cated the throne and sped into
exile.
Beside him at the microphone
established in Verdjun’s rustic Le
Coq Hardi Hotel Monday night
was “the woman I love,” the for
mer Wallis Warfield Simpson who
became his duchess and who
closely edited his 'radio appeal.
“The Scarecrow
Creeps” will be
presented here
—at Sparta High School, by
eleven members of the Sen
ior class, on Saturday night,
May 13, at eight o’clock.
The production is a mystery play
in three acts.
The combination of comedy and
shiners, in which a ghost is set to
catch a thief, works out to a sur
prise ending and promises to pro
aovidea period of unusual enter
tainment.
Characters are as follows: Ad
am Thiogg<—the butler, Charles
Dean Choate; Maudie Hobbs—
the maid, Treua Jarvis; Roderick
Gage—master of Gage Manor,
Bernice Andrews; Dr. Kenneth
Gage—his nephew, Frank Os
borne; Aunt Zinnia Washington—
the cook, Mearle Jolly; Trailing
Arbutus—her son, Retha Evans;
Perry Gage—Roderick’s nephew,
Louise Irwin; Mrs. Annabelle
Gage—Perry’s mother, Jessie Lois
Jones; Miss Amelia Gage—Roder
ick’s cousin, Ella Edwards, and
The Scarecrow—Patyrae Reeves.
“RED” PARLIAMENT TO MEET
Moscow, May 5.—Russia’s Red
parliament—the supreme Soviet—
was summoned today to meet May
25, but British circles in Moscow
asserted there was no clarification
tonight of the Soviet attitude to
ward the British-French alliance.
SOVIET RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
INDICATED DISSATISFACTION
t—Tuesday night ip Moscow with
British counter-proposals on for
mation of a triple alliance.
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Honored At College
Miss Evon Eldridge (above),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Eldridge, Glade Valley, a Junior
student at Flora McDonald Col
lege, who has been elected presi
dent of the Zetesian Literary
Society. She has been reelected
bo the student council and is an
honorary member of the varsity
basketball team for two years.
She is listed in the Who’s Who
of American Colleges and Uni
versities.—Photo Courtesy Wins
bon-Salem Journal.
Ladies of the
Glade Valley
Presbyterian
—Church Auxiliary were
entertained at the home of
Mrs. C. A. Thompson,
Sparta, yesterday (Wednes
day) afternoon, at three o’clock.
The occasion was the annual
birthday party for the auxiliary.
The president, Mrs. Clay
Thompson, presided at the meet
ing, the first part of which was
devoted to business.
The program leader for the
month, Mrs. R. L. Berry, called
the ladies to worship, after which
Mrs. Bruce Wagoner sang, un
announced, “The Light of the
World Is Jesus.”
The pastor, Rev. R. L. Berry,
gave the scripture meditation,
basing his remarks on “Jesus, the
Light of the World.”
A prologue, entitled “What of
the Day,” was very effectively
given by Mrs. P. L. Choate.
A most impressive presentation
of the Birthday Objective, in
pageant form, was given by Miss
Clarice Thompson, Mrs. Ralph
Gentry, and Mrs. Rush Thompson,
after which an offering was tak
en to be used for the Girls’ Home
in Congo, Africa, the 1939 Birth
day Objective. The gifts Were de
dicated with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Berry.
Mrs. E. B. Eldridge discussed
some of the highlights of the re
cent meeting of the Presbyterial
in Winston-Salem.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram, a delightful social hour was
enjoyed, at which time the host
ess, assisted by Mrs. Clay Thomp
son, served a sweet course.
| Attention of
property owners
has been called
|
; —by the District Health
.Officer, Dr. Robert R. King,
S that certain contractors from
out of the district have been
recommending the i n s t a 11 a
tion of sewage disposal plants
emptying untreated sewage direct
ly into streams. This is strictly
contrary to the laws of North
Carolina, it has been pointed out,
and all residents are advised to
confer with the district sanitari
ans before signing contracts for
sewer systems.
Chapter 71 of the Public Laws
: of 1919 covers the approved types
| of sewage disposal and all con
tractors and builders *>f Allegh
iany County are advised to ac
I quaint themselves with this law
Jso as to protect their .^patrons
from unnecessary annoyance and
' expense,
Harry S. Webster, Alleghany
.County Sanitarian, will be glad
'to advise with contractors and
.property owners as to their plans
so that the work done will meet
with the approval of the North
Carolina State Board of Health,
according to Dr. King.
k
National And World
NEWS
At A Glance
WOULD HAVE NEUTRAL U. S.
Kansas City, Mo'., May 3.—Alf
M. Landon said tonight that
President Roosevelt, “in so far
as he speaks and is able to do
so,” has a hand oped United States
neutrality in tne troubled affairs
of Europe. J
I “Let’s sfcvp fooling the Ameri
can people that economic quaran
tines and economic assistance
mean anything less than sending
American boys into the cockpit
of Europe to fight,” he warned.
ROYALTY GIVEN DINNER
London, May 4.—King George
and Queen Elizabeth dined to
night at the United States em
bassy and Ambassador and Mrs.
Joseph P. Kennedy served them
with such American delicacies as
Baltimore shad roe, Virginia ham,
Georgia pickled peaches and
strawberry shortcake.
_____
CHANGES RECOMMENDED
Washington, May 9.—President
Roosevelt today recommended to
Congress the elimination of five
federal agencies, integration of
government, commercial and diplo
matic activities abroad under the
State Department, and other
changes to save an estimated $1,
250,009 annually.
NAVY GETS BIG SUM
Washington, May 8.—With a
minimum of debate, the House
voted 296 to 58 today to give the
navy its biggest peacetime ap
propriation—$778,414,241 for the
fiscal year that begins on July 1.
| Married Recently
Mrs. Cola Croom Fulp (above),
of Elkin, who was, before her
recent marriage, Miss Bertha
Miriam Roberts, Roaring Gap.
She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Mack Roberts, Roaring
Gap.—Photo Courtesy Winston
Salem Journal.
An end to the
coal deadlock
was demanded
—Tuesday in Washington,
D. C., by President Roose
velt, who announced that he
had asked coal operators
and union officials for a quick
settlement of the bituminous
deadlock.
The request was made at a
meeting in his office, attended by
five leaders of the United Mine
Workers, five mine operators and
Secretary of Labor Perkins. Mr.
Roosevelt adivsed newsmen later
that he had told the disputants
that the public good demands an
immediate resumption of mining,
and that by Wednesday night they
should work out a method for re
opening the mines.
The President spoke with un
usual vigor and emphasis as he
informed the reporters of the con
versation, his voice rising to an
indignant “pitch when he asserted
the two factions had agreed on
every point at issue except- one,
and were agreed in principle
on that. They had, he said, Only
to settle the details of that one
point to reopen the mines.
On that point, he added, they
agreed that there should be a ver
tical, or industrial, union in the
mines and that for purposes of
collective bargaining the United
Mine Workers should be recog
nized as that union. They had
not, he said, been able to work
out the details for carrying that
into effect.
The President’s obvious insist
ence was such that many were
left wondering whether, jf an
agreement were not forthcoming
by Wednesday night or very soon
thereafter, he would intervene
more definitely. In respone to a
question on that point, Mr. Roose
velt said only that he was not
looking that far ahead.
Remember Mother on “Her” Day—Next Sunday
Mother—perhaps the sweetest and
dearest word in every human language.
Mother—that person who has meant to
each of us the utmost in sustenance, lov
ing care and tenderness; that person who
willingly and joyfully passed through the
valley of the shadow of death in order
that you may live; that person, if she has
passed on, who as long as she was allowed
to remain on this terrestial globe, gave
of herself to make life’s .path just a little
smoother for you; that person, who, if
still among the living, shares with you
your successes, joys and happiness, and
who, in your deepest hours of sadness,
blasted hopes, trials and tribulations, al
most literally tears her heart out in
sympathy for you; that person who, when
all others have deserted you, remains
close by your side and whispers words of
love and comfort; that person whose
spirit should live on in your heart as a
guide and beacon in the hour of greatest
trial.
You may have been only a freckled
faced girl or a dirty-necked, touseled
haired boy as far as persons in your com
munity were concerned. You may have
tried the patience of your teacher in school
to the utmost with your mischevious
pranks—but to your mother you were the
height of all that was loving and thought
ful—you were a person of royal blood. Is
it not altogether fitting and proper, then,
that men and women, boys and girls,
should take part annually in the observ
ance of a day set apart to mothers, living
and dead—Mother’s Day?
Next Sunday, May 14, has been set
aside, this year, for the observance of this
day. A day that gives an opportunity, to
those whose mothers are living, to make
mother’s heart glad by a display in some
manner of genuine love and thoughtful
ness for the most noble, faithful, loyal and
sacrificing friend that a child can have—
Mother. If the distance to her side be not
too far, spend the day with her in loving
conversation and communion. If the jour
ney be too great then, by all means, re
member her with some tangible evidence
of your affection and her heart will sing
with joy.
If you are one of those unfortunates
whose mother has passed to the Great
Beyond, then lay some flowers on her rest
ing place, if possible, and at least wear a
white flower as evidence that, through the
turmoil and strifes of life, you have not
forgotten the dearest creature who ever
had a part in your life.
A program was
presented at
Glade Valley
—in the Presbyterian Church, on
Sunday, May 7, by a delegation
of young people from Westminist
er Presbyterian Church, in Greens
boro, with Miss Flora McKeever
as leader.
They gave a short program,
consisting of songs and Bible
reading. The group also gave
special music at the morning
church service.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Montgom
ery acted as chaperones of the
group of eleven young people.
Thirty-seven
bishops received
assignments
—permanently Monday
night by the uniting confer
ence in Kansas City that
sealed the plan of union for
the three separate branches of
Methodism.
One provision of the design- for
merger was that bishops should
be assigned to one conference, or
section of the country, for life.
They may be reassigned within
the conference. Before the union,
a bishop could be sent anywhere.
The two new bishops of the
united church, elected from the
Methodist Protestant church, were
assigned as follows: John Calvin
Broomfield, of Fairmont, W. Va.,
to St. Louis, and James H.
Straughn, of Baltimore, to special
service in the northeastern juris
diction.
Following is the complete list
of bishops and their residences:
Northeastern: Boston, G. Brom
ley Oxnam; New York, Francis
J. McConnell; Philadelphia, Ernest
G. Richardson; Pittsburgh, Adna
Wright Leonard; Washington, D.
Cl," Edwin Holt Hughes, and Syra
cuse, Charles Wesley Flint.
North Central: Cincinnati, H.
Lester Smith; Detroit, Edgar
Blake; Chicago, Ernest Lynn WaL
dorf; St. Paul, Ralph S. Cushman;
Indianapolis, Titus Lowe, and Des
Moines, R. Ralph Magee.
Western: Los Angeles, James
C. Martin; Kansas City, Charles
L. Mead; Houston, Tex., Angie
Frank Smith; Dallas, Ivan Lee
Holt; Oklahoma City, Charles C.
Selecman, and St. Louis, John
Calvin Broomfield.
Southeastern: Louisville, U. V.
W. Darlington; Jackson, Miss.,
IHoyt Dobbs; Nashville, Tenn.,
[Paul B. Kern; Richmond, Va.,
(William W. Peele; Charlotte, N.
C., Clare Purcell; Birmingham,
Ala., William T. Watkins, and
Atlanta, J. Lloyd Decell.
Central: Columbus, Ohio, Rob
ert E. Jones, and «ew urieans,
La., Alexander P. Shaw.
Foreign Service: Geneva Switz
erland, John L. Nuelsen, assigned
for residence to the north central
jurisdiction; Stockholm, Sweden,
i Raymond J. Wade, assigned for
residence to the north central
jurisdiction; Delhi, India, Brenton
Thoburn Badley, assigned for
residence to the northeastern jur
isdiction; Arthur J. Moore, assign,
ed to the southeastern jurisdiction
for residence to serve abroad—
mostly in China; James H. Strau
ghan, assigned to the northeastern
jurisdiction for special service in
the United States; Missionary
Bishop Edwin F. Lee, of Singa
pore, assigned to north central
jurisdiction for residence; Mis
sionary Bishop John M. Springer,
of Elizabethville, Belgian Congo,
assigned to north central jurisdic
tion for residence.
THE CEMETERY AT UNION
CHURCH WILL BE CLEANED
—on Monday, May 15, and all
persons who are interested in it:
care and upkeep are urged to be
present, with the necessary tools
Those who go are requested to
take lunch, prepared to spend the
day. In case of rain, the work is
to be done on the following day
Union Church is in the White
head section.
GLADE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOI
STUDENTS MAKING THE
—Honor Roll for the last quartei
of the 1938-39 school term, witl
an average of 95 or above are
Juanita Darnell, Peggy Edwards
Maggie Sapp and Willeen Mullis
Those making honorable men
tion, with an average of 90 o:
above, are: Alene Phillips, Bobb;
McCall, Eugene Metcalf, Bil
Phillips, May Harris, Johnny Nor
man, Allie Vannoy and Rosj
Jordan.
Electricians will
wire a model home
in Alleghany
—Ciounty in the near future.
G. F. Messick, project super
intendent of Caldwell Mu
tual Corporation, and the
various contractors who will wire
the homes in Alleghany for elec
tricity, met Tuesday at the home
of Miss Pearl Fields, whose home
will be used as a model, to work
out plans' for wiring her home.
This job of wiring will be done
by all the contractors of the
county.
As the board of county com
|missioners was unable to agree on
an inspector, and as each of the
two local applicants for the po
sition, Herbert Woodruff, of
Cherrylane, and Everett Hoppers,
of Whitehead, were equally well
qualified, the board of directors
suggested that the matter be de
cided by tossing a coin. This
resulted in Mr. Woodruff being
made inspector of the wiring in
this county.
Ernest W, Hoppers, of Hop
pers Electrical Company, is a
native of Alleghany County, and
has been a wiring contractor for
15 or 20 years. He is apparently
extremely interested in the farm
ers of his native county securing
good wiring jobs..
The Ple&s Electric and Furni
ture Co., is located in Galax, Vir
ginia, and is well-known in Alle
ghany County. This company has
been in the electric business for
ten or twelve years. J. L. Busic,
who is a native of Alleghany
County, will represent his com
pany in this county. He natural
ly is very anxious to see the
farmers secure good wiring jobs,
it is said, and will do everything
in his power to be of service to
the farmers along this line.
The Harris Electric Company is
located in Elkin, amt is well
known to the farmers of Alle
ghany County.
King Electric Company has
wired homes in Caldwell, Wa
tauga and Ashe counties, and is
very efficient and interested in
serving the farmers, it is said.
Home Electric Company has
assisted in the wiring in Caldwell,
Watauga and Ashe, and it is said
the farmers of Alleghany will find
this concern very efficient andi
anxious to serve.
Electric Service Company has
been in the wiring business for
a number of years and is located
at Hickory in Catawba County.
They have wired many homes in
Caldwell, Watauga and Ashe.
It is expected that the farmers
will cooperate with the wiring
contractors and that the wiring
job in Alleghany will be com
pleed by June 1. Harry DeWar,
project engineer, reports that the
engineers will be ready to ener
gize the lines in Alleghany by
June 1, provided that a sufficient
number of houses have been wir
ed by that time. The Rural
Electrification Administration in
sists that the project have an
average of three homes wired per
mile before the engineers are per
mitted to energize the line.
The motto for Alleghany Conn,
ty is “The Best-wired County in
the Entire Project.’’
ALF M. LAN DON LED AN
UNSUCCESSFUL FIGHT
j —at the Methodist uniting con
j ference in Kansas City Tuesday
night to refer back to committee
I a proposal pledging support to
Methodists who are ’’conscientious
objectors’’ to war.
WOULD STOP IMMIGRATION
New York, May 6.—Stoppage
of all immigration for 10 years
and the mandatory fingerprinting
of all aliens was advocated today
by Senator Robert R. Reynolds
j (D), North Carolina,
i “Our danger today is not from
without but within,” he toldj the
American Defense Society. “There
'is no danger of any attack from
Europe.’’
POPE PLEADS FOR PEACE j
Vatican City, May 7.—Pope
i Pius XII renewed his appeal t»
: day for “that peace so ardently
, desired by uneasy humanity” as
. announcement of a German-Italian
- military alliance caused fear of
- new tension in Europe.
r The pope’s plea was mad* in
l a speech delivered in French and
broadcast from Vatican City to