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Went To Sell PjW A 5 1 # You Will Profit som"hi”'? I np A II a nr h si n it I utiac « t- ■ Trr . W.,t Ad 1 UV fill Vf^ 11 All JT • 1 1111^0 Tta..' Adrerd^ta DEVOTED TO THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY Volume No. 15. GALAX, VA. (Published for Sparta, N. C.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939. Number 21. This Week in Washington Washington, Oct. 4. (AS)— The final answer of Congress to President Roosevelt's plea to re peal the embargo on arms and ammunitions to belligerent nations hinges, in the long run, tm public sentiment; and Senators dnd Rep. resdntatives began, as • soon as they had convened in special Ses sion, to get expressions -of public sentiment W.ich were quite op posite of what the President and most of the members of Congress had ‘believed was the way the people of th" United States /felt. The President’s clearly stated desite to keep the United States out of W«' met with an over whelming response of approval. Alifiosl as unanimous are the ex pressions of sympathy with the Allied cause as against Hi tier, which are included: in the record „ breaking volume of Imail and telegrams addressed to the White House and the Capitol. No such voluminous and widespread pub lic .nterest has been shown in any question with which Congress has had to deal at any time in the past. Literally hundreds of thousands of letters have poured in. On the first day after the histone special session opened, one Sena tor alone • received more than 28,000 letters from the people of his State. Favor Embargo But while the President’s mail -and telegrams were almost unani mous in their praise of his sueech "to the Congress, with its repeat ed ceclaration that the purpose of the American people is to keep out of war, and his assertion vhat the way’to be tru’7 neutral is to repeat the arms embargo pro viffnns, at least, of the present neutrality law, the tenor of the letters which came to Capirol H»H is a stout denial that the Presi dent’s program. wilL keep ns out of war, and an appeal to retain the arms embargo as a safeguard of neace. From some sections of the country die ratio of letters favor, ing the retention of the present law is as high as a hundred against repeal to one in favor of it. In no section of the na tion is the majority against re peal, as expressed' in letters from constituents, less than ten to one. Some of the letters indicate clearly that they have been in spired by different “peace blocs,” but a surprisingly large propor tion are spontaneous, individual communications from people who earnestly believe that the Neu trality Act as it stands insures American neutrality in the Euro pean conflict and so will keep us out of war. Polls Differ The latest nation-wide polls of public opinion by the agencies en gaged in checking up on what people think tell a somewhat dif ferent story, with as high as 53 percent of voters in favor of amending the Neutrality Act, or repealing it entirely. All of these expressions and reports of public opinion are be ing carefully studied by both the Executive and the Legislative brances of the Government. They will be reflected in the debate in the Senate, where the battle will be waged' most bitterly, and will influence the final vote of Con gress. Those debates will be in fluenced, as doubtless many of the expressions by voters are in fluenced, by partisan political considerations. In his address to Congress the President took pains to disclaim any partisan point of view. He toOk the unprecedented step of calling into conference at the White House,1 before he prepared his speech not only the leaders of the Opposition in Congress but the titular heads of the Re publican Party, Gov. Alf M. Lan don and Col. Frank Knox, the candidates for President and Vice President in 1936. He called on the American people to act as a unit without regard to political affiliations. Ludan'l Statement Governor Landon, in a pubilc statement, declared1 that the grave national issue of keeping out of war is clouded by the shadow of the 1‘widespread belief .that the Prb^d^ht1 pesireg > ra third1 teim in his high office. There is nd doubt that some of the oppo sition in the public mind Slid among Senators and Representa tives to adoption pf the5 President's program is based Upon the belief that, in one way or another, it might be u«d to fdrtber his can didacy dor a third' term in the White House. The dominant beRef here is that when it comes to a show down in Congress the President will get what he asked for. In that case a rush of war orders from Europe is expected krid (turn to page 5, please)1 [Every day will be 14-H Day at the 11939 State Fair —in Raleigh October 10-14, said [L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader recently, but all 4-H mem bers and their coaches will be admitted free to the grounds on Triday, October 13. Harrill is director of the club department of the fair, assisted by Miss Frances MacGregor and H. B. James. On Friday, the 4-H members will engage in seed, livestock and poultry judging contests, and members of the teams will be feted Friday night at a banquet in the State College dining hall. The 4-H Jersey cattle show will be held Tuesday morning, and the 4-H pig show and1 judging is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday the club Guernsey show will be held in the morning, and the baby beef show is set for the afternoon. In addition, a special 4-H edu cational exhibit is planned, and the girls will have special ex hibits of their handiwork and will compete in a canning contest. _ The war will end when 'Hitler has “had enough” —boldly declared Winston Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, in an em pire broadcast Sunday, at 3:15 (EST), in London. . Great Britain's king summoned together 250,000 men to the colors Sun day night as Churchill made his speech. The admiralty chief declared that “Russia has warned Hitler otf his eastern dreams.” But he added that he could not forecast Russia’s next move, terming it a “riddle wrapped in mystery of an enigma.” Shortly before the Churchill speech King George VI called to armed service all British men be tween the ages of 20 and 22 years “with certain exceptions.” Some 240,000 youths aged 20 were called up last June. Yes terday’s proclamation applies to those in the 21-year age group and those who have become 20 since June 5. Churchill told the empire “it was for Hitler to say when the war would begin but it is not for him or his successors to say when it will end.” TOM HARRIS, GLADE VALLEY, SUFFERED A —badly mangled hand last week, while operating a threshing ma chine. He was taken to the Elkin hospital, whete it was found nect essary to amputate the hand above the wrist. Senator Norris advocated die embargo repeal —of the neutrality act nought by Preti^ent Roose velt, in a radio speech delivered Tuesday night from Washington, D. C. The veteran Nebraska Independent as serted that England and France were fighting “the battle of hu manity and civilization”* against “ruthless and murderous’’ foes. Speaking to a radio audience While the senate’s youngest mem [ber, Rush D. Holt, (D., W. Va.), I was advocating over another net work that the embargo be re tained', the elderly Norris said the guiding theory of Adolf Hitler and “otheT dictators” would mean the end of existing civilization if carried to its logical conclusion. Norris said it had been argued that the administration-support ed bill to repeal the arms ban and forbid American ships to carry any goods to the belliger ents would favor England and France, because they would con trol the seas and prevent Ger many from making any purchases in this country. “But it is equally true,” he contended, “that if we fail to take the course I have outlined* and the present embargo law is kept intact, such action will be favorable to Hitler and other dictators.” * It was fortunate, Norris added, that “in following our legal rights as universally recognized, we are able to enact a law wh:ch will more likely keep us out of the war and at the same time put us on the side of humanity and civi lization.” Holt, whose family was on Norris’ side in the controversy over America’s entrance into the i World War (he relates that his home was stoned and his mother injured because his father op posed this country’s going into the conflict), contended that a “cash and carry’’ system of gen eral trade with Europe’s warring nations could be established by congress without repeal of the arms embargo. If the ban on arms sales were lifted, he pre dicted, American money and troops would follow American amis into the war. .Holt argued that his country wanted no “blood-stained dollars” from arms’ sales to Europe’s warring nations. . “I cannot subscribe to ; the theory that the powers of Europe are '^fighting our war,” the West Virginian said. “To the con trary, they desire us to fight their war. We have enough to do here. We have a task uncompleted here in Anierica, putting those men tq (turn to page 6, please) With many added attractions scheduled— 4 \ #. . 5' W ______i. ? t. —with much [.genuine pleasure by hundreds of persons of the PinSy Creek and ad joining sections Of Allegheny County, as well as niariy pOrnau from elsewhere. The fair will actually get under way tomorrow (Friday) night, when Lon Durham and his orchestra, from radio station WJHL. Johnson City, Tenn.. Several divorces were granted’by the Superior Court —during the session which con vened here September 26, with Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynes ville, presiding. The regular Sep tember term of court adjourned last Thursday. I Divorces granted were as fol lows: Ruby Caldwell vs, Harry Cald Ruby Cadlwell vs. Harry Cald well; Clyde Bartley vs. Alice Todd Bprtley; Beulah ViMabe vs. Lonnie Mabe; Otis Wilson vs. Boyce Bowers va Bowers Anderson Johnson vs. Johnson. . • A mistrial resulted in trying the case of' Hoppers vs. Wyatt, The! land cases Were compromised, various offices in the Court house in good condition, also the couhty jail, with the exception of the need for a few minor repairs. The State prison camp was found in such good condition that those in charge were highly commend ed. - : , J. F. Buslc was foreman of the Grand Jury.' will present a musical program at eight O’clock. For this program, a nominal admission charge will be made. Exhibits will open at 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning, and livestock judging will take place during the morning. Amusements of various types will be provided fox the enter tainment of those attending the fair Saturday afternoon, and at night a box supper will be given at eight o’clock. Music will be rendered by the Finey Creek High School band. The fair is being sponsored by the Piftty Creek ‘ High School Agriculture boys, udder 'the di rection of the teacher, 1L.1L Boyer, in cooperation with.Boine Economics girls of the school. Baseball games are scheduled for tomorrow and Saturday af ternoons, with Oak ‘Hill High School and Sparta High School, respectively, playing Piney Creek High School. All entries, except livestock, should be in place by 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and livestock exhibits should be on the grounds by 9:30 Saturday morning. No exhibit may be removed before 8:80 o’clock Saturday afternoon. New'Section Of The Skyline Drive . . , y. Richmond, September 27.—The vanguard of autumn beauty lovers seeking panoramas of breathtaking loveliness, touched with the autumn brush of mother nature, are finding the just completed southern end of Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, ai! that can be djesired. The area already has the reputation of being the most beautiful of all sections of the Drive. It stetches from Swift j Rhn (Jap (U. S. 33) southward to Rockfish Gap, near Afton (with ! the aidf Of a short part of Blue Ridge Parkway just completed). bun 'in western —North Carolina during the first six months of 1939, according to R. D. Gentry, Alleghany County Forest Warden. Of these, one was caus ed by lightning. In other words, 667 of these fires were man-caus ed and thereby preventable. These man-caused fires cost the state and counties of western North Carolina thousands of dol lars in damage to timber and wild life, to say nothing, of the effect that fires have on soil erosion and the aesthetic value of the woodland. One hundred and fifty-seven of these fires were classied as brush burning fires, or fires that wore caused by persons burning brush cr other forms of debris. In other words, 157 fires were caused b> some person who was careless or used bad judgment in burning brush, sedge and various forms of litter and debris. • ■ v _i t_ . r._ *-• nii cau^) nivu »iov of Fall, the grasses in the f orests ere dying and the foliage is los ing its glossy green color and beginning to fall. Therefore, the floor of ‘ the forest will soon be covered With a layer of dead and highly inflammable material ■ subject again to the "risk ;of more man-caused forest Ares. It is encouraging, however, to know that the number of man caused fires in western North Carolina for the past several years have been steadily decreas ing. A few ways in which citizens can help in preventing forest fires are: 1. Don’t toss a lighted cigar ette or match out of your car. If you do so, your cigarette and match might land in inflammable material causing a disastrous fire. 2. While hunting, be sure that your match and cigarette are fully extinguished before you [throw them away. Also be sure, (that when your pipe is emptied, the contents are completely exr tinguished. 3. In building warming and camping fires, be sure that you have complied with the State laws. To build such a fire, the Stite law requires that you clear away all inflammable and com bustible material for a space of 10 feet surrounding the place where such fire is kindled and that the fh$> be fully extinguished bbfOre leaving. 4. Before burning debris bf any kind, secure from your County Forest Warden, or dfle of his authorised rejuresefitatives, a burning permit. , 5. After securing your burning pennit, notify your adjoining landowner that you intend to do such burning. 6. Maintain careful and compe tent watch over your fire and never leave your fire until it is completely out. 7. Never burn near the woods or where fire can reach the woods when conditions are dangerously dry. In rejecting the peace offer of NazLfiermany —Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, of England, declared Tuesday in Lon don flatly against treating with Germany on the basis of “mere assurances” from the Nazi regime but said he would wel come any peace proposals which would achieve Britain’s announc ed war aim of ending “German aggression.” This was the reply of the Brit ish-French allies to the Soviet German declaration last week that Berlin and Moscow would hold ■ “consultations” if Britain and1 France failed to make peace with Germany. Making his fifth weekly report to the house of commons on progress of the war, Chamberlain called the Soviet-German declar ation a “scarcely veiled threat.” The dramatic session pitted against Chamberlain white-maned David Lloyd George, Britain’s World War prime minister, id an exchange which reverse 1 the roles the two statesmen have played in recent years. The fiery Welshman urged < “very careful consideration” of any “specific, detailed arid'broad” proposals which might come ' from Germany through Soviet Russia or Italy. His point was that abrupt re- ' jection might make Russia arid . Italy “hostile neutrals.” He add^ ed that: , . “We know and the United States knows that they can help , us as neutrals. “Russia and Italy, within the limits of neutrality, con moke all' the difference between being friendly and hostile neutrals. “We do not want to double our enemies.” i .. Lloya George said it would be a “first class mistake” to enter & peace conference withiut asking the United States, Russia and Italy to participate, if a peace parley is suggested. Chamberlain replied that no peace proposal “has yet come to! us, and at this stage it would be premature to build any hopes on the likelihood of such a proposal being made.” He added, however, that “no man would welcome more whole* heartedly any proposal which Ij could really feel achieved the: aims” of Britain in going to war. First, that the German govern ment “too often in the past has proved that their undertakings are worthless when it suits' them that they should be broken.” Second, that “no threats would fever induce this country France to abandon the .purpose for which we have entered upon this struggle.” The Soviet-German declaration, which accompanied the partition of Poland contained “nothing * * that should cause us to do any thing other than what we are do ing,” Chamberlain declared, say ing that course was “mobilizing all the resources and: all the might of the British empire for the effective prosecution of the war.” A “peace plan” described as “seductive” ; —whereby Nazi Germany! hopes to end the European' war on its own terms was seen Tuesday by an Ameri can newspaper correspondent who learned from a responsible au thority that a five-point plan is being prepared by Adolf Hitler, while the fuehrer’s troop trains rumbles menacingly toward the West and sharp patrol clashes oc cur on the Franco-German frontier. “Seductive” was the term used in describing the plan. For, un der any other circumstances, and coming from any government whose pledged word enjoyed in ternational trust, it would be dif ficult to reject. Briefly, here are the proposals that, at the present moment at I least, Hitler plans to make ini his speech before the Reichstag | late this week: 1— Creation of a Polish buf- j #er state, With Warsaw as the; capital, to be carved out of the I present German portion of the j partitioned country and mutual-! ly guaranteed by Germany and: Soviet Russia. 2— World-wide disarmament, with establishment of some form j of international control to insure, that each nation abides by the provisions to be laid down. 3— Redistribution of raw ma terials on the lines of League of Nations proposals made years ago. 4— Guarantee of the status quo of all existing £iurupea.. frontiers by means of a collec tive security pact embracing every willing signatory. 5— Examination of the colonial problem with a view to eventual redistribution. As the authority who described the plan put it: “If these proposals were ad vanced under any other condi ;ions than over the body of a nutilated ally, or by a statesman (turn to page 6, please) AI Smith spoke Sunday night in favor of revision —of the neuartlity act, and appealed to Americans to “stand solidly behind” Presi dent Roosevelt in his effort to have the neutrality act amend ed because “he is so clearly right.” Speaking over a nation-wide radio network, Smith added: “I urge this with all the sin cerity I possess with the pro found conviction that I speak for the good of the nation which we all love.” It was the “Happy Warrior’s” first public utterance favoring an administration policy since he “took a walk” from the Demo cratic party in the 1936 presi dential election and campaigned against Mr. Roosevelt, his former close personal and political friend* The 1928 Democratic presiden tial nominee declared bluntly “the present neutrality act does not work,” and added: “It has been weighed in the balance and found wanting.” “I believe that we should pre vent the transportation in Ameri can ships of any goods in any kind, waT goods or other goods, contraband or non-contraband or any passengers to the warring nations. “It is undoubtedly the absence of such a law in 1917 that brought us into the World War. There is 'only one way of avoid ing a repetition of this experi ence and that is by keeping American ships and American pas sengers out of trade with bellig erents.” The president’s suggested amendments are “so clearly right, so obviously on the side of com mon sense and sound judgment and of patriotism,” Smith assert ed, “that only those who lack an understanding of' the issue will oppose them.” Smith said he was not inter ested personally in arguments for (turn to page six, please) With entertainment for the entire day— The Grassy Creek Agricultural Fair is to be held on Saturday, October 7 —on the grounds of Virginia-Carolina High School, Grassy Creek. In addition to the interest that is expected to be aroused among the hum ireds attending by the many and varied agricultural, livestock, garden and domestic manufacture exhibits, many other entertainment features will be provided. A meeting of the pofttm&sters of Alleghany County —was held on Wednesday, Sep ember 27, at Four Oaks Tavern i lere. The principal speaker on | ihis occasion was Paul Yonts, \ rice-president of the National As-, sociation of Postmasters, of Char otte. Jim McKenzie, National Di rector, of Salisbury, was also present, and spoke to the group. Of the fifteen postmasters in Alleghany County, the following were present: G. Glenn Nichols, Sparta; Mrs. J. T. Inskeep, Roar ing Gap; Rush Thompson, Glade Valley; John Miles, Cherrylane; W. B. Reeves, Whitehead; Miss raylor, Citron; Mrs. Ennice Mc Millan, Ennice; Mrs. D. M. Pugh, Topia, and Mack Saunders, Strat ford. A number of visitors at tended the meeting. CANS FILLED FOR THE MILLS HOME ORPHANAGE —are requested to be returned to the Smithey’s Store basement by October 15. New Love Story To Begin In TIMES Oct. 12 The TIMES will begin pub lication, in its issue of Thurs day, October 12, one of the, best love stories in years, by the world-popular author, Tem ple Bailey. The title of this thrilling new serial story is “Tomorrow’s Promise,” and no reader of the TIMES will: want to miss a single install ment. - Watch for the first install ment next Thursday, and follow the story in Thursday issues* until it is concluded. Don’t miss this literary treat. ■ ' ■ ' | - Two ball games—a girls’ soft ball game and a boys’ baseball game—will be played with visit ing teams. , A very outstanding feature, and one that is expected to gain widespread commendation by many persons attending the fair, is the magicians’ show to be presented; both morning and af ternoon, in one of the Grassy Creek churches, by the Karnaks. These musicians are said to have performed before thousands at the White House Easter Egg Hunt in 1986, and to havfe been prais ed by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt. Much favorable comment was heard after their perform ances at the recent Elk Creek fair. A very small charge will be made for this vtery clever and thoroughly entertaining program of magic. Contests in nail driving (for women only), horseshoe pitching, cow and hog calling (women and; men), and probably athletic con tests, such as jumping, running, etc., are also planned. Other entertainment features of the fair will be a bingo stand. Chines^ Checkers, etc., as well as fortune telling. Citizens of the Grassy Creek section and ad joining territory in Grayson and Ashe counties are urgently re quested to attend and enter ex
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