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The Times office is upstair^ ■over the Watchmaker, opposite the Post Office IN SPARTA. “Come up and see us some time.” Vol. 15. No. 36. SPARTA, Alleghany County, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940. Want Ads are a very handy way to tell everybody what you have to sell or trade. Use ’em.—20c for four lines. 3c Per Copy "Farmer Bob" Doughton said he would step down from public off ice -—at the end of hi* present term, December 31, 1940. As chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee of the National Congress, Representative Doughton, of Alleghany County, has held a position more powerful, even, than the Speaker of the House, though he ranked below him. Alleghany County may well be proud to have went to Congress such an oustand. mg figure, who rose from farm hoy to the place where President Roosevelt expressed sincere re gret at the prospect of losing such a loyal and faithful man, using these words: “Your patriotic s^ervice to our country is invalu able. We need you here.” Announcement of Mr. Dough ton’s plans to retire after 30 years in Congress, the longest tenure ever enjoyed: by any mem itier from the South and by only la few the country over in the Ihistory of the Republic, came as W sensation in the halls and cor ridors of the staid old Capitol. Not a single member of the Tar Hejel delegation knew of the con terri(plated announcement, which Mr. \ Doughton prepared to-day and hantied to newspapermen, as fol lows : | “Thirty years ago the people of or congressional district elect ed rri-e to represent them in the Congress; of the United States. At every biennial election since that time, they have seen fit to re-elect me to this same respons ible office. For their continued loyal support, I am profoundly grateful, and for the many tokens i of their trust and confidence, I j express my deep and sincere j thanks. I “I now feel that the time has arrived when I should acquaint them with my future political in tentions. Some months ago I decided that I would not seek re eiection. This decision has been made known, confidentially, to a friends who under otives and position, his step is particu- j to me because, of ■deluge of requests recently urging i-election. . Never [ublic life have I ! .ny warm assur- j rt and loyalty, j ’ generous per sonaJ^PRssages, I have every reason to believe that were I to (ttirn to page 4, please) Frank Gannett is a candidate for president —on the Republican ticket. The Rochester, N. Y., pub lisher and long-time critic .of President Roosevelt and the New Deal, announced his can. didacy Tuesday night in Roches ter. The 63-year-old publisher told a civic reception in his honor: “I realize what it means to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for President—what it means in responsibilityt in hard work, in sacrifice. Yet it is a call to duty that no citizen can ignore. My answer is yes.” At the same time, Gannett said if his task is “to follow, to fight in the .ranks, as I have fought, there you will find me—fighting.” The publisher’s candidacy pre sages a contest for New York State’s 92 votes in the Republi can national convention. Thomas E. Dewey, New York county dis trict attorney, several weeks ago announced his candidacy and has made several addresses. Gannett, chairman of the Com mittee to Uphold Constitutional Government, was particularly ac tive against President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court reorganization plan and his proposal for ad ministrative reorganization. He recently returned from a cross country air tour “to discuss is sues apt to be in the foreground during the 1940 campaign.” James W. Wadsworth, Republi can representative from the 39th New York congressional district, in a letter read at the dinner praised the publisher as “a forth right man” to whom “were I present I would give you assur ance in person of my co-oper ation.” THE HEAT IS ON LAB$U* eeLK.n ’fr*/*\80P&£ 'UUi^ A Special Series of charming articles op Gardening —is coming: to Us from an able correspondent in North Carolina who writes exclusive-, ly for one of the large dailies. If you like gardens and flowers, you’ll enjoy her sprightly ar ticles. And if you have no garden you’ll enjoy her’s when she writes so entertainingly of it. By a fortunate coincidence we are able to present this week the first contribution, on Dogs and Gardens, by Mina, B. HoAnan, a lover of gardens. See p. 2. U"";.T \ - Senator Taft, of Ohio, will be in Greensboro —Monday night, February 12, as the principal speaker at the 11th annual Lincoln Day dinner it was announced in Greensboro Tuesday night by Worth D. Hen derson, chairman of the arrange ments committee for the dinner. . Henderson said acceptance of the invitation was received; from the senator late Tuesday. The chairman said Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, and Sena tor Arthur H. Vandenberg, oi Michigan, had been considered as possible speakers for the occa sion. All three ere potential pos sible candidates ifor the Repub lican nomination for president . ai the convention this year. The Independence Beethoven Junior Music Club held —its December meeting at the home of Fairy Bedwell on De cember 21. A poem was given by Nadine Cox, and a discussion on “Opera” was. given by Joanna Cornett. A solo was played by Anna Smith, and readings were pre sented by Zollie Rose Cox and Stella Phipps. A vocal solo was rendered by Fairy Bedwell. After the business session, de licious refreshments were served by the hostess. j The next meeting will be held at the home -of Evelyn Poole. A plot to overthrow the U. S. government —to assassinate a dozen congressmen and seize the strongholds of the army was charged Sunday night, in Washington, D. C., after 18 mem bers of the “Christian Front” were arrested andi accused of con spiracy to create a revolution in the United States. The plot was of a terroristic gun and bomb type. The nation’s vital works of in dustry and transportation were also marked for seizure in the alleged plot, it was announced by J. Edgar Hoover, head, of the FBI. The 18 meni including New York national guardsmen and one member each from the naval and marine reserves, were accused by Hoover of conspiring to bomb and shoot their way to power and; set up a government like Hitler’s dictatorship over Nazi Germany. A small arsenal was unearthed in New York City by FBI agents, Hoover said, including bombs, ammunition, rifles and the making for exposives in various stages of ! completion. s. The “Christian* Front” has been praised and defended in the maga zine Social Justice published by the Rev. Charles Coughlin, the j Michigan radio priest, who, how^ ever, rejected an offer to be its leader in order that he might remain free to advocate or cen sure its policies as he pleased. Hoover said the fantastic plot Included plans to revolt against the government with arms stolen from the arsenals of the army itself. Twelve congressmen were “marked for death,” he said, as an object lesson to those who had voted for repeal of the arms em bargo. The FBI said, however, that it was unable to identify any of the 12 “nominated for extinction.” On the list marked for seizure or destruction were bridges, arm ories, postoffices and federal rer serve banks, railroads and com munication lines of all kinds. The plot, Hoover said, was also aimed against Jews generally. One of those under arrest was described as a member of the German-American bund, whose “fuehrer,” Fritz Kuhn, is serv ing a term in Sing Sing prison for stealing bund funds. Contents of the arsenal discov ered in a six-month investigation ordered by Attorney General Frank Murphy and conducted by the FBI included rifles and pis tols, thousands of rounds of am munition and powder and chemi cals used in the making of bombs. Germany was given warning by France —Tuesday might in (Paris, in an official statement, that any German attempt to in vade Belgium would find 1,000,000 Belgian and Dutch troops fighting alongside the Al lies to “hermetically se.aP’ the blockade of Germany on the West. The foreign office said that a German invasion of the low coun tries would react disastrously up on Germany because Britain would be able to dispose immedi ately of a “formidable continen tal bridgehead” there and strike at Germany’s naval bases in the North Sea. “The Nazi plan,” said the for eign office commentary, "evident ly is based on the assumption that German troops would be able to impose a rapid decision . . But the situation is different.” Mrs. Ruth Hackler is Appointed Enumerator in —Alleghany County for the 1940 decennial census of Business and Manufactur ing, it was announced yes terday by Zeb V. Long/ Jr., dis trict supervisor of the Salisbury Bureau. In her work in Sparta and Alleghany, Mrs. Hackler will have the able assistance, and be under the direct guidance of Mr. A. O. Joines, of Sparta, the Assistant Supervisor of Census. They were busy in Sparta Tuesday beginning the work. Mr. Joines was in Ashe County Monday as sisting the enumerator there in getting started. Mrs. Hackler, the enumerator in this county, is the daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Jones Waddell. She attended the Virginia State Teach ers College at East Radford, and taught in the public schools of Alleghany for two years. During the past four years Mrs. Hackler has resided at her home in Glade Valley. This is the first time for many years that all of the censuses— Business, both wholesale and re tail, Amusements, Service estab lishments, Manufacturing, Popu lation, Agriculture, Housing, Mines and Quarries,’ and Drain age and Irrigation—will be tak en in a single year. They will not all be taken at the same time. The census of Business, Manufacturers, Mines and Quar ries, and Drainage and Irrigation will begin some three months ahead of the counts of Population, Agriculture, and Housing, which will begin on April 1st according to law. Mr. Long, in announcing the appointment of the Enumerators said, “Our first job i& bo make certain that every business man' understands that this community’s hopes for new industries, invest ments, payrolls, and residents— in fact, all its plans—-are tied up directly with getting full census reports from every business firm.” He also added, “We don’t want a better record than we get by reporting truthfully, but we want everything to which we are en titled so that we will have a proper ranking when compared with other cities and areas.” There were 145 business estab lishments in Alleghany County listed in a 1935 census. That number will be surprisingly ex ceeded by this 1940 census. Mt. Zion Piney Creek P. O., Jan. 8— Mrs. Smith Evans, Twin Oaks, and Mrs. George McMillan of Crumpler, are at W. H. Weaver’s home. Mr. Weaver is seriously ill. Lee Black is ill. Mrs. R. M. Pugh improves slow ly Mrs. Virgie Pugh and Miss Eth el Pugh visited Mrs. R. M. Pugh [last Thursday. Rev. R. L. Billings filled an ^appointment for Rev. T. A. Ply ler, Jr., at Mt. Zion Sunday. | Rev. T. A. Plyler is ill at the [home of his father, Rev. T. A. ! Plyler, Sr., at Indian Trail, N. C. Mrs. Caroline Landreth spent several days last week with Mrs. Lila Sheets, who is ill. Ben Van Dyke, of Peden, visit ed his aunt, Mrs. Mary Cox, Sun day afternoon. I Nathan Weaver and daughter, I Virginia Anne, of Egerton, W. jVa., and H. C. Weaver and I daughter, Nell, of New Hope, visited W. H. Weaver last week. Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Billings, Mrs. Maude Sturgill, Mrs. Jack Rutherford, Mrs. Betty Parsons, John S. Wyatt and S. E. Smith vifeited at R. M. Pugh’s home Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Bateman visited Mrs. S. E. Smith Saturday. Mrs. W. R'. Pugh is ill. i S. E. Smith visited J E. Miller’s home, near Piney Creek, last iweek. Mrs. J. jv. shepherd visited her mother, Mrs. Mary Cox, last week. Doris Wingler visitted Hazel Van Dyke Sunday. Mrs. D. J. Grubb, of Nathans Creek, is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. John Grubb, of this community. Mrs. Flora Moxley and daught er, Lorene, of Topia, spent Sat urday and Sunday with Mrs. Moxley’s father, Lee Black, who is ill. S. E. Smith visited Lee Black Monday. Alleghany Times is a fine gift to those who’ve gone far away— and only $1.50 a year or 15c a month. Send it to them a while. Speakers For Engineers’ Institute at N. C. State College 2X2, RoV V. WtyqHT rs r\ ^ J Qj. E . TE-AE Prof". Tuc^et^ J 'SK/Q* QEU. ~r. a1. Qoe/NS With transportation as their theme, the authorities pictured here will be principal speakers at the Institute for Engineers which will be conducted at X. C. State College Thursday, January 25, as part of the annual observance of Engineers’ Week. Every phase of modern transportation will b» discussed, and all members of the engineering professions are invited. The speakers are Dr. Roy V. Wright, of New York City, editor of “Railway Age” and former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; J. E. Teal, of Richmond, transportation engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway; Brig.-Gen. Thomas M. Robins, assistant chief engineer for the U. S. Army; Oswald Ryan, of Washington, member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority; Les lie C. Allman, of Detroit, vice president of the Fruhauf Trailer Co.; and Harry Tucker, professor of highway engineering at State College and nationally known authority on highway safety. The former Methodist Women’s —Missionary Society is now known, in the united Metho dist Church, as the Wo man’s Society of Christian Service, and is a branch of the Board of Missions and Church Church. The organization, as it is now! constituted, is successor to the j Woman’s Foreign Missionary So-j ciety, the Ladies’ Aid Society, | the Woman’s Home Missionary j Society and the Wesleyan Service i Guild, of the former Methodist Episcopal Church; the Woman’s Convention, of the former Meth odist Protestant Church, and the Woman’s Council, of the former Methodist Episcopal Church, The new set-up includes the lo cal church Woman’s Society of Christian Service, the District Woman’s Society of Christian Service, the Conference Woman’s Society of Christian Service, and the Jurisdictional Woman’s So ciety of Christian Service. Governor Long, of Louisiana, was leading —by a slight majority in New Orleans proper Tuesday night, in the Democratic primary, with more than half the city vote tabu lated, but his principal opponent, Sam H. Jones, was leading Long about 2 to 1 outside the city on the basis of meagre^ scattered \ rural returns. The unofficial vote from 170 of New Orleans 261 precincts gave the younger brother of. the late Huey P. Long 42,908 votes. Jones had 21,107, and State Sena tor James A. Noe, 15,639. James H. Morrison with 4,031 and Vin cent Moseley with 364 were out of the running there. I _ GERMANY AND THE ALLIES EACH LOST AN AIRPLANE i—in the four-months-old European war in fighting Sunday. Twin Oaks Sparta P. 0.. Jan, 16, 1940.— i Vaster Bracking, a former resi- j dent of Stratford, who has trav- | eled extensively for the past twenty years, and has recently spent several months in Alaska digging gold, called on friends I here Monday. He was en route to spend a few days with his : father, Ploy Bracking, at Strat ford. John Robert 'Bracking, Oxford, Pa., is visiting friends in this county. Miss Addie Reeves, Nottingham, Pa., arrived Tuesday to spend some time with her mother, Mrs. Gaston Reeves. A. 0. Joines and Mrs. Ruth Hackler were here Tuesday tak ing Federal Business census for Alleghany County. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Irwin spent Wednesday night with relatives in Winston-Salem, and attended the District ; meeting of North Carolina Petroleum Industries at the Robert E. Lee Hotel Thurs day. Mrs. M. E. Wilson, who has been sick for several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Irwin, is reported fully recover ed. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Robertson left Friday for their home in 'Washington, D. C., after spending (two weeks with Mrs. Robertson’s mother, Mrs. Stella York, here. G. L. Fender, Dunn, spent Sun day night with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hapner spent the week-end with relatives at Scottville. The president’s plea to grant aid to Finland drew —a hot congressional fight Tues day in the national capital, soon after President Roosevelt urged consideration o f non - military loans to the Finns through the Export-Import Bank with assur ance they would not compromise United States neutrality policies. He made his recommendation in identical letters to Vice Presi dent John N. Garner, presiding officer of the Senate, and House Speaker William B. Bankhead (D), Ala. Thomas E. Dewey will speak at a Lincoln Day dinner —in Portland, Ore., on Mon day, February 12, which will mark the 131st anni versary of the birth of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln. Dewey, vigorous young New York City district attorney, is an avowed candidate for the Republican presidential nomination this year. Announcing a partial list of the Lincoln Day celebrations to be held February 12, the Repub lican national committee said yes terday in Washington, D. C., that they would constitute the “kick off” in the party’s “fight to re store to the nation a government based on Americanism, sense and sound finance.” , The meetings will be held in every state, the committee said, with as many as half a doaen scheduled in some states. I Hills of Desti a new serial, begins in this for 14 weeks, until the entire Story is completed. “Hills of Destiny,” by Agnes Louise Provost, relates how Lee Hollister, strong of hand and stout of heart, returned un expectedly to the Circle V from a trip abroad to find_ and correct——the strange situ ation confronting the girl he loves. Thrills . . . Romance . . . Love in a Western setting. That’s the “thumbnail’* o “Hills of Destiny.” Miss Provost is the author many best sellers, inch™, “The Closed Door,” “Fortun Wheel” and “Honeym Wife,” and spent years in country she, writes about. Don’t miss a single ment of this exciting
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