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oL 15- No- 46- Sparta, N. C. Thursday, March 28, 1940.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—It has
taken a war plus an Arctic winter
to give Mr. Ordinary German a
holiday from flag-waving, par
ades and compulsory rejoicing.
No torchlight procession. No
Reichstag meeting. No flags. Only
at the last moment are Germans
informed that the Fuehrer will
speak over the radio in the even
ing. With the Munich bomb in
fresh rememberance, the place
from where he speaks is not an
nounced beforehand.
After six months of war, pro
paganda, the best weapon of the
>Jazis, is frozen up. Mass cele
brations use up fuel and trans
port; Hitler had to cut them out.
Ipstead, Germans are consoled
with hints of the great things
their Fuehrer will do when Spring
comes. Nazis predict sortie specta
cular achievement.
So confident is President Roose
velt of an upward trend in busi
ness that he is rejecting sugges
tions for a further spend-lend pro
I gram this year. This confidence is
'probably due to Secertary of the
'{Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr.,
■Who reports that the volume of
Aiders' in heavy industries is ex
panding weekly. Of great import
ahce, also, is his knowledge that
both Great Britain and France
intend increasing their orders for
comVnodities, as well ae war ma
terials.
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Th<i momentary crisis in France
last Week did not, for one thing,
show a weakness in French demo
cracy. A democratic institution is
strong when 300 Deputies can
bring down a Government that
had actual dictatorial powers.
Germany may insist that “a pan
ic” existed in France, but there
seems to have been no reaction
in that country to the Nazi “peace
offensive. ”
Instead, there are signs of plans
for a more vigorously prosecuted
war. The French, however, mean
to avoid a repetition of the hor
rors of the last war, when thous
ands and thousands of French
youths were hurled to death in
offensive after offensive. An in
tensified economic war is what
can be expected from now on.
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THEY SAY:
“The English are so proficient
in the art of lying that one is
tempted to envy them for it.”—
Dr. Goebbels.
“The Englishman will fight like
—, not when his worst instincts
are appealed to, but when his
noblest aspirations are called in
to being.”—Major the Hon. J. J.
Astor, M. P.
“The systems of thought and
life in the German State and its
ambiguous associate—the Union
of soviet Socialist Republics—are
systems intrinsically hostile to the
Christian doctrine.”—Dr. William
Temple, Archbishop of York.
Furches
Furches, March 25—Miss Ruth
Woodie spent Saturday night at
R. M. Taylor’s.
Those visiting the home of
Frank Roupe Sunday night were:
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Critcher,
Mrs. Bessie Critcher, and Bruce
Williams.
Miss Gladys Caudill has been
ill with flu.
Mrs. Bessie Critcher had as din
ner guests Sunday: Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Roupe and children, Louise,
Frankie, Reba Sue, Floyd Orrin
and Fred, Bruce Williams, Robert
Evans and Edd Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Crictcher
visited the home of Glen Woodie
Sunday.
■rvoDen j^vans ana r,aa layior
of CCC Camp of Laurel Springs
spent Friday night at the home of
|fack Taylor.
The school children of New
Hope enjoyed a marshmallow
roast and egg hunt Friday, March
22.
During 1939, a total of 37 bicy
clists were killed and 268 were
injured in this state.
Your Government...
how familiar are you with it?
The SUPREME COURT
1. How are the justices of the
Supreme Court appointed?
2. What is their term of office?
3. There are nine members of
the Supreme Court. Were
there ever less than nine?
More than nine?
Answer these questions in
your own mind, then look else
where in this issue for the
correct answers.
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Our wo r I d
Pope Pius Implores for World Peace
Vatican City, March 24.—Pope Pius irpplored for
“peace, concord and unity” among nations today in an
Easter homily in which he advocated settlement of
their relations “not by force, but by rules of truth,
justice and charity.”
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German Ship sent to Bottom
Copenhagen, March 24.—The shell-scarred Ger
man freighter Edmund Hugo Stinnes, 2,289 tons, sank
with her cargo of coal today off the west coast of Den
mark, where she was attacked last night by a British
submarine. She was the second Nazi merchantman
sunk by a British submarine since the war began. The
4,947-ton ore carrier Heddernheim was torpedoed last
Thursday night nine miles east of Scaw (Skagen) at
the entrance to the Kattegat, which leads into the
Baltic sea.
Turkey Strives to Reconcile Nations
London, March 24.—Turkey is striving to recon
cile the allies and Russia and thus dispel the danger
of a conflict in the Near East which would force Russia
into the war on the side of Germany, it was learned
tonight. At the same time diplomatic quarters heard
that Italy and Russia soon would sign a trade agree
ment and send their respective ambassadors back to
their posts, from which they were recalled because of
strained relations between Rome and Moscow over the
Finnish war.
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Welles an Able Messenger
London — Under-Secretary of State, Sumner
Welles, still on his trip for President Roosevelt, has
been in London and has won for himself the highest
of English compliments—that he dressed like an Eng
lishman, talked like an Englishman and behaved “as
an Englishman would like to behave.” He has also
given the newspaper's a fine example of the art of say
ing nothing. Asked by one newshawk whether his
face had been “gloomier” when he left Hitler’s pres
ence, Welles quipped: “Like you, I cannot see my own
face.” Thus far he has kept locked tight any infor
mation he has gleaned on how the belligerents will
behave. His schedule includes a second visit with
Mussolini and his return home to America this week.
England Wants New Cabinet
London—England clamors for a new cabinet with
increased intensity, suggesting a five-man cabinet in
place of the present nine. This change would cen
tralize the rule of the Empire and increase Churchill’s
power on all military and naval arms.
Boy Fatally Shot
Roscoe Gilbreath, 15-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chal Gilbreath of North' Wilkesboro, was acci
dentally shot and killed about noon of March 25 while
playing with some other boys near the fair-grounds.
Roscoe and a friend were shooting birds with a .22
calibre rifle, and Roscoe stepped in front of the gun
as Eckenrod pulled the trigger to shoot.
Republican Delegates to be Free
Raleigh—North Carolina delegates to the Republi
can national convention will go uninstructed, Jake F.
Newell, Republican state chairman, forecast yesterday.
Reaches Ripe Age . . .
IRA HALSEY
—well-known and highly respect
ed citizen of the Maple Shade sec
tion of Grayson County, of which
he is a native. He is 89 years
of age, and is one of the oldest
citizens of the county, Mr. Hal
sey has been in good health and
was able to work until a short
time ago. He had been married
60-odd years when his wife died
in November, 1938.
Fire Department
Minstrel Show
—for the benefit of Sparta an<|
Independence Five Departments,
will be given in the Sparta High
School Auditorium next Wednes
day. at 8 o’c p. m. with an ad
mission fee Of 26c.
There are 22 in the cast of
the show, which will include sing
ing, dancing, fun—no end, and a
mock Negro trial- The show has
been given before, and those who
know say it is rich fun.
NORWAY LODGED A PROTEST
WITH GREAT BRITAIN
—yesterday in Oslo against vio
lation of Norwegian neutrality by
British warships seeking out Gor
man vessels in Norwegian waters.
To exploit Latin
American markets
for die benefit of
—-North Carolina tobacco
farmers, Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper, candidate for gov
ernor recently urged tobacco
fanners of the state to call upon
their respective congressmen to
back a bill introduced last week
by Senator Josiah W. Bailey, to
make funds available for a study
of means of opening these mar
kets to United States tobacco.
“Our greatest hope of a fair
market this year,’’ said Gooper,
who is a tobacco farmer himself
with a farm in Brunswick county,
“is to get these markets formerly
supplied by trie British for the
weed grown and processed in
North Carolina.
“If this bill, which Senator
Bailey introduced shortly after I
pointed to the need for opening
these markets for North Carolina
tobacco farmers, is passed, it will
be the means of entering the thin
edge of a wedge which will soon
open wide the doors of South
American and Central American
countries to our greatest cash
crop,”
Cooper made the statement
i-9 he was raak'r.g plans tp tour
the state in his campaign for gov
ernor in a sound truck.
“I plan to begin my tour about
the first of April,” he saM, “and
it is my hope I will be able to
see and talk with the majority
of ^h« fanners of this state. I
have always found farmers at
North Carolina to be men with
whom I couldi talk easily, being a
farmer myself, and I have also
found they have an excellent
knowledge at the. needs of the
state. Tlu-ough my talks with
them on farm problems, on the
needs of rural schools, on the
needs for better farm roads, it is
my hope I will be able to find
some solutions for the many diffi
cult problems which they face
today and which they have faced
for SO years under the adminls
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Rivers Officially Enters Race For Congress
In small change and dollar bills received as do
nations to his campaign fund( Jim Rivers' posts fil
ing fee for ninth district congressional race with E
dections Chairman Lucas.—Winston-Salem Journal
Photo.
Jim Rivers, a son of the late R/obert C. Rivers,
who for almost fifty years published The Watauga
Democrat, at Boone, Saturday paid his filing fee
to the state board of elections and became a candi
date for congress in the ninth district. His action
will bring about the first party contest over the
seat occupied for thirty years by Representative
R. L. Doughton. Rivers gave to the press a brief
statement which indicates that he will make his
first bid for office as “an unurged, unsponsored
candidate.” It follows: “In filing my intentions
as a candidate I have not overlooked the fact
that fourteen leaders of the. party in/which I have
held lifelong membership recently called on the i
incumbent representative and delivered, to him an j
instrumnt in writing which they alleged wa? a ;
mandate of the people that he again seek the j
seat which he has occupied for nearly thirty years, i
A sketchy survey of the district indicates that
there are some two hundred and sixty-odd thou
sand folks in these nine, counties who were not
consulted by the aforementioned group many of \
whom would prefer, this year, a candidate by |
contest rather than petition. If nominated and j
ejected to the office, I shall strive to earn my ;
pay.” Representative Doughton had first an- •
nounced that he would retire from congress at |
the end of the present term but later decided to j
run, because, he said, of the, many requests that
he do so.
T“
Sen. Lee Gravely
pushes his
campaign
—for the Democratic nomi
nation for governor into the
far eastern section of North
Carolina this week with
speeches and tours in Tyrrell,
Hyde, Dare, Washington and
Beaufort counties. During the
latter part of the week he was to
move into the central part of the
state, covering Moore, Lee, Rich
mond, Hartnett and other coun
ties in that area.
Speaking before the Young
Democrats of Tyrrell county on
Monday night Senator Gravely
paid tribute to the state’s army
of highway workers who “toil in
fair weather and foul in order to
enable the traveling public to en
joy the benefits of our roads.”
In Tyrrell, the candidate stress
ed the need for farm to market
roads, saying their construction
demanded “prompt attention.” At
Swan Quarter on Wednesday
night Gravely charged that the
promise to furnish a system of
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county seat, connecting those
points by the most direct route
“remains the moral obligation of
the state.” It cannot be done in
one year, he explained, “but it
must be. an objective of the state
to be done as rapidly as revenues
will permit.” The method of al
location of funds has limited the
amount of work done in Hyde
county, Gravely declared, “and it
seems to m© a fund of reasonable
size should be set aside for use
by the Highway Commission in
sections of the state suffering by
reason of such a method of al
location.”
Senator Gravely touched upon
another subject close to the hearts
of Eastern Carolina folk when he
pointed out that while the road
situation is of major concern
"we must not forget one of die.
principal industries in North Caro
lina depends upon the watetf of
Eastern North Carolina. He re
ferred to the Ashing industry.
“This great industry,” Gravely’
declared, "is in a serious con
dition and is'rapidly approaching
the point where it needs govern
ment assistance.”
Rocky Mount — Senator Lee
Gravely will be supported in hii
campagn for Governor by a fel
low townsman and veteran mem
ber of the General Assembly,
Representative W, E. (Bill) Fen
(tura to poge 6, pleaso)
SEN. LEE GRAVELY
The Russo-Fmnish
Peace hinders the i
—Allied cause, is the opin
ion of American and foreign
military experts. It has
placed Che Scandinavian
countries under the joint domi
nation of Russia and Germany,
»nd weakened the Allied blockade
because the Reich can obtain vital
war materials from the Northern j
countries, experts point out.
With the outcome of the war
still completely uncertain, in the
eyes of military men this blow
could easily mean defeat for
France and Great Britain. Realiz
ing this, the sertiment for large
scale military relief for Finland
increased in both countries just
before the peace was signed.
That the Scandinavian countries
were perfectly aware of the situ
ation is apparent in the state
ment from Sweden that only an
adequate force of 80,000 to 100,
MO men would be allowed to
cross its territory on the way to
Finland. A smaller force, it was
reasoned, would be unable to pro
tect Sweden from invasion by
either Russia or Germany—and
the presence of British troops on
Scandinavian soil could easily he
interpreted by the Reich as an
excuse for military action.
Recent developments have at
least clarified the European situ
ation, and proved that the war on
the Western Front and the wax
on the Karelian Isthmus were, for
all practical purposes, one and
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One far-reaching
change made by
—the 1939 General Assem-'
bly in the election laws has
to do with setting up a new
system of registration in
primary elections;
Heretofore, only the general!
election registration book has!
been used for both primaries and
jlections. Under the new law
;here will be separate registration
aooks for primaries and elections.
The voter will be entered on
-he primary registration book of
;he party of which he is a mem
ber and hereafter only the pri
mary registration books will be'
furnished the registrars for the
primaries. -
There will be either a complete
relisting of voters or a new regis-1
state.
In those counties in which a
new registration is ordered the j
books will be open during the!
lsual registration period before j
:he May primary.
In the new registration the i
s’oter will be registered on the1
general registration book and al
so on the appropriate primary
registration book in accordance
(vith his party affiliation.
Independents will not be regis
tered on any primary book.
In those counties in which a
relisting of voters instead of a
new registration shall be order
ed, the Chairman of the County
Board of Election, with such as
sistance as may be necessary, will
begin on April 2nd to transcribe
to new general registration books
the names of all persons shown
by poll books to have voted in the
elections or primaries of 1936
and 1938.
A list of all names on the old j
registration books, not shown by
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Gov. Hoey spoke
Monday night
in Washington
—D. C., at a banquet givea
by the North Carolina Soci
ety of Washington, in tha
governor’s honor, and in his
speech, made no reference to the
May Democratic primaries in this
=tate, but told what North Caro
lina, had accomplished within re
cent years in the fields of edu
cation. industry arid agriculture,
“We have- been sowing in North
Carolina the paths of peace,” he
asserted, “peace in industry,
peace in agriculture and peace in
education, . i
“We have a balanced budget
and we are reducing our bo^'',*d
indebtedness,” Hoey conti ud,
“and we have not increased taxes.
We think we have a reasonably
fair tax system.”
Former Governor 0. Max Gard
ner told the society that there
would be “no domination and dic
tatorship”- in the choosing of the *
state’s next governor. -Jj
The reference to the primaries,
in which seven candidates are
entered to succeed Governor
Hoey, came after Gardner praised
the “wisdom and tolerance” of the
present state administration.
Gardner, who is Hoey’s brother
in-law and from the same town—
Shelby— said Hoey’s successor
uuum v wnv/atii UjUVWj"
000 people of North Carolina,
free and untrammeled.”
Hoey has, announced his neu
trality in the approaching politi
cal fight.
Gardner recalled that Hoey was
nominated in 1936 “after an in
tense factional fight.”
“He went into the office after
the state had been divided,” he
referring to the bitter con-'
test ' ct'veen Hoey arid Dr. Ralph
W. McD ■-'aid, former Winston
Salem ooilege professor.
“But during the past three and
one-half years, Governor Hoey
has conducted his office with such
wisdom and tolerance that now
he is the most popular governor
North Carolina has ever had.
“Today there are seven candi
dates running to succeed him, bull
there has not been a suggestion;
that he is undertaking to exercise
his power to throw it behind any
one candidate.
“The people of the state will
name his successor without coer
cion or dictatorship. I am proud
to 9ay that North Carolina has
no dictator. The next governor
will be chosen without any domi
nation.”
Hoey laughingly asked “what’s
the use of having a brother-in
law unless he can stand besids
you in an emergency?”
Members of Congress from
North Carolina and other offic
ials in Washington from this state
were among the more than 4M
present.
Governor Hoey, who left Ral
eigh Sunday night, returned to
the state capital city aboard a
midnight train Monday night.
Thieves entered
the cellar at the hoi
of Frank Atwood
—in the Stratford vicinity
Sunday night. March 10, and
considerable amount of grocerie
were stolen. The thieves ent
ed the cellar by means of a kej
and left the door locked.
On the following morning,
Atwood and son, Darrell, in
search. found part of the stole
goods.
Piney Creek, Mar. 25.—W.
Maxwell, of Sparta, took
dinner in the Mt. Zion coimnu
and spent Sunday evening visit
by
Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith
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