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i y PAGE TWO News Items ] And The St By m r. oun:;agan ^ Special Writer tor The Democrat) Raleigh.? -North Carolina Democrats. all pepped up over the .tagb ufv.ving over select ion of a candid at for National Democrat executive con mitteemau for North Carolina to su; eeed former Governor O. Max Garc ner. resigned,. are expected to ha\ at least a mouth, or more, to co? their heels and Hue up their duc? before Chairman J. Wallace Winborr calls ltis State Democratic Execute Committee to meet to Till the vacaiic by reoommenciation. Not In many mouths has an iac dent stirred up folks as this has dor and columns have been written ar eagerly rmd about it, the main re; son being the uncertainty of wh? wi.U result, and no political scril has taken on the robes cf prophcc because of the man cross curren and factions to deal with. J O. Carr. Wilmington, was fir: mentioned as belli* acceptable to a factions, except possibly thai of Sei ator R. R. Reynolds. Then came C. 1 Sbuping, Senator J. \V. Bailey's can paign manager; Julian Price, bus ness man with a yen for politics c the side, and Major L. P. McLendo Governor Ehrtiignainf aamurer. a residing in Greensboro, in which tow Major McLend on is moving froi Durham. A. H3II Johnston. Ashcvill was mentioned. Then Senator Reyi oids suggested former Governor, Sei ator and Committeeman, Camero Morrison, but the latter declined an in so doing gave "dry" utterance which irritated his repeal friends. Then came the name 01 Govcrnc F.hringhaus, in his absence from Ft: leigh. and seems to have struck popular chord, reaching now into ti far corners of the State. But out ( all of this materia! nothing is ce tain, for there is no telling how U: factions are going to combine or spi further in the issue. It may or ma not be aiifc to say that Governor K1 ringhrus is leading, with his man; ger, Major McLendon. ao a close se ond, hilt it is safe to say that the] will be no fight between the two f the job and that either would a cept. However, II is current eomrae: ISni hflinafair Bailey has attain cor to the bat for his manager, Mr. Sh ping, and, as he did for State Cliai man, is even now sending out emir saries to contact the 132 members the committee leas a few vacancii in order to secure pledges. But t committee members are said not be pledging themselves to any gre extent, keeping open minds in ore to vote as may seem proper wh the voting" time comes. A few pi'C ably have piedged themselves to clc friends, but the big majority is l pledged. Numbers of people expreas the 1 lief that Mr. Shuping cannot land t job even though, he is reputed to on the best of terms with the 1 boss, James A. Farley. They ev say that Senator Bailey's frier claimed a majority of the votes i Mr. Shuping for State chairman, a point to that, as weli a3 the fail! of Senator Bailey to place him as S Commissioner of Revenue, as ri ~oas why he should not be broug forward again. But tbere are many factions to cc sider, many overlapping, such as t old Simmons group, the Morris wing, the Gardner faction, the B: ley following, the Ehringhaus si port and the new Reynolds cliqi and there's no telling how they ? combine, or split, over the natioi committeeman. STATE'S OVERDRAFT CUT While the State's general fund ca overdraft was reduced by almost k a million dollars in September, t overdraft was still $680,255.24 nt t end of the month, at which time I highway fund was $6,379,214.91, Slight increase during thp month, t combined statement of the Treasur and Auditor, issued by Governor Et lnghaus, shows. September was started with i overdraft of $1,120,999.24 in the ge -eral fund, to which subtracted fro the collections for the month gave balance of $622,340.54, while expc dltures for the month were $1,?01 595.78, leading the overdraft $681 255.24 for the month and the fisc year to date. The highway fund had a balance $6,191,351.52 at the beginning of tl month, to which the addition of $! 230432.40 in collections gave $8,421 484.92 while expenditures for tl month were $2,042,270.01. leaving tl balance of 56,379,214.91 at the end September. The State's debt is still shown H |2 I Miller's Flora! Shomx 48 EAST IUIN STREET Funeral Designs a ' PEACE ORDERS AS SOON AS rOSESSS, From Raleigh || c 11 ate At Large ! r ' Weight and Curses ? ^ ^ ^ Ruth Gillette, (above), despi ] stage successes, could not get a movi- 1 ^ contract because of weight, until tr t il advent of Mae West with fashict j n curves. Now Rutli is much, in detenu ; ? c% and has just signed n screen centra.':. . one clause betu;j that she must j weigh less thai? 2 35 pounds. o 1 a >179.814,000. of Which $12,230,000 is , ^ the temporary loans recently renewed t on a;4H per cent, basis and the bal>r nnce of $167,584,000 is funded indebt- 1 i- edncss. It includes $103,287,000 in a highway bonds, 543,049,000 in general ( ie fund bonds. $14,460,000 in special ( school building bonds, $1,250,000 in I r_ Cape Fear and $450,000 in Chowan1 ' ie J River bridge bonds, $2,588,000 in gen- j J itjeral fund notes and $2,500,000 in ' Lv j Work! War veterans loan bonds. i i- i DANIELS TO SPEAK c-j Captain Tom C. Daniels. New Bern, [C j 65-year-o>d commander of the North ir. Carolina Department of the Americ. I can Legion, inducted into that office j Monday night at exercises in New nt J Bern, is to speak in Raleigh Armis- j ne ] tice Day as a purl uf the exercises j u_ j coir.memorui Lug Hie 15th anniversary! ir_ of the ending of the World War. Rail leigh Post No. 1 is planning a big of parade and other exercises. Chester islO. Bell, commander, has named John: nu'.Hall Manning as chairman of the arte rangements group. at er NEGRO STUDENTS STRIKE en! Students of St. Augustine College, .^.'""-educational institution for negioesj here and operated by the Episcopal Church, were in "strike" intermittently last week against the dietician ;e_ at the college, and in part against be the food served. The principal kick be was that the dietitian has herself ,jCT become so thin that they fear eating en food prepared under her direction may be dangerous. A truce was 'or signed for a day, but the strike conUC1 tinned later, students refusing to go lre to chapei or to attend classes. Hope U was expressed that the trouble could ,a_ be adjusted by the first of the week. tat COURT TO DECIDE ANN'S CASE >n_ The N C. Supreme Court had be-; bC fore it last week the problem of deon termining the status of Ann Cannon 3,,. Reynolds IT, daughter of Zachary j ,p_ Smith Reynolds, who was killed at j ie the Reynolda estate m Winston-Sa- j ,u! iem last July 6th, and for which killlai ing his then widow, Libby Holman Reynolds, and chum. Ab Walker, were indicted. Later the charges were nol prossed. The action is brought by the ^ Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company, aU Concord, co-guardian of Ann Cannon be Reynolds, II, daughter of Smith Reyhe noida by un earlier marriage. By an he agreement, the first child was to reI ceive $2,000,000, as was Smith Revn ' olds, born several months after his fa-1 | that's death, to the former torch singI er, J.ibby Holman. The balance of the ' ' j estate, left by the late R. J. Reyn-1 I olds, tobacco magnate, to his son, a ! Smith, estimated close to $20,000,. 000, was to be devoted to charities. The co-guardian bank is protesting a_ the agreed settlement. j* DAVIS ESCAPES FROM PEN Ncrman Davis, serving 15 to 20 years in Sttae's Prison for manslaugho? ter, escaped last Friday by secreting le himself in a slop barrel in which a j _ false head had been blaced and breakL'_ ing out when a trusty had gone about u'e half the distance from State's Prison le to the Camp Pouk prison farm, some of four miles from Raleigh. Slop had been poured into the top of the barat rel, sustained by the false bead, and Davis had a Breathing reed arranged. nThe trusty reported struggling with! him for several hundred yards, but that he finally broke awav. He went! the late Otto Wood, who escaped once in a culvert pipe, one better. THE COLONEL IS WARNED Colonel T. L. Kirkpatrick, Mecklenburg Senator and announced candidate for Governor, paid his respects to Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus in his office Saturday. During the conversation Governor Ehringhaus quoted to htm the world of "the Lawd" in the negro show. "The Green Pastures," recently here: ?1 "Gabriel, this thing of being 'the WAT ADO A DEMOCRAT? EVERY 1 isn't no bed of roses." Cover-1 ;or Ehringfcans said to Hie niaa whoi r. seeking to succeed bin; as Cover- j lor, and the Colonel agreed that he! vas not running for a soft soap. REYNOLDS ON CAMPAIGN 1 Senator Robert K- Reynolds, instead of "running out on" the repeal forces, as has been charged, is to make a whirlwind campaign for repeal of the 18th amendment, ;n North Caroima. making 21 speeches ui as many places In the 12 days imtr.ediileiv prcc-rding the election Nov,.-rare, Ttlr. Walter 1-iurpi.y. secret?"!' of the repeal forces, announces. Senator Reynolds' campaign began Vuesday at Sparta, and will clone in (Vsheville, his home town, on Monday evening. November 6th. "We arc counting more upon the patriotism and alertness of the national recovery program on the part of the people of Ninth Caroiins for our success than upon anything else," said Mr. Murphy, tvho said the repeal ieader3 have advised against a campaign of ballyhoo and sensationalism. "The manner in which Democrats ind Republicans alike, rich and poor, high and low, throughout the whole A the nation have responded to Pres. | dent's magnificent labors to restore I [he American people to an order of irnann"i tu unrJ lootn.l .nfisAnsJiin ia3 left us tirra in the belief that \rorth Carolina will not fail to denand its fair share of responsibility y n helping to make national recovery J i reality." Success of the program defends upon wholehearted co-operation md assistance of the American peo>le, he states. In the popular votes registered, the w people have responded in 33 states "or repeal of the 18th amendment to S| the President's announcement that g such action is a necessary part of The recovery program, Mr Murphy said, j "It i3 unthinkable that the people n of this State would permit North js Carolina to secede from the union ot ^ that program at this critical point in the nation's recovery when its g jreat leader is begging for 100 per Cl zent. support of his efforts," Mr. Murphy said. ^ b Automobiles and Trucks 11 More Numerous in State b By M. R. DUNNAGAN l (Special Writer for The Democrat) v Raleigh.?North Carolinians owned h 55.247 more motor vehicles, 43,399 a automobiles and 11,848 trucks, ou 'Jc- h tober 1, just passed, than they aia three months before, on July 1st, rec- b ords compiled in the office of Direc- I tor L. P. Harris of the Motor Vehicle k liuivqu suum. Alio ii^uiia tuc ULILUU1ed toy counting and measuring a certain number of registration cards ami measuring the cars for the State and individual counties, making the figures within half a dozen of accurate for a county. Watauga County had on October , 1st 700 automobiles, as compared with ' c 650 a year ago and 650 three months j t ago, and 450 trucks, as compared with 11 150 a year ago and 340 three months j j ago- e The registratoin October 1 was i 305,513 automobiles, as compared, t with 262,214 three months before, and' 88,991 trucks, as compared with 57.-if 143 three mouths before, or a total i of 374,604 motor vehicles, as against'l 319,357. But the iast count does not g compare so favorably with that of v one year before. On October 1, 1932, i the count was 372,899 vehicles, as s compared with 374,804, a gain of less V than 2,000, which included 310,131' 1 automobiles .nearly 5,000 more than , I the first of this month showed. How-jt ever, trucks showed an increase from|t 62,768 a year ago to 68,991 the first; t of October. Automobiles held by non-residents I' now number 2,250, as compared witn i1 2,325 a year ago, and 1,875 three c months ago, and non-residents ownj? 1,000 trucks, as compared with 1,010 ,c a year ago and 850 three months ago. i2 Motorcycles in the State number l.-jc 068 as compared with 1,088 a year | ^ ago and 850 three months ago. 1 VELAS NEWS ! Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Dugger and Mrs. W. 8. Frantz of Elk Park vis- i ^ ited relatives in the community or.', Sunday. ' _ Miss Maxie Greene has returned to ^ her school work in Caharrus County. t Pastor J. A. McKaughan preached' j. at Willowdale Church at 11 o'clock' on Sunday. On a recent trip to { Greensboro he had the pleasure of' seeing the play, "Green Pastures. ' The brother was right much impress- f ed with it. His congregation got the ^ fine lessons from the play. a Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson of t Zionville were week-end visitors with t Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reese. t Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Harmon, with 1 their children, spent the week-end at t Butler, Tenn. c Mr. and Mis. Claude Isaacs of Heaton spent Sunday visiting with relatives at Vilas. Last Week Mrs. C. I. Billings en- t tertained the Blanche Burr us Mission- I ary Society of Cove Creek Church, t i.ut- group always Das an excellent .r program concerning the field in which J ? it works. Beside this Mrs. BlUingsIf served refreshments during the social' I hour. Those present were: Mesdames a Hattie Jeonson, Lucy Bingham, Will \ Payne, K.mry Mast, Howard Simp, t son, Don Ferry ana Misses Annie < Dougherty, Annie Mae Sherwood, "] Mildred Griffin and Pastor McKau- t ghan. 1 inmSDAY?BOONE. X. c. ^ Tammany In Struggl< \ ^ Sjjj^ V ^ | fe> "^y : , j? Once again In the cycle of years Nct retain its political powers. Mayor John left, asks reelection. Joseph V. McK.ee, date, said to have Washington stipport, crat, and Fiorelio H. La Guardia, right -v a w ha *"v ? IAJL1UIN II) DIE IN CHAIR DEC, 1 | briber State Highway Employee, | P IVho Ls Knoun in Bcone, Convicted : P of the First Degree Murder jP of His Wife. Joe E. Daltou. former State high-1s ay employee, was competed of the j a. rst degree murder of his wife and N entenced to die in Hendersonville b uperior Court last Saturday. s< Da J ton, who testitied he was ad- C icted to morphine ar.d did nor. re- S lember slaying his wife od May 28 a ist, accepted the verdict and Judge h [ichacl Schenck s sentence, of death h ithout ar.y show of emotion. Judge E chenck fixed December 1 as the ex- e cution date. ^ Counsel for Da!ton lodged a motion v ;>r a new trial which was overruled o y Judge Schenck. They then gave otice an appeal to the Supreme !ourt would be taken. Dalton'3 wife left him three day3 v efore the shooting when he was arestevi at a hotel in Hendersonville 1/ith another woman. She went to the C ome of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Duncan nd Dalton there called her from the c euse and shot her. 1 Tin- cuuucSluCd :r.an had formerly f een stationed Cor a short time in e Soone. it is said, where he was well mown. 1 \ FACTS ABOUT OUR t SCHOOLS Ry GUY H. HILL J When greet, uieu pass to their rC' vard they usually leave some piece if work or some deed or something o mark their greatness. Contact with hese great men of the past can be lad only by coming into the pres- , nee of their works or their monu- . nents. One of these links between he dead and the living is books. Books arc our friends. They never orsake us or turn their backs upon is. Our living friends are sometimes. lard to understand, they sometimes ;row unfriendly, hut books stand al- . vays ready to open their contents to 13 when we pull them down from the helves. It is a real consolation to mow that Cailyle, and Burns, and , Shakespeare, and Byron, and all the , might literateurs of the past can be ireught back to us simply by going ,o the book shelf and pulling down , heir works. But how many of us really know hese men? How many of us have hese men In our homes? How many >f us are providing our children with m acquantar.ee of these men? Sost if us arc providing our children with m acquaintance of these men? Most if us can not furnish a library that vill include the great host of reich ities of the past to say nothing of contemporaries, but wo can make imall contributions to our elemenary and high schools and do much oward making our school libraries i/hat they should be. One book in each lome in. Boone would not help any ifogle library much, but one nook rom each home in Boone placed in he same library would make a big joosi for any library, and the best tart about it is these books would re accessible to every child attendng school. mothers, fathers, patrons and rienda of the schools, decide now hat you will held make Book Week . success by carrying or sending a *>ok by a reputable author to one of he school libraries when you are noified. Bet's build bigger and better ibraries; they have come to take heir place along with the other eduatlve factors of the nation. Intramoial Contests Intramural contests in playground laseball are in progress in the Boone llgh School with boys and girls parieinntlncr At .. ; ?0 . MUW vttu UJL UiC tu Lii .iil* nent the winning teams will be the ruests of the losing teams at a school wurty to be held in the Home Economea Department. If one wants to see orae real interest in a game, just isit the campus at any hour during he day and witness it. Outdoor sports rill be the vogue through the year, "he pupils are cognizant of the fact I hat outdoor exercise is better than I ndoor. I V.:' r York's Tair.nvany is fighting to P. O'Brien, Tammany candidate, center, ** Recovery Party" candiis running as Independent Demobeads the Fusion ticket. Boone High School is one of the ;w schools of the United States to ave a chapter of the National Honor ociety. The initiation ceremony was eld at the assembly hour on Saturay, October 7th. Miss Louise Robles resided over the ceremony while the rincipal of the high school particiated in the initiation. The ceremony was serious in naire and made a profound impresLon upon the minds of the initiates 3 well as the student bodv at lartre. !o honor that the high school can cstow equals this honor. Tt rcprei'nts the best that the school has in iharac.tcr, Service, Leadership and Icholarship. Only lifteea per cent, of ny senior class may become meinicrs, and the ones who merited the onor on this occasion were Jean tush, June Bush, Floye Cottrell, Odssa Lookabill, Max Shoemake and "irginia South. Two other members ?ill be selected after the beginning f the second semester. VALINE CIUJOIS NEWS Miss Laura Farthing lia3 accepted cork In Lenoir for the winter. Miss Nina Chutch r.as returned to ler home after a visit to Johnson lity. Misses Gladys and Nancy Taylor ind Messrs. Kenry and Gilbert Tayor returned last Wednesday from Tnicaku where thej" spent ten days mjoying the Century or Progress Ray. L. F Kent and family left last Thursday for Shephardstown, W. Va., vhere he was called to a new field. Che people In the valley will miss hem greatly. Mrs. W. H. Wagner attended the invention in Rutherfordton, where l new bishop was elected for the dloairs. Hopkins from Ifanoas City ar ived at the Mission School last Frilay to take up her duty as principal . f A*. , 1 I rx cue SU1UU1. Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Hobby from Uncord and Mrs. Daisy Greer from Charlotte, spent the week-end with eiatives in the valley. Tbero were quite a number of quests in the valley over the week;nd. Mrs. Mollie Mast is greaily improved, to the delight of her many friends. Miss Frances Farthing spent the veek-end with her parents. Mr. Charlie Dyer was taken to the Banner Elk Hospital Saturday where le is to undergo an operation for ^appendicitis. Mr. Howard Mast spent lent week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mast. His sister, Mrs. R. A. Olsen, Tritium. & This famous trademark is the machine that made coal an auti of thrifty, prosperous Amerio the finest automatic heating th; the most economical servant i take care of his firing job. But t trademark is to man;- people tl investment they have ever ma Fireman on the job. A free sn Ask us to make a free survey J. B. STEE Boone, Nor IOCTOBER 2S. 1933 DOUGHTONSAYS HE EXPECTS TO SEEK HOUSE RE-ELECTION Eighth District Congressman Noncommittal Regarding Governor's Race. Attends Meeting of Highway and Public Works Commission and Expicsses No Opinion or. Gubernatorial IloemKaicigh ? Congressman Robert I. Doughloii or the Ninth Uistrict, who has been frequently mentioned recently as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 1936. said here last meek "I have no plans now further then that I expect to run for re-election next year." The Congressman's name has been injected in political speculation with increasing frequency in recent weeks as some dozen probable sapirants for the Democratic gubernatorail toga have been put forward. "So far as 1 know now the onlypolitical plans I have are to run for re-election next year," Doughton, the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Mean3 committee, said. "I am a receptive man but I have no definite plans other Than these." The representative, sitting in the meeting of the highway Rod public works commission conversing with Ross Sigmon, of Rowan County, smiled and pointed out he still faced election to Congress if he runs next before considering anything else. "He will be the next congressman aii right if he runs," Sigmon laughingly commented. TO THE NIG KT-R DOOMING 8EREUS Oh' beautiful flower so rare. Thy beauty would that thou might share. Portray thyself lit lasting form. And be for all a living charm! | Not living only for a night. But lasting in perfection bright, | That all the world might see thy worth. Revealing Jesus' cranio Birth. So hidden in the darkest night. In beauty of fliy spotless white. Displaying true the shining star. So perfect that 110 har.d would mar!-A lesson deep each soul should learn. And for thy pure perfection yearn! ?James Monroe Downum, Boone, N. C. raercfesnts I" thirteen states have sent trucks Into the Hamburg section of Jackson County tills year to buy cabbages. 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