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%^e DO OUR PARfcT
Some Good Reasons
For Buying- Now
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Money makes the nightmare go.
Buy now! Whatever yon spent! wit) !
be a contribution to your own welfare.
Spending e. dollar today may hurt ,
a little but it will make spending ,
practically painless in a few months. ,
Don't say "Oh. that's jU3t another .
siogan!" You'll only be like the dough
boy who decided bugle calls were too ,
monotonous to answer.
It's all right to be thrifty but you ,
can keep America flat on her ears by
overdoing It.
You all cheered for Recovery; who
did you expect was going to do the |1
work ? f
Why say you can't afford if? When
your house Is burning down would
you hesitate to put a nickel into the
pay station to get the fire department?
You'll hear the old Scoffers Brigade
saying that the recovery drive ^
can't work, but the fellow who tries
to belittle a movement like this is
like tie man who stands by u sinking
steamer in his yacht and criticizes
the way the sailors are handling
the lifeboats.
Never mtcd singing the National,
Anthem; go on out and spend a '""j,
lie nougn. J- aooks more sincere.
Flag waving is okay, hut nobody
ever balanced a budget that way.
If you cheered when the New Deal
wan first proclaimed and you balk
at going on a little spending bender
now, what role are you rehearsing
patriot or kibitzer?
That hat looks phooey anyhow and
if your suit gets any higher polish j
on it you can use it for a shaving i
mirror. \
For once in your life surprise the
little woman hy telling her you are
tired of her in that fur coat.
Xkiii't say "Look how higher prices
are now than they were six months j
akv." (Unices you wey? satisfied with!
conditions six months agu.l j
. -- j ,, Jf W.?*' hp . thp . poor of ^titl rvil. ac,
the philosophers say,? out-there nev-i
er was a time when the country need-1
ad more rooters.
The trouble with the average shopper
is the same as the trouble with
the average golfer; he is too tight.
Don't wait tor the oilier fellow to
do the spending; he's waiting for you.
Relief Cases Decrease !
In North Carolina!
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
(Special Writer for The Democrat)
Raleigh.?Unemployment relief
families in North Carolina for September
numbered 50,587, a decrease <
of 10.8 per cent, from the 50,680 fam- 1
ihes aided in August, figures released '
by Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, State relief j <
1 Bdmimqlrfllnr show I 1
While in some cquiitieu the desti- 1
tote families decreased as much as '
50 per cent, in September, as com- '
pared with August, in other counties '
the number of families aided showed
a big increase. The counties showing ; '
the greatest increase in numbers of I i
aided families are Clay 43 per cent; j
Burke 41 per cent, Jones 31 per cent, j'
Sampson 28 per cent. Tyrrell'24 per]1
cent and Haywood 23 per cent. Coun- j
ties showing the greatest decrease in j
families aided in September as com
pared with August are Hertford 64 [
per cent, Onslow 63, Perquimans 02,'
Cherokee 51, Northampton 44, Franklin
43.
Watauga County had 272 families
which received aid in September, as
compared with 465 families aided In
August, the report shows.
A. S. T. C. to Meet
West Virginia Team
The local football game, scheduled j
for Saturday, November 4th, prom- j
ises to be the most interesting of tile |
season. The Mountaiheera of A. S. T.
C. will be out to win their fifth game j
( of the season over Concord State]
1 Teachers College of West Virginia.
This is one time this season that I
the charges of Coaches Garbee and:
Walker will go on the field as thei
under-dogs. Concord State Teachers
College beat Glenville State Teachers
College last week, 14 to 12. Glenville
won from Appalachian, 14 to 7. The
work-out this week for the Mountaineers
will be rough and tough, according
to the coaches.
The probable line-up for Saturday
is as follows: McConnell. 1. e.; Smith,
1. t.; Vannoy, 1. g.; Johnson, c: Loy,
r. g.; Mahoney, r. t.; Walker, r. c.;
i Plaster, q. b.; Stines or Weaver, r. h.;j
Triplett, f. b.; Trippany, 1. h.
Catawba County poultry growers
are now selling infertile eggs placed
on cold storage last spring. The eggs
arc having a ready sale, according
to farm Agent t. Li. HcvImCS.
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VOLUME XLV. NUMBER 18
Democrat Publicity
Brings Big Response
That Democrat advertising pays is
again demonstrated forcefully. Tlie
High Land Furniture Company used
i space in the Bargain Carnival cdi
tion arid offered among other things
i used living rcoin suite for sole. The
offering went to the first buyer on
Ihe opening day and there followed in
luick succession 15 to 20 people anxious
to make the purchase. Accordingly
Mr. Robertson, one of the own
Irs? got busy on these prospects, and
no less than a dozen new suites of
moderate price will be sold when the
orders are filled. If the local furniture
store should have had no other business
except that drawn by this one
item, the results from the Blue Eagle
campaign would have paid handsomely
on the investment in advertising
space. And does it pay?
SHERIFF HOWELL
MAKES A RECORD
RAID ON STILLS
Four Moonshine Outfits Are Seized by
Iiical Officers Within Past Week.
Three of These Destroyed Within
24-Hour Period. Dig Steam Plants
Included. Sheriff Disposes or Twenty-eight
Since January 1st.
Sherifl A. Y. Howell and his deputies
have broken their own record in
Jie destruction of moonshine stills,
it was learned Tuesday. During the
oast week they have destroyed tour
;ood sized outfits, ar.d three of these
vere taken within a twenty-four-hour
feriod. This brings the number ot 11-!
icit outfits seized by Sheriff Howell
x> 28 since he was inducted into oftice
tlie first of January.
The first of the last group captured
was in the lower edge of Ktk j
Township, hard by the Wilkes coun- j
ty line, anil was a 100-gallon 3team
equipment, with 200 gallons of beer
and perhaps three or four gallons
if whiskey. The offenders were not
arescnt at the time of the raid.
une was captured fct Stisy F^r" j
rownship of about the same variety!
ana capacity, and with practically
1 he same amount of beer .on hantr.
rwo men escaped wher. they beard
the officers approach through the dry
leaves.
In North Fori: two distilleries were
teized, less than one-half mile apart.
3ne was a large outfit with 100 galoti.i
of beer practically ready to run.
rhree gallons of liquor was neamy.
tfo men were in ovideuce.
Season on Possum
And Coon Now Open
The open season for the taking of
r'possum and raccoon came in November
1st and will continue to January
31st, says County Warden H.
3. Farthing. The bear season is open
October 1 to January 1.6; quail, November
15 to January 1; rabbit, No-j
vember 15 to January and the
squirrel season closes November 3D.
There is no open season for pheasant.
Mr. Farthing states that the season
for bass closed November 1st,
hut that suckers and carp may be
taken with gigs during the winter
months, provided regular fishing license
is procured.
It is urged that those who expect
to hunt during the season secure license
before going into woods or
field.
BASKET BILL SCHEDULE OPENS
TUESDAY AT COVE CREEK HIGH
On Tuesday night, November 7th,
the Cove Creek School will open its
basket ball schedule in the Cove Creek
gymnasium, with the Fleetwood High
School.
Immediately following the game
there will be a roller skating party
sponsored by the "Skating Comets,"
who are now located at Winston-Salem
This is expected to be an entertainment
of unusual interest?something
fi exciting for everyone. These
"Skating Comets" will do the almost
impossible on roller skates. The manager
will have plenty of skates for
rent. An orchestra composed of Cove
Creek and Boone musicians will make
music for the basket ball game and
skating. F,very body is welcome to
come and join in the fun.
PIONEER EDUCATOR PAYS
VISIT TO THIS COUNTY
Mr. Lindsay Michael of Asheville,
V C hn? rohmiivl to nl? bnrne after
having visited with relatives and
friends in this county for the past
two or three weeks. Mr. Michael will
be remembered by the older folks as
one of the foremost educators and
statesmen of the old school. He taught
in Watauga for about thirty years,
was a Republican leader and orator
and a member of the General Assembly
in the past generation. His
visit was greatly enjoyed by his
friends.
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Independent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA CCl
BILLS OF COST Tol
BE APPLIED ONLY
ON TAX, LAW SAYS
Tax Collector Calls Attention of People
to Clause Which Forbids P?yI
ment of Costs in Criminal Action,
Except on Taxes Where Such Are
Due. Delinquents Can Only Get
Costs In Shape of Credit.
A. D. Wilson, local tax collector,
calls attention to a section of law,
with which few taxpayers are familiar,
which provides that bills of cost
due citizens in criminal actions, may
only be paid by the county commissioners
in the form of credit oa delinquent
taxes, provided delinquency
exists.
Mr. Wilson states that frequently}
I lie nas Been confronted with the propI
oaition of jury tickets, etc.. being pveI
sented for payment when the holder
owes taxes, that according to law be
cannot cash them, and The Democrat
| i3 glad to publish the law relative
j thereto as a matter of information.
| Chapter 245, PubUc Laws of 1933,
provides:
j "That whenever a bill of costs in a
criminal action is presented to amy i
Board of County Commissioners in!
any county of the Slate for payment,
* * * and the said bill is ordered to
he paid by the said County Commissioners,
it shall lie the duty of j
the Clerk of said board, before issuI
ing any orders for the payment of
! the sum set out in said bil, to ascer!
tain whether any person to whom
any amount is due on said bill of
j costs, is indebted to the county for
I taxes, and it said person to whom said
order is payable is so indebted, the
order shall atate in its face, "Payable
only on taxes due (blank) County,"
and upon presentation of such order
to the Sheriff or tax collector, said
Sheriff or tax collector shall give said
taxpayer credit for the sum designated
in aaid order, and the said Sheriff
or tax collector shall be entitled
to receive credit for said sum so paid
; in his settlement for taxes.
Section 2. That it shall be unlawI
ful for any board of county cominlsi
3ioners to pay io any person who is
indebted to the county for taxes
I ?Gilt Ol wC TCVCHUCG
j of fHc oAiinty on. auoouiit of ooau
in a criminal case,'which is payable
[ by the county, except as provided in
section onb above.
DRY RALLY WILL
BE HELD FRIDAY
j Lovill and Jonas to Be Principal
Speakers at Wind-up of Prohibition
Campaign; Clyde R. Greene Announces
Final Meetings.
Hon. W. R. Lovill o? Boone and
former Congressman Charles Jonas, J
of LincoJnton, will bo the speakers
at a county-wide dry rally to be held
in ?be courthouse Friday evening at
7:30. Indications are that a large
j gathering from over this entire section
will hear the well-known platform
performers in the last general
rally to be held on the repeal issue.
Other Meetings
Clyde R. Greene, the publicity
chairman for the United Dry Forces,
makes announcement of the township
meetings to be held on Sunday, as
follows:
Blowing Rock Presbyterian Chit oh
at 2:30 p. m.; Dr. J. D. Rankin and
Rev. J. A. McKaughan, speakers.
Meat Camp Baptist Church at 2:00
p. m.; W. F. Miller and- Dudley Farthing,
speakers.
Laurel Fork Baptist Church at 2:30
p. m.; Professor J. T. C. Wright and
S. C. Eggers, speakers.
Shulls Mills Baptist Church at 2:30
p. m.; Prof. J. A. Williams and Rev.
W. C. Greene, speakers.
South Fork Baptist Church, at 11
a. in.; W. F. Miller and others to,
speak.
"HEAVEN BOUND" TO BE
GIVEN AT HENSON'S CHAPEL!
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"Heaven Bound," a religious pagj
eant with an all-colored cast, will be
! presented at Henson's Chapel Meth'odist
Church on Saturday, November
111th, at 7:30 p. m. The performance
I is sponsored by the Women's Mission|
ary Circles of Henson's Chapel and
the Valle Cruets Methodist Church,
and proceeds derived from a small admission
charge will be used for the
benevolences of the churches.
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MISS WORTHINGTON MEMBER
OF COVE CREEK FACULTY
Miss Ju&nita Worth in gton, of WintcrVille,
N. C.. began her duties Monday
as head of the history and mathematics
departments of Cove Creelr
High Schooi. She takes the place of
the late w. Y. Perry who, 3ince the
| organization of the school, had held
that position.
Miss Worthington is a graduate of
Kaatern Carolina Teacher* College
and of N. C. C. W., Greensboro. '
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spaper?Established in t
JNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THUR!
Red Cross Post
Appeals fo:
The Annual Red tiross Roll Cal
Watauga County, under the leaden
the second time as RolE Call ChaJ
^ tends from November 11th to SOtl
pua heretofore to old bv dollar mei
^^tressca or ihc uu>u.
Drys Expect
JL lACJOULitJ'.) JLi
The wet-dry campaign In Watauj
County, which has been unusual
that the repeal side of the questic
hasn't been represented on the hu
tings, swings into its final stride wil
the county-wide rally in Boone t
morrow evening, and subsequei
meetings in several townships of tl
county on Sunday. The drys wl
have made a' strong fight throug
out the last few weeks, holding reg
lar speaking engagements and lr
porting considerable outside orator
claim the county by an ovcrwhemii
majority, while the repealists, in(
vidually, are not particularly inclin
to ques.tion the accuracy of the pt
dictton.
Reports indicate that townsli
meetings have been well attended a]
that the dry speakers, which inclui
Democratic as well as Republic!
leaders, have refrained from vitriol
statements such as characterized tl
war against Smith in 1928. Th
have made a desperate effort und
the leadership of T. E. Bingham ai
W. F. Miller, who constitute a I
partisan management, and repealis
are not wont to find fault with thf
manner of exhorting the electors
to make North Carolina the first an
repeal state in the movement whii
has a 100 per cent, record up to tl
time.
Wallace Reo
Wilson Exp
Don Wallace did not meet deat
at the liands of Ferd Wilson, a
reported to the Democrat last weel
it was rerealed Monday when <
Roby Wilson, father of the accuse
man. reported that the victim *
the assault was resting; well In
Bristol Hospital, and that woi
brought by Dr. E. Bruce Rhea <
Shouns is to the effect that he ma
return home today. The bullet,
was said, passed through the bod
without serious injury to vital o
gaits.
Mr. Wilson further calls attei
tion to other inaccnracles which 1
says existed in the story publish*
from information coming to tl
Sheriffs office. As a matter of fa
it develops that the statement as i
jealousy was without foundatio
The new reports stato that Wallai
waa married in a surprise ceretnb)
shortly preceding the shooting
:moci
he Year Eighteen Eigtity-Eig
3DAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1933
er of 1933 U
r Help for Net ^
1 will be conducted again thin year in ct
itoip of Austin E. South, who serves for
rnwn, Thr nerinil nf i.hf imirnnr,lon pv.
'? and solicitors win cult on the people |
ulwrsEiips In caring for tlhn needy arid q
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Victory On 2
ard Campaign\l
si
fa Information Is that there will be a fl
in oonsiderable repeal vote on Tuesday, ,
>n although those who support the Pres. c
a- ident's proposal haven't organised or
111 made any outward effort to influence
o- the electorate. ' ir
11 The political issue thrusts itself in- si
le to the picture in some quarters, and
10 likely some partisans, personally not n
b particularly at outs with the eight- ^
u" eenth amendment, will stick by the v
Democratic national policy. Others, jj
y with equally strong Democratic ten- 0
i*> denciea show no disposition to con- rj
3ider the issue in a political light, j,
Republicans generally supposed to be ,,
e" against the President, have their reyealists,
too, and the issue, in Wa- ?
ip tauga County, or rather the size of
nd the dry majority, is expected to Ue- t
de pond largely on the size of the vote. 1
an Two ballots are to be voted Tues- -lie
day. R S. Swift, chairman of the .
he Statu Board of Elections, has re- c
ey ceived both tickot3 for distribution. t
er One carries" the proposition, "Con- f
id vention or ho Convention," and is to s
il- be voted in a separate bos from the j
its delegate ballot. On the latter appears r
:ir the narocs of delegates for and r
te against the amendment repeal. It a i
ti- pointed out that the special statute t
eh under which the election is called {
lis docs not provide for markers. There t
will be no absentee voting allowed, t
overing; Ferd '
ected At Trial
h | a distant relative of young WiLson, .1
is \ and that no love affair had existed
i, 1 between the accused and tlie wife
I. J of the injured,
x* SELF -DKFKXSE PLEA
'' Information is that some bud
a feeling has existed between the two
d men, and that Wallace was in an
' intoxicated condition the day of the
i' difficulty, and that witnesses say
that Wilson fired the shot when
>" he was advanced upon with a knife.
r" Therefore, a clear-cut plea of self
defense is planned, and Wilson, who
?- has never ^een apprehended, is ex- <
te pected to return, submit and stand ]
si trial.
le The Democrat regrets that the
ct story published last week was into
accurate. The information from
n. which it wu written was the most
K reliable which could be secured,
ly j being based on reports coming to
to 1 the Sheriffs office.
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$1.50 P?K "XiuAK.
ARK HIGHWAY IS
JRGED; DOUGHTON
iCTIVE SUPPORTER
>ngressman Doughton Visits Office
of Secretory of Interior and Presents
C:ise for Great Scenic Thor
oughfare: Says Project Would Fll
in Fine With Public Works Program;
May Go to President.
On Saturday, Representative Robt
L. Dough ton, who was appointed
r Governor Ehringhaus as a mem?r
of the committee from North
arolina to present the proposed
ark-to-Park Highway project to the
oper authorities, visited the office
Secretary of the Interior Ickes and
esentett the merits of the propositi
in the most convincing manner
>ssible.
The Ninth District Congressman
inks that building this road will
: in splendidly with the Public
orka program of the National Revery
Administration, accomplishing
e double purpose of giving relief to
e unemployed and carrying out the
u*pose of the establishment of the
lenandoah and Great Smoky Mounins
National parks. This would be
ic finest ~ecreatio:ial highway in
stem America, If it should be built
\ proposed near the crest of the
Lue Ridge, a section of the country
hich for scenic beauty and grandeur
unsurpassed in any part of the.
nited Slate3 it not in the world.
Mr. Doughton maintains that it i;?uoh
better to give to the removed
work rather than to give them
lies and allow them to remain in
leness; e. condition which if perinitd
to continue will grow progressed
worse.
Senator Byrd, Representative
nughton and others will sec Secrery
Ickes again about the matter
id if necessary will carry it to the
resident, as they are determined to
ave no proper means unemployed
bringing about tbe much desired
.nsummation of this major project.
Farm Meeting Held
Another very Important meeting
sill in the office of Representative
oughton Saturday morning was one
e cr. thr of Mr._
oughton, Mr. h' R. MoSlta, secretary sag
: the American National Livestock
ssociSttOii.cind Representative Bureh
' Virginia were present.
It was the purpose of Reprmsentave
Doughtor. in calling this meetig
to continue his efforts to have
le Government do something to asst.
the cattle producers of the Untti
states receive the same benefits
om the Government as has Deen
iven those producing wheat, hogs,
orn, tobacco and other commodtes.
While the prices of the latter
amed commodities have materially
lcreased the price of cattle has
teadily declined.
Mr. Mollin stated that the government,
through the triple A and the
ielief Agency, will expend in the
ery near future at least twenty mil011
dollars in the purchase of cattle
r beef of the cheaper grades for the
ouble purpose of aiding the cattle
idustry and in carrying out the puroses
of the Relief Agency.
Mr. Doughton has had this matter
ip with the Secretary of AgricQlturd
umerous times in recent munths and
eels now that the turning point in
he curve of the cattle industry has
>een reached and from this on the
rend in price will be upward instead
>f downward. He thinks, however,
hat. the increase in price will neceslarily
be slow owing to the large
urplus of cattle and the number of
>eople yet unemployed. Mr. Mollm
epresenting the Department of Agieulture,
expressed a very deep inerest
in the matter and assured
hose present that every reasonable
iffort would be made to place the
iattle industry upon a profitable ra
uer tDan a losing: oasis.
rRACY COUNCHI
IS NEW ALDERMAN
Popular Dairyman Is Selected to Fill
Place Made Vacant by Resignation
of Collector Clay. Appointment Is
Made Friday Evening.
Tracy CounclU, prominent dairyman
and business man. was chosen at the
Friday evening meeting of the city
council as commissioner, to fill out
the unexpired term of R. L,. Clay,
who resigned following his appointment
as Deputy Collector with the
Department ot Revenue.
The appointment of Mr. Caunclll
came unsolicited, and it is understood JH
he agreed to serve after it developed
that petitions had been freely signed
about the city asking the board for
his appointment. He is a business man
of fine qualifications, and a young
man of progressive tendencies, and
bis appointment meets with the approval
of the large majority of the
citizens.