FAQK TWO
Interesting N
Reported F
By M. K. Ul'XNAOAX
(Special Correspondent >
Raleigh. N\ C.?Add to the powers
the Governor of North Carolina has ;
now "the power to appoint the local j
officers of counties and to^ns, the. [
selection of an appointive State j
Board of Education which could I
name all of the school teachers m i
the State, give him the veto power, j
and increase the opportunity for ex- [
ecuilve appointees and employees to
sit in the General Assembly, and there
would be created such a political machine
a3 only a revolution could
break or even dent."
Attorney Genera! Dennis G. Brutnmit
made this statement along with
others on. 'The Proposed New Constitution"
at his borne town of Oxford
Saturday afternoon, in a summary
of his speech, issued to the
press.
in an analysis he made of the proposed
constitution, he said that under
it "the legislature coaM confer
on the Governor the power to appoint
every officer of every county,
town and municipality in the State.
"It would place our public schools
under control of a State Board of
Education composed of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction and six
appointees of the Governor. TITat |
board could appoint a secretary, in i
effect, to be chosen by the Governor, j
ancl confer on this secretary power j
which should be exercised by the Su- ;
perintendent of Public Instruction j elected
by t.he people. That appoint- I r
ive board could select every teacher j
in every public school in the State, {j
"It would give the veto power to the j
Governor in the most dangerous and 4]
obnoxious form. Under the plan of the ,*
proposed new constitution a minimum a
vote of 26 in the Senate and GL in the J
House would be required to pass a
bill over such veto."
Mr. Brummit said its proponents !
admit that it would remove many re- ^
strictions imposed upon the General; *
Assembly now. and that it is equal- 1
)y certain that it increases the opportunity
for domination ami absorption
of legislative powers by the executive.
He said that today the highway '
and other departments with large
numbers of employees are directly i>
under the control of the Governor J
ne iy.m, in iou cnoice i?i Liiree men i
a3 members of tho State Board of!
Selections, control the selection of <xy- i
1.. ? -oW-- alaotiAn . /iffioial in ! '
the State," he said.
Admitting that, changes ;n the Con- '
stitution are de3ireJ, lie asked his
hearers to reject the proposed con- i
stitution and suggested changes, making
it impossible, for the State
Treasurer to audit the .school funds: j
preserve the right ol the people to i
elect some of their local officials. J
Conference for Social Service
Owen R. Lovejoy. secretary of the ;
New York Children's Aid Society, will i
speak on "The Child in the New Deal" |
as the chief feature of the general
Monday night session of the ICorth i
Carolina Conference for Social Serv- j
ice, to be held in Raleigh Memorial I
Auditorium on April 29-May 1.
Other features of the program will:
be the annual address by Dean Justiu I
Miller of Duke haw School; greetings
from Governor J. C. R Ehrir.ghaus,
with Dr. X C. Newbold, vicepresident,
presiding. Following the j
Monday night session an informal reception,
honoring the distinguished
gv.ests, will be held at the Sir Walter
Hotel.
The opening meeting will be a union
church service in Memorial Auditorium
on Sundav nitrht. with nas
tors of the city participating. Group i
meetings will be held Monday morning,
and a general luncheor, served
at noon. The final session will be
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Lovejoy is considered an authority
in the field of social work,
having devoted bis life to problems
of childhood and adolescence. He is
in contact with New York's 25,000
underprivileged children. As secretary
of the National Child i-abor
Committee, he crusaded for better
child labor laws in mines, mills and
factories. Mr. Lovejoy has been president
of the National Conference of
Social Work and of the American
Association of Social Workers, and
had other experience.
Oyster Business Thriving
Estimates are that fully 2,000,000
bushels of oysters may be gathered
froiri fhn Ttt ilOK ? ? L- '
uunucia pmxiietl
with CWA funds in Eastern North
Carolina, waters in recent months,
when the seed planted mature in
about two years, with an increase of
at least three-fold, or possibly more.
Captain L. W. Nelson, in direct
charge, made a final report to Director
R. Bruce Etheridge. of Conservation
and Development, showing
that the cost had been 556,168, and
that about 2,000 acres had been planted.
Numbers of bushels planted In waters
of the several counties follow:
Carteret, 388,888; Dare, 92,810; Pamlico,
"8,567; Hyde, 33,958; Brunswick,
37,720; Onslow, 31,934; Pender, 20,319;
New Hanover, 16,128.
Motor Car Sales Show Increase
Now motor vehicles bought in the
State in March reached more than j
three timc3 the number purchased in ;
March a year ago, and vehicles pur- !
chased in the first three months or i
this year twice the |
ews Items
rom Raleigh
jAnne Lmdijergh Honored!
^ <? ;
Washington ... Mrs. anne
Lindbergh (above) as she appeared
here to be honored with the Hubbard
Gold Medal of the National Geographical
Society id recognition of
her radio work with her famous busband
on their European tour last
summer. 8ho is' the first woman over
to receive the Hubbard Modal.
lumber bought in the first three
noiiths of last year. Director L.. S.
T arris. of the bureau, reports.
March purchases number 3(525. or
!9S0 passenger cars and 907 trucks,
is compared with 1106 vehicles. 207
ars and 109 trucks, in March. 1933.
luring the past three months 8746
chicles, 3508 cars and 831 trucks, in
he siimc period of 1933.
C'.itvroiers led in new ear sales in
ddrch with 1081 sales, followed by
?ord with 825.
Edueatioji to Be Increased
Public* education will be increased
n scope, in the future to include pre
school children at the bottom and adilts
at the top. State Superintendent
A T Alien told the members of the
State Co-ordinating Committee in
Parent Education, meeting in his office
last week to plan a follow-up
program in parent education.
Sixteen counties of the State were
selected to carry on parent education
work, following tile schools ror training
leaders held March 5-17 at the
Woman's College. Oreen3boro. A permanent
committee was decided upon
and t)r Allen, as chairman, named
sub-committees to work out phases
of the program.
lciu:rier> iu Gri ruiu
N'orlh Carolina teachers will get
every penny due them for every day
they teach in the public schools. Governor
Ehringhaus has promised, and
Frank L. Dunlap, in charge of the
budget, promises that the money will
he available. It is thought likely that
Uie general fund will be probably S2,500,000
short at the time the teachers
get their final pay. but the highway
fund is available to it for any deficiency.
and can be repaid later, il
is stated. About S13.000.000 of SIV
000.000 anTiroorifili/tn fO- - t,.i;
set aside for instructional service by
the State School Commission, r.nc
this is sufficient to pay ail teacher
salaries, LcRoy Martin, secretary,
states. The impression was current
that because of the efforts to get
Federal aid, tihe money would be lacking.
Such aid can be used, but teachers
will get their pay whether it is
secured or not, officials state.
{educational Statistics
North Carolina is "next to the top
in people to go to school; next tc
the bottom in income with which tc
pay the hilla." which is just another
way of saying that white thi3 State
ranks low in expenditure per pupil,
it is near the top m the amount spent
in relation to State income.
The old "God bless South Carolina'
for being on the bottom and Having
this State from the ignominy is thus
relegated to the past when this
State's "effort" to educate its children
is compared with the "effort'
of the other states. The relation o)
the number of children to educate
to the income of the people of the
State, as compared with other states,
places North Carolina in a much more
favorable position, figures compiled
by H, C. West, statistician. State Department
of Public Instruction,
anon.
North Carolina ranked IzLh in population
in 1930, but this State was
.second only to South Carolina in Che
proportion of population of children
from 6 to 17 years of age. those presumably
in school. Naturally, this
makes the educational problem in
North Carolina, both in a relative and
in an absolute sense, much larger
than it is in many states, Mr. West
points out.
Although it is unfair to say that
the amount of money spent is the
sole criterion for evaluating results,
this factor must be considered. It
would certainly be boastful to say
thai North Carolina can secure as
good results as other states on half
the cost. In fact, the actual average
for tbis state in 1929-30 was some
less than half of the average per pupil
expenditure in the United States.
WATAUGA. DEMOCRAT? EVEH
Facts About Our Schools
By Gi l" H. UILL
Boone High School commencement
is just around the corner and that
corner Will soon he turned. This year
there are fifty-six who expect to receive
their diplomas and certificates
Seventeen of these are boys and thirty-nine
are girls. The list of candidates
for graduation is as follows.
Thomas Bingham. Reece Banner
Harley Dofson. Jack Gragg. Turnei
Gross, Dwight Houck. IViUard Houck
Claude Johnson. Beach Parsons. Kermit
Reese. Vernon Robbins. Mas
Shoemalie, Hugh Steele. Ralph Tugman.
Claud Todd, Len Wilson, ar.d in
the summer session Craig Hollars
Girls: Beatrice Bingham, Mona Bingham,
Mary Brookshire. Edna Mac
Brown. Jean and June Bush, Eliza
beth Cooke, Geneva Cooke. Anna Bell
Coffey, Floye Cottrell, Rena Mat
Farthing. Edith Greene, Mabel N.
Greer. Ruth Gross. Gladys Hagaman,
Edith Hamby, Winifred Hampton,
Delia Lewis. Wilma Little, Odessa
Lookabiil, Katie Lyon, Edith Miller,
Lorene Miller, Edna Mae Moody. Olive
Moretz. Annie Xorris, Leo Norris
(Hartley), Margaret Ray, Mary Louise
Rhyne, June Lee Russell, Lillian
Simpson, Ella Mae South. Virginia
South, Mabel Triplette, Olive Triplette,
Esteil Watson. Eula Wheeler,
Gertrude Winebarger, Susan Winkler.
Commencement Expenses
To the individual pupil we have
tried to make commencement as inexpensive
as possible. One of the steps
toward lightening expenses was the
procuring of caps and gowns as the
official garb for commencement rather
than new dresses, new shoes,
corsages, and the like. The average
cost of the commencement is $5.18
per pupil. The cost to the individual
varies directly with the number of
invitations one purchases and whether
or not one purchases calling
cards. There will be no expense in
connection with the commencement
exercises. We are importing no speakers,
but we are endeavoring to carry
through a motif which has been one
of our aims throughout the year.
Commencement Exercises
j On Sunday morning, April 22, in
j the Boone Methodist Church, the Revterend
J. A Yount, pastor of the LuItheran
Mission, will deliver the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating
; class. The public is cordially invited
j to attend this service
On Monday night, April 23. the sei
mors' will Hva their OinRu pvpt.
I ci^es. The place and exact time will
j be announced later. To these excrcis
ja cordially jnvitpd
The commencement exercises proper
will be held in the Appalachian
State Teachers College auditorium or
Thursday evening, April 2l>, at 8 o'|
clock. Scats will he reserved for rel
a tires and close friends of the graduates.
Everyone interested in the
progress of pubhc education is invit
ed to be present.
Parent-Teacher Meeting
The last meeting of the Boone High
School Parent-Teacher Association u
scheduled to meet in the little audi
torium of the brick building of th<
high school on Tuesday evening, Ap
r.il 24th, at 7:30 o'clock. It is sincere
ly hoped by the teachers of the higl
school that the auditorium will b
. filled. The topics for discussion a n <
upon which action should be takei
are very close to tiie hearts of thi
teachers. These, topics concern th
. health education and the further in
\ telleetuai education of our children
! A plan will tie proposed for a remc
. dial health clinic for our childrei
curing tne summer months, Th
school cannot do the task itself, bu
with the concerted action of the par
ents of all the children and especial
ly of those who have diseased chil
dren there should result one of th
i most lielpfui and beneficial clinic
that has ever been held in Wataug
Comity. Let roe urge all parents, pa
Irons, taxpayers, and friends of th
school to be present at this meeting
Typewriting Classes
The typewriting classes at the higl
school for people who are workinj
arc now in progress. The typewriter
have been installed and three classe
arc meeting each day of the wee!
except Sunday. The classes are meet
ing in two cycles. The first cycle i
meeting 011 Monday, Wednesday an
Friday of each week and the secon
cycle is meeting on Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday of each week. It i
possible to get in either cycle at an
of the following periods: 8 to 9 a. in
3:30 to 4:30 or 4:30 to 5:30. This an
nouncement is intended for ali thos
who have paid and have not receive
notice that the classes have startei
as well as for those who would like t<
come in and join any of the above
scheduled classes.
VILAS NEWS
Rev. Roy Davis filled his regula
> appointment at the Willowdale churcl
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Williams wen
' Sunday visitors, taking dinner wit!
Mrs. J. L Reese.
Mr. J. H. Brinkley celebrated hi
sixty-third birthday Sunday. Th(
crowd, the new suit of clothes an<
the fine dinner were almost too rr.ucl
for Henry. Those present, from a dis
jtance were Rev. Roy Davis of Now
iand, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Isaacs o
Hcatcn and Professor Clarence BollcV
of Elk Perk.
lor $42.84 for North Carolina anc
$86.60 for the United States.
T THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
i OPENJfORUM
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I derived from these letters. Name
!of writer must accompany all manuscript
and brevity is urge*!.
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WATAl'GA MAN TELLS OF
TRIP TO WESTERN ST ATES
Editor Watauga Democrat:
j Here i am in Klamath Falls, visiting
at the home of my eldest son.
Ray Moret:<. and his family. I left
Coeur d* Alene, Idaho, on March 2nd.
accompanied by my youngest son.
Tom Moretz, and his family and my
nephew. Leonard Poole, in a Pontiac
car. On our way to the Falls, we
stopped at the home of Cicero Miller.
a .r ;isin, in Moro, Oregon.
The next day we started for K?a,
math Falls, and reached that city on
j March 4th. Everyone was glad to see
| me and asked me to v isit them for
awuuc. i xiau anuiuu ucliul-m tu
back to Coeur d* Alenc, but when I
had gone as far as ChiJoquin, Oregon, and
visited at the home of my cousin,
Mrs. Edward Smith, I was compelled
to stay here awhile. The Smiths
drove me back to Klamath Falls on
Saturday. March 70.
My eldest son, Ray Moretz, is caretaker
of a large graded school here.
There are about 700 students going
to this school, including everybody
from negroes to Indians. Ray likes
his job fine. He has been at this
school for the Inst four years. jr
Klamath Falls was founded in the
year 1SC9-70. At that time this was
a very small piece of land called
Linksvillc, consisting' of only three
? buildings. There were only about ten
j or fifteen people here at that time.
| Link River (called by this name because
it links two lakes together) is
not exactly a river. It is merely a
link far Upper and Lower Klamath
lakes. Some people have said that this
is the shortest rives in the U. S. However,
this is not correct. The shortest
river m the U. S. is about three I
quarters of a mile long, near the j
Deshuies River, fifteen miles from |
Bend. j
There are over 10,000 people in Kla- j
math Falls. Crater Lake is 60 miles |
from here. The first man to ever go
to Crater Lake was about 62 or 63 .
years old. The lake is about 5 miles
wide and 7 miles long. The deepest
I spot in the lake lacks 5 feet of being
2,000 feet deep.
c
.j i m- isiauti in liic iqko is mo ieet ^
. | above the water, estimated at about j
1' 100 acres. Klamath County was or.
I ganiaed in 1882. It was at first called "
[Jackson County,
In 1872-73 the Indian war began.
(| This war was fought in the Lava
(| Beds. The Indianchiefs were cap_Jtnred
in Langell Valley. There has
ibeen no hostility with the Indians
' since that date.
. I The Indians were stationed twelve
j miles from this city. The Indian res|
ervation was started in 1858. Four
Indian chiefs were hung at Fort Klaiirnut
The oirect cause or the war
was this: The Modac and Klamath
1 Indians were two separate tribes. The
' Modacs went in with the Klamaths
and sold their reservation to the Gov:
eminent. However, the two tribes
could not get along, so the Modac3
got their money back. The first fight
1 was staged about three miles from
^ Merrill.
There are about 19 or 20 lakes in
1 Klamath County, and 300,000 acres
' I of land arc irrigated from Upper
e i Klamath Lake. This lake is the fresh
eat water lake this side of the Rocky
Mountain.
~ The Upper Klamath Lake talis 14,000
feet in 90 miles, over SO feet to a
't mile. The altitude of Upper Klamath
: 0mYou Imagine]
* i
d I CAN you IMACINCrj
I how BISMA-REX is boosted by
o Concordio,Mo.,mon who, offer
s severot years treatment for stomach
v trouble in o Mrterons Hospital, was
discharged os incurable, but secured
positive relief for himself with this
product/ With his lost bottle he
, alsojbought a bog of peanuts/soy
inq."l con cot anvthina now. and
^ my weight has increased from 130
? to ISO pounds.*
EXPLANATION
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ment that Is bringing welcome re- ;
1 lief to thousands everywhere who
suffer the agonies of indigestion
L' and other acid stomach ailments.
1 Bisma-Rex acts four ways to give
lasting relief in three minutes. It
s neutralizes excess acid; relieves the
: stomach of gas; soothes the Irrl1
tated membranes; and aids diges1
tior. of foods most likely to ferment.
Bisma-Rex is sold only at
Rexatl Drug Stores. Get a jar tof
day at?
C! BOONE DRUG CO.
, The REXALL Store
APRIL 12. 1B34
! add anything to the words of Jesus
! Christ. The metaphysician may secretly
regret that the Nazarene did
not discourse like a Plato or Locke.
The poet may wish that the son of
man had said more about land, sea
and sky. about opening springtime or
the fulluig leaf: the Calvinist and
Trinitarian may wish that they could
find in the Lord's discourse a system
that would more fully shadow their
own philosophy; the devotees of science
may feel that the "Cosmos" of
Humbolt surpasses the simple story
of the Gospel. But these longings and
complainings are the result of narrow
specializations. Christ spoke lor the
whole world at the time of its greatest
need. Our wishes are for the style
time. Christ's manner is for eternity.
Jesus Christ of Bethlehem ? There is
a fountain whence roll the transparent
waters of the broad philosophy.
Por beyond all bcing3 who have ever
lived. Christ was the broadest. All
his ideas are imperishable. He cast off
the temporary that had come down
from Moses; He made the old ironbound
sabbath die in the fields where
PHILADELPHIA . . . Robert
Freeman (above) of Washington, D
0. ia 6 ft. 4 in. tall. He is captain
elect and basketball champion at
the University of Pennsylvania So
what wan more natural thnh that
tho fair co-eds, iu a voting contest
conducted by the college paper,
sho\ild crown him rhc "Greek God"
of %th? caclpus.
,ake is 4,144 feet. The wind blows
he lake dry once in a great while,
"his has happened three times since
S70. The last time it was blown dry
vas in 191S. That is just about al!
he history of Klamath Falls that
know. If I stay here much longer,
will know as much as the natives.
I have met many people from
Corth Carolina. All of them ask me
luestions about "that thar country."
"he weather has been perfect here,
nd I am very glad of that, as I disike
cola weather very much.
On March 15th, T celebrated my
6th birthday--and today I feel like
6. J was presented with a large picure
of Crater Lake. Tonight I am
;oing to sec the new Union Pacific
rain that is going to stop here. I am
J^UlXlg IU acc LUC luumai tl\JK ?> Ocr
springs hen-. Next week I am
oing to Mitchell, Oregon, with the
sinister and his wife, to sec my cousi),
Shuford Miller.
Although 1 think this is a very
ronderful country, I can hardly wait
intii I see the shores of "good ole
forth Caroliny." I will close new,
living my regards to everyone in
forth Carolina.
J. C. MORETZ.
flamath Falls. Oregon.
THE CHRIST
We must not let all these proud
lays deceive us. The time is here
vhen we must feel that it is not in
he power of rhetoric or passion to
IN
When the grave of a loyi
inspirations, examples and
ally lost forever.
FOR THE BEST THE MONUI
PLACE YOUR
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PHONE 24
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Wont with }
? It is cool . . . coiafo
smartest fashion cerite
Freeman styles in Genu
find one or more exai
Lthe five tc
"UNDER PRICED
tne sweet wncat was ripening; Hi
saw the human soul in Lazarus, in
Magdalene, in little children: He rebuked
the disciples when they desired
to draw the sword on their own sect:
He uttered few of the ideas that entered
into the modern denominations. ,1
He was born in a common house of
entertainment, where all might come
to Him, and He died with His arms
extended as a pledge that He would
continue to receive all that came to
Him. He never spoke of men as the
| common multitude, but He made HimI
self at home among them. He dressed
j like a peasant; He went to their marriage
feasts, attended their funerals,
j and was so much among them, a man
I among men, that the slanderers called
j Him a gluttonous man and wme-bib|
er, a friend of publicans and sinners.
He was our Lord raised up among us
I ?one of ou>- own kith and kin. For
I this cause he was not ashamed to
ran us urctnren, tor kc was our broi
ther in the Resurrection; for after
; His resurrection He said, Go tell my
brethren, luy Father and your Father,
my God and your God. He pleads for
i us as a high priest, one who can be
! touched with a feeling of our infirmities.
God had graciously raised up
such a mediator, and now He speaks
to us through Him. who is enthroned
in His inconceivable loveliness.
?Ekiwin N. Hahn.
Boone, N. C.
Norway's waterfalls are estimated
1 to be capable of producing 16.500,000
i electric horsepower.
I
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