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TODAY and
FRANK PARKE R 1 f^T
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fKNTERTAINERS . . . rich field
Young men and women sometimes
ask me for advice in shaping their
careers. That is always a compliment.
? ?..?? .iuu always ?ure mat I can
give them any advice of real value.
If the inquiring youngster has any
talent for public entertainment, however.
I always advise him to follow
< that line. The big money flows into
the pockets of those who can stir
people's emotions, not to those who
try to stimulate their ininds. If you
can make people laugh or make them
cry. sfcir them to sentimental blissfulness
or trouse them to anger, you
have something for which they will
pay yon more than they pay Presidents
or heads of big corporations.
Where are the largest salaries paid ?
In Hollywood, to the great screen
stars ? In Hollywood, to the great
screen stars. Who gets the big money
for writing? Not the serious think("yj
crs whose books contain, sometimes,
, the distilled essence of wisdom, but
v.-. ^ -
..umuiMio, uic lumanuc novci(ists,
the story-tellers?in other words,
the entertainers. Tn music, in all the
arts, in the theatre?even in the pulpit?the
ones who get the money are
the only who arc most skillful in |
playing upon the human heartstrings, j
I know a negro tap-dancer who
earns more money every year than
any bank president I know. He has
the essential quality of showmanship.
So if I see sig.is of showmanship in
any youngster, I always advise them
to cultivate it. It is worth more than
diamonds.
DICKENS . . . oil the screen
At last the greatest novel of Chas.
Dickens?who was essentially a showman?has
been put on the screen in
a manner which preserves all of its
comedy, its pathos, and its essential
Sj&al humanity. If you who read this haven't
yet seen the new rii.v., "David Cop-1
perfield," by all means go to see it.
Whether you have ever read any of'
Dickens' immortal stories or not, you j
will realize what a wonderful insight |
he had into the wellsprings of human]
conduct, and how keen an understanding
of the comic spirit which per- \
fvades all life.
I am beginning to believe that the
movie magnates have reaily seen a
great light. The realization that
there is more to life than crime and
sensuality, and that there i3 a great
public which is truly appreciative of
the very nest, that it can get, seems
to have come home to them.
I hope we have more pictures of
the quality of "David Copperfleld."
CRIME . . . too much
I think I can see signs that the
public mind is becoming aroused over
the prevalence of crime. The enthusiasm
over the successful work of
{ $ Federal agents in "getting" Dillinger
and other outlaws indicates that those
charged with law enforcement need
not hesitate to adopt drastic measures.
It would be easy to wipe out crime j
if crime could be divorced from politics.
Too many politicians and political
organizations are in cahoots with
criminals. The police commissioner of
New York remarked the other day
that he and his men could round up
every important criminal were it not
for the political protection those felons
have managed to obtain.
Loopholes in the laws should bej
stoppea up, but lawmaking is in the
hands of politicians, and courts are
bound by the laws. The tendency to
regard any law. whether it is backed
by public opinion or not, as more sacred
than human iives and property,
lias beer, carried too far T believe
the reaction is setting in.
CHANGE . . . constant
No human institution ever stands
still. Nothing else, much, does, either.
Even the solid earth has sixteen
different motions, pulling it every
which way at once.
All that any individual human being
can do about it, when he finds
social, economic, moral and political
conditions changing in ways he doesn't
like, is either to change with them,
doing his best to direct the line of
movement along paths which he considers
more likely to lead to the general
good in the long run, or else sit
tight and let the world go by.
It is more trouble to keep up with
the world, after a man reaches a certain
age. than to pull himself into his
shell and refuse to have anything to |
do with the new things about him.
But the only way an intelligent per-1
son can get much satisfaction out of I
life is to be a part of it, and to try
to find what good he can in its constant
changes.
Some fundamental truths never
change. It is possible to hold fast to
the elemental virtues of personal honor
and integrity, to hold one's selfrespect.
in short, and still achieve a
fair degree of contentment, if not of
happiness, in the midst of a changing
social order.
"I have been young and now I am
old," wrote the Psalmist, "but I have
not seen the righteous forsaken nor
wise seed begging bread." That is as
true now as it was when it was written.
Mayor Tracy Conocill transacted
business in Charlotte the first days
of the week.
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' VOLUME XLVI, NUMBER 34 _
Former Marshal May
Seek Seat in Congress
Mayor Tracy Councill Also
Mentioned as Possible
Candidate in Ninth.
sip ~ iinPt fSnB
WATT H. GRAGG
Former Marshal Watt H. Gragg
of Boone has been generally conceded
an open field for nomination
on the Republican ticket for Congressman
in the Ninth District?or
at least that is the way speculation
runs following the Lincoln Day
Dinner, annual festive gathering of
Carolina Republicans. Mr. Gragg
declines to comment, except to say
"No man can tell what he might do
that far hence."
At the same time, Wade Lucas,
political commentator ror the Vy?iak"lotte
Observer, brings forth the
news that Mayor Tracy Councill, also
of Boone, is "itching" to try for
the Democratic Congressional nomination,
in case Farmer Bob Doughton
retires. Mr. Councill could not
be reached for a statement.
BABY SHOW TO BE
HELD ON MARCH 2
Comrades Class of the Methodic
Church to Sponsor Event at
Daniel Boone Hotel.
The Comrades Class of Boone Methodist
Church will snonsor a hahv
show at the Daniel Boone Hotel on
Saturday afternoon, March 2nd, from
3 until 4:30 o'clock. Mothers who enter
their babies in the competition
will be asked to pay a fee of 25 cents
to register. Prize babies will be selected
by popular vote. Votes will be
10 cents each.
Contestants will be divided into
three age classes: first, up to 1 year;
second, 1 to2V4 years: third, 2lA to
4 years. First and second prizes will
be awarded to two boys and two
girls in each age class, receiving the
highest number of votes.
Merchandise Awards
The following prizes, donated by local
merchants, will be awarded:
Class 1, Girls up to 1 year: First
prize, toilet articles, Rexall Drug Co.;
second prize, 4 pairs of hose, Ten Cent
Store. Boys: First prize, toilet articles,
Rexall Drug Company; second
prize, baby's bank, Bern-Mar's Jewelry
Store.
Second Age Class. Girls: first prize
sweater and tarn, Five to Five Store;
second prize, donated by Spainhours.
Boys: first prize, sweater, Boone Department
Sto^e; second prize, donated
by Spainhour's.
Third Age Class. Girls: first prize,
bracelet, Walker's Jewelry Store; second
prize, box of candy, Watauga
Drug Company. Boys: first prize, pair
of shoes, Smithey's Store; second, box
of candy, Watauga Drug.
All mothers are extended a cordial
invitation to enter their babies ir. the
contest. mrienas ot trie babies are invited
to attend and vote.
Moretz Is New Farm
Supervisor for ERA
Mr. D. Grady Moretz has been
named the county farm supervisor under
the Emergency Relief Administration,
and entered upon/ his duties
last Saturday. The appointment came
through the offices of Mr. Mlies, agricultural
supervisor for this district
Mr. Newton Cook, who has held the
position since it was established, has
been transferred to the relief administration
offices irj Raleigh.
ROBBXN S-?DOTSON
Married in Boone last Saturday
John H. Robbins to Lillie Dotson, both
being residents of the Poplar Grove
section. Justice E. N. Hahn performed
the ceremony.
Mrs. Robbins is the daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. John Dotson while hei
i husband is a son of Mr. and Mrs
S Jesse Robbins. EaiJi Is well and fa
jvorably known in this community.
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Independent Weekly Nei
BOONE. WATAUG
REVENUE BILL IS
DPlvr iifmmnn
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BY COMMITTEE
Anti-Sales Tax Proposals of Dr
Ralph McDonald Are the
Center of Contention.
HILL S LIQUOR CONTROL
BILL TO BE HEARD TODAY
Sub-Committee Named to Stud}
Textbook Rental Plan. Other
News from Assembly.
By M. R DUNN AG AN
(Special Correspondent)
RALEIGH. N. C.?Amendments tc
the Revenue biil, now before the joint
House and Senate Finance committees,
are being drawn and will be pre.
sentcd this week embodying the antisales
tax proposals presented last
week by Dr. Ralph McDonald, ForI
sytli, and W. L. Lumpkin, Franklin,
and hearings are to be held this week
for opponents of the proposals and
other features of the Dili.
Meanwhile, merchants of the State
{are not sure just where they stand
iThe McDonald-Lumpkin proposals in
j elude a sales tax of one-fourth of one
I per cent on gross retail sales, called
a franchise tax. Merchants are not sstrong
for this kind of a tax, as thej
would have to absorb it, although
they are strong against the sales tax
which they are required to pass on t.c
customers. And, Governor Ehringhaus
made this remark about the proposals:
"It now seems to be generallj
conceded that a sales tax, in one oi
more forms, is inevitable."
'rhn finance Committee decided tc
Lake time to study the McDonaldLumpkin
tax plan, which, Uie proponents
claim, will bring in $12,361,094.98,
or some $3,800,000 more thar
the $8,700,000 estimated for the general
sales tax. The plan would increase
corporate franchise taxes $4,082,679,
Uie proponents of the measure
saying these taxes now are $21,359,898.
as compared with $28,464,689
in 1931. The plan is "to provide
recapture of tax reduction of corporations
as a result of the reduction in
ad valorem taxes" when the State
took over full operation of the public
schools and roads, the proponent*
state.
The IvTcDonald-Lumpkio plan proposes
four new taxes: six per cent income
tax on dividends of stock in
corporations, $3,086,538; increase in
franchise tax on corporations, $4,682,679.74;
increased insurance premium
taxes, $350,483.04; occupational license
taxes of from $5 to $900 on individuals
making more than $1,000
a year, and not now paying taxes and
taxes on chain theatres, chain service
stations and merchants, $4,241,374.20.
Hearings scheduled for this week
for opponents of this plan and oth
| era in the revenue bill are as follows:
i Tuesday, -lire iiisuvancc and power
corftpar.ies; Wednesday, textile, tobacco
and railroads, bus companies;
Thursday, telephone, theatre, pullnian
and other businesses. These hearings
move up the time for expecting the
revenue bill from committee a week
or more from now.
Liquor Gets Attentiou
The liquor and beer bills are now
receiving attention. The Senator John
Sprunt Hill bill for iiquor control,
with revenue for welfare and social
work, is scheduled for hearing Wednesday
afternoon of this week and it
is sure to bring a great outpouring
[of opponents, as well as proponents.
Two beer bills, one to increase the alcoholic
content to 4.5, the other to
make the law conform to federal requirements
were) sent back to coni(Continued
on Page 8)
PARTY CHAIRMEN INVITED
TO SEE NEW ROGERS FILM
Mr A. E. Hamby, in announcing
the presentation of "County Chairman"
at the Pastime Theatre next
Monday and Tuesday, in which the
famed Will Rogers occupies the stellar
role, has extended a personal invitation
to the county chairmen ol
both political parties, as well as those
who have previously held these positions,
to be present as guests of the
management. Rogers comes at hi*
best in this new vehicle depicting the
I ups and downs of a country politician
and Mr. Ham by believes local politi
cal leaders will particularly enjoy th(
film.
EULALA BARNS WINNER
OF TIRE COMPANY PRIZI
Miss Eulaia Barnes, student at tin
Boono High School, is awarded tin
$10.00 prize in the essay con* est re
, cently closed by Hodges Tire Com
i pany, and her essay on "Why Mori
People Ride on Goodyear Tires" ap
I pears on page two today. Mr. Thorn
as B. Moore Jr., won second plac<
and is given a $2.50 mercantile cred
' it. Manager Hodges states that ;
large number of letters resulted fron
the publicity, Rising some difficult;
in determining the winners.
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ivspaper?Established in the
A COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, '
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II Paints of Onin
, Y"1"
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! Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dior
of Windy City, Bt
CHICAGO, IUL. Above are Mr. and
famous Canadian quintuplets, who wei
the United States and enjoy the hosp
Despite the thrills of big city life, Mr.
was homesick for her children, the qi
Dlonnes, back home in the North Woo*
GlilT Vy
Farm Agen
After long months of discussion :
and agitation on the part of local i
citizens, Watauga County is going !
to have a far m demonstration | :
agent. This action was assured by
the County Commissioners in special
meeting last Friday, after it |
had been conclusively shown to the i
governing body that the overwhcl- i
, nijnguuoahor of th?^ county's farm- i
ers 'fiivoreo the proposal. *
The matter of selecting the agent
has been left largely in charge of j i
State College officials, who are said [ ?
to have a number of efficient men I
in view. Mr. O. F. McRary, district | ?
iGLANCE TO SPEAK 1
j AT JUNIOR MEET I
Well Known Fraternity Leader L
Principal Speaker on Washington
Birthday Program.
Mr. J. Marvin Glance of Asheville a
is to be the principal speaker at the C]
meeting of the local Junior Order el
Council Friday evening, it is an- si
nounced by local officials. The meet- c.
ing, which is scheduled to be held at ri
Junior Hall, comes simultaneously \v
with meetings in all other districts si
of the State, on the occasion of Wash- ti
ington's birthday. In addition to the
speech by Mr. Glance, who is well G]
known in Junior order circles as an a
orator of rare ability, there will be t(
initiation of new members. The e]
meeting, furthermore, marks the end fj
of the current fiscal year. tj
Local officials are very anxious b
there be a full attendance, as the pro- a
gram to be presented will be most | c
entertaining. i o
Counsel For Hai
To Cheat Trento
Richard Bruno Hauptmann, convicted
slayer of the Lindbergh baby,
may yet be saved from the electric
chair, according to his New Jersey
counsel, who Tuesday carried an appeal
for the Bronx carpenter to the
' i.:?v.
Fleming ton,
and were do
ly the appeal
2 to the State v mks&sat~M
Supreme Bruno Hauptmann
- Court, and thus Uirew their case
e automatically into the court of er
rors and appeals. Karlier the lawi
yers went before the trial ju-ge,
n Thomas W. Trcnchard, and obtainy
ed an order requiring Hunterdon
County to pay the costs of print
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rHURSDAV, FEBRUARY 21, 19
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luplets in U. S. j
me Revel in Hospitality
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I Mrs. Oliva Dioiine, parents of the
e prevailed upon to come down to
itality of America's "Windy City."
s. Dionne soon announced that she
lintu plots and the other five little j
pa.
To Errmlov
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t, Says Board I
agent, attended the meeting of the
Commissioners, and stated he believed
it would 1h? possible to have
i good man on the job with the local
farmers by the first to the fifteenth
of March. A man who is experienced
in the problems peculiar
to the mountain farmer is being
sought, and at least one such agent
is known to have contemplated acccptlDJf
the Watauga opening,
fmder the present arrangement,
ii is saw the state unci Federal gov- i
rnments co-operate with the coun- i
ly in paying for the agricultural 1
services. ]
IARM0NI0US END j
OF CAMPUS STRIKE J
tougher ty Promises Students .
Participation in Formation
of Social Regulations.
The wideiy-'iici aided student strike
t Appalachian College, in which sev-l:
ral hundred students deserted the
lass rooms as a protest against the
trict social regulations at the co-eduational
institution, came to an abLipt
and satisfactory end Thursday,
'hen President Dougherty tendered ]
tudent participation in the forma- i
on of social rules. i
Dr. Dougherty told a mass meeting 1
f students that the college was
greeable to their naming a commit- '
;e to meet with the faculty hercaftr
in deciding student privileges. He
jrther stated no action would be
iken against strikers. Harold Grayeal,
strike leader, announced accept,
nee of the plan, stating that 90 per
cnt of the students backed the walkut.
mfinonii M
a J* niitiiiu it IV T
n Death Chair
ing the 1,600,000 word record of
the trial and the voluminous briefs
necessary in the appeal. Only one
more step was necessary to insure
a postponement of at least seven
months in the execution of the sentence,
and that was to be made in
the next day or so when Pope presents
a writ of error to the clerk of
the court of errors and appeals.
That automatically stays sentence.
Hauptmann is now an inmate of
the State Prison at Trenton, where
he was taken the latter part of the
week, and where he has been sentenced
to die in the electric chair
on March 18th. The jury returned
a verdict of murder in the first degree
late Wednesday night, which
carried with it a mandatory death
decree. Hauptmann remains practically
unmoved, still stoutly denying
any knowledge of the atrocious
crime.
The Governor of New Jersey and '
Judge Trenchard have both received |
letters, threatening death if Hauptmann's
sentence is not commuted.
They bore a Washington postmark.
ight
135 $1.50 PER YEAR
CHEESE MAKING
INDUSTRY LOOMS
AS FARMERS MEET
Dairy Experts Urge Centralized
Cheese Making Plant for the
Cove Creek Section.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO FURNISH ASSISTANT
Committee Appointed to Stimulate
Interest in New Venture
for Watauga.
The reorganization of the cheesemaking
industry on a centralized basis
constituted the principal subject
for discussion as a number of local
farmers gathered last Saturday In enthusiastic
session with State and Federal
agricultural authorities at the
Cove Creek High School building. The
present plan, brought forth with the
leadership of Mr. C. Allen Grant,
ciiucse specialist 01 rtocnester. N\ Y.,
is to organize several community cooperatives
or collectives si:nounding
Cove Creek to deliver milk to a proposed
centrally located plant at Sugar
Grove. Incidentally, the old Sugar
Grove factory was the first plant in
the South for the commercial production
of American cheddar cheese.
Instructive Meeting
The meeting was undoubtedly one
of the most instructive and educational
farmers' meetings that has ever
been held in the Cove Creek community,
comments Mr. G. G. Farthing,
instructor of Agriculture at the High
School, attended as it was by those
who are recognized authorities in this
phase of the farming industry. Visit~
w au pul biCipubCu ilX tiuo acooivlx
included: F. R. Farnharm Extension
Dairy Specialist, Raleigh; J. A. Arey,
Chief of the Dairy Extension Service,
Raleigh; O. F. McRary, District
Agent, Raleigh; H. L. Wilson, Associate
Dairy Specialist. Bureau of Dairy
Industry, Washington; W. M. BanJess,
TV A representative, Knoxville,
Tennessee. Aiso Messrs. Price and
Johnson of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese
Company, West Jc-ffersor., made interesting
talks concerning the development
of the cheese industry in Ashe
County.
County Agent Announced
Perhaps the most welcome inforrria"tft5fir~
however, which came in the
nature of the "high spot" of the
meeting, was given by Mr. Wade E.
Brown, County Farm Board chairman,
who stated that the County
Commissioners had voted the funds
Tor the employment of an agricultural
agent. Immediately thereafter, Mr.
[*andiss came forward with the information
that just as soon as the
.vuitk,; to a|i|UJiiin:(l, U1C AtJIltiessee
Valley Authority will in turn
appoint and pay alt expenses of an
assistant agricultural agent for Watauga
County. With two agricultural
agents within reach and with two departments
of vocational agriculture
alreaay operating, the future of Watauga
County as an agricultural center
appears a great deal brighter
than in past years.
The meeting, which is credited to
the leadership of Mr. Allen Grant,
provided a source of vital information
and pleasure to the attending farmers,,
and as a means of the further
stimulation of interest in a centralized
cheese industry, a committee was
composed of the following members,
representative of the communities as
indicated: Tom Wilson, Silverstone;
Albert H. Wilson, Zionville and Mabel;
W. H. Mast, Sugar Grove; Don
J. Horton, Sherwood and Amanth'a;
Car! Henson, Vilas; W. W. Wilson,
lower Beaver Dam; D. M. Edmisten,
Phillips Branch. Committeemen for
other communities arc to be appointed
later by G. G. Farthing, chairman
of the committee.
Rev. Walter Stanbury
Author of New Book
"Victories of the Cross" is the title
of a volume recently offered by the
Cokesbury Press, and which was writton
hw TOr> W- A CJowVmm,
Mr. John S. Stanbury of Boone, a
widely known divine and pastor of
West Market Street Methodist Church
in Greensboro.
The volume is dedicated to Dr.
Stanbury"s mother, who was a mainstay
In the religious life of uus community
for so many years, and the
enthusiasm with which the book has
been received is shown In this statement
by Dr. Clovis G. Chappell: "Dr.
Stanbury deals with the abiding and
vital themes of our Christian religion.
. . The truth he preaches has
application to every living soul. . . .
These chapters are timely, tireless
and helpful."
Mrs. Fred Winkler of the Poplar
Grove section, has been a patient at
the Davis Hospital, Statesville, for
the past several days. She remains
unimproved, and will probably be
confined to her bed for three weeks.