TODAY and
FRANK PARKER
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WASHINGTON . . . city beauty
I never go to Washington without
getting a new thrill out of the development
of our Capital City, from the
malarial swamp it was when I first
knew it, 54 years ago, into what is,
T am convinced, the most beautiful
city in the world.
Only two other great cities have
ever been planned deliberately before
a single house was built, a single
street cut through. More than two
hundred years ago Peter the Great,
Czar of all the Russias. decreed a
great capital city on the banks of
the Nova, and the magnificent palaces
erected for the royal family and
tlie nobility at St. Petersburg still
make it one of the most magnificent
* cities of the world.
The other pre-planned capita! is
Canberra, in the Commonwealth of
Australia. I've never seen it; it isn't
yet completed a. it will be in time,
but those who have been there say
it bids fair to rival Washington in
another century.
Jii Washington dozens of splendid
ouuuings uiai were planned ana begun
right after the war are now finished
or nearly so, and the whole city
has been transformed.
TEMPLE . . . fitting
I. drove around Washington in the
clear moonlight of a pleasant April
evening, ending my journey in front
of the great new Temple of Justice,
the splendid marble structure in the
pure Greek tradition which is to house
the Supreme Court of the United
States in the Fall. It is such a temple
as the Parthenon of ancient Athens
must have been, though only fragments
remain to tell us of the "glory
that was Greece."
What impressed me most was thej
feeling of dignity and permanence,
wnicn by ngiti.3 to character
ize the seat of the world's greatest i
judicial tribunal. For seventy years
the Supreme Court has been huddled i
into the racher small room in the I
Capitol in which the Senate original- i
ly sat.
Presidents come and go: Senators
and Representatives change with the
changing political tides. But the Supreme
Court of the United States is
a continuing body, charged more than
all the rest with the preservation of
the Constitution and of the rights of
everybody under it. And now its house
is out in the open, opposite the Capitol,
where all the lawmakers can see
it and bo reminded of their obligations.
CAPITOL . . . proposed change
There is a proposal to move the
East front of the Capitol itself sixty
feet out from its present position.
The architects who propose this say
the dome sin't in the center of the
building; That is because the West
front of the capitol was rebuilt ami
extended thirty years ago. Many architects
are up In arms against the
proposed
1 hope they do nothing to the old
building which has stood for close
to a century and a half as the symbol
of American liberty. Tt is true
that the wings which house the Senate
and House were not added until |
after the Civil War, when the present ]
dome was also erected to replace the
rather flat dome of the original building.
But in three-quarters of a century
the Capitol, as it now stands,
has become such a familiar figure to
all Americans that I am sure many
would reel, as I wouia, that to change
the ancient symbol for something else
would be almost like announcing to
the world that we had changed out
whole scheme and ideal of government.
OFFICES . . . miles of them
Driving along Constitution Avenue
?which used to be "B" Street?and
back along Pennsylvania Avenue, one
passes literally miles of the most
magnificent office buildings ever constructed.
The great Commerce building,
the new Post Office and Inferior
buildings, are finer, more beauti- j
ful outside and more commodious inside
than anything Washington has
ever known.
The new additions to the Senate
and House office buildings give the
legislators more ample accommodations
than any other parliament in
the world enjoys.
The:e is no objection to that, that
1 can see; this is a great country and
the men who run it ought to be well
provided for. I couldn't escape the
- feeling, though, as I looked over these
paiaces the other day?anywhere In
Europe that is what they would call
them, "palaces"?that some of their
occupants must rattle around inside
of them like a dried-up peanut in its
shell.
BEAUTY . . . nation's heart
For sheer beauty, so far as the
work of man can produce beauty, I
know of nothing more satisfying and i
inspiring than the vista by moonlight
as one comes into Washington from1
the South over the Memorial Bridge, j
I parked my car for a minute on,
the exact axis that runs from the
Cjpitol through the Washington Monument
to it.e center of the Lincoln
Memorial. On my left was the great
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I VOLUME XL.VI, NUMBER 43
NATIONAL POPPY V
President Buys First Scarle
Daughter of D
WASHINGTON.?A b o v e arc
the three key men in President
Roosevelt's four billion work relief
program. They are: Above,
left, Frank C. Walker, New Tork
and Montana, who heads the Division
of Applications and Information,
the "clearing house" for
all applications for works funds.
Top, right, Harry Hopkins. Administrator
of the Progress Division.
I^ower, right, Secretary of
Interior Harold I. Ickes, Chairman
of the Allotment Beard.
School Comn
I By Board At
I At the regular meeting of the Board
I of Education Monday, the principal
business was the naming of the school
committees for the county. They are
as follows.
| Boone District Boone, C. B. DunI
can, L. L. Bingham and Bob Swift;
| Oak Grove, Lee Gross, Lionel Ward,
Joe Hodges; Howards Creek, F. P.
Hodges, Bart Norria, J. J. Miller;
Rutherwood, Roby Winkler, Ike Bodenhamer,
James Hardin; Liberty
Hill, Ed Walls, Will Anderson, Fowl
Hollars: Brushy Fork (consolidated
with Cove Creek; A ho (consolidated
with Blowing Rock); Miller, D. C.
Coffey, Charlie Carroll and Harrison
Baker; Green Valley and Winebariger,
Willie Winebarger, Hanip Clawson,
Carter Rag an, Rich Mountain,
G. F. Culler, L. E. Beach, Carter
Penley: Bamboo, A. J. Edmisten; Elk
; and Lower Elk, P. G. Carroll, Charlie
Triplett, Clay Hodges,
j Deep Gap District?-Deep Gap, H.
IS. Steelman. CnrhUfr MY?T\Toii onH t'v.o..
HEALTH PROGRAM
GETS OFFICIAL OK
Commissioners Move to Co-operate
in County-wide Public
Health Movement.
Watauga. County is to become an
integral part of the TV A sponsored
health program as a result of the action
of the Board of Commissioners
in session Monday, who made the
necessary appropriation insuring the
employment of a full-time health
nurse, and the enjoyment of the full
benefits of the State and Federal Government's
progressive movement.
The program, sponsored jointly by
the State Board of Health and the
TVA, and endorsed by the local
Chamber of Commerce, provides for
the employment of n full-time health
nurse for this county, who is to look
alter general sanitary conditions, the
care of public school children, visit
and help relief cases, etc. At the same
time, three full time doctors will
work in Watauga and four adjoining
counties.
The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in the year of 1612.
marble colonnade of the Memorial,
with the heroic figure of Lincoln
i glowing in the floodlights. On my
right was the long reflecting pool of
still water in which the great spire
of the Washington monument was
mirrored in the moonlight. The mass
of the monument itself blotted out
the view of the Capitol, but as I uiove
a few feet farther one, the glittering
white dome appeared from behind the
marble shaft.
I looked from Lincoln to the Monument
to the Capitol and felt a great
emotional surge. This was the heart
of my country, these the symbols of
its greatness, the memorials of the
men who had made it great. I do not
see how any man can have that experience
and not come away feeling,
somehow, that he has received a benediction
of patriotism, somehow been
rededicated to the love and service of
his country.
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Independent Weekly New
BOONE. WATAUGA
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/EEK INAUGURATED ;
t Flower from Fivc-Ycar-Old
isablcd Veteran
littees Picked
Meet Monday
I Moretz.
! Cove Creek District Cove Creek,
j Ivy Ridge, Rominger, Windy Gap,
jSellerville, Presnell: Mary Harris,
W. T. Payne, Ira Edmisten. Cool
{Springs and Valley Mountain: Lee
j Carender, W\ L. Wcl3h and J. L. Trip- j
! Ictt. Valle Crucis, Shulls Mills, Dutch
j Creek and Clarks Creek: J. E. Har:
.bin, T. C. Bairtl, Martin Herman. Fosjcoe
and Grandfather: John Fox, T. 1.
; Holloway and Charlie Moore.
Beaver Dam District: Bethel, Timbered
Ridge, Forest Grove and Reese:
Carl Farthing, John Ward and Alvin
Hagaman.
Mabel District?Mabel, Silverstone,
Zionville, Nortli Fork, Tracy, Pottcrtown:
Emery Greer, Sou. Swift,
I Spencer Dishman.
| Todd District?Todd: W. S. Miller,
j\V. M. Howell.
J Blowing Rock District?Blowing
; Hock, Cool Springs, Aho: E. G. Un|
dcrdown, John Lentz, Dick Hollers.
t. v. aTapproves
FARM PROJECTS
Fertilizer for Co-operating Citizens
En Route. Landowners
to Pay the Freight.
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A shipment of 58.25 tons of Tennessee
Valley Authority Triple superphosphate
was approved last week
by the TV A, according to County
Agent Daniel, and shipment of the
fertilizer to Watauga County was
made on May 3rd from Saeffie'd, Ala.,
and should arrive in Boone the latter
part of this week.
The only cost attached to this fertilizer
that the co-operating producers
are required to pay will be the
freight, approximately $5.60 per ton.
The principal objective of the TVA
demonstration farm is to set up a
new program of plant food supply i
;<mu to use the triple superphosphate
| only on crops that hold and build
land, namely legumes and grasses, and
j in no cases raw crops. To do otherwise
would defeat the objective of
this program. Check plots will he left
on each farm in order to get comparative
results and to secure an adequate
test of the economic value of
fertilizer in a land use program. Also,
the co-operating producers are keeping
a farm business record of all
farm operations.
! Following is a list of the co-operating
producers and the amount of fertilizer
that has been approved by the
TV A to be applied on their farms:
Tracy Co.:ncill, Boone, 12,600 lbs.;
Stacy Ford. Blowing RopU 7fi00 lbs:
Don J. Horton, Vilas, 26,400 lbs.; W.
H. Mast, Sugar Grove, 8,900 lbs.: A.
G. Moretz, Deep Gap, 7,600 pounds;
C. M. Shore, Shulls Mills, 25,800 lbs.;
A. N. Thomas, Trade, Tenn., 8.500
lbs.; J. L. Triplett, Matney. 7,200 lbs.;
Alex Tugman, Boone. 7,500 lbs.; D.
F. Greene, Sugar Grove, 4.300 lbs.
KOARK?ISAACS
Married on last Saturday evening.
May 4, 1935, Mr. Paul Roark of Creston.
N. C.. to Miss Hazel Isaacs of
Mabel. N. C., Rev. G. C. Graham performing
the ceremony.
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COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA.
IJEGBLATURE WILL
COME TO A CLOSE
HTTDiMr1 T<iii? \\ivr?ir
i/uivimi inti w&EiIY
Revenue and Appropriation Hills
Pass and Liquor Bill
Meets Death.
WETS ARE CLAIMED TO BE
IN RETALIATORY MOOD
Western Dry Members Faced With
Bill Which Would Cripple Tourist
Trade. Wets Join in Proposal
for Strict Enforcement.
By M. R. DUNNAGAN
( Special Correspondent)
RALEIGH. N. C.?Adjournment of
the IDIiO session of the General Assembly
is almost certain to be reached
the iast half of the wcelc, probably
Friday, as a result of the over-time
work that has been done during the
past week and the final disposition of
the most important measures before
the legislative body.
Thursday of last week may be put
down as the most important legislative
day of the session, due to the
disposition of three or more important
measures. The revenue bill passed
on its final reading in the Senate, the
U.,IU UVIIULC 1/1M.II av.ujj itu. C?i?;
conference report on the appropriations
bill, the Senate killed the Housepassed
substitute for the Day liquor
control bill, and the House passed on
its final reading tho school machinery
bill. On that one day three troublesome
measures were finally disposed
of.
The House, however, mad because J
the Senate had killed its Day liquor
cuhcMtnte hv a. vote of 26 to 23.
actually, although the records show
27-22, ha3 passed two retaliatory measures,
"spite work," so dubbed, in
which the cast-west feeling is shown.
Easterners contend that only six western
senatois voted for the Day measure.
One of the bills passed by the
House places a three per cent sales
tax on hotel rentals and eating place
charges. This was included in the
Revenue bill, but eliminated because
of the fight of Senator Hall Johnston,
of Buncombe, and other westerners,
who contended it would cripple the
tourist business of that section. These
senators also voted against the Day
bill.
Retaliatory Measure
The main retaliatory measure, however,
was the House passed prohibition
enforcement bill, providing a police
force of more than two hundred
officers created in the Governor s of(Continued
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MEETING OF FARM DEFT
ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE
At a meeting of the Farm Debt Adjustment
Committee of Watauga
County held at the local E. R. A. office
on Saturday morning. May 4 th,
it was decided to hold regular semimonthly
meetings on the second and
fourth Saturdays at the above office
at 2 o'clock for the purpose of 1 paring
applications for debt adjustment.
Mr. T. L. Gwyn of Waynesville.
field representative, was present at
the meeting, also Mr. Grady Moretz,
farm supervisor, Miss Watson, county
E. R. A Simprvlsnr n*if] "Vfr- W TV
Collins, county agent.
It was the opinion of those present
that there are a number of farmers
in Watauga County who might be
aided by the committee in an adjustment
of their indebtedness. Application
blanks may be obtained at the
ERA office, and workers will be glad
to assist anyone in filling out applications.
The next regular meeting of the
committee, will be held on Saturday,
May 11, 10 a. m., and the committee
will be glad to take up any applications
at this time. It is desirable that
applications be filed prior to the meeting.
Front Line Sketches
WASHINGTON.?Above is marriner
S. Eccles of Utah, whose appointment
as Governor of the Federal
Reserve Board by President
Roosevelt failed Senate confirmation
for months, has been the storm
center around which Senator Glass
centered his banking control battles.
MOC]
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THURSDAY. MAY 9. 1035
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Onlv One De
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In Heavy Vo
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Boone's New Mayor
WATT H. GRAGG
FARTHING HOMEISj
RAZED BY FLAME
jEtl G. Farthing Is Heavy Loser
in Noontime Blaze. No Insurance
in Force.
Fire of undetermined origin Monday
noon completely destroyed the Ed
G. Farthing home in the eastern lim-l
its of the town, and resulted in the
loss of a good portion of the house-'
hold furnislrngs. The loss, none of j
which was covered by insurance, has j
been estimated at from three thou- j
sand dollars upward.
The family was at the dinner ta- j
ble when it was discovered that the!
fire was under way in the upper parti
of the two-story structure, and although
the fire department promptly
answered the alarm, absence of city
water on the high elevation made
their efforts futile. Whether the fire
originated from faulty electric wir- j
ing or from a flue could not be de-1
termined. Most of the furnishings on
the first floor of the building were
j retrieved from the flames.
It is understood that Mr. Farthing
j plans to replace the home with anj
other on the same site as quickly as
j is possible.
IWflOL GROWERS
HOLD MEETING
1
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jWatauga Farmers Select Committee
to Represent Them in
Proposed Wool Pool.
Fifteen interested sheep growers of '
Watauga attended the wool meeting |
at the courthouse on Monday of this |
week. The woo! situation was dis- j
j cussed and farmers were asked to j
j elect a committee of three men to;
represent the growers of the county
in selling their pooled wool and in |
shipping lambs. The following com-1
mitteemen were named: W. W. Mast, |
W. E. Shipley and J. L. Fox.
Committeemen Shipley and Fox,
and County Agents Daniels and Col-j
lins, \yent to Elkin on Tuesday of
this week to see officials of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company in regard
to selling them the pooled wool.
They found that would prices would
start comparatively low this year,
and think it advisable that local
growers wait until the market on
wool is better established before tryJing
to make a trade.
Those most interested in the local
wool pool are of the opinion that most
of the wool in Watauga should be
pooled and sold together if farmers
expect the best prices. At present, it
is pointed out, the wool situation does
not appear any too good, and bargaining
power is certainly needed.
me wooi ana iamb pool is getting I
off to a good start. Thirty farmers'
have already signed up to sell 3,200 \
pounds of wool and 621 lambs.
TWO WATAUGA MEASURES
RATIFIED BY ASSEMBLY
RALEIGH, N. C.?Two Watauga
County bills were ratified by the General
Assembly last week. One, House
Bill No. 1118. to authorize the County
Commissioners of Watauga County to
make adjustments with delinquent
taxpayers, was ratified Saturday. The
other. Senate Bill No. 529, amending
section 1443 of the Consolidated Stat
utes, relating to the terms of court
iof Watauga County, was ratified last
Friday.
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S1.50 PER YEAR
d As Mayor;
m p crat Wins
>ti: * Tuesday
' a
L. T. U um Only Candidate to
Sui 2 ! Bolt from Democr.
J Wilcox and Moose
2 lish Out Board,
a
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SANl-rmrtY ISSUE FLAYS
HEAVILY IN CAMPAIGN
Large Percentage of Registered Voters
Participate. New Officials
Will Be Sworn Into
Office Tonight.
Watt H. Gragg, Building and Loan
secretary and former United States
Marshal under the Y. >ver administration.
was elected Mayor of the
Town of Boone as a result of the spirited
balloting of Tuesday in which
about five-sixths of the registered voters
of the municipality participated.
Mr. Gragg headed the first Republican
ticket to go into power in this tra
ditionally Democratic community, and
although the margin of victory was
slight, two Republican members of
the board of aldermen were also elected,
D. L. Wilcox and G. K. Moose.
A. E. Hamby was nosed out by L. T.
Tatum, who polled the highest vote
on either ticket, having been ahead
of Mr. Gragg by one vote.
How Tlicy Voted
The complete tabulation of the vote
is as follows:
For Mayor: D. J. Cottreil (D). 265;
W. H. Gragg iR>, 289.
For Board of Aldermen: Charles
Rogers (I)). 276; D. L. Wilcox (R),
289: L. T. Tatum ID), 290; George K.
Moose (R). 278; H. B. Perry (D),
274; A. E. Hamby ?R). 266.
The record-breaking vote, in which
scarcely a hundred eligibles failed tc
participate, was preceded by a campaign
without public gatherings or
i speeches, and the appeal was made
through personal solicitation, of the
| candidates.
I Democrats believed their record in
bringing about an improved fiscal
condition of the municipalit y -should
warrant the endorsement of the electorate,
while with the Republicans,
promises of an improved sanitary condition,
a beautifying program, and
perhaps cheaper electric energy
I through the TV A were held out.
j The voting was heavy throughout
the day, and considerable numbers of
"split tickets" wore cast as is evi
|uen?HMi dv iiic tact that of the straight
ballots cast the tally indicated: Democratic,
252; Republican, 251.
The Mayor and new members of the
Board, together with Dr. Moose,' the
only incumbent re-elected, will, it is
understood, be sworn into office this
(Wednesday) evening.
Coffey Named Mayor
Of Blowing Rock
Mr. D. P. Coffey, well Known merchant.
was named Mayor of Blowing
Rock Tuesday, having won over D. J.
Boyden by a sizeable majority. C. S.
i Prevette. Herbert Stewart and W. B.
j Castle were named as commission:
ers, about 200 votes having been cast.
In Blowing Rock political parties
do r.ot offer candidates, but two nominees
for each office are placed on
the ticket as a result of a citizens
mass meeting.
Tax Advertising Is
Postponed Until June
The advertising of property for
taxes was postponed until the first
Monday in June by the County Commissioners
Monday, in order that the
taxpayers might have one last opportunity
to pay without the extra
costs which come from the sale of the
I realty. A. D. Wilson, tax collector,
I 1 too fVtof -.-111 1 ?j "
1.7.?vvo uini. wm oc aaver]
tised next month, the sale to be the
first Monday in July, and hopes the
ivople will make every effort to get
their receipts and save the costs.
FINE SCHOOL RECORD
Bob White Bingham, son of Judge
and Mrs. John H. Bingham of Sugar
Grove, is to be congratulated noon
the scholastic record which resulted
[ in his graduation from l Creek
High School last week. iS-yearold
youth had attended school for
eleven years, without having missed
a single day. his record was always
good, and he was graduated with
honors.
Cites Great Demand
For Housing Space
Mr. S. C. Eggers, local realtor, tells
The Democrat that inquiries keep
pouring into his office from those
who want homes, furnished apartments,
room and every other kind of
habitable quarters. Mr. Eggers states
that if people of the town or county
who have rooms, apartments or buildings
for rent will let him know he
will gladly refer the inquiries to thern.