Newspapers / Watauga Democrat. / Nov. 21, 1935, edition 1 / Page 1
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I BOTH POLITICAL I SIDESSATISFIED ?rw He cent Off-year Elections Bring Solace to Administration Men And Antis. Washington, Nov. 21.?Both the Bp friends and the foes of the Adminis 5 tration profess to find satisfaction in IB the results of the recent local elections in different parts of the United States. A good deal depends on I the point of view, but the more serious-minded among the President's advisers look on the record of the vote as sounding at least a warning note. The reputation cf Postmaster General Farley as a political strategist suffered somewhat of a setback. He injected the New Deal issue into the New York legislative campaign, and that enables Republicans to chortle over regaining control of tire State Assembly. Since the Assembly has been Republican for 35 years, except for the three Democratic "landslide" elections of 1910, 1912. and 1934, this year's result was merely a return to normal, ami would have attraded little attention if Mr. Farley had r.ot chosen to make an Admin&S istration issue ot it. Hi3 only consoIlatlon is that tlie total Democratic vote cast in the state was 370,000 more than the Republican vote, the majority being mostly in New York City, where Tammany elected two Congressmen to rill vacancies. Here And There Not much significance i3 attached here to the defeat of the Republican candidate for Governor in the normally Democratic state of Kentucky. Over in the New England states, the Ms political wiseacres find evidence that, g the New Deal is losing ground, in the loss to the Democratis of many municipal offices, and particularly B In the result of the Mayoralty elecH tion in Philadelphia. There were imany new Dealers wlio were sure that the G. O. P. was dead in its principal stronghold, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. But in the state-wide vote on the judiciary ticket, the Republicans were victorious. Political opinion here is settling down to the belief that it is upon the Solid South and the Agrarian West that Mr. Roosevelt must rely for re-election. That is one reason why .the Democratic leaders are concerned over the rising popularity of Governor Alf Landon of Kansas as a Republican Presidential possibility. Admitting that it will be a struggle to carry any of the states cast of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, they do not like the prospect of having to go up against, a candidate who would be practically certain of carrying Kansas, his home slate, and whose chance in all the rest of the Missouri Valley states would be better than that of anyone else so far put forward by any Republican group entitled to serious j consideration. Gossip of G. O. P. Dark Herse Tnaide gossip in Republican circles is that there is an "under cover" candidate being groomed for the party's nomination in 1936, just as Sen- j utor Warren G. Harding was held | under cover as a last-minute surprise | candidate in 1920. The gossips say: that Senator L. J. Dickinson of lovva has pledges of support from twenty or so members of the Republican National Committee, and that all over the country party "regulars"; are being lined up for him. Stranger things have happened in politics. Senator Dickinson's record is clean and clear. Geographically he comes from a pivotal state in the heart of the most debatable ground in the whole nation, and those who know him be3t say that he has all the qualities of personality and political sagaty which the opposition candidate of next year, whoever he may be, must have. Senator Dickinson was temporary chairman of the last Republican National Convention. Senators and Representatives are beginning to trickle back to Washington, most of them bringing somewhat revised ideas of what the folks back home are thinking and what they want. Expressions by many of these to their Washington intimates aie taken to indicate that Congress, which will convene in only a little more than a month, will show more inclinations to tell the President what he ou ght to do, than to lot him tell them. The outlook is for reform strong resistance td any additional reform legislation, and a strong determination to put through a bonus bill. Congress Again Soon If the temper of Congress can be gauged by the talk currently heard, there isn't a chance of a new "NRA" bill, nor a 30-hour-week law, in spite of the pressure that will be exerted by the Labor lobby for both of those measures. Likewise, the reports of returning' members from the Farm Belt, so far, are that there isn't enough public sentiment behind the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage greenback bill to warrant a fight for it. WINEBARGFJt-NELSON Married ?t the residence of E. N. Hahn, Justice of the Peace last Friday, Miss Alice Nelson of Buffalo Cove ito Mr. Silas Wlnebarger of Meat Camp. Mr. Hahn performed the ceremony. Aboui IOC acres of rew alfalfa seedlings were made in Burke county this fall as the progressive dairymen realize this crop to be the basis of successful livestock feeding, reports the farm agent. WAi An VOLUME XLVII, NUMBER 21 t NATIONAL CORN-H Iowa Farmer Breaks Record Gather In Midwest Fo One hundred thousand farmers g the annual national corn-husking el by Elmer Carlson, above, 2G years shucked -11.52 bushels of corn In SO 2,995 pounds in so doing. NEED OF ORPHANS rei " ' r r i uv /irvairm IS tALLMJ UlUifllYl Committee Issues Annual Appeal at Thanksgiving For Fatherless Children. Captioned with the words "Lest We Forget," the North Carolina Orphans Association has issued the annual call to the people cf the state to make contributions to the various orphan asylums during the Thanksgiving period. Citizens are again urged to contribute one day's income to the fatherless on or alrout Thanksgiving day and the need this year is described as being particularly urgent. The full text of the associational appeal is as follows: "To the Friends of Orphanages in North Carolina: "The Thanksgiving season rapidly j approaches, reminding friends of the j orphanages of their urgent needs and the necessity of supplying them. Care ' of the large number of homeless; children in North Carolina is of prime importance and people of our state never forget the oiphnnages at this time of the year. Annually, for years, there has been a special effort to aid them at Thanksgiving. "The North Carolina orphanages are supporting approximately 5,000 homeless children each year. This does not include the number assisted through Mothers* Aid. The supporting agencies of these orphanages have gone into this work on a voluntary basis and churelies and fraternal orders have been Impelled by an inner motive of kindness and service to take upon themselves, and into their hearts, the care of the needy, homeless children of the state. The Thanksgiving season has been made far more beautiful since the people, generally, have found iov in the opportunity this season presents to assist in the program of child care and training. "Every orphanage in North Carolina needs money. During the depression, and even before, a great iuoTij > things were left undone at *he ornhanages. That condition still exists, but liberal Thanksgiving donations by interested citizens, especially from those best able to give most, the orphanages will be enabled to pay their bills and face the winter with a greater sense of security. We, therefore, wish to impress upon your minds and hearts the needs of the orphanages of North Carolina at this season of the year. Tt is an opportunity to render a service to homeless children and, at the same time, make an investment in worthy childhood that will pay dividends far beyond all human expectation. "Not a single citizen in the state, either male or female, should fail to join in the movement to provide room for helpless orphans in the homes supported by loving generosity. We cannot escape condemnation here or hereafter if, seeing human need, we "pass by on the other side," or, if facing manifest duty, we seek to shift responsibility to others. "On Thanksgiving Day, the Master expects everyone to do his duty to the orphans. His children, our neighbors?our brethren. Every citizen of the state is admonished to forward the INCOME OF A DAY to the orphanage of his or her choice. It will be an investment in the mind and heart and soul of an orphan child or ojiiiurcii, wiui an uicii uuuuit: parities for good, or evil, in the world. -V7-Tr* A T T [AUb Independent Weekly Nev BOONE. WATAUGA CO IUSKING CHAMPION in Shucking Bee, As Farmers r Annual Tournament ithered in Newton, Ind., to witness lampionship contest which was won old, of Audubon county. Carlsonminutes, pitching a gross weight of MIE&HELMEL SEYMOUR TAYLOR Esteemed Methodist Divine Dies In Mooresville; Native of Watauga. Funeral services were held at the Broad Street Methodist Church in Mooresville lust Thursday for Rev. Seymour Taylor, native Wataugan and eminent Methodist divine, and interment was in Elmwood cemetery In Charlotte. Mr. Taylor died suddenly In the Broad Street Methodist parsonage last Wednesday morning, after a heart attack. He had spent the greater part of the day Tuesday visiting members of his congregation and apparently was Sif-good health. He had been sent to the Mooresville charge, from the recent conference at Salisbury and had preached only | three sermons in the r.ew pastorate. Mr. Taylor was born and reared in Watauga county, a son of the late James H. Taylor, and had entered the ministry in young manhood. where he hail arisen to a position of rare usefulness and power. For more than forty years he had been in the service of the Methodi3t Church, and had recently held the pastorate at the Wilkeshoro Church. He was well known in Watauga county, where news of his demise brings widespread sorrow. Surviving are the widow and the following children: Joseph Taylor of Hartsville, S. C.; Millard Taylor of Wilmington, Mrs. Bennet Lewis of Wadesboro and Mrs. J. F. Thomas of j Derita. Three brothers and two sisters. Adolphus and R. A. Taylor of Boone, Hampton Taylor of Idaho, Mrs. Joseph Wardin of Charlotte, j and Mrs. J. L. Lewis of Boone, also I survive. MRS. BENSON DIES ! SUDDENLY; AGE 64! j Well Known Route 1 Citizen | Falls Dead as Breakfast Is Being Prepared. Mrs. J. B. Benson, 64 years old, died suddenly last Thursday morning | as she started to the nearby spring during the preparation of breakfast Mr. Benson heard a small bucket which his wife carried, strike the flagstones, and thinking she had dropped the container, investigated only to find his wife dead. Mrs. Benson had beep ill about a year ago, but had enjoyed her usual health of late, and was going about her housework. Funeral services were conducted i Friday afternoon from the Mount j Vernon Baptist Church, by the pas tor. Rev. R. C. Eggere, and interment was in the neighborhood cemetery. Surviving is the husband and three children: W. V. Benson, Mrs. John Cook and Mrs. L.. H. Vandyke, ail residents of this immediate section. Mrs. Benson was the former Miss Cordelia Ashley and was reared In this section. She was a member of one of the county's most suostantial and best families and was a sister to Rev. W. D. Ashley, well-known Baptist minister. She had been an active and consistent member of the Baptist Church during the forty years of her married life. The sudden passing of the good woman brings a severe snock to her many friends and relatives in this section. rspaper?Established in tl UNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Till W1NDAND W AVE ON | IY A mmnn a n **rl ittAHUKASBMNliUN NEW PARK AREA Mother Nature Gives Three Acres Overnight to State Park Properties. FOUR MEN LOST DRf'TNG RIGHTS UNDER NL*V LAWS WatirrouI Are Arriving; Candidacios; league For Crippled Children; A Review or Current ifewa Events. (By 31. K. DUNN AG AN) Special Democrat correspondent Raleigh, Nov. is?-Mother Nature, aided by wind and wave, almost overnight. added about three acres on the tip of Cape Hatteras State Park of 1000 acres, recently given to the j public by the Phipps family of New j York and Miami. Conservation folks, with the help of CCC camp workers "Anil seek to retain this area in the program of sand fixation. Fences of brush and rough lumber are built and beach grass and other vegeta- i tion arc being planted to hold the j sand. Cape Hatteras, feared by navigators, is popular with fishermen be cause of the unusual surf angling | and deep sea fishing. Work is being done to retain the best and keep off destruction on a wide part of the Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, efforts i are being made to have 100 miles or more of the coast included in Na-J tional Forest. CAN'T DRIVE NOW Four men have lost their licenses to drive cars for 12 months under the new drivers' license law which automatically cancels their licenses when convicted of driving* while intoxicated, Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell announces. The four losing their licenses as reported to him are W. A. Thomas and Jesse Wainright, Greenville; James Mozell Reid. Salisbury, and Manse Gorham, Fountain. WATERFOWL NOW ARRIVING Migratory waterfowl are arriving in North Carolina in large numbers, observers reporting that unusually large numbers of duck and geese are arriving: in various Darts of the state. This is especially true of Lake Mattarjwjket.t on which 12,000 acres have bo*nts?f'a3??rTijFi)Bt>fte7i3lling grounds, subject to rules established by the Department of Conservation and Development. Thousnds of people arc expected to hunt there during' the season, which opens on wildfowl November 20, under State and Federal regulations. PAROLED BY GOVERNOR E, Carey K Dnrgey. sentenced to State's Prison for eight to ten years for embezzlement of funds of the Tucker Estate and in connection with the failure of the stock brokeiage of Durfey & Marr in Raleigh some five years ago, has been paroled by Governor Ehringhaus after serving four years and two months actual time j and about two-thirds of the sentence, j earned time. He is described in the j parole as a hard-working and conscientious prsoner, serving long hours, and that he had much to do with improving the morale 01 the prisoners generally. He must report monthly to Mrs. T. W. Bickett, Wake county welfare officer. ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY A. B. Alderman, native of Pender county, reared in Duplin county, graduate of Wake Forest College in 1924, principal of schools at Cedar Creek, Cumberland county, and at Beuiahvillc, Duplin county, and superintendent of schools of Greene county for the past four years, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Alderman traces his ancestry to William Alderman, 1680, father of the American Aiderman family, from which came the late Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the Uni(Continued on Page 2) First Snow Flurry Comes On Saturday The first snow fall of the season visited Boone and its environs last Saturday and a coating of the white remained on the adjacent mountains i for several hours. Preceding rains! had replenished the water supplies,! which had been at low ebb during the j long and unusually pleasant fall season. STORES ARE TO CLOSE ON THANKSGIVING DAY] The various mercantile establishments of the town arc expected to be closed on Thursday of next week for a general observance of Thanksgivng Day, with the likely exception of drug 3tores and eating establishments. City and county offices will also close for the day, as well as the local bank. AVIWOJ ve Year Eighteen Plighty-E JRSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935 THE PRINCE AT 3|| Heir to Throne of Japan Nears^ Second Year Crown I'rince Tsugunomlya AI'.i- !' hito, heir to tlic throne of Japan, > who is ncaring his second birth- j' day. The photo was taken as the I j youthful prince walked through a . station with nurse, en route to join , his parents. I.MAN IS KILLED AS TIMBER IS FELLED Joseph Howell Meets Instant Death in Accident Near Home in Ashe Conuty. Joseph Ralph Howell, 22 years old, I a resident of Fleetwood, Ashe coun; ty. met instant death Monday afternoon as he. was crushed by a falling' tree. According to reports coming to Boone the young man was assisting some companions in felling a tree and had climbed another tree with a rope, with whichhe expected to guide the falling tree away from the river. When the tree fell he was crushed to death against the timber on which he was perched, the body falsing into the river. The father of the dead man retrieved the body shortly but life was extinct. Funeral services were conducted ' morning tK*m - Idberty Grove Church by the Rev. H. M. Winkler and interment was in that neighborhood, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home of Boone being in charge of the arrangements. Deceased, who was a well-known farmer, was unmarried and besides the bereaved parents, is survived by two brothers. Richard Howell, Portsmouth, Ohio; Stanford Howell, Brown, wood. No Cases Tried By Recorder Tuesday Judge John H. Bingham had an easy day in his recorder's court Tuesday, as no case on the docket came up for trial. A blanket contin- ? uancc of five relatively unimportant ' cases was ordered due to the absence ' of a number of lawyers wlio are in 1 attendance at Federal court in Wilkcrboro this week... j Messrs. W. R. Lovill. J. E. Holshouser, John E. Brown and T. E. j Bingham were appearing in Judge Hayes' court. RED CROSS DRIVE j NOW UNDER WAY: < Mrs. Dunkley Is Named as Roll Call Chairman. Campaign Ends Thanksgiving. 1 Chairman J. D. Rankin, of Watau- 1 ga Chapter American Red Cross ' has practically completed his organi- I zation for the annual membership 1 campaign and solicitors working the 1 streets of Boone the first of the week 1 report fair success in the receipts of dollar enrollments. Mrs. T. M. Dunk- I ley has been named as roll call chair- i man, arid her organization in Boone < includes the following workers: Miss 1 Jewel Hagaman, Mesdames Councill < Cooke, Johnny Hodges, Clyde Wine- i barger and A. G. Justice. Mr. Rov 1 Dotson will look after the member- 1 ships of the high school faculty. Mr 1 John Howell the 'Demonstration 1 school, and E. E. Garbee the college < faculty. 1 Organizations are being set up in Cove Creek, Valle Crucis, and Beaver Dam communities. i The quota for Watauga county 1 this year has been set at 160, and < officials are very hopeful that this i number may be exceeded. One-half 1 the money, as heretofore, goes to the national organization for relief in general areas of tragedy and desti- 1 tution while the other half remains i for local persons who for some 1 "particular reason are not eligble for i - Federal relief. 1 Wt*i MV ."vjrt-STTnT- ?r ? Sjr ^ ? -'-L-*^ '"jyt 2u rj'nwwirt^iCTBhft3? 'j> IVfYl ' $1.50 PER YEAR WPA HITS STRIDE BS 30UTAM JOBS gN THIS LOCALITY gSBjecn Projects arc Now Go ? ; * Forward; Others Will ^ i Follow. 3ITJCIALS BELIEVE THAT FIFTY OTHERS WILL WORK Highways, School Buildings, Hold Spotlight in Works Program; School Building at Boone May he Started Friday. Approximately 300 people are now in the Federal payroll 111 Watauga onnfcy on about 13 distinct projects >f (Ire WPA.. and those in authority ; oeve it will be possible to have all lie eligible workers liansferred from he relief rolls by the last of the veek. It is not bs'ieyel that more ban fifty more, physically lit. will show up for the sustenance wage., provided under the Works Progress program. Vaught Mast, assignment clerk, states that all the eligibles who have not appeared for work, may secure employment at the projects nearest their homes. Eligibility is largely determined as to whether or not applicant was on the relief rolls as of May 1. 1936. The Projects Among the projects on which work has actually been started are: School buildings at Bethel, Mabel, and Val!e Crucis. A new school building for the colored race at Boone. General repair work on courthouse and county home. An athletic field at Boone for high school needs and for the benefit of any high school group in the county. Improvement and macadam surfacing of different streets in the town of Boone. Work on Laurel Creek and Laurel Branch roads. Work on Shulls Mills-Blowing Rock highway, and on the road up Howard's Creek. Sowing rooms for the employment of women have been started at Boone and Blowing Rock and there are prospects of offering similar employment in the Cove Creek section. It was the policy of the Administration -to -clear tie. relief-rolls hv Monday of this week, and while this has not been entirely accomplished locally every possible man was put to work at the time. Boone School To Start Information from the District Oficc Wednesday was to the effect hat work oil the Boone high school wilding is expected to start on Frilay of this week. The project which 32(2 for the expenditure of some i24,COO in state, local and Federal unds, will give considerable employncnt in the matter of grading, quarrying stone and preparing for actual nasonry operations. Work is going forward satisfactorily on the streets of Boone and as nany as 80 men have been employid. Rock is being crushed, culverts aid, and later on it is the purpose to ipply a tar binder to some of the nucadam streets. T. W. Bobbins Succumbs \t Washington Home Meagre information tells of the loath in Omak, Washington, on Sunlay night of T. W. Bobbins, promilent orehar'iist of that place and a ormer citizen of Watauga county, dr. Robbins was 62 years of age, iml his death was said to have been !ue to pneumonia. Funeral services and interment were at Okanogan, Washington, on Wednesday. Sucivors are the widow and 12 children: Mrs. John IJngle, Charles, Rufus, Bertha, Pauline Robbins, Mrs. Harry Jones, Omak, Wash.: Mrs. Roy Rrvan Alra\x? 1- - ? -.j?., uivi*iiu5an, v? ndu., V_eCll JL"tODains, Seattle; Velnia, Everett, Wash.; L.uther Robbins, Omak, Wash.; Mrs. IVillard Lewis, Port Townsend, Wash. Mr. Robbins was reared in Watauga ccunty, the son of the late J. X. Robbins, but had lived in the state >f Washington for 31 years where he lad been successful. He was a broth:r to Messrs. Lea and Ed Robbins md Mrs. Rufus Coffey of Blowing lock, and last summer had visited Tor n few days among the scenes of lis childhood. Mr. Robbins was welltnown here especially among the old:r citizens, and had a host of friends n this region. Mrs. Robbins HI Information also comes from the itate of Washington to the effect that Mrs. T. W. Robbins remains iritically ill in Seattle, and grave :oncern is felt over the outcome of ler illness. Cleveland county corn yields have been increased 100 per cent, in field iemonstrations where 100 pounds of the nitrate per acre was added 45 3 ays from planting, reports the farm agent.
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