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MAJOR ISSUES W1LI VEX NEW CONGRESS Payment of Soldier Bonne Firs on List of Vexing Legislative Problems. t Washington Correspondence.) Without trying to predict what ti final outcome will be, this is a goo time to take note of the major 3SU< with which the second session of th 74th Congress, convening on Frida; Januaiy 3. will occupy its time. 1. Immediate payment of the Vel erans' Bonus. The only apparent ope question al>cut ths3 is whetlier or nc SPEAKS AT NIGHT Leaders of the. Senate and House have arranged for an extraordinary session Friday night to receive the message of President UocseveM on the state of the Union. The President has departed from usual custom again in dc livering his message at night, presun. a lily in order it; increase the number of radio listeners. Only once before has such a message been given at night, the war message of President Wilson. Mr. Roosevelt, also has set a precedent in bringing his messages personally, something seldom done in the nation's history. The President devote! the last day of the old year to the preparation of the message, which will be broadcast at 9 or 9:30 Friday evening. the bill as passed will provide fo full cash payment or for a spccis issue of bonds. 2. The Townsend old-age pensio proposal. This will stimulate a 'lot o oratory in both Houses. The I^abo lobby will oppose it. The best gues is that the Townsend plan will no uu aawvcu UUL UIUI ujr agiuinu will result in liberalization of old age benefits under the Social Securi ty Act, which lias got to be amend ed in many respects, anyway. 3. Lots of talk and some prett hot debates on Uie Frazicr-Lcmk Farm Mortgage greenback bill. Lit lie chance, however, of its passage. 4. Government ownership of rail roads. Again a lot of talk, hacked b a well organized campaign of th railroad unions in favor of it. Actio of Interstate Commerce Commjssio in ordering reduction of railroad pas scnger rates to two cents a mik where they are now higher thantha which is ail over the Last. Thi will be a demonstration of the Gov ernmcnt's present power over rail roads, aha may have a strong ir.iiu once in bringing holders of railroat bonds into line for Government own or ship. Neutrality, Navy, Array 5. The neutrality question veil come up early in the session. Th present temper of Congress is t strongthen the neutrality laws. Th strong belief prevails that a grc-a war is rapidly approaching, and Con gross will not be inclined to trust th State Department alone to keep u out of it. One outcome of the wa talk is likely to be liberal appropria tions for a bigger navy. 6. Proposals for increasing th army strength will be backed by re ports that Mexico is planning an out and-out Communist Government.Thi will give strength to the demand fo military defenses along the Ri Grande. 7. There will he more debate o proposals to regulate wages and hour of labor. Outlook is for the passag of the WaJsh Bill, requiring all cor cems selling anything to be star dards established by XRA. S. Attempts will be made t straighten out the silver tangle, pre bably by mandatory legislation r( quiring the Treasury to increase it purchases and maintain the won! price. The silver policy is not clear! defined as yet. it. Amendments to the Housing A< probably will be made, with the ol jective of inducing private capital t go into large scale low-cost housin projects. This is in accordance wit the views of Secretary Morgenlha; Director Fahcy of Home Ownei Roan Corporation, and Peter Grimn Housing Co-ordinator. 10. A lot of noise that will t heard on Capitol Hill from now o will come from the committee room where Public Utilities, railroads, mi nitions, chain stores and various otl er phases of business will be und< investigation. The program for fhia session wi be complicated by other factor There will be Supreme Court, dec sions which will interject new issue The budget as submitted by tl President will Jock quite reascnabl Politically, tne reliii issue has be< brought to the front by Hoover speech in St. Louis. The Gover meat's plan to turn the relief pro' lem hack to the states as fast as po sihie is not making head.vay. Betting on Republican candidal is now better than even money < London. It seems certain that neith Mr Hoover nor Mr. Borah will be tl nominee. Even money is being bet on a R publican Congress in 1937, but t Presidential odds are still in 1! Roosevelt's favor. RTT.AL CARRIER EXAMIX ATK) The United Stales Civil Se.rvi Commission has announced an e animation to fill the position of rui carrier at Vilas, X. C. The cxaaiiioatk.ii wiii be held Boone, X. C. Receipt of applicatic will close on Jan. 17, 1936. ~Viaiwisfe ^ &. ? WA1 a An VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 27_ I JACKSON DAYTO" " MAKE HISTORY IN ? STATE POLITICS >t -j Political l'ot May Be Expected to Harm Following Dinner Gatherings. PARK SYSTEM BETS OVER 7.000 ACRES ilims.. Speaker Shov.^ Sigai of Activity: l'itts felicitated by t'rison Inmates; The Ucvieu of the IVt'itk in It Vletgh By M. K. DUN NAG AN Raleigh, Jan. 1.?Jackson Da;/ Dinners to be held in probably more than 50 of the 100 counties of the state O ...ill I.e. nsi.f.it.n ../.l.tinnl ixiiiiKu > o win uc niauiii^ iiyiii i'-tii history, primarily because from that date politics may be expected to hold the spotlight in the state for the next six months, or until after the June and July primaries. Also, it is expected that most of r the announced candidates for major r posts will be on the program and make important announcements then or soon after as to platforms, poli? cies, managers, headquarters, and the ? like. Too, it is likely thai the date r will he the signal for the beginning s of the end of the political announcet. merits of candidates for state-wide a offices, as well as for congressional I- and judicial district officers. Such i- announcements may be looked for by [- or soon after the dinner date, as few candidates will announce for office in y major or general contests later than 0'January. _ j Lots of oratory may be expected. j Public men and women and candi_ | dates will be on many programs. For y example, Governor Ehringhaus will 0 i speak in Greensboro and Senator a Bailey In Raleigh. Others will be n j scattered through the counties. _ ; Tickets in this state will be only ? i $2. those honored as "sponsors" pay/! ing $5 each. Protests arc made ' hfuTl oKnr^rA?s ??t mom* ... j The proceeds will go largely to the national Democratic headquarters to 'j pay a deficit, that bociy sponsoring j and the Young Democratic Clubs hanging The dinners. Mrs Bess Phoenix has charge in this state, with K.! C. Brooks Jr., Durham, as coottiinitil tor* .IOIIXSON IV ACTIMTV 0; Politics Robert Grady Johnson. t House speaker, was seen in activity , j last week which may mean that he : will manage a campaign for one of s rhe candidates for Governor, Clyde riHocy or "Sandy" Graham??-Dr. _ j Ralph McDonald intimates that he ! will have no state manager, but a e I headquarters in Raleigh. R. T. Foun( ! tain still claims he is running on Senator Bailey's record, that the seng 5or Senator was really with' Presl-: ir dent Roosevelt on only two import-' ' ant matters, the Wortd Court and (Continued on page two.) " FATHER GREETS SON AFTER PERIOD 45 YEARS ABSENCE k~ j E. M. Morris of Starbuck, Washl" \ ir.gton, formerly of Watauga counI fy. NT. C., and eldest son of W. H. J Norris Sr.. who resides with his ! daughter, Mrs. S. O. Stanberry in ~} Boone, came in for a short visit, j j spending four days only with his aged w i father and other relatives among J { v.'hcm were Rev. J L Nprvin, Hamp : Norris, and Hattie Rao Norris, of . LaCrosse, Fla., who faced the winy~! tor breeze to Boone, in order to see ?: the brother and uncle, ail leaving g1 December 27 for their homes in * | Washington and Florida, respectived'' i ly. Friends of the Western man will s | be glad to know that he has suc1'jceeded well, and Oid Man Depres] si on doesn't interfere at all?Reportye; ed. ni NO RECORDER'S COURT l_ There was no session of the Re;r corder's Court again Tuesday adjournment having been taken for two jj weeks the day before Christmas. s Since there is practically nothing on the docket, there will be no session s of the court until next week. I n REVIEW OF YEAR ;s ADDED FEATURE t> s. Readers oF (he Democrat will note that the publication has foles lowed usnal custom in making the >n Chronology of the year 1935 a er feature of the first issue of the t^e New Year. I This valuable feature which ape j pears on page three, gives a con n j cn?r aim vnkkmiicu rcsanip oi \vnai [r. happened during the old year in the field of domestic, foreign and j international relations and provides vX a store-house of accurate informace lion. As in the past, many will x doubtless make a scrap-book piece of this page, so that there may be a permanent record in the ou-ietiold of the principal things M 1 that constituted news in 3L9S5. ,1 "AUG. Independent Weekly Nev> BOONE, WATAUGA COU ! MEMENCHEER^ NEEDY CHILDREN JSmptty Stocking Fund Ample to Take Care of Goodies For The Destitute. At the last minute, people of the community responded liberally to the annual call for Christmas trinkets and goodies for the destitute children ;md according to Fire Chief Pat Mc?duire. who with city officio's, was actively in charge of delivering: the Santa Clans parcels, there was am)i2 provision made About three hundred bags of fruits, nuts, candies, and toys were distributed in the community and environs he day before Christmas, and am>le parcels were taken to the county home, the jail and the prison camp. ' Allotments for different purposes vere increased, but yet there was a surplus of the commodities, Mr. Mc ' luirc said. He believes there was a j lcelcicvl indication of improvement in 1 he condition of the poorer families j his y? ar. Dunnagan Retires As Local Correspondent Raleigh, Jan. 1. M. R. (Mike) Dunnagan, Raleigh correspondent for several newspapers in the- state for nearly seven years, including The Watauga Democrat, announces that he will suspend his newspaper work for the present and devote practically full time until n?,xt June, or July if necessary, to his campaign for The Democratic nomination for Serelary of State. Mr. Dunnagan takes up his residence in Winston-Salem early in the new year and will conduct his campaign from that city. He reports that he has a home there, mortgaged but not foreclosed, occupied by a brother and with plenty of room for his campaign activities. He expresses the belief that he has a very good chance for the nomination, and expects to make the best possible use of the opportunity. Wilkes County Man Goes To High Court Washington, Dec. 30.?Branson Benton, operator of a 700-aere farm in Wilkes county, N. C., appealed to the Sapanie Court today to free him rroin a ^.ijOOO fine and two-year prison term ordered by lower federal courts ior alleged illegal operation of a mountain distillery. Benton appealed from a ruling Dy the fourth federal circuit court which affirmed the penalty. Lawyers for the farmer said the conviction was based on "wholly circumslar.tial evidence." Federal agents found a 300-galton still and other equipment April 23. 1934 on land adjoining Benton's farm. MRS. SALL1K ADAMS COMBS Mrs. Sally Adams Combs, aged 77. d December 21 at Vilas. N. C. Funeral service and interment was at Henson's Chapel, December 23. at 11 a. m., with Rev. Mr. Parker in charge. Surviving is the husband. W. D. Combs and the following children: Mrs. T. C. Cain, Southwick, Idaho; Mrs. J. L. McSwain. Gastonia, N. C.; H. L. Combs. Mabel. N. C.; Mrs. J. L. Seagraves, West Jefferson. J. P. Combs, Mrs. W. H. Campbell of Vilas. and Mrs. Spencer Miller, of Boone. 34 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Combs was well known, particularly in the westen part of the county, whe^e she had attracted a wide friendshir* - Z~ ' VV"J7** **vl sterling traits of womanhood. She will be greatly missed in her section. MEETING CLOSES A revival meeting closed at Brash} Fork Baptist Church just before Christmas, which resulted in 20 idditions to the church. The meeting which lasted two weeks, was conducti cil 1'_t Her. \i. C. r&yne arid tie v. w (",D. Ashley aad good attendance vci reported. /r rspaper?Established in tl" NTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THUF ' ' lJ ' : 1 f . - ' 4 - " liSSSIfSes: :.Ii;? " - / *-^T * <?>% " i ; I HAT IN RING i ! Senator Borah Definitely In Presidential Picture Senator Borah of Idaho is definitely ii* the race for the Kepubli- | can nomination for the presidency, j Monday the Idahoan gave pcrmission for his name to be entered in the Ohio primaries 011 May 12. Great Interest is centering; in the effort of the uiberal Republican group to put across his nomination, and opinion is thai his candidacy is gaining momentum rapidly. SCHOOL OPENINGS POSTPONED IN CO. Severe Weather Makes Opening of County Schools Impossible This Week. Opening of the various county schools has been postponed for a week on account of the cold weather, and blocking of side roads with snow, making it impossible in instances for the buses to operate. The schools were to have opened Monday and /xf 4U*.o ....-wO, 0..~ teaclent Walker states that in one or two instances, the tcaehesr attempted to open, bnt the classes were hopelessly depleted, hence the general postpoiiment order. Those Schools which observe Saturday as a holiday will open next llen. day. while those taking Monday off, I will open Tuesday, Mr. Walker static Brazil leads the Latin-American ) countries in cotton production with ! an annua' crop of approximately 207j 000,000 pounds. WPA Miles Facir | Those who believe that direct relief and the subsequent works i program have made a lot of "sofI ties" out of the wards of Uncle 1 Sam should have beheld twentyfour snow-clad and frosty vUagcd individuals who trekked from the 1'otter town country into Boone I Monday morning, to show up for j work, as security-wage earners tin !*??-* uu: >v x .1. The even two dozen workers had i < walked distances ranging from 11 to 17 miles, in order to take care of their nineteen dollar 3 month jobs, I and the tortuous journey was ac j eomplisbed in near-zero temperaj ture and in the face of a blinding freezing: gale of snow and ice. The way was unmarked save by these -1 hardy travelers, and snowdrifts six r j and eight feet high often had to be j surmounted. Progress was slow, and . oeeasloiiotly th*- tattered two-dozen * turned their faces for a moment away from the snarling teeth of MOCl ie Year Eighteen Eighty-E ;SDAY, JANUARY 2. ifM. ' d i A A'" **6i p - ;t . $(&. $*- \ ( 0j WSamag- . .. [SaT] ONE ARREST MADE1 DURING CHRISTMAS; Police Department Believes People Have Set Record J For Orderliness. Whether or not the frigidity of the atmosphere contributed to the penoral piety, the fact, is quite conclusively established that the celebration :f Christmas in Boone and environs was the most orderly in many years. Friends mingled mostly about [ he family fireside during tne past week and the city police department reports the arrest oi one man the lay before Christmas on an inconseyr\ the heels of a generally improved piential indictment. The calm of Christmas week came ondition in the town brought about ;ome weeks ago when Chief Wiley Da? police department clamped iown, so to speak, on violators of lie law, and there has been iess and ess public drunkenness since. Patrolman Ollis, who has been in j >olice work for many years in sonic I >f the larger towns of the state, takes I occasion to compliment tin* ciLiavetti ;htp of this section on their manner observing the Christian holiday, lever in his experience as an offi1 enw TV*.. K , x>? , ww,,." ?ja. v/uui, naa tic occu puv.il i i fine and orderly disposition on the >art of the people at the holiday season. I | Reports Good Price For Burley Tobacco Mr. \V. O. Stephens of Zionville. in; town Monday, Lei is of having secured an unusually favorable price for his burley tobacco, recenii/ marketed at Abingdon, Va. One crop of 262 pounds brought $06.83. A basket of OS pounds went at 35 cents; 34 pounds brought 33 cents, and 70 pounds went at 29 cents, just to mention the three highest lots. Another crop of tobacco raised by Mr. Stephens on the fawn of Rev. R. C. Eggers, was really better he says. 190 pounds sold at 37 cents; lugs brought 34 cents and the dark leaf came in for 33 cents. Mr. Stephens states that the tobacco proved exceedingly profitable; since aside from 100 pounds of fertij lizer, there was scarcely no cost to its production. I.tppmcfc ppvnirm uxvuKkJuu av-ti T Vixiv*./ I Several hundred automobile drivers have had their licensee to drive j cars revoked in the less than two | months since the law became effec! jive requiring the revolution for sev, oral offenses, and making it discrej tionary for other3. License must be ] revoked for 12 months for driving i while drunk or drugged, using car j to commit a felony, perjury as to car ! ownership, transporting liquor, mani slaughter, two convictions for rc-ck| less driving, and failure to stop and render aid in case of accident. rs Walk 17 ig Zero Storm the blizzard?but on they came, and by 10:45, manag??d to report to their foreman in Boone?all but frozen, yet dead game and ready to work. The incident provided a topic of conversation among the people in the town, manv of whom hnrl fiwrl I died In their places of business and j foregone trips to the postoffice a block or two away, and the conclusion was that inborn courage and pioneer fortitude still exist? at least in the breasts of twentyfour men, who, when their vehicular transportation couldn't coj* with the elements, endured bodily suffering to protect their jobs, which at best can only secure them the bare necessities of life. The incident recalls thai state official of the WPA has renvSjSly ? called attention to the fine i-pirit I and faithful disposition shown ?n j the part of the great majority of 1 the mountain workers. RAT lght $1.50 PER YEAR KINiwiNTERHAS HELD WATAUGA LN RELENTLESS GRIP Severity of (he Cold Brings Recollection of Freeze During Winter 1917-18. PIPES FREEZE, BOILERS BURST FROM ZERO BLASTS Highway Crews Busy For Days Keeping Roads Open, While Boone Shoveled Self Out From Under Heavy Blanket. The most severe siege of winter weather for almost two score yours gripped Watauga county during* the Christmas-week holidays, and heavy snowfalls accompanied Uie freezing gusts which carried the thermometer to 5 below the week-end before Christmas, and has brought mercury to or near the zero point each succeeding morning. Tuesday morning the sun broke through the clouds and despite predictions of the weather man that more snow or rain was in the offing, those who had beer, more or less snow-bound went about smilingly under the cheering rays of oiil Sol. The intense cold has prevailed, without abatement for more than twelve days, and while the depth of the snowfall in this section cannot Ik accurately determined due to the driving winds, it is quite likely that twelve inches or more have fallen. Highway crews were busy for days keeping the main thoroughfares cleaned and on occasions,' the scrapes were manned throughout the light. The heaviest snowfall, occurred with the week-end. and Sunlay the city employed a large number of men and supplemented the .oik of the highway forces by clearing the snow from the sidewalks through the principal business section. Monday came in with blinding snow and the work was postponed Tiia.qH?v wHam WPA piv.a ? nn. able to proceed with their regular street improvement duties, joined hands with the oily in clearing the streets and sidewalks. PJvmbers of the city had their i busiest season in years, as frozen pipes were experienced in large numbers cf homes, in rare instances boilers to heating plants having burst. I A minimum of trouble has been exI neriericcd however, .with the city water mains, since they were laid in j mticipation of intense cold. ! Old timers, who had concluded that j severe winters were in the discard, wrinkled their brows during the last few days and tied to recall similar severity of the wintry elements. It Is definitely determined that not since 1017-18 has there been such intensely cold weather. 17 DEAD FROM COLD New York, Dec. 30.?Snow, ice. and freezing temperatures lay over the east, south, and much of the middle west tonight following a storm that took at least: 17 Hives and caused millions of dollars of property damage. Regionally, the heaviest death toll was in the south, where five persons succumbed to the unaccustomed rigIors of winter. Snow flurries, felt as far south as Florida, were moving tonight into New England after covering the middle Atlantic states with the heaviest fall of the season. In depth the snow ranged from iour iu six inches in New York City to 13 inches in parts oi North Carolina. Mount Mitchell, j N. C., reported 20 inches. For north Georgia it was the worst ] snowstorm in 30 years. With freezing- temperatures extending generally to the gulf of Mexico. southern children took advantage of the suow and ice with improvised sletls and skiis. made of barrel staves. For the first time in years there was a thin coating of ice on the Mississippi river at Greenville. Miss. Faced with the task of opening snow-clogged roadways, the South Carolina state highway commission began a search for a snowpiow which it believed it owned but could not find. New York City officials who have more use for such apparatus, quickly found 2,000 snowplows and sent them into action, together with sweepers, fiushers, and rotary brooms. The city's snow removal crew totaled 45,000 men and a 51.000.000 appropriation was voted during the day to finance the work. Six ocean freighters, icebound in flip TIIIHOATI A 3 ?v wi-weta miu Kingston. N. Y. were Treed during the day by coast guard cutters. In addition to the five deaths in the south, four were attributed to the storm in Philadelphia, four in Oklahoma, two "Vitucky and one each in N id Battle Creek, Mich. Ice fl. i' fd navigation in the Ohio 1 ; .ting ferry service at Shawneebovirr\* "i The Wabash was completely - :en over at New Harmony. 111., r Metropolis, 111., reported the heC sat snowfall since 1917, six inches.? ' 91^18
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