VOLUME XU1, NO- 17 Today and Tomorrow J By FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE j Eskimos Traders returning- from the Huds ?r: s Bay country tell of Eskimo families whose incomes in actual money run up to $40,000 u year, which they cam by trapping: the rare white fox for its fur. These Eskimos, like ail other uncultured people who conic inter possession of sudden wealth, have rib ide.u of the value of money -They spend their incomes on airplane. joyridcs> commercial aviators having discovered that there is ' asy money ir. flying up to llerschel Island, in the Arctic Ocean, where k these Eskimos live, and charging them ?37f> for a flight to Edmonton. They pay $300 a ton for coal with which to heat their igloos, buy the most expensive radio sets, and arouse the envy of their less fortunate neighbors. Some moralists are inclined to ecit-j 'rise these Eskimos for their lack of thrift, hut it seems to me as if they were getting more out of life than many persons who save their pennies and deny themselves anything in the way of luxury. Wine It is not illegal, the Director of Prohibition declares, to make wine or beer in one's own home for one's otvin use. The law does not prohibit the making of beverages which arc r.ci inioxic&ting in fact,'' but pro-J hibits their sale. It does not. take a very long mem-1 ory to recall the time when the do-i mestie manufacture of wine for home use was a part of the year's regular ! routine in a large proportion of farm an'1, village homes. Elderberry wine, dandelion wine and wine from other fruits and ingredients shared honors with the grape. And our grandmoth ers always took pains to see that there was a supply on hand of "black berry cordial." which was supposed to have sovereign value in digestive disturbances. Probably blackberry cordia! would conic under the prohibition ban today, for it certainly was "intoxicating in fact-" But one necd-j ed a capacity far beyond the ordinary j to ionsumu enough of the old-fash-1 ioned home-made wines to become j infoxicjkted by them. 1 St. Bernard I In ordering Italian harder gim;'is, *l to !?v on 'ho monks of St. Bernard1 jP -wires they crossed the Italian border j to rescue some snowbound travelers, ihc Fascist government outraged titej humane sensibilities of the whole j world. The Hospice and monastery! of St. Bernard; founded ih the year! by Bernard do Menthol), is morel than a .Swiss institution; it 'is en-! shin the heart of the whole Christian v orld. \\ in. has not heard of the men a ho give their lives to save others, as these monks have done for ai ? thousand years? Situated S.12C feetj abovfi seoleve) ai. the summit of the oldest-nave led pass across the Alps.i the Hospice is a refuge fdty travellers though motorists are nut especially welcome? -and the home of the famous St. Bernard dogs. These 2t grefli. crohfiTrAa Kill, cro a breed especially developed by Hi--- monks, with thick hair to with stand the cold, keep noses to smell stray travelers caught ir- the snowstorms. and great strength to drag them to safety or run swiftly for aid. Me: v than twenty thousand persons every years spend the night, at the Hospice. No charge is made, but everybody is supposed to contribute the price of a night's lodging'to the I little church there. Helium Instead of being a rare gas, obtain able only at a high cost, as it was a few years ago. helium, the lightest of all the elements ex?ept hydrogen, is now obtained in practically unlimB ited quantities from the Governments'^ owned gas wells in Texas and OklaD, hemaA movement has been started to indtfge the President and the Secretaries of War and of the Navy to I S permit the exportation of helium gas! for use in commercial airships in j other countries. Nothing could do] more to aid in the development of dirigibles, and such an action on the | part of ofli officials would go far; J toward better international relations. But the probabilities are that the] advocates of war and the timorous | ones who think the rest of the world : is lying in wait to pounce upon the United Stages, will make a vigorous protest against letting any other nation have something which might be] used in making war upon usHeat The newest vision of science is a substance which will take the place of steam for heating purposes. Diphenyl, a substance obtained from benzine, is said by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers to be much better for this purpose. It is a 3olid which melts at a temperature of 157 degrees and vaporizes at 492 degrees. A house heating plant using diphonyl would have boilers and pipes full of this solid, which would gradualiy become liquid as the fire was startI ed. and would circulate through the pipes and radiutors like water. It holds heat better than steam, and is S V said to give off more of the heat | ? from the boiler furnace than steam ^ does. /ATA1 A Non-Partisan N BOON DOUGHTONSPEAKS ! TOLARGE CROWD TUESDAY EVENING Delivers Parting Shot in Campaign. Reviews .State and National Rec ord of Republicans, and Flays Hoover for "Broken Promises " Predicts Democratic Majorities in the Senate and House. Before an audience estimated at more than five hundred, Farmer Bob Doughton, Eighth District Congressman and candidate fer re-election, delivered the parting shot of the 1U??0 campaign in the county courthouse on Tuesday evening. Beginning with local affairs; the veteran legislator reviewed the records of Republican office-holders through all governmental agencies to the White House. ! llayed their methods, and asked for ! united support of the Democratic orI ionization in next Tuesday's election I to restore lost ground in the State and to give to the Nation a Democratic Congress and Senate. * The Republican Party come? he fore the neople asking for control of the State government," said Mr. Dough ton, "but they are unable to show by past performances that they are able to take care of the job Only twice since the Civil War have they booh in power, and each time they i**fI affa us in a horrible arid shame-'] ful condition." "Their oraror.s are going from place tr? place, urging reduction in taxation," continued the speaker. | "Let us look into this matter. Thirtytwo counties in the State are go.Vrj orncd by the Republicans and 68 byi the l)emd< rats- The average rate, of ?. . .. .1 r? 1 in lih' rvepuoncan counties is SI. 17 on the $100 valuation; in: the Democratic counties, $1.16. That shows a difference of -i 1 cents in favor of the Democrats, yet they fell you that they want to reduce taxes. It's better to live in a Demorratio county, and besides that, it costs less." Mr. Houghton praised the Gaid-j nor administration for the wonder- j iul relief measures it has inuugurat-j ed, including the equalization fund,' and pointed out !hat Republican counties are receiving more from this fund than Democratic counties, due to their '^inefficiency-" "The hope of Republican candidates in this campaign is to distract the attention of the voters from the real and \ ital issues of the day to the unpleasantries of the 192.S struggle," sajd the speaker. "Everywhere you go they sing a wonderful song of the highway system in North Oar olinn, the. wonderful schools and the1 efficient public health system. These things have been brought, about by the Democratic party, which has been in complete and absolute control tori the past thirty years." "The only genuine and universal prosperity tile United States has ever enjoyed was under t.he Woodrowj Wilson administration," Mr- Doughton declared. "If. the laws enacted 'dating that regime were erased! from the statute books today the country would be destitute and poverty-stricken. Tim Uav.icy-SinootGvurdy Tariff ia.v, enacted as a relief measure, is the most vicious audi ahomiiiahlc tariff law ever brought 'ift-fbss the threshold of American government, ami has directly affected the price of every farm cbminodi: v.V President Hoover's c a in p a i g n promises wore given a sound currying. "Prohibition, farm relief, economy and prosperity were the four points which landed Herbert Hoover into the White House. Tie has had every opportunity to fulfil! his promises to the electorate, having had an over whelming majority in hoth houses of Congress. Any thinking; _li?an ,vi' ntill el, * *- I %-t; "uiiiwii ? Hi utiulil tllUL CllUj cause of prohibition is weaker today I than if was when he took over the| reins of government; all because ourj Chief Executive sails around on the! wings of expediency, refusing appropriations for its strict enforcement. | and treating the whole matter withi indifference. The farm reiief he gave as relieved the farmer of everything he had except hope, reduced the price of all farm products and left poverty in its wake. The tariff laws enacted as an auxiliary to the 'relief' measure destroyed foreign trade, and; threw 2.000,000 industrial workers from the payrolls of the country," Mr. Doughton chnvgt d"These rue the issues of the cam-] paign," the speaker aescrted. "Their! Senatorial nominee, George Pritch-1 aid. is going over the State trying! to make the people believe that Tammany Hal) am! John J. Raskob are! the bogies this fall, hut the real.: honest-to-goodness issue is the record of Herbert Hoover and the Repub' lican Party. Piitehard has as much! chance of being elected to the Sen! ate as a humming bird has of flying I tn fhp innnn w i f rViic t>rtin4hmic/> *??'' to its tail." in conclusion "Farmer Bob" said: 'I am not ashamed of the record of my party, but prouder today than at any time in my life. The country is in a state of upheaval, the voters are disgusted with the broken promises of Hoover, and indications are today that the Democrats will be ill complete control of both houses of Congress after next March." j Tuesday afternoon Mr- Doughton addressed a large audience at Bethel schoolhouse in Beaver Dam Township. WORTH WHILE CLUB WILL BE ENTERTAINED ON HALLOWEEN Mesdames A. E- Hamhy and J. F. Moore will be joint hostesses to the members of the Worth Whiie Club and their husbands at a Halloween party to be given at Mi's. Moore's home on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. ewspaper, Devoted to the E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Ci - ~ " {Joseph Brown Dies at Home Near Rutherwood j (By J. M- DOWNUili I Mr. Joseph Brown, father of Dr. Roy M. Brown, of Chape! Hill, was buried in the obi Brown cemetery near Rutherwood Sunday afternoon. He had lived in that section of the j county all his life, and was a splenj did and substantial citizen. A few ( years ago his health failed and he j went to live with his son at Chapel j Hill- Sometime ago he was stricken | w?th paralysis, and since that time . has not been very active, but durine j all these days he was cheerful and j considerate, kind and happy to the | end, and passed away as though falli in? into a quiet sleep. : iir was in his S4tn year. Deep sym| pathy v. as expressed to the bereaved I ones lib the burial by a large numj ber of old friends ana neighbors who j were present. The last rites were j conducted by Professor J. M- Dowj num. of the Appalachian State Teachj ers College. | Tobacco Growers Are To IVleet Here on 11th; Mr. S. <\ liggers has received ini formation from A. L. Brown, asso: elate editor of the Hurley Tobacco j Bulletin, Grceneville. Tcnn.. to tne I J iecv unai ?n the 11th of Novt n; bet* he. with other exepirt tobacco! j ???n, expect to come to Boone atitl | have a meeting with the tobacco. | grower.-- of this county t<- help them | with the culture of the weed and parl tifeularly with gradiiig. The uiotprcade is to he sponsored by the busi! ness men of Johns/a < ity. a siting band will provide music, and hun! deeds of souvenirs will he brought and distributed to all those attending. More definite details as to the j gathering will have been completed bv the next issue of the paper Former Watauga Man Dies at Home in Idaho Walter Davis, veteran of the World War and former Watauga resident, died at a hospital in Post i Falls, Idaho Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock, according to telegrams received by relatives here. Death was due o to lung infection incurred with the American Expeditionary forces. A brother. Dan Davis, suecunibcr six months ago to a similar ailment, he having served in the same outfit I with Walter m France. The two ' brothers won distinction for bravery under fire, and each was decorated. | Mr. Davis was horn and reared at | Mabel, a sno of Mr- and Mrs- W. V. 1 j Davis. He had been j> resident of i | the Western slate for several years.! j Surviving are the father and moth-1 | er, two brothers, Zran Davis of Bris-I ; tol, Tenn., and Ira Davis, of Post: i Falls, and one sistter, Mrs. I.nura Eg-1 I gets, also of Idaho. ? Dis and Dat I ssSE n LARGE ORDER CANCELED DUF. j ! TO TARIFF RATES. j David F. Greene. man-.ger of the' Woodcraft Novelty Company, local] manufacturing establishment, gives; out the information that the recently| enacted tariff laws have cost his : company: already, n ote than fifteen thousand dollars. An order for this amount, he says, made by a large I Canadian exporting company, was canceled recently, disc to the prohibitive rates embodied in a retaliatory! measure enacted l>y the....-Dominion in protest of the Hasvley-Smool law. The increase of one hundred per centon American, goods going into Canada. according to Mr. Greene, would place the local product on ihe mar-1 kets of that country at a figure too high to compete .with similar goods manufactured thcieMr. Greene further stated that if this order had not been canceled, his plant would have continued work throughout the winter months, and no suspension would have been necessary except a brief period for tee overhauling of machinery. Forty-five men, he says, will be thrown out of work for six weeks, as a direct result of the "unfair legislation." This is probably the first time in history that local enterprise has been directly affected by the tariff. KINDNESS WINS VICTORY OVER SORROW. A Bnone family was stricken by grief Tuesdav morning when death ' removed one of its members. Their heads were bowed in sorrow, and each face bore the marks of agony brought by the unexpected demise of [ a loved one. Their castles had been wrecked, their dreams broken, and I iurure plans Diighted. I* nemls came I by the hundreds. Words of sympathy I and kindness were showered on each I member of the grieved household; loving hands dried the wayward tear from pain-drawn cheeks, and flowers brightened the rooms where so- re-; cently the "Black Camel' "had knelt-j Hope again dawned in the mind of j each relative, and courage to "carry en" was engendered by the charity' j of neighbors and friends. While the; I load could not be removed in its en-. | tirety, love bad won an outstanding: I victory over pain and sorrow. POTATO VINES SEVEN FEET HIGH. Fiank Horton of Vilas has broken another record. Friday he brought to the Democrat office a potato vine which had grown, si nr.- itc planting on June 15th to a heighth of seven feet, and when Jack Frost laid his icy hands on the section a few weeks ago was still green and full of- life.1. The potatoes were dug just four! months and five days after the seed j - Best Interests of Northwei VROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER iimrfiPT AMRftwn? WJ ^/A/VIAjI M. X AXfT. trv f T AIU BE5NG TOUTED FOR | ATTNEY-GENERAL "JLJbh of iKc Mountains" 2s Being Urged by Eastern Carolina Friends to Make Race in 1932. This Office t Might Be Stepping Stone to the Governorship. Bowie Said to Be J ConsSiiftrinf: Candidacy. (Special to The Democrat) Raleigh, N. C-.?The name of Thomas C. "Tam"; Bowie, of West Jcffersoji, former legislator and for a ah (fit time Superior Court Judge, prominent nvjjegal, political, and oth - j or circles in the northwestern parti o? the State j hax been injected in* the 1982 Democratic primary race for Attorney General. Mr. Bowie, if is understood here, j is being promoted by Eastern North Carolina Democrats, who hold out1 to him the possibility of moving up; from Attorney General to the Governorship later, as did the late Thom-i as Walter Bicketi and as Attorney General L>. G. Brum mitt is. prospec- , tivelv seeking to do in 1932. Mr- j Bowie is understood to be consider-; ing the matter, but has given no intimation. as far as can bo learned, j I of his possible, decision. The Ashe County lawyer was in t Supreme Court here last week, seek-) ing to show that the Workmen's | Com pi hsaiiOi? Act is w n c o n s tj tutr e i: j ' ui. lie appeared in a ease involving 1 injury to a workman twploy i i ^ a school building serving a district' .1 parts of which were in Ashe and Watauga. counties. Ii Mr. Bowie- should enter the raCej? for Attorney General, the prospecive! number of candidates would he four, including Charles Ross, Lillington, forme)- Assistant Attorney General, now attroney for the N- C. Highway Commission; I. M. Bailey, Jacksonville and Raleigh, attorney for the N. C. Corporation Commission, and ( Kenneth Royall, Goldsboro, former Wayne County senator and recently! < president of the North Carolina Bar! j Association, Mr. Ross and Mr. Bailey! are said to be on the verge of an-, ; pouncing their candidacies. My. Roy-j ' ster sayeth nothing. Judge Walter Slier, Chatham Coun- . ty. anil Prank Nash. Orange County, have about eliminated themselves as possible candidates. Both are assist- i ant Attorney CFenerals,.?g-. ,..-i I Gharl*?il^hpmpsfin. of Mabel i was in Boone tin- othei day deliver- j ing some fine molasses, which he ] hud made this year with his modern ? new evaporating plant- The syrup is d of the very finest quality, comes !. ? n conper boilers, ami Mr. -The,mpson ^ $t?s produced atfoul six hundred gal- i Ions this year for the farmers of his neighborhood. He is doing eus-: j torn work exclusively and says that! J p??>:t y*lee Cannon; right guard. Shufordj Sdmirten. i' Roth teams, were met here by tl\e 5 \ho teams on Friday of last week, i The score of the girls' team w'as S-7 ' n favor of Ako- The line-up was the : fame except Tbelrna Coffej'. substi uted as center. The Blowing Rock teams will meet ' \ho at Alio on Wednesday, October 1 ?1. arid Grandfather will meet here ' >r. Friday, October 31. There will be a Halloween program it the schoolhouse on Thursday{ ] tight, October 30. A program pfj tbout lr.rty-five minutes will be giv-, m in the auditorium free. There j trill be refreshment booths in the j tail of the building where you can! 5uy eats of all varieties. There will!; dso be entei tainmc-nt booths- Every-j; me is invited to attend this function, j The Ladies' Auxiliary met at the? ! hurch on October 23id. A very in-j Xresting program was given on the; ife of To.vokiko Kagawa. a religious! leader of Japan. Those taking pavtj1 in the program Were Mrs. Herbert] fr.gle, Mrs. W- L. Holshouser, Mrs., rj. v,. i_ nderdown, and Mvs. Paxil [ Klutz- After the program a social hour was held at the end of which refreshments were served, consisting af tea. sandwiches and cookies. VERSATILE OHIO PARROT SINGS HYMNS AND SWEARS; Pomeroy. Ohio?A parrot that re-| peats the Lord's Prayer and sings | "Nearer My God u Thee" is owned by Miss Sarah Brannon here. A short time ago a neighbor walked into the Brannon home singing the livmn, slightly "off key." Polly immediately broke in with "Hold oil. there. Newt, you've lost the tune." According to Miss Brannon, the only thing the mutter with Polly is that she swears oftener than she sings or prays. 1 " IT $i.oo rj^?t "uiAtt wW:s WATAUGA 17mn.i t: * vT*<-imww* ^v*r-? SHMU I' mm w SUICU TUES. A. M. Mrr. Lutht?*T?r Farthing Fire* Bullet Through Own He?d Had Been ht III Health for Several Year* No inquest Funeral to Be Conducted al Boone Baptirt Caurcl. Thursday Morning. Mrs. Luther M. Farthing. 55 years old, wife of Sheriff Farthing, candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket in Watauga County, was found dead in the back yard of her East Boone home Monday morning al. 5:30 o'clock, a victim of suicide. A .32 calibre revolver lay at her side. The bullet had entered her right packing through th-j brain, and death was said to bavo been instantaneous. Mis." Farthing had gotten np at about 5 o'clock, jgone into the kitchen and built a fire- It is supposed that she look the; revolver from her husband's poccket with her when she left the bedroom vhere he slept, loaded it and in deliberate manner prepared for 1'ne suicide. A grown daughter, Kuby. was aroused shortly afterward, dressed and came flown to help her toother prepare the morning meal Not finding Mrs. Farthing in the kitchen, she went to a back door, near where she discovered the body. pr> J. B. Hagaman, cpunty coroner, suiuriioned, but he deemed ho :nijuest necessary. Death, it is believed, had taken place some thirty minutes previousMrs. Far,thing had been in ill health for several years, a sufferer from high blood pressure and rheumatism. Following a tonsil operation some months ago. it was thought that iter health, to some, degree; had been restored, and her manner bad been more cheeriul than in previous pears. An unbalanced mind, brought lb out by physical infirmities, is beieved to have been the cause of her leaoly act- She v;as considtrc.il one i?f the town's best women, charitable. sympathetic and kind, and her tragical depth bar. brought a deep jloom over the town, which had nevjr Before been the scene of a suicideDeceased was a daughter of the late Marshall Greer of Laurel Greek Township- and was a member of the Boone Baptist Church. She had spent her entire life in the* county, where she had cultivated a wide circle of friends. I Surviving are the husband; three ^ons; KUSScli IlitcKett, AiboA'L of Boone, and Victor ot Chicago. 111.; two daughters, Mrs. Edgar Edinisten of Suga'- Gn?v e. and Migr. Ruby Farthing of Boone; and Ihreo brothers, Raymond ar.d Alfonso Greer < d'O kIshr.r.v.. and Orris Orecr of ! h?he. Funeral services will bt^ held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist Church, with Rev. p. A. Hicks, pastor, in charge. Interment will take place in the Boone cpinc;t ry. Messages of condolence have been pouring in from all sections of the State to the bereaved husband, who has become a popular figure during lis six-veor tenure as Sheriff of Wu-^ Home-Coming Observed A.t the Methodist Church | r'-ffi 7ff gSfe::%') (By J. M DOWNUMI A very interesting and most helpCul service was held at the Methodist Church in Boone 9b the past. Sun ray. it was ouser,veri us "hr.mo-joming day" and the beginning of Child ind Youth WeeSi" The cnurch was lecotaled in u most appropriate manner with thi products of the fields inri woods ahcx was attractive to a rery high degree. A most interestriir evereise was Riven by the Sunday School, bringing out the strong ippeal of the swung people for more sincere and faithful leadership of the rider ones. The sermon of the beloved pastor. Dr. O. J. Chandler, was in harmony vifcji the oreasion and became the strong and high point of the day, impressing the very large audience pressor as one of the most lav-reaching md helpful sermons ever delivered from that pulpit. A!! were deeply impressed and upiifteil and almost .veinvheimed at the strong and wonderful lessons brought out in this retry unusual sermon of this true and noble man of Cod. I M.D.. n r .. ucca-iT?;)L\?lC L/Ci edlS Lenoir in Football Banner Elk. X. C.--Thursday aft jvnoon at three o'clock the Lees-Mc[lae Bulldogs met and defeated the Lenoir High School Bulldogs on the home field of Lees-McRae at Banner Elk. The game opened with great uncertainty, both teams taking advantage of breaks- In the second quarter Cooke of Lees-McPae in four mighty plunges carried the ball over the goal line, the first time Lenoir has been scored on this season, Clarke making another touchdown in the same quarter. Lenoir came back strong with a succession of brilliant plunges that carried the ball deep into the enemy's territory, but they were unable to score. In the third and fourth quarters, Lenoir made noble efforts to hold back Lees-McRae but in spite of their brilliant offensive Hoss and L>ickerfon made two touchdowns for T-eesMcRao, Clarke making the only extra. point of the game which closed the game with a score of 25-0. Rabb, the two nioores, MaynaTd and Campbell were the outstanding Placets for the losing team. A cradle rocked by an electric motor ha^ been invented to put babies to sle<*p.