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1 V -LUME XI ,11. xo. 35 wmss AS HECTIC SESSION OF CONGRESS ENDS President Visits Capitol and Signs the Few Remaining Bills on Clos.nj -Day. Senator Thomas Hold;. Floor During Last Four Hour* in Attempt to Force Vote on Oil In\ estimation. Many Appropriations. WashinKtoi), D. C.?The Soventyfirst Congress passed into history on Harsh 4th wtyh the tumult and contention of it? two 'years' existence prevailing to the end. President Hoover who took office two years ago. came back to the Capitoi to sign the last of the measures? to get through the filibusterhound Senate and the weary House. He smiled broadly as the nine months congressional recess began at noon and seemed unperturbed that the Senate filibuster had refused to permit even the appointment of the customary committee to notify him formally of the adjournment. The $20,800,000 veterans hospital construction measure with a $5,000.-000 appropriation to start it was all the major legislation that emerged from the closing hours of Congress. Mr. Hoover quickly; signdd it. In the Senate, Thomas. Democrat, Oklahoma, stubbornly held the floor in the last three hours of the Senate session. The chief legislative accomplish-j ments of the session ? $05,000,000 in drought relief loans and $500,000.QQQ in Federal construction to aid employment long since had been; enacted. Snapping off all entreaties, the tall Oklahoma Senator resolutely refused to yield the floor to the exasperated Senate as he sought unsuccessfully 4-!.- 1. X.V ?UCt' ?MI tMC HVWlULU'il ? i during a Senate inquiry into the cm industry. in hia hour at the Capitol I'resiuc-m Hoover remaind in the Presi-| deiuini room just off the Senute chamber where his policies have met consistent opposition from a dominant group of Republican independent and the Democrats since the opening of the special session that he called for tariff revision and farm relief at the outset of Ids administration. It was a smile of obvious relief thai spread over the President's countenance as well as over the faces of the worn Senate Republican leaders as Mr. Hoover received them. He congratulated Senator Watson, of Indiana. Republican chieftain. Finally accepting the Senate's hospitalization hill, the House turned to farewell ceremonies for its aimost _ thvee score departing Republican, members, whp lost in the Ia3t election. But there \vaa> a thought cf the futuro -in thc-^dosing moments *3 Speaker Longworth in respoiise to a demonstration of confidence conceded that the closely divided House to take office in December might c hoose a Democratic speaker. So close is the division resulting from the last election that Mr. Longworth said the choice of the next sneaker "lies with all wise^ProvideAce^p me senate filibuster killed the jfc House bills proposing a 90 per cent, r^ducti^iin .immigration; the infancy and maternity measure, t.he Vestal copyright bill. A stack of < I her miner business and nominations still awaited action. A Host of investigations and some election contests, including the fight of Pritohard for Senator Bailey's seat in the Senate, face the Upper .House during its nine-months recess. The Seventy-fi'-st Congress out onto the statute books the Smootn-Haoley tariff act; established the Federal Farm Board; and appropriated .p in its two years almost $10,000,000. 000. a record peacetime expenditure. The Congress also overrode administration opposition to increase the loan value on veterans adjusted ? service certificates to 50 per cent. I of face value. It voted millions for pensions for World War and Spanish-American disabled veterans and expanded the veterans hospitalization program to about $150,000,000. Trial of Webster Begins Wednesday in Wilkes; Local Lawyers Appear Trial of Seawell C. Webster in the killing of S. R. Day has been set for this Wednesday by Judge Michael Schenck, who is presiding at the term cf criminal court being held at Wilkesboro. Assisting Solicitor John R. Jones in the prosecution are State Senator W. R. Lovill and J. E. Holshouser of Boone. Advice from the scene of the trial indicates that every effort will be n.iwlA K?, .U- QWi.. ... J--.' ' out aj I lie i:wjuc w VAMUV UL'alll penalty. It is expected that all testimony will have been concluded by Friday and that the summing up of the case by attorneys for both sides ^ will be started at that time. "New Ladies Store Will Open in Boone on 20th Miss Louise Hodges left Sunday evening for New York where she plans to purchase a complete stock of indies' ready-to-dear. After spending a week in the country's leading fashion market she will return to Boone to supervise the installation of fixtures and the decoration of the store she has leased in the Perry and Winkler building. Miss Hodges plans to open her new store, to be known as the Louise Shoppe, on March 20th. A complete line of lingerie will be featured in addition to the selection of fashion's newest creations in ready-to. wear for ladies. For several years Miss Hodges was connected with a local store and is well-known to the people of Boone A Non-Partisan N BOON Drives 700,000 Miles Without an Accident j ~~ What is believed to be an tin- I usual record in these daya of -heavy j motor traffic and numerous acci- | dents resulting therefrom has j been compiled .y June Russell, a ! traveling salesman with headquar- I ters in Qoonc. For seventeen years Mr. Russell has been traveling the states of ! Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. All of this has been done by automobile. In that time he has driven a car at least 36,000 miles a year, or approximately 700,000 miles. The mileage built up has worn out fourteen automobiles. Throughout the years that Mr. l-ivssell has been driving over the highways ot four Southern States, he. has never had an accident . . . except in one instance where he and another driver scraped fenders in an attempt to get out cf a sand bog. The resulting damage to the paint was settled for seventy-five cents. WARDEN ENGLAND GIVES DECISION IN FOX CONTROVERSY i Executive States That North CaroI Una Law Offers No Protection for Reynard. County Laws in Favoi of Fox Are Validated by Statute. Letter Received by Greer Also I Clarifies Rabbit Control. Decision?- governing ibrec points | " 11 u controversy that has been waged by huntsmen in Watanjrn wore re | cctrtfy banded down by C. H. Ehgi 1:111(1. flamp Wjir'lfn >?-v lt?r. ler to thf Honorable R. T. Gree>\ I repreventative from this county. In Watauga there is no law proI tecting the fox, says Mr. England. State laws governing this animal of-] I fer no protection to foxes except ir. | eases where steel-trapping is emI ployed for the value of his pelt as ! fur. The State law, however,* validates any county law which either I protects 01 outlaws the fox. ConseI quently the only jurisdiction that the i State exercises over Reynard in the Slate jas u whole or Watauga County in particular is to classify this animal as game and require all fox hunters to purchase hunting licenses. Sportsmen! here, therefore, car catch foxes in any manner possible with the exception that, no steel traps he used, provided, however, that they are in possession of a license to hunt th>? ariimal. The' license .fee to county residents-is $1.25 for hunting and $2.00 for a combination hunting and trapping license. IS With reference to the control of rabbits, another interesting decision is set forth by Warden England as follows: v "'?he State Game Law has legalized by provision every means that can be conceived of to keep rabbits j under control by allowing them to be trapped in box traps the year i through; by permitting drives made on them at any time of the year anywhere with large packs of dogs and groups of men. It is also provided by law that rabbits can oe killed by the owner of the land, his fam?lv and I tenants when they have become so abundant that they are destructive at any time of the year and in any manner, including shooting them with 1 shotguns or other firearms. "Tbe only prohibition of rabbit killing is found in the provision that numbers of people cannot bunt rab bits the year through off of theix own lands with shotguns, for the simple reason that if this were ai lowed, people under guise cf rabbi' hunting anywhere in cheiv community for 365 days in a year would likewise open up and result in gunning quail, turkeys and any other game animals or game birds found in tht said community or county. "In other words, if people wer< allowed to gun for rabbits the yeai through it would be absolutely im possible and foolish to attempt to en force the law against killing quail turkeys and other game animals anc game birds at any time during the year." Woodcraft Company Resumes Full Operatior Accordir.e to David F. Greene, so perintendent, the Woodcraft Novell) Company of this city has reaumee fn!' operations in the manufacture ol rustic wood novelties. About thirtj men are employed by this concert in making: the products which have iuuhu tneir way into tno markets 01 practically every state in the Union Mr. Green further stated that Older; are coming in regularly and that bus iness at this time is as good as il way last yeaT. At one time the products of thi: company were sold in the Domin ion of Canada, but it is claimed thai a retaliatory tariff act passed b; that country recent1-- hiri made i impossible to sell this type of mer chandise profitably. CITY SCHOOL GRADES TO PRESENT PROGRAM THURS ' A program by all representative of the city schools will be given a the Demonstration School Thursda; at 7:30 p. rn. under the auspices o: the Boone Parent-Teacher Asancia . tion. The regular meeting hour i , 8:15 but the program has beei i changed to the evening so that al . those interested may be able to at . tend. There will be music by the Boom ; Orchestra. An admission fee of 15 i will be charged and everybody is cor . dially invited to attend. ewspaper, Devoted to the HjBBEj3B88HBIplB8BWjBHBBnSB5|^SBB^ E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH OA ^ ^ 1 '^' '''' ^ John I> Roche feller. Sr. aged I Jessie Firth. Mrs. B. B. Brindle. Di; a pet yarn at the Women's South Ormond Beach. Fla. , Wardens Nat Trout Water The regular session of the Izaak! ; Walton League was held on March I I 3th at the Daniel Boone Hotel. Afterj minutes of the previous meeting had ceil read, a committee composed of I W. ti. Hartzog, Earl Cook, Profcsf. sor J. T. C. Wright, R. F. Coffey and Harrison Baker was asked to report on the selection of two patrolmen to guard the waters of Howards Creek and Meat Camp and the tributaries of these two streams, namely Doe Creek. Curly Maple Creek and Nor?.io? it..,.I Members of the Izaak Walton League have acquired the fishing lights of these waters for a period of five years and in order tc protect their interests have appointed Forace Moretz to patrol Howards Creek and Glenn Coffey for Meat Camp. The League has "stocked the two streams with brook and rainbow trout and for the conservation of these game fish have found it necessary to patrol the waters and also to charge all fishermen-with the exception of landowners, a special Ji! MARKETING WILL BE DISCUSSED BY COUNTY FARMERS | Meeting to Be Held TJ?ur?d-v, l^?h, | for Purpose of Finding Equitable' Markets for County Products. Rep-' resentatives of State Wholesale Houses Expected to Be Present, i Marketing Committee to Report. There will be a meeting of the 1 farmers of Watauga Countv in the courthouse ir. Boonc next Thursday, March 19, at 10 o'clock a. in. for the 1 purpose of discussing plans for the profitable marketing of the produce of this county during the coming; ' season. Representatives of the leading! wholesale produce houses in thisj ' State will be present, and it is ex-j pected that some equitable system; of marketing the crops will be agreed j upon. Al1 those interested have been> asked to attend, and it is especially! : requested that the members of the: J marketing committee corne. The com-! - mittee which was formulated after! the farmers institute last month is composed of the following members: ' C. J. Farthing, Lee Swift, John M. Greer, D. M. Edmisten, W. W. Mast, - J. W. Harmon. C. M. Shores, F. M. ; Thomas, Lee Calender, Sam Atkins, I H. J. Hardin, M. 0. Holler, W. II. - Greene, D. L. Greene, A. G. Miller. Clement McNeil, \V. N. Howellt Z. T. Watson. J. T. Hampton, Ira Critchev, K. T. Greer, A. C. Moody and C. C. THplett. Good Will Air Tour in . j North Wilkesboro 20th The good will air tour, a consort of more tnan thirty airplanes of the | different varieties, which leaves : Charlotte on the 15th, will visit North Wilkesboro Friday, the 20th, accord; ing to announcement received by Mr. 3 Ilorton Gragg, local aviator, the first - of the week. The fleet of aircraft 1 is expected to alight on the North Wilkesboro field at 1 o'clock, spend 3 the afternoon there, and in the eve-1 a t i iiiiif,, xxiiioi n.ao ii;iciuoat jmuLS ?ie ' to bo feted by the American J.egion [| at a square dance. air. tiragg has a limited number " of tickets which are being offered local enthu3jast3 for $1. This ticket admits to the field, where planes may be inspected close-up, and by the payment of an additional $1.50, entitle:; the holder to a flight in any J ship present. Stunt, flying by both 1 ladies and men, parachute jumping, ' etc., will feature the afternoon's en' tertainmcnt, and it is expected that ' no fewer than 2,000 persons will be 5 admitted. 5 : Casv/Pil County farmers are increasing their lespedeza acreage j from 400 to TOO acres this year, de-i "1 spite of a failure of the hay crop inj 1930, due to the drought. Best Interests of Northw< ROLINA, THURSDAY', MARCH i millionaire, regaling women golfers ana Fishwick and Nona Dixor. with Atlantic Championship matches at ned to Patrol s After 15th cense fee of SI per djfe-. This ii-i -ense is over and above the regular i county or State license fee and the I money gained therefrom is to he used to defray rhe expenses incurred in maintaining a patrol for the two bodies of water. Both patrolmen are on full time and are working in close co-operation with the county warden andare apt to be found somewhere along;\ these streams at any time of day or j niirht. It is tHeir duty to protect the fish from lawless and unlicensed fishermen anil also to see that no brook trout under 6 1-2 inches or any rainbow trout under eight inches are taken from the streams. A limit of ten fish has been set ae- a day's catch. | The patrolmen will begin their duties on March I5th?- although the fishing season does not opt-n until April 15th. The action taken by Waitoni&ns is considered by many sportsmen, to be. one of the sanest conaeiv^Uop- iM*a?ui;$g~-tO' bo .initioduejiffiafg VirahtzjiUaj). mm wis will offer prizes for heaviest yields pggg Gold Watch, Hillside Plow and Other p Valuable Premiums Will Be Awarded Champion Spud Raisers. Interested Persons Must Register rtfc Onee in Order to Participate in Farm Contest. V, Announcement is made of a prize contest sponsored by the Four Hundred Bushei Potato Club, which* already has an enrolment of more than fifty members. There is no charge for entering this contest, the only requirement being that each contestant fill out a card which may be se-. r? t? tt luitu Hum ciinci -or. i . ua^aiiiuii, cashier of the Watauga County Bank, or Howard Walker, of the Cove Creek School. All those interested must be registered within the next few weeks. Valuable prizes will be given to the best potato growers. A $50 watch is offered as first prize; second prize is a No. 10 Vulcan Hillside Plow, worth $20, given by the Farmers Hardware and Suppiy Company. Merchants throughout the county are being strongly urged to offer township prizes for the pest yields. By means of this contest it is hoped to interest farmers in the best means of securing the greatest yield possible per acre. Profitable cultivation of potato crops necessitates a heavy yield and farmers ?n this section will probably be enabled to increase future production by participating in this contest at the present time and learning the methods employed by succssful contestants. Day's Tax Bill Raises Wrath of Retailers A bill whereby a general sales tax would be levied on all sales made by retail merchants which was recently introduced in the House of Representatives by N. E. Day of Onslow, is exciting: considerable discussion in the legislative chambers and among State. This bill purports to raise $9,000,000 annually. It is one of three tax measures up before the lawmakers and is expected to arouse a vigorous protest from the "merchants who have come to the capital in large numbers to fight, the passage ot this bill. According to .report- from Raleigh and the secretary of the State Merchants Association, some '2,800 merchants are gathered to protest "the injustice" of Mr. Day's measure and to urge their representatives to vote against its passage. Mr. Day, author of the bill which is causing such widespread discussion, was raised in Watauga County and lived in Bcoue for a number of years. DCRA ist North Carolina 2, i!';? Prisoner at County Jail Installs Fixtures S Si 2 And now Watauga steps forth ? and offers for the approval of t"ieworld at large a prisoner de luxe. # The county hostile, or at least -'H portion of it, has taken op. a gayer m appearance since Cecil Critcher. ifS of Blowing Rock, recently convicted m Federal Court on a charge of violating the prohibition laws, ! rame there to serve a six-months I sentence exacted by Judge John- ; ! son Hayes. Critchcr has long been known as a man of fastidious ! __ ,C_ J L f 1 . . - I 1 i su tuts ua> opiorc ne sttriia j his extended stay ir? prison he proI ceeded to put "his house in or- I , il der." Two velvet rugs were pur- J ( chased, along with a comfortable j 1 rocking chair, carried to the cell , and placed. A six-tube radio set ; , I of popular make was installed, it , I is stated, and other details added | for the prisoner's comfort during , his enforced visit. Commitment papers -had not ] been received by the Sheriff's of- | j fice late Monday, but Critchcr had | arrived, in jovial humor, to bej gin his sentence, so he was allowed j to spend the night, beginning his official term Tuesday. And now, * if reports are true, the county's ( guests are being entertained for j the first time with- choice pro- 1 grams coaxed through prison bais by the dc luxe prisoner's receiving t set. I \ LOCAL SOLOIST IS j APPOINTED STAFF j TENOR NEW LOOP j I James Moore, Popular Tenor. Wtli j ( Begin Work With Columbia 3ys-j t tem on March 20th. Will 13 v iieg-j j ular Singer on Southern Broad- i cast Hook-up. Received Training' at Cincinnati Conservatory. j ] Janies Moore- of Boom* has been j : appointed staff tenor of the newly formed "Dixie Loop" of the Colum-I . I bin Broadcast ing: System. The loop J \ cmooaies twenty Southern radio sta ( lions with Station WBT, Charlotte, < the central operations print. Com- . plcle- facilities for the maintenance ] of talent for sponsored programs will be available at Charlotte and the ad- , dition of Mgv Moore as staff tenor J will round out a selection of popular artists who have been gathered from the various sections of the South so that programs r.n the "Dixie Loop" will he distinctly Southern , in their scope and flavor. The local ^rtist studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music- *nd .: under leading voice teachers in Wash, , ington and New York. He has also \ toured this and other states where his renditions have met with pope.- < lar approval. He has appeared in \ various church programs and at the , present time is soloist at Boone Methodist Church- j The first program on which Mr. "Moore is to be featured will be broadcast on March 2l)th. This popu- . ular tenor will he featured regularly \ thereafter. Training School For S. S. Workers to Be Held Early in April Beginning with Easter Sunday and continuing throughout the week, the Fourth Annual Training School for Sunday School Workers will be held at the Boone Methodist Church. For three years past these schools which offer training in leadership, have been well attended and have met with unusual success. The school is open to Methodists in Watauga County ar.d others who ale interested in equipping themselves for greater service in the church. The pastor and his co-workers { are looking forward with a great deal I nf iL'. X^T.i-1 * -1 ' i.u ??v iU,1 tucyiulng scnooi j and assure everyone in attendance a] week of interesting instruction. Doughton Will Aid in Securing Loam for Vets Hon. R. L. Doughton, who returned to his homo in Laurel Springs following the adjournment of Con-j gress last week, informs The Democrat that he is anxious to render the World War veterans any assistance possible in securing for them the 50 per cent, loan granted them during the closing days of Congress. A letter from Mr. Doughton in this connection follows. "Doubtless many of the veteranwill desire to obtain loans under the law recently enacted for the purpose of makine loans to veteran? on their adjusted service certificates. "Those desiring to do so can make application direct to the Veterans Bureau at Charlotte, N. C., or, if tncy prefer, they can write me and I shall be pleased to send them the blanks and necessary information and nssiQfr in qornrinrr the "Anyone desiring my services in this or any other matter during the vacation of Congress can communicate with me at Laurel Springs, N. 1 C., or Washington, D. C." RECUPERATING FROM INJURIES Mr. E. A. Itesch. of Atlanta, Ga., member of the staff of AbernethyTurrentine Advertising Agency, and editor of a group of trade journals, is spending two weeks at Daniel Boone Hotel, where he is reeuperating from injuries received in an automobile accident several days ago. The visitor exnresses himself as being delighted with this mountain secj tion, and declares that the cold I weather which r.ow prevails is "deI lightful." ' ' ' / . - ' " " v ' V- y/<-' SSra&i&lOTA I jl? $1.50 PER YEAR 1AJ0R PATTERSON 'ISITS WATAUGA IN NTEREST C. M. T. C. ! 5ur.ty's Quota Placed at Seven for ^This Summer's Encampment. Five Lads Took Training at Fort Bragg During 1930. Officer Urges That Those Who Intend to Attend Make Application Ear) y. The dnrclraerit for Citizens Mili:ary Training Camps started March 1st. Last year Watauga County sent five young mVli to camp at Fort. Bragg. This year the quota assigned to Watauga County is seven- Application blanks can be obtained in n) the principal of Boone High School jv from Mr. Smith Hagaman. county representative for C. M. T. G The camp this year is from Juno 12 Lo -July 11 at Fort Bragg, X. C. Ali expenses are paid. Boys must be from 17 years to 2J years of age. There is no obligation whatsoever to the Government resulting from atteiidince at these camns. Major R. B. Patterson. U. S. Arrrv (Voni Statsev le, visited Boone on W ednesday and Thursday of this .veek in the interest of the C. M. T. He found a number of the young nen of Boone had already applied. Wednesday afternoon Major Patter-, ion spoke to the student body of I'ove Creek High School, explaining he life at the Citizens Military rraining Camp at Fort. Bragg. Principal Horton endorsed this camp iighly. Over five boys from Cove Dfeek have sent in their applications. g So many applications have come into headquarters 5th Corps Area, from young men of North Carolina to attend the Camp at Fort Bragg that Major Patterson is most anxious for all bo\ s who want to attend :amp to get their applications in sit nice. In less than two weeks the quoa nil! be filled. Applications coming in after that will stand vviy little hance of being approved. Thursday Major Patterson left for Mowing Rock and Statesvilie to conin lie his explanation of the Citizens Military Training Camps. The young men from Watauga who ittended camp list year are Oscar Jnderwood Brown of Vilas, Jake George Hagaman of Boone, Henry play Henson ol' Amantha. Ri (ones Williams of Mabel and John -.uther Vount of Boone. ;? I Dogs Play Havoc With Sheep Herd Near Boone A pack of ravenous dogs of sinisnr lll'Oftll mil/lo - on na?l.> ? - . . ?, J..&UV:? an : i^wrry -uiuV"4"ft .;. raid upon a flock of fine sheep, be- || lor.gine- to Mr. William Winkler last. Monday killing: two yearling ewes outright and perhaps fatally injurng two others. Winkler was on the job within a few minutes with his diotgun and succeeded in dispatching one of the prowling canines, anoth- \ er having made good his escape. Meantime Mr. Winkler's fine police dog, which had been indoors duri the night, became excited, joined the other dogs, and proceeded to snatch a sheep. William promptly ?nded his hitherto exemplary carec ivith u load of buckshot. The animal was valued at $'75., but was caught in bad company and had to pay ir.fc penalty. Sheep owners of Watauga are determined once and for all to exterminate the mongrels which have wrought such havoc among the flock ?and as is evidenced by Mr. Wink ler?it doesn't matter whose dog it is, just jo they have the goods on him. and stockmen are thoroughly ' justified in accepting circumstantial evidence when dealing with these maiauders. Blizzard Comes on Heels Of Springlike Weather Following on the heels of somevery excellent weather during the past week or so came a blizzard of minor proportions Sunday, bringing with it a four-inch snowfall and ?. M verv cold wind. . t. .muiuKa nas oeen sniveriny from the results of this storm, hut loeal residents are predicting thai the snarffi; won't last very long. In connection with loiai weather conditions it ;s to be noted that all sections of 'JvfcMl country have been heavily hit btgjj snow and windstorms, from which some loss of life and property resulted. Metropolitan cities hailed the arrival of snow as a blessing, in that it provided work for the thousands of unemployed who stormed employment offices to become members of the corps of workers necessary tc clear away the snow and ice so that traffic and transportation would not be impeded. BUNCOMBE RACING BILL CAUSES MANY PROTESTS Churchmen throughout the State are voicing vigorous opposition against the passage of a bill before the present Legislature which lp(rpli?n ltrtwin -J " ** ^ -..?. ?.vf^ iaving-jn oun* ^ combe County. Various of the State's leading ministers have wired to Raleigh asking that their representatives vote against the bill in that they believe that legalized use of the pari-inutuel machine would lend official sanction to gambling. The bill was introduced by a representative from Buncombe County and has been given some support on the. assumption that a gracing season in Asheville would definitely establish that city as an outstanding resort and would attract tourists in greater numbers than heretofore. 983 The racing bill was tabled iast -S^WH week, but was revived again this week after a vigorous effort by its spon
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