WET AND DRY ISSUE
COMES TO HEAD AT
DEMOCRATIC MEET
RjukoVr Platform Propo.:.i- k -.iected
at Gathering of National Committee
in Wcuhington. Morrison and
Robinson Make Fiery Prohibition
Speeches in Reply to Wets Measure.
Smith Restores Good Feeling.
Washington. I'. C.?The^pre.hibi
fir/n powder ke-;; exploded Thursday
ai the meeting bi the Democratic
National Committee hero.
it tore ffiji)Jwfer the iKcr.ocr-uic
' standard-j$ea vers of 192.S ar.dgfleft
party workers groping for ?p?te road
of harmony to which final ; Ic^r of
tfae meel:nc beckoned.
Chairman Ruskob touched >i'f the!
spark with presentation "of fa platform
foi the committee's ron-Mieratior.
which called for Stat*- control
afnohlr other things.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
running: mare <? ' Alfred E. Smith ::i
took ?he platfonb to roar his
"repudiation" y of the Raskoh r/.atform
and his vioSent opposition to
"hr in pine to the front a controversy
that will divide the party."
"Alfred E. Smith, sraiff^g throiMgr
most of the row. came to tbt front
iXXl . _ >li. ...afl .
;-n tBMKni.se ijo u .
and tpbk Pmo'd io task for Pjutnp
intf all over Ka-sk -b* because r.<o had
pifc.senttd nTWo\vn v.v.vs.
Finally, the ^btevaii dauVes 31. <" x.
I'ves 1 fl e n t i a i n o m i n e e o f %i J - 0. - - a me
forward \vi: ban appeal for, vor.?i k>.-J
attcn of the 'differtilg-s of the Xort'ii j
and the South on \:i inhibition and;
for a united fvnt. ]
( hairman KaskoK oahn thieu-ih-;
Out, concluded with a reiteration of J
hia ri?fct *o ask the commutee _ t->;
consider issues; denied any crijfusior.
with any individual candidate, ard
put the committee on notice he vvo,uid
ask action ->n his recommendation?;
at the next me e tine: in December oi i
January.
Roars and hisses resounded as the
iti'ohih:tior furore1 reached its height.;
but the Democratic hosts left the'
jrnee-tine' . nifdn^- and relieved.. Picas j
tor unity ajrainst the cofflmiin enemy
ever? tec keynote of the poSt-meetine:'
discus
Nec hen =?, Harry Fltifftl Byrd
of Virginia. vice-chairman ot the!
commit tek*. K-diotcc) that a-majority)
of the n. Tif tti v was against.-, any-j
-- .t - - .-- ??fr -galley ?-?j
Raskoh. frVer; the p'atform. de-j
eta:ed th - hcaltli\. Sufith
and R-d'inson w. nt -r.tdr ;espt.otive
ways en. Ibo v. ?oop.v and
each ha<t nun>_ to add.
. It; whs ' Kenr?sentative Mary noi.-l
tun pi tfj&SY -V h'j d alkpth B-j
oluie'y to the Matfoim to an.-wei
Robins..rt/>Uuter he. in -hur.d.ore
ton,-,:, viitii-w-y Eil-k 'i. 1\
loi-fiy sajcotiBs file pr;-k>JB:.m -
p? k the part\' at this JHQRm
inS&te'd
wanted moriification f nr6f: '-i-f
T>?l,i Q-,1 , inyftSi ?V?S k0*5?fr?-l. 1
V i:is position" -in?o she no*mnt?c<i him
: SO as the iumisft mStv of .Smith in
...... 192Sr?"-.2-''
N'f-hatSir Morrison*.-of SUvivh -L-^rolinn,
followed Mrs. Norton \v?th -?iiS
other as-saiiI? upon the pj^jr-nsii. ?j|
j&w inject prohibition at- I hisj tinv- am!
called fotx ilu- "Democrat party of
Joe Rotfihson and Jack Oasgyiv'
/ Hi;= fiovy prohibition speech pro-,
yoked constant internum ion ar?ri Patrick
Quinr., of Rhode Island, pro?1
tested that it was out of Order. ChairEmar.
Raskoh. who vict.ionized the
North X^ioiiP.ian while several others
were seeking t,o tai^? '"vided he
could prbcerd.
~:Jl mcr national emivnuih, vjas the first
to respond to RaskoVs invitation to
^discuss the pletiorrn : . oporakH In
temperate v-irds; . the Teimasspan
jstatedj WtSt- bdief 'tnar the committee'
was wuhou' aLrtK^rft^foyanopt po'li??:
desw and that h a -isNuov iia functhe
national conv*/it)vn.c \gffl
. .v^? "'. -AH speakers that only the
national conv<-j.'irpijo.cY.t:Id conVm.it tiffe;
party on issues.
"AH" this about Jniiuenciry
- w.ii V'ji.Gi.'vnui 1 yan'j'i i.'
CT bunt:." snappee gSjmith.
"Alia boy;" shouted f. Sm'millccE"l
he aider. b-eusbt tip in the
I fflj Democratic navvy to believe t .at .he
I .c'y ointiV.rrn conies from vh- people," he
Turning attain to Sghaibv flobir.fon.
out this time r*'" B finite. \>'fl
"i'ani sorry to think that n.y oid
time itiav.-iiPiv ccrnna*;i6Yt-; urn'. n>
Ktieal sparrinc pariPor.'lvti.o >>v-tie'd
aii avei t'w State hit N't# Y^rk in
1938 iifctth a Constitution in his; hand,
cxr.ishStne Sftithe Ifeb.'le ti nt ail th.s
iJepnblicnji- -.roaap-atida of W?o Ave
I ' vvv.uai 00 vol.hln'v J&ffljpSM, i; t t ;.t
. oii today- MHt At;.;;
I igg staiicing sc-f what var said !gj ?;
| ti.oie & an; >hin< that
h?-= I'pfeo'. ncr-j today. >r. ?
'"Mo c.n.'e has said an; thitotr about
I uji i i.tf'. Hi fatv. . ..-r e * i-. v as -:!
against rental.
"*A? far as the. principles enunciated
by .M . P.a-ko'u are concerned.
. I want to :0y i never beard of then;
until lotiu.v. uu-i I'm nr.; .:; r* that
Fm for them all.
"Rut when the Democratic party
reaches the point where no one i a
tyV '" express an oninion and its chairman
is going: to be dragged around the
lot because he expressed his opinion,
we'd better stop talking and
<airandoirrreirajiccdi." -? ----- tb
A rising ovation, with several moments
of storming applause greeted
Smith's conclusion:
"1 didn't mean to make a speech.
JTm not a member of the committee.
I want to just be a plain worker in
the ranks. Tell me what to do, and
Robinson was just as firm in b?'
conviction that Raskob, in bringing
forward a-platform at this time, inBflWfgffl
eluding the liquor issue, had "paid
m back" to President Hoover "the aid
rendered by him (Hoover) in his first
|||R two years of office to the DemoTurning
to Chairman Raskob, th<
Arkansas Senator thundered:
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I
The>e twelve women hav<
social welfare worker; Helen r
singer;. Wida Gather. novelist:
Cecilia Beaux, artist: Grace Abl
Chapman Catt, suffragist; Florer
ex-president Coclidge.
Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE
Opera
Deems Taylor. American composer.
has had another opera produced
n New York. That' doesn't mean
much i>> most people. Grand opera
rU firm >:' ..musical yntertainmcct
whiic"': appeal to only a comparatively
: for-'sC; with highly developed
mu'sitTi! One reason is thai
the vhc-mol nr" errand auera is aKva-s
JTOTV ?- "'Ui/??we-.'.ij '*JV-?i
tragic Most of ua prelcr so-called
vptwa. which i- tuneful ami
amu?m;riw?
T : j ucegpied by any gSf the
\vor?d'- ar.re.it opera-houses, of which
: iherg a?:e not morc.;ti?i a dozen, is
htiv.'ove'Paa great triumph lor any
[ coir poser. Fr,i tm.v mu.-ieal composirti^'
^vhich original in cvH}-y
i hrase ami i?av can pass the r:g?|
' . is. !-V.v c-.irp.-sci.-- l nonulai
; ruisic are ocrnnal- Nearly ail <>'
;*h'.ni lewovk old. musical themes^ most
l ; ; ihen* n ie.in'ailY composed by tiu
I i.oinpc-ov o- inland opera.
j .it ;f said -.FT- Jy?ha, ipaLtron
of the Metropolitan Opera 11
| New York, a nuaVto-rSf a^rnilHor ;
j year to make up the company's !oss
j o>\ When Mr. Kahn passes, unles;
roric it few "angel" v.'itli a taste i'o:
he musical .and a bottomless purs.
coitm--s u? the from, grand opera ii
New York will.he a thing of the past
It will continue in Europe, where op
j era ^ is supported by. the taxpayers
j Chaplin
The funny "little English Jew win
. has i or years b.een the world's mos
phjiiilar entertainer, has nroVecl pnc?
inore that, in the hands of veallj
; chn?bnfi.nr artists, uantomime is ~2!
' efleVtive as words, Charly Chaplin':
Hi : - .V-.ii ... .- .. .
r?.?w |jiuiuie; !.i a suyni J.:jm . one a.
I the kind chat jffbedb no uanslatioi
; to nim *y intelligible;-to everybody
; whatever language they way speak
; Long afro Chaplin -;beg^nr.Uy. disear*
from hi? pictures, relyinj
j op. the action alone to toii the
j An/: he has a larger following an<
| has made more money than any oth
I er- ligxtre in the pictures,
ii'. There was a lime when it seeme<
iu: :! the nvovics would make.it nee
[ cs.sary for actota^p 1 -am the avi <>
rPressing emotions by action, ba
. the t-ilki'cs. have dispei'ed that hope
!h is s-. much easier ... do it wit)
; word?, but a is:, so much less ei ft-c
j Cve.;yit tckes a real artist to b ? :
go sir paritoTuirhlst.. and except fo
Chaplin nra|;hW. C. Fyeld 1 ihiiik o
! .iv'Tirsr rale pantomimic pkiying. ei
::h>r or: the -tcge vy hi t.Re roc
111 y 1
Silver
irty vuio ago the dpininapi
roJmgjjU hsidUin the United State
! .yal- whether should put stive
I on an equality with gold as the basi;
\ of money, by coining silver withou
j restriction at the ration of sixteei
| dlihceiC?* silver to cn-j ounce of gold
: That, would have given silver a sta
'. hie price in the world's markets o
! SI.25 an ounce, or thereabouts, gol
beings worth about ?20 an ounce.
.1 Only once has the price of silve
I U * A *U_ j.:. - J! t f -L - i TIL
I icitbiicu me rauu ox jo to ulv ma
--- - '-<fn rt -i rtvift ' I !>?.- '- >gaSa
years the price ranged between $1.21
and $1.34 an ounce on the Londo
market. Early in February this yea
silver was sold in London and Ne^
i York for 26 1-2 cents an ounce
! The principal reason for this is th
establishment of the currency of Ir
dia on a gold basis, in 1926, leavin
; in the hands of the Indian goverr
I ment some five hundred millio
I ounces of silver bullion to dbpo.s
, of, of which only about a fifth ha
found a market.
There is not, enough gold toda
f to meet the world's needs as a basi
of money. There was a long peno<
alter the gold discoveries in the Ran
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV
'tuelve Queens in American Life
r been chosen the nation's greatest. (Leii
Cel'er. famous de.^f mute: Mine. Erne?
Mary vYooILlv and Martha Berry. educ
bott. child welfare worker;: Minnie-Madd
ice Sabin. anatomist and tuberculosis figh
I
ar.d the Klondike, when here was
J more gold than was needed. Pnbn(
b!y the present situation will revive
the movement for bimetallism. But
! in time v.c shall measure money valj
ue.s neither by silver nor gold but by
the average supply and demand of:
! commodities and labor.
Death
The automobile death tell for 1930
has been compiled, and it is a terrifying
record. 32.500 Americans were
killed in motor accidents, an average
of alinoi.t a hundred a day. Nearly
million others were ipjutcd, 962.-,
: '125, to be exact. The total numbei
j of automobile accidents reported for
j the year was 835,259.
TheseJfignrvs ?w?^ifonly nm--thine!
--reckless driving. Not fast driving,!
necessarily, for one may drive reckicsr.fy
at 29 .miles an hour. Turning,
a sharp cmiut a: even that speed
- leeklc.ss tli ivir.g^Alrnost half of
'i,.. i ...t,,., -
,,v' il,,i " A4"
i s!ruck a pedestrian. Sometimes it was;
ilthfi ncdostriaii's fault, of course. A;
"; fjt'jartflr of those. killed were crossing!
' i streets in the middle \>f a block. I .essj
"{than a quprler of the deaths occur-'
! red from coi'iision with another car. i
The pitiful thing about the fip:
; u:rf-A" 10 i- that the number el;
| chii'irc . in .weeti five and ten %vho(
- i vex e it; motor accidents W**^nearly
doubled during; the year. j
Two thir.gs may .help this useless j
-1 s!au<rh*-c.\ Ivvery .State should rtS
quire a license after an examination,
IJ before..'"anyone is permitted to drive
; n ear. And every poison convicted of
1 reckless driving should have his qr
her license revoked, and in aggia
fatbd cases be sent to prison vith-j
out the option of a fine^
Tiie Aienfand furliespedev^ Seed ill
; Union County has become so great
; (hat County A pent T .1 V*. llroom
3i is having difiiculty locating such
tra^M8g i f??
1
If ,:iep='mof
A&Szr fcs-.v th? b'olfc
5 H c^rcfco <ho All -V"
n /? *& *ty pCv^TCr>j cr roaJ _
r ___..
v
! 30x3 ^ TIRES 3.5<
? 29x4.40 TIRES 4.41
30x4.50 T'.RES ..... 5.41
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Owned
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EKY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. a
Wm$
to right, top row v Jane Addams,
tine Schumaan-Heink. operatic
atior.a! pioneers; (bottom row)
ern Ci^ke. stage actress: Carrie
ter, and Grace Ccolidge. wife of
Sunday School Lesson
RJEV. SAMUEL D. PRICE, D. D.
International Sunday School Lesso;
tor March 15lh
JESUS AMONG FRINEDS
AND TOES
Luke x, 38-42; xi, 42-46, 52-54
Far more than manv may third
lesus was a very friendly man. H
accepted many invitations tc be
guest and delighted in the frienc
ships that were increased as He tai
vinH tiSmo Th
the incident is in Bethany, ric
far from Jerusalem. The > * riU-r wi:
at the- traditional site of this p!ac
and also entered the supposed torn
Martha, who figure in this lesson.
Both of these aister> have prohaV?
:.n '% ,;! imatcd by their critic
.Mat-ha " ais ." delighted to sit at HI.
feet and learn of Him. Mary r. i
probably attended to ht? parti of th
heus - work that morning. Aiarlh
wanted to overdo in the matter <.
the 'mono that day. and this wi
'in aej- Mi accord with Oriental cm
rom. Todav many a visit is spoilt
for both truest and host by too mut
e.ntovtainint'. Mary wanted spirityi
uplift rather than physical indigo
rion. Ir looks as if Martha had net
\v- vvvivijz herself with self-pity a:
the fn tiing was allowed to increa:
Junlitsbe:ie^pir;dcd-t;gsvn?t hor
and before the Company.
Foes are seen when the I'harise
come around to find fddlt with h
new Teacher who presents such di
ferent rules for daily living. Tht
have added more rules to the C
Testament scrolls than the poop
can keep in mind, let clone practic
They had fixed a certain day in oa?
I year when every grave must be whi
j washed lest some one step thereo
! hut they would hot do anything
, help the widow of the man who
j body was buried there. Jesus want*
I principles observed thaL won hi he
; mankind along the daily pathva
j "Ye arc my friends if ye do tl
I things which I command you" is tl
r^i/P.r, %=
will bu]
tiding m
fornousGcodyear S
A i I - V7 ea>h e r Tre o d is supc- " jt
rior in traction. Note how the deep:gh?-gripping
blocks are placed in the
F the 'reed, where they belong. Press
your hand upon this treed and feel
; grip end pinch I he flesh. This iilusrccsther
Tread's holdfast action on
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1TRIBUTORS FOR-WATAUGA COUNTY
W. R. Winkler, Manager
one and Blowing Rock, N. C.