TWO If LIST OF POTENTIALl CANDIDATES FOR PRESID'NCY VARIED Hoover. If Nominated. Will Relv on Radio. Johnson Would Bring Issues to the Public. Roosevelt, Al Smith, Ritchie, Baker or Garner Would Likely Make Extensive National Campaigns. Washincton.?Issues of the 1932 Presidential campaign may be still in the making^ but its personalities, short of some wholly uulorseen cirvUHiatuilvey, ts.it: aueady walking the political boards, familiar figures in the public eye. And it is the personal traits of the two Presidential nominees which largely shape the manner and method of campaigning; At this distance the signs point to a Republican ticket of Hoover and Curtis. Self-elimination of former President Coolidge and former VicePresident Dawes from the pro-convention contest for delegates narrows the field of speculation materially. Assuming renuminution of Mr. Hoover, his traits will dominate the 19&2 Republican campaign, and the outstanding trait Mr. Hoover has dis- . closed in public life has been his repugnance to personal appearance 1 before audiences: his reliance upon j the radio lb reach vpteris; In the 1D2S campaign. Mr. Hoover made very few campaign trips. As , President he has stuck to his White House desk?and to the radio?more * strictly than any recent predecessor. * Before a radio "mike" Mr. Hoover shows little sign of the disquiet ap- J pearance before an audience sometimes seems to cause him. Invariably he reads his speeches. There is no record that he has ever even revised ir. delivery the written word. He disclosed little sense of con-j tact with his audience. An occasional raising of his eyes from the page | before him is his only concession to accepted platform customs. He does ones to point his words. Prom which it is simple to deduce ihat a Hoover campaign ir. 1932 would be largely a counterpart of that he made in 1928, except that the White House would be his base. Most of the personal contact work woulq be left to the vice-presidential nominee. s? Johnson Stormy ?ctrel There could be no greater politic*1 contrast than that, offered by President. Hoover and Senator Hiram Johnson of California, a possible challenger for the 1932 nomination. The Senator is a jierv debater, swift of tongue, free in gesture." 110 scorns written speeches.- prido?- himself on accuracy of his memory in weaving even statistical data in his extempovanpnn? ijo)i.voi.yr;i: . ... _ The political platform is Johnson's J chosen forum; the response of an audience to the emotional appeal he j throws into his argument a spur to! I added effort. ii Should Johnson achieve a Presi-i dential nomination, his natural bentj would urge him to face to face- cor.-: tact with audiences to the limit of j physical endurance. He would be an! utterly different- figure xrr.m any. Republican Presidential nominee of! recent times, a stormy disciple of the strategy of frontal attack. There could be tvo front porch campaign lug ferbim. Roosevelt Enjoys Speaking Turning to iLmocnnic Prcriden- ; tial possibilities, Governor RooseveltjJ. of New York comes first y< -tcknowl- j edges leader for the honor at "his. time. Like Johnson, he Is a: his best'-, before an andier.ee-. The joy of po-G litical battle on him. Audiences]j are quick to sense that and respond. H To RoosoVv L. >oen on the plat- j j form, politics, life it-self, seems a;! brilliant, alluring adventure. As Gov-! ernor of Now York he las traveled! more about State enterprises than'] many a predecessor. Smith Blunt, Direct As the unknown quantity of the; j Democratic pre-convention situation,j, former Governor Alfred E. Smith ofh Sow York logically falls next in line.; His campaign methods and manner-!, isms ar*e too fresh in the popular j ( mind to need recapitulation. j, His strenuous drive for votes in I; 1928 Was typical. The Smith keynote in a campaign, Istate or national, has always been the.*' same, whatever the issues, he purports to speal: to and for men ofj, ? The common idtr oY~L:Timbie^origirij ^ like himself. Simple words, a blunt. L direct manner and a voice untouched j T by oratorical inflections, adoidingi ( any charge of affectation, are his T weapons on the stump. Ritchie of Fine Presence , Albert C. Ritchie. Maryland's four- c time Governor and as yet the only open candidate for the Democratic t nomination, is another blunt-spoken i( man in ruiblic. Starting with the ,\ unhesitatingly declared anti-prohibi-1 tion views around which his canoi-jI dacy centers, the Marylander tends I a to apply the same rule to every other jo issue he discusses. State's rights and; s common sense are the guiding prin- e ciples Ritchie invokes to meet any specific topic or discussion on the national hustings. t Ritchie is a man of distinguished t presence. Because he is less well i known nationally, perhaps, than oth- r er nomination possibilities, he. too, 1 as party nominee would be under i special necessity of making a nation- j wide personal campaign. s Two other Democratic imponderables of _the campaign year are New- t ton V. Baker of Cleveland and Speak- i er John Nance Garner of Texas. The t names of both are already widely < known. Baker for his service as war- < time head of the War Department; \ Garner as personifying Democratic ) conquest of the Douse, the major's factor inspiring Democratic hopes ofii sweeping victory in November. Is Bsksr Natural Orater Baker is, perhaps, more of a nat- ? urel orator than any of those named. c He speaks extemporaneously and dis- ' plays a depth of culture and learn- ? ing in debate. Jle is the crusader type, however.' iil Thi?i i fii il as the logical spokes- i gov 1 Maryland Beauty Queen ?P'SST S* %-' ' V r.j>; / ,- * fa ""* > W .> . w-a [ ..O c Mlu Stella MoGiady. 23. Rising SC.iGOitCoCuvf. r?0?i iac UCJiuty contest of the Maryland Farm Federation from fifteen other con'estanta. FEDERAL PRISONERS JAIL PETITION AGA! 5aby's Head Too imall for Brain New York.?Physicians were faced today with the problem of Ucviuii;^ V.iiecjlV-1 U> it IVtC.- ! jor operation on n two-year old urooKiyn oaoy wnose neaci cavity is too small for normal growth of the brain. Without an operation the child j probably would die. or if he survived, grow up crippled and idiotic, they said. On the other hand, an operation might save the child only for a "life of misery." But ti ere is a chance the operation, which entails opening the rear part of the skull, might be successful and restore the child to normalcy. ? ? ~ ? In Chicago, 17 years ago. Dr. Harry J. Haiselden was faced with a similar problem. With the "parents consent he permitted the child to die, saying it was the "most merciful thing to do." His action _: L'Viot" -v 4 .? SxO'iiii 1 .=Tu.~ The Brooklyn girl's mother said her husband Vcft her after the child was horn because he had wanted a Wjh iHGHWAYS TAKE" LIVES OF OVER 700 Vuraber Killed in Nerih Carolina During 1S3I Tole! 762. Less Than in 1930, But More Are Injured. Vehicle Bureau Make* Report. Raleigh, N. C,?-Fatalities from auo:nobile accidents in North Carolina j n 1931 totaled 762, or 15 fewer than n 1930, while the total number inured was ihr- highest on record, 5,)7 5. There were S9 persons killed and 176 injured during Decmeber, I.. S. fTarris, head of the Motor Vehicle fturcau, reported Friday. This com lared with 74 killed and -183 injured n November. Seven children playing in the street j vere killed and 16 injured in the last) month of 1931. Twenty five pedes-* :rians were killed in 58 injured. Due :o the death of nine persons in one rain-automobile accident near Charottc, the total killed in such mi: vas 12, compared with. 2 in Xovemjer. During December more accidents nn TKl'lf/In,, ?V\'.r? A,, n,,, - I rtbcr day. lt> fatal and 54 non-fatal mishaps being listed. Usually most tceider.ts occur on Sundays but Christmas Eye, a Thursday, was credited with boosting- the December: Chursday accidents. Peculiarly, it was found that most lycidents in any one hour, 36. ocuirred between 7 and e in the eve ting in December and the smallest lumber reported for any hour, 5. incurred between 7 and 8 in the no ruing. There were 363 accidents reported luring December and intoxicated' I id vers accounted for ;>2. Records of the motor bureau show bat 2,904 persons have heen kilicd i ind 19,253 injured in 13,893 aeei-l tills since January 1, 1928. nan of TVoodrow Wilson idealism, nd the fact may impair his chances f nomination. Baker, himself, has liven no indication whether he is ven receptive. Garner Fiery Debater Garner would be a newcomer to he national political stage, despite lis double dKb.de in Congress. He s a fiery debater in the House, admit and skillful in parliamentary maneuvering instant in politieal give tnd take. Yet he has never figured: irominently on a national campaign peaker's list. Nor even in his campaigns for rejection to the House. Garner has nade very lew speeches e-cvepc uu he House floor. He has heen re-elect-d at times without returning to his listrict from Washington. How he vould conduct a Presidential camlaign as a nominee only Garner him;elf knows. One thing stands out.| % 11 C *1 ...e.rlJ Jierln;. nnv Ml Ul tllUSt* IIIU1 WUUIU UlSUaill onalities. All would demand for hemselves and accord to opponents l respect and acceptance of patriot)ally sincere motives in keeping with he dignity of the high office a1, take. The hippopotamus is found only n Africa. THE \yATAU'JA DEMOCRAT E1 France's Prettiest Girl 1^^ ' " ^ ***? M1!? Aflwttf T)?K9nall 17. >^><>a3C girl, has been, acclaimed as th? girl with the prettiest (ace' in ail rlnaoe. itlV WILKES rftUNTV INST BEING MOVED (Wilkes Journal) Federal prisoners, without exception, in the Wilkes jail nave protested by petition their proposed removal to other jails. A jail inspector from Atlanta. Ga., made a complete survey of the Wilkes Bastile and it is thought that he recom prisoners to other jails, because of crowded conditions. Some of the prisoners became very indignant over the thoughts of leaving the Wilkes jail and accused others of writing complaining letters to the Department of Justice. However, all of the Federal prisoners signed the following petition: Wilkes County. North Carolina, To the Honorable Sanfdrd Bates, Superintendent of Prisons, Department of Justice. Wo. the undersigned Federal prisoners confined in the Wilkes County jail at Wilkcshoro, N. C., having heard of our proposed removal to other jails in different counties in the State, respectfully request that we be allowed to rcrtah: in jsil in Wtlke? Cc-tfoty to complete the terms for which we have been sentenced The majority of the undersigned petitioners arc relatively poor e.n?' own small farms in and around Wilkcsboro and in Wilkes County. If we are allowed to remain in jail here wo can direct the preparation fo crops on our land and at the same time see our families occasionally. If wt were removed to some other county it would make it impossible from a financial standpoint, for our familiar, tr. vi-ait-mr a? a!! beenustr" we dp not have the necessary money to pay their expenses. We further wish to state that we are weli treated in this jail and that the jail is kept in sanitary conuiuuiii am< iai us wt- VUllSUt: there if no need whatsoever tVitus to he removed. We have plen- ; ty of coocl wholesome food and ave in every way as well off a< we could he a? any jail. \\ e wish therefore to sincerely and earnestly nrotest our removal to other jails in other cuonties and respectfully request that the order oi removal, 11 same nas oeen signed, be rescinded. Bees Deplete Stores During Mild Wintei The mild weather of the presen wiiiU'i", favorable to most XarTnlhg up orations in North Carolina, is unfa vorable to the beekeeper because thi bees are roused to activity and rnal;? inroads on the food supply store< in the hives. C. L. Sams, specialist in beekeop ing at State College^ makes the time lv suggestion that owners of apiariei should check their colonies from 'inn lo time and find out the supply o honey on hand. It is known that th< bees entered the winter in better dition than was expected after tr light honey flow of the fall. A !a < drought caused a failing off in il supply of nectar but as a genera rule, the bees found enough bios soms to lay up a needed supply o honey. Some beekeepers may find it nee essary vo feed their bees during th? latter part of the winter, says Mr Sains, so that the colonies may mee the spring nectar flow in strong con dition. It is too early to anticipate th crop of 19S2, but Mr. Sams find prospects particularly bright at th present. Recent rains generally ove North Carolina have helped greatly and the honey producing plants ar in normal condition. The only dark spot in the State' honey industry at this time is th poor market for honey made last sea son. Many beekeepers still have one jiaji ui cneir sucks on nana. it l: doubtful, Mr. Sams says, if more thai one-balf of the 1931 crop has beei marketed. This was due in nnrt t< the large yield produced and in par to poor marketing methods. The North Carolina Beekeeper Association is meeting at State Col lege this week, January 21 and 22 and marketing will be the principa topic for discussion. It is hoped t( get some kind of group action b; members of the organization. Bulletin 279 of the North Caro lina Experiment Station, "Approvec Practices for Irish Potato Growers.' has been printed Terentlv and i' available to citizens of ftforth Carolina on request to the editor at State College. irrpv THURSDAY?BO ONE K. c. char(^Tgainst] parker dropped! Accusation Against Circuit Judge EI- i iiott Norliicotl Also Ditiniued by Judiciary Com miiicc. Cuolru^. j: Suinnera Withholds Charges. | Washington^?Impeachment charg . cs against two judges in the circuit supervised by Chief Justice Hughes were unanimously ordered dropped Thursday by the House judiciary committee. They were preferred by Miss Mary sneers of Baltimore against Judire Jubu .1. Parkes of _Char!cttCi N. C.f and Judge rjiliott Northcoit of Huntington. W. Va. The committee, meeting behind closed doors, received the report of its subcommittee that investigated the case and iramediatelv adopted its recommendation that the accusations be dismissed. The Sneers charges, made in a po-j tition to the House, were based on j litigation between the Speers Sand s and Gravel Company and the American Trust Company, a New York corporation. This suit was appealed four times. .juviLf ruiM'i ueiivcn-u the Ia>L decision in October. 1931. Judge Northcott participated in one of the earlier decisions. Chairman Sumners announced the committee's action, but declined to disclose i no marges. i Sumners said, however, that hei felt procedure for handling impeach-i meat cases needs revamping. TTe has introduced a resolution now pending before the rules committer for an investigation of the question by a joint house and senate committee. "Perhaps some sort of a buffer is needed between the Public and congress to investigate the claims." M?* Sumners said. "We do not want the charges made too frcelv and certainly! we should never consider abandoning | the impeachment power." ROMINGER NEWS Mrs. Birdie Ward, of the Oak Grove section, visited her mother here last week. Lewis Harmon. M. P. Trivett and Conley Trivett went to the Stone Mountain last week to gather galax. B. B. Harmon and family, of Beech Creek, were guests nt Charlie OilHands last Saturday night and Sunday. Master Ronald Rominger. . M. A. omnidcts hi Kurgnw reports hnvinrr delirious sti-owlim-rins from her own patch for Christmas dinner this year. A number of other frrowers report this delightful delicacy during this unusual season. piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiEiliMiiiiiii 1 Q Si ? | for tn&ti si Mtveamtl jll No need sceonil e ; =i ?when FI ^ costs no m = Every year for ==: tire has been J [ i == ?first choice i I || That tire is j |? TODAY mor. = Goodyear Tire: ; = kind?by mil you ride on fi == they cost no i e EE 31x5.25-2 ( Centra SSS r?/% d = DU! -1 sss == Washing, Polishing < Iliililllliiilllllilillllilllllillll^illlllllllll Church Announcements ADVENT CHRISTIAN REV. J. T. GREENE, Pastor Sunday School each Sunday at 0:45. Morning: service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 8 o'clock. FIRST BAPTIST REV. P. A. HICKS, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 a. m., J. T. C. Wright, superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:00 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 0:00 p. m.; Brotherhood, 6:00 p. j m.; mid-week prayer service on Wed-1 nesHnvs nt 7 :tf 0 p. ni. Choir practice on Wednesdays at 8:1 R p. nt. METHODIST CHURCH REV, J. H. BRENDALL JR.. Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 a. m., J. D. Rankin, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. hv Pev RrnnHnll. Ep'.vorth League, 6:15 p. m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 p. m. Choir practice on Friday, 7 p. m. Calendar of Services at THE LUTHERAN CHURCH St. Mark's?Blowing Rock Service with sermon the first Sunday of each month at 11 a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 a. m. Luther League every Sunday at 2:30 p. in. Light Brigade Saturday before tho first. 5und*v ?t 2 n. IT.. Grace?Boone Service the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 11 a. m. and on the first and third Sundays of each month at 7 p. m. through the tall and winter months. Please note the change of time: Vespers at 7 p. m. instead of 8 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9:15 a. tn. Luther League every Sunday at 6 p. m. [Ladies' Missionary Society meets on ! Monday after the second Sunday of each month at 2 p. m. Light Brigade meets on Wednesday after the second Sunday of each month at 4 p. rn. Holy Communion Clark'* Creek Service every third Sunday of each month at 11 a. m. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. I.uthor League meets every Sunday at 2 p. m. Light Brigade r.t 2 p. ni. Saturday before the 3rd Sunday of each month. Banner Elk Services on the fourth Sunday of each month at 3 p. ni. We do most heartily welcome the jjublic to any or all of these servicej. L A. Yonnt, Pastor Cora Jeffcoat, Parish Worker Amy L. Kishcr, Parish Nurse. BBMWHbMmMWWI WATAUGA CHARGE REV. K. M. V ELM AN. Pastor Henson's Chapel?Second a r. d Fourth Sundays, 11 a. m. Sunday School at 9:15, J. B- Horton, superintendent. Epworth I.eague. 6 p. m. i mi ni iTiliiTiini iii it i iTiiTi iTii fi iii 11 u 11! 11 in 11 s Par* mr TS i /m " a im jft. jlvi s rr,hah l.h-e b&sf! M to ride on Mmm lioiee tires Pr S RST CllOlCB SfQi lore? Kt years, tlic same irst choice in sales n number of users. wHBjS GOODYEAR?and flSBpi e people ride on VWfeoa 3 than on any other lions. Why don't irst choice tires? ^8 nore to buy? ODYEAR 'H FINDER i i *3-98 4'SO jyjfej ? S.feO 5*45 i 5.69 5-55 W KB 9 6.65 6*45 V 9 6.98 6.8O ^^8. 1 8.57 8.35 I Tire Co A. E. Hodges, Manager 3NE AND BLOWING R Creasing, Battery Service, 1 ffiHHHHl 9?*gSSS3SBE&i Valle Crucis?Preaching every First and Third Sunday at 11 a. m. Sunday School 10 a. m., J. M. Shull, superintendent. Epworth League evi.-v Wednesday night. Mabel?Preaching every Second and Fourth Sunday at S n, rn. Sunday School 10 a. m.. Robert Castle, superintendent. Salem?Preaching every first Sunj day at 3 p. m. j Valle Cruets Associated Missions of THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Leicester F. Kent, Rector Valle Crucis, N. C. | Rev. George \Y. Hulbert, Assistant Valle Crucis, N. C. Captain William R. Smith, A. C. R. Linville, N. C. Services HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Valle Crucis?Celebration Holy Communion every Sunday, 7:30 a. m.; morning prayer and sermon. 11:00 a. m. SAINT ANTHONY'S, Hutch Creek? Church School every Sunday, 2:30 p. m.; evening prayer unu sermon on first, third and fifth Sundays, 3:15 p. m. STR1NGFELLOW MEMORIAL a t Blowing Rock?Evening prayer and sermon every first Sunday. P 7:00 p. m. * ST. LUKE'S, Boone?Services as announced. ST. MATTHEW'S, Todd?Morning prayer and sermon, second and \ fourth Sundays, 11:00 a. ro. Church school every Sunday rooming at 10 o'clock. ST. MARY'S. Beaver Creek?Evening prayer and sermon, second and fourth Sundays, 3:15 p. m. HOLY TRINITY, Glendalc Springs? Evening prayer and sermon, second and fourth Sundays at 7:00 p. m. EAGLE AND RABBIT DIE IN TRAGIC PRAIRIE DRAMA Dodge City, K::r..- Prairie drama. A huge eagle swooped down from the sky to seize a rabbit Clutching its frightened prey, it soared again. Struggles of the rabhit threw the eagle against a power transmission line. Buth were killed. The story was told today by workmen who, seeking the cause of a short circuit between Doilge City and Bucklin, fcund the eagle entangled in the wires and the rnbbit dead on the ground below. In carpeting a hotel recently 37 miles cf floor coverings were used. 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