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I JANUARY 28, 1932.
[ GRIST SAYS CAM IS
| AFRAID OF DEBATE
Opponent Charges Morrison Would
Not Want to Face Three Major
Issues. Resents Senator's Recent
Letter Refusing Debate.
W i nston-Sal e m.? While a debate
cn the same floor apparently is not
forthcoming. Frank D. Griet. labor
commissioner, p.nd SpnsfAr Hsmpron I
Morrison Thursday nijr'nt were carryins:
on one by "remote control."
Grist, a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the Senate, had
cnauengeu ?emu or iviornson to a series
of joint debates and the Senator
declined.
While visiting here. Grist took the
opportunity to express resentment at
the manner in which the solon declined
the invitation and said "Sena
t o r Morrison has figuratively
slummed the dnnr in my face."
A letter from Morrison in Washington
to Grist said, "It would not
be personally pleasant to me to engage
in a joint debate with you. I am
engaged here trying to help enact
legislation looking to the restoration
p of prosperity in this country, but in
due time I shall present my cause
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can, of course, do the same."
Grist gave three reasons here "why
it would not be personally n.easant, '
as he said, for the Senator to engage
in debate:
"The Senator would not find "it
personally pleasant" to fae ' the issues
of power trust, tobacjo interests
and control of government !?
specially privileged classes. Senator
Morrison decs not possess t ie moral
courage to debate me on these issues.
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iiv WVUIU iuwc ?.u u uvtrn
his 'seat ol miprhty' and ti ke leave
from his associates of n illionaire
class, and he dislikes to 'si ik to insignificance,'
as he would see it, to
discuss issues with a com! loner of
plain people.
"Senator Morrison is vt lneraand
he knows it."
Grist then said he was leaving
Winston-Salem for Charlotte to "lay
eninn fo/?fc of fnnt'c fl*r?r?t H till' '*
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TODI> NEWS
(Deferred from last week)
Tile envoi imcnt in Elkiaiiu -ovliOOl
has reached 235. The attendance for
the past month was 208. Th average
to date has been sufficient to
justify the employment of two additional
teachers for the- coming
year.
Our school basket bail team nasi
made a good record tiiis year. Eighteen
games have been played. Fifteen
of these have resulted in victories
for the school boys. Some of these
games have been played with outside
teams. The high school hoys have
lost only one game played with a
school team.
Mr. ami Mrs. E. R. Mikeal are
spending the week at Charlotte visiting
tlicir two sons.
Mr. Noah Mikeal and son, Joe, of
Wilkes County, spent this week-end
ivifr, Mr. Ml! W\-s E- R Mikeal.
Mrs. C. P. Wright and small daughter,
Peggy, and Miss Mary Clawson,
of Cherryville, are spending a few
weeks with Mrs. R. H. Clawson who
is ill.
Mr. oil Blackburn wont to Ehtcbethton
Monday morning on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blackburn ana
three children. Lillian, Vivian and
Eugene; Miss Mary Clawson, Mrs. C.
F. Wright and daughter, Peggy, went
to Boone Saturday night.
Mrs. T. J. Wall and children spent
the week-end with Mrs. Wall's parents.
Mr. and Mis. R. M. Church.
Miss Pauline Blackburn, who has
been absent from the sixth grade for
several days, has returned to her
studies.
Mr. M. M. Wall, who was ill last
week; is better, his fiiends are glad
to know.
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Those dreams that so
money with which to h
to have?or money foj
for music or art, or foi
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necessary, a savings ac
help to make your drei
To what you deposit, v
ularly. This will make
faster than you expect.
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MOTOR EXPf
We are now operating a dailj
Lenoir, Hickory and Asheville, c
to all parts of the east or south.
Onr rates compare favorably wil
business.
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The Metropolitan Museum
tug. "Washington Crossing the
a real work of art and ordered il
a German artist of the America
State to Emerge First
From DepreKsinn. Says
Governor Gardner
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Executive Returns from New York
Much Encouraged. Believes Enactment
of Reconstruction Law Will
Be Great Aid to Nation.
Raleigh. N. C.?Following his re-1
turn from Washington and New
York, Governor Gardner Friday issued
a statement in which he declared
that he believes North Carolina
will he the first State to emerge
fro~ the present economic depres
sion. The Governor's statement follows
:
"North Carolina, along with every
State in the Union, is today suffering
under the blight of economic
conditions prevailing throughout the
wyirlu. Tlie ciiCwuiagruK i<?y uf
and hope for us in North Carolina
is seen in the fact that our citizenship
and our government have recognized
conditions for what they are
and have made stupendous efforts to
adjust themselves to weather the
storm. In some important respects
North Carolina was the last State to
substantially feel the effects of the
business panic. We had made com
prehensive plans to adjust our operations
to its ct;mands even before
its lavages began to shrink revenues.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable to
believe thai we may be The first
State to escape from its grasp. W.c
have put our house in order. We have
not only adjusted our operations to
live through it, but when its weight
lifts, his State will surelv be one of
the first to be able to move off of
the present plane and push ahead with
an accelerated progress.
"Therefore, I feel, after having
made a summary of the whole national
situation, that it is not unreasonable
to believe that \v< may
be the first State to escape from i.
grasp.
"I believe that the enactment of
the Reconstruction Finance Corpo
ration would have a stabilizing in: luence
and that its early funetior.iii'
under efficient officers and directors
will speed the economic recovery o:
the country."
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' a higher education, or
travel
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:onnecting at these places with lines
WEEKLY TRIPS TO RICHMOND.
:h railroad rates, and we solicit your
RANSFER CO.
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVH
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Delaware", to its walls. Recently the tri
t to be stored in the basement The paint
o school, in 1851.
NEW AUTOMOBILES
PRICES REDUCED T
Governor Doughton
Celebrates Birthday
Sparta, N. C. ? Ex-Lieutenant
Governor R. A. Dough ton was honored
on Monday evening of last
week when-aiinitwentrelatives
met at Four Oaks and set a
dinner honoring the 75th birthday
of "Alleghany County's most distinguished
citizen."
The long tabic prepared in the
spacious dining room of the hotel
was literally groaning under the
burden of the sumptuous uinner
prepared by his kinsmen. A nephew,
J. H. Dougbion of Sparta, act- i
cd as toastmaster.
"Guv'iier Rufe/'j as he is familiarly
called by close friends, ap- I
peared to be in he finest of health j
and is enjoying his law practice in
Sparta, apparently with renewed I
interest.
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Lighthouse Keepers of j
North Atlantic Receive j
Little Praise for Work
Work of Cape Hatteras Light Crew.;
(jA?? r*?"? - 94 Uniivc !???Ifr. >1 l
Ajjc >f 65. Two Monthe or* Duty
4a One Month on Shore.
Cape Hatteras, N. C. Lighthouse;
keepers along the shore of North Car-;
olina live lives symbolical of the waters
they watch for it is almost a living
among the dead for those who
patrol the "graveyard of the Atlantic."
The crash of waves, intensifying
the monotony of the endless blink-j
ing lights and the measured moan i
of fog whistles, engulfs in desolate!
solitude these guardians of the deep!
who at times see no human for weeks
on end.
Theirs is a work that must go on i
24 hours a day. The chance for he-!
roics is small and praise for their
vigils is rare. But in the nation's!
most historic lighthouses, situated
along the North Carolina coast, the
sentinels perform their duties for the
government and humanity.
Off Diamond Shoals, the "graveyard"
,\vhic.h fuses its water with
those whose waves break around the
towers, is anchored a lightship with
its new of 2,0.
Two months on duty with one
month ashore is the lot of the men
who, only 14 miles from Hatteras,
must travel hundreds of miles to get
there. When his 60-day duty is up,
a sailor is picked up by a passing
ship and put ashore at its first stop?
a port that may be days away from
home.
Keepers of the Screwpile light
houses can spend eight days a month
with their families ashore but at times
they have been marooned for months.
During 1917-18 ice floes help keepers
captive for two months and only
a last-minute rescue prevented starvation?but
the lights burned on.
Unless physically disabled these
men cannot retire before the age of
65, and on giving up their hermitlike
duties stay indoors almost all
the remainder of their lives, so accustomed
have they been to the solitude
of their water-bound "prison"
towers.
By night the keeper watches his
lamp and by day he cleans, oils and
refuels it- Each year he must painl
his tower?a two-months job?-ant
I for the remaind^T of thp timp hf
I stays by his light. His family iuaj
| visit him only three months in th?
year. In his few spare minutes h<
* reads, fishes or whiles away hi:
| scarce leisure moments as best h<
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CHAMPION HOC KILLER OF
CARTER ISSUES CHALLENG1
Shell Creek, Tenn.?C. E. "Bus
Williams, recently killed a hog her
which netted 647, dressed.
Williams sal' he had read of ar
other party recently slaughtering on
that netted 607 pounds. "Why, ths
was just a runt by the side of mine!
he says. "Bring on your real, sur
enough hogs?H-O?G-S?hogs, i
you want to compete with the chan
pion!"
He is waiting for an answer to h
challenge.
:RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N, G.
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lUCH IMPROVED:
0 NEW LOW LEVELl
Hundreds of Models-at Grand Central
Exposition Carry Features Hitherto
Unknown. Prices Greatly Reduced.
Trend Toward Lower
Swung Cars Is Apparent. Electrical
Devices Have Wrought Wonder#.
By CALEB JOHNSON
Even in times like these everybody
is interested in the new automobjlos'
Perhaps ihe automobile people are
going to sell more of them in 1932
than they did in 1931. At any rate.,
there is a wider variety of good automobiles
to choose from then ever
before, and at lower prices.
Even though automobile sales fell
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.wii mr ivu* uj ciiioic man vuc ii?m
from 1929. an; 1 only about 2>450,0CC
cars were built, last year, there was
more automobile travel than ever before.
That is proved by the fact that
five hundred million more gallons of
gasoline were consumed in 1931 than
in 1930. And that, in turn, means that
the old cars were driven harder and
are nearer the stage where they must
be replaced by new ones. Automobile
manufacturers figure, that there arc
six million cars that ought to go to
the junk heap this year. And if they
ran sell thai many they would br. doing
twice as much business as they
did last year.
I went to the first automobile show
of the season at Grand Central Palace,
New York, on the opening rinJanuarv
9. This is the first place
where the makers all show their new
1932 models, and I found a great
many things to interest me whirl
will. I believe, 'interest tpveryhpdy
who ha- a car or who hopes to have
h car.
First and most important, prices
all along the line are way down. Six
years agr* I paid 53,750 ior n cnv. At
this year?, show the same makers are
offering a ear of the same sire, but
with a more powerful engine and a
better car in every way, for a hundred
dollars less than half of tha4
figure. There are better cars selling
between $500 and $1,000 than could
have been bought two years ago from
$1,000 to $2,000. In tune with the I
times, the largest offerings of new
| cars are in the less than $1,000 class, i
land the very high quality big cars|
; are selling at from $1,000 to S3,00^'
less than similar models sold last
year.
And I think I am perfectly safe
in saying that, without exception,
they are ail better cars.
I was surprised to find how uniformly
the manufacturers have adopted
all of the very latest improvements.
For one thing, they arc all
showing smaller wheels and larger
tires?some of the tires have almost
the proportion of doughnuts. One of
the biggest improvements in the whole
automotive field in recent years has
been in the quality of tires. I can
remember when three thousand miles
was a lot of service to get out of a
set of tires, while today it is ordinary
! experience to get twenty thousand
miles and over.
The smaller wheels help bring
car closer to the ground, and by thus
lowering the center of gravity make
high speeds safer and lessen the danger
of an upset on curves. Last year's
cars seemed low, but this year's are
still lower from ground to top. Sev.
eral makers have found new ways
L of bringing the body down below the
. t chassis frace. Head room is less, but
. people these davs don't wear pluc
hats while motoring.
There were few four-cylinder mo!
tors in any of the cars at the show.
| Even very low-priced cars have sis
, cylinders, and many of those or.dei
j $1,000 are eights. Several maker;
. i are showing twelves who never made
; Ail of that is in fine with the in>
creased speed which modern motor
5 ists, with plenty of good roads tc
e drive on, are calling for. A few year:
ago a fortv-horsepower engine wa:
considered very powerful; I shnuli
say that half the cars in the shov
- have engines above one hundred hors~
power, and arc so designed that the:
can be driven with safety at speed
e up to seventy or eighty miles ai
hour.
In almost every car I saw, som
e special effort has been made to sus
pend the engine in such a way as t
minimize engine vibration. Lig'nte
weight pistons and crankshafts ar
^ the rule, and I saw numerous mino
improvements in methods of insurin
is equal distribution of gas tc- all cy
inders, on the eights and twelve
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rhore seems to be :i tendency to 3
1 way with the vacuum trnk t. dc
iwav with the vacuum tar.'; and pro-s -1
.*ide pressure feed from the main Is
ank. I o
i uon z inniK mere vres a single I
rar at the show which did not ha v. v
he new so-called "syncro-mesh" a
rears, in one form or another. I c
:hink that in many respect? this is n
he most important improvemen in c
:ars that has been made. It dim:- t
lat-es all trouble in shifting gears, f
naking that operation entirely noiseleas
and eliminating all danger <
;t ripping thp teeth. And, in con- lection
with this syncro-mesh trans- r
mission, every car that I examined. \<
from the $500 ones to the $1,000 c
>nes, has some system of free- wheel- \
ng, usually in connection with an au- s
orr.atic clutch. Some have a button u
to press with your foot, to put the r
tree wheeling aiiu automatic clutch )
system into operation, some have the- \
button on the dash board, some have i
a lever on the steering wheel, but in f
practically all of the new cars it is (
possible to drive over almost any ?
kind of country without ever having }
to use the left foot for the clutch <
lever. On steep down grades where
the braking power of the engine i |
required, the throwing of a switch or ,
the pressure of a button cuts out ,
the free wheeling features and the ]
engine is directly geared to the drive i
shaft. On ?. good many of the now
cars you can stand still in traffic .
with the engine idling, and by open- \
ing the gas throttle, by means of the t
foot accelerator, it will start off in ;
first speed, automatically shift to (
second when it gets up to four or \
five miles an hour, ard then auto- \
matically shift into third when the >
ten-mile speed has been reached, and ]
this process is reversed whenever the
car slows down. On a great many,
if not most, of the cars, the selfstarter
lz aire thai thw.;
engine can never stall so long as then
switch is on. All it takes to start the)
engine is to throw the ignition switch.,,
This device was used nearly twenty j,
years ago by one maker that I know ,
of and it has amazed me for years j
that nobody -else had taken it up.
Now they are all doing it, or most
of them.
Hydraulic shock absorbers are now
regular equipment on every thing j
from Fords to Cadillacs, where only
the hist year or two they were expensive
extras. And many of the new ,
cars have wksij they call a ?ride ccn= 5
trol" device whereby the tension oh (
the shock absorbers can be altered j
to suit the load in the car or the char- ,
acter of the road. Everybody knows j
that a heavily loaded car holds the <
road better than a light one. or at
least shakes up the passengers less. ]
yxrzt.1. *u_ control" v*hi?* 1
" by opening o?* dosing the nil!,
valves in the shock absorbers, the!!
same* riding comfort is promised withj
only one passenger that ordinarily,
results from having five in the car.j'
while rough roads are smoothed out j 1
by a simitar application of the "ride ,
control" adjustment.
None of the cars at, the show wasj1
equipped with the new low pressure j'
tires. From twenty-five to thirty-five.*
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mold. It is very easy
paint brush. Meat is
warm weather.
Blow out those stum
field you will plow tl
special price to farn
this year. See us.
You should be planni:
your orchards. We cai
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for spraying. Also spr
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ounds pressure is standard for bali
li One tiro maker has bought
-.1. n!:.i I w?_n told that* others will
t>on bring out, a tire which requires
nly twelve pounds of air pressure,
t has a triangular cross section, a
ery broad base on a wide wheel rini
nd about lour inches of surface
ontact with the road. Friends of
line who have driven in light cars
quipped with these twelve pound
ires say that thev behave wonderu)ly.
1 noticed a decided tendency tomrd
longer wheel base 1,1 the
iriccu cars. THst, of course, liiuhcs
iding easier. It also gives a longer
pod under which to put an eightvlinder
engine, and nermits longer
>odic-s, with more leg room, in the
mailer types of closed cats. I saw
l aluuller proportion of cut?. of the
umble seat type, however, and more
laving a closely coupled body, wiih
ear seats for two or three, and a
emovable canvas top over all. They
ire very sporty looking affairs, many
>f these, and doubtless will be popuar
with the type of young folks
vho have been such eaerer buyers of
wo-s eaters with rumble.
Bigger and more powerful headlights,
two horns instead of one?I
:annol quite see the use of that?
much more chromium plate and stainless
steel, si greater variety of more
niiliant body colors, deeper and more
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pi CftM ve-IWV/tviI ty^ i uuirtun II vma,
and more complete streamlining to
prevent wind resistance, are among
:he other minor improvements which
ilrnost all the new cars show. Of
course, they all have four-wheel
crakes, most of them mechanical
brakes. with the exception of one
eery popular line which has used
tiydraulic brakes for several years
md still applies them on all its cars.
\nd almost every one of the new
jars has sun shields inside which can
je pullet! down anu set at any angle
jy the driver, instead of the oldfashioned
sun shields which were
never completely satisfactory*. I
should say that a majority of the
cars have some form of shatter-proof
irlass as standard equipment for wind
shields and windows, and some of
the new ones have got the front seat
floor boards and coverings so fitted
that there will no longer be a cold
draft on the driver's feet in wintertime.
I should say that perhaps half the
ears in the show are wired for radio
e? standard equipment, and every
Dne of these has some kind of a radio
receiving set especially designed to
xo under the dashboard, which is sold
is an extra, at a cost from $100 to
5150.
Nobody has seen the new Ford yet.
Nobody but a few insiders in the
r'us d i>? j., ti Ti. r;fi bVua'tf it"-w
rcir.g tc he. Mr. Ford never exhibits
it the national show, but usually displays
his new models at the same
Lime. The rumor is widespread that
the new Ford will have eight cylinlers
and many other radical changes
from the present model A A type. But
we will know a lot more about that
when Mr. Ford tells us.
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