VOLUME XLIU, NUMBER 38
BAILEY REPUESTO
FRAUD CHARGES OF
GEORGE PRITCHARD
.
Senator Again Brand* Allegation* of
Election Fraud* a* "General" and
Ask*. Dismissal of Contest. Lengthy
Brief Contains Figure* on Lopsided
Majority in U. S. Senatorial
Election.
Washington, D. C.?Replying to the
amPHMwl petition filed with the Senate
Privileges and Elections Committee
Saturday by former Representap
tiv? George M. Pritchard of Asheville,
his Republican opponent in the
1930 elections, Senator Josiah W.
Bailey of North Carolina Monday
asked the committee to dismiss the.
-*?? t- v. . .
i-umesi oruugm against mm on tne
grounds that it "still contains" no
specific citation of the charges of
fraud and irregularity complained of.
Pointing to the 42 North Carolina
counties, including Meck'enburg, in
which Mr. Pritchnrd declared in his
( brief of last week that fraud and
irregularities occurred, Senator Bailey
laid before the committee a summery
of the vote cast in the 1930 elections
to show that even if the vote
in these counties were thrown out his
majority over the Ashevillc man
would be in excess of 70,000.
Files Lengthy Brief
The reply of the North Carolina
senator took the form in a lengthy
brief, prepared by himself. Tomorrow
the committee, headed by Senator
Samuel Shortbridge, Republican
of California, will meet in an effort
to agree on a report on the contest.
Air. Prir.chard'3 amended petition had
been filed in response to a request
by the committee thai he present supplemental
information tending to
bnck up his earlier charges of irrcg1'
ulaviiies, which Senator Bailey had
objected to as too general in scope.
Senator Bailey, after studying the
amended petition, renewed his demurrer
Monday that the contest was
founded only on generalities, but insisted
that even with the elimination
of tho total vote in the !?. counties
named his opponent would be without
grounds for a contest. At the same
lime, however, he entered a vigorous
denial of tho most recent charges involving
election officials of specified
counties in the State, characterising
them as "general," as "of the drag
jgaa net description" and in "the nature
_ l'..hlrg accpeilitior,.''
Former Representative Pritchard's
latest petition was filed by Robert H.
tMcNciii, a North Carolinian now
practicing law in Washington and
identified with counsel for the contestant.
Major Points Raised
Among the major points raised by
Senator Bailey in his brief arc the
following:
"1. That whereas contestant undertakes
to amend by way of filing
a 'oil! of particulars, the said amendment
consists of generalities; that
contestant specifies 42 counties (out
of the 100 counties in the State) in
which ho alleges only general counts
of fraud and unlawful conduct and
irregularity without stating any matef.
rial instance of such fraud, unlawful
conduct or irregularity or wherein
such alleged fraud, unlawful conduct
or irregularity affected the result of
the election, the language being practically
the same as that in the original
notice. And, further, claimant
shows that each and every one of
said allegations are only upon infor
31 mation and belief.
"Claimant shows that the presumption
of regularity and validity attaches
to election returns as canvassed
and certified, and contestant must ailege
facts tending to show that he was
elected, and that such facts must be
reasonably specifier!, before he can
demand that inquiry be proceeded
with. That contestant's allegations not
only are not sufficient to rebut said
presumption, but that they tend to
show, on the contrary, that claimant
-was elected; and, therefore, that the
-contest ought to be dismissed as upon
demurrer.
"2. Each and all of the allegations
of contestant with respect to the -12
counties complained of by him are
untrue and denied. But claimant
shows that, if each and all of said
allegations were Uue, they would not
be sufficient to found a contest for
reasons as follows:
"They are general, of the dragnet
description and are in the nature of
a fishing expedition, as hereinbefore
rset cat.
"If the election in each of the
42 counties complained of were declared
void, claimant's relative majority
would increase, as follows:
"There aro 100 counties in North
Carolina. Contestant calls in question
the conduct of the election in 42. The
vote in the remaining 58 counties,
not attacked, is: claimant, 156,276;
contestant, 84,524.
"Claimant's majority, 71,752, which
is 29.79 per cent, of the total vote
in said 58 counties not complained
of, whereas his majority in the IOC
counties was only 21.23 per cent, ol
the total vote.
"It is inconceivable?and contest
-ar.t will not say?that he was de
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ZATAl
A Non-Partisan Ne\
BOONE,
! |~ Weds Again i
BMEBHKBB???.-. ;jir TI ifilwUmny i w
Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, | ri
former Representative from Illinois j t)
and widow of Senator Medlll Mc- l-g.
Compels; married Albert G. Simms j xv
of Albuquerque, former Congress- |
traaa frtmi Ntw Mexico,. ;w
3-IIOUR SERVICE AT|s
BUONE METHODIST s
CHURCH ON FRIDAY ?
fo
lo?
Program to Rc Participated in by fo
M uiitert from Several Churches. If
R-:v. J. H. Brendall Jr. in Charge. C(
M isical Selections hy Special Choir. f}i
C immunity Invited to Participate m
in Good Friday Meeting. ra
C immunity Good Friday services, R,
in which ministers from the various si
chinches of the city and country will th
participate, have been announced, and tu
will he held in the Boone Methodist if
Chu/ch beginning promptly at 12 o'- (JJ
clock on the 25th. The three-hour Ct!
service wi'l be divided into twenty- ca
five-minute worship periods dealing ;n
With the crucifixion, and there will ta
be five-minute intermissions between m
the divisions. Thus each service will i,a
be nu re or less complete within itself 0f
and those attending are invited to entar
or leave the church at will during (Av
the intermissions, and attend as. many sf
of the services as desired. ni
Rev. J. H. Brendall Jr., Methodist n,
pastor, will be in charge of the serv- ,,,
ices, and one program will be con-jis
ducted by each of the following min-|t(,
istcrs: Revs. J. T. Greene, T. H. j
Houck, J. A. McKaugban, C. C. Ucu-I\y
ham, J. A. Yotnvt,I\ A. Hicks aad'
lections will be rendered by Misses jj,
Dora C Bthal-- Be u che) le, Ruby ar
Winkler, Inez Gragg, Mrs. A. A.
South, and Messrs. L. E. Eury, P. E. ?c
Mahoney, Z. V. Dixon.. C. W. Run- se
k'"- ? pt
Mrs. Grady Farthing has beer. el.
named as chairman of the decora- (j,
tion committee for the eastcr serv- to
ices and nil flowers tendered will be. &
appreciated. Those desiring 10 bring j (
flowers as a memorial will hand the m;
name of the loved one to be remembered
to the pastor before Sunday pl;
so that the list of names may be
read.
The various ministers taking part
in the community Good Friday serv- wJ
ices are anxious that as many of the
people as possible attend at least one!
of the half-hour periods of worship. I
IN atrve Wataugan Back r,
After Absence 36 Years J,(
of
S. T. Woodring, of Moose, Wyo., m
native Wataugan who has been con- m
tinuously absent from his native a
heath for 36 years, is spending sev- jn
eral days in Boone and the county,
visiting with relatives and the few
remaining acquaintances of his boyhood.
Mr. Woodring soon after he
left Watauga saw service in the Spanish-American
War and was later with L
the~United State forces in China. During
the period of his soldiering his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Woodring of the Meat Camp section,
died, and the son was unable ^
to return. ?
For 33 years he has been engaged
with the Federal Government in national
park work. Mr. Woodring found w
few points in the Boone landscape 01
that were recognizable, and there w
Were less than half a dozen residents f
of this city who were here when he >"
left. During the almost two-score P'
years of his absence, he did not re-1 ^
torn to Wat-angR. and had never seen | ^
a Wataugan elsewhere during this t?
time. c
b
Dr. Love Plans *
Handsome Residence w
cl
Dr. Love, well known South Car- P
olina surgeon, who last year bought S
the lot on which the W. H. Gragg ?|
residence was burned, expects to ?
begin the erection of a magnificent a
> home thereon during April. Plans 11
for the structure have been drawn a
; by an architect, and indicate that
I the building' will be of brick with ?
some native stone, decidedly the
most imposing of Boone residences.
I Construction costs have been rough
ly estimated at $10,000 to $12,:
000.
F
Sales of limestone have been dou- n
- bled and sales of fertilizer have de- b
creased in Tyrrell County this spring, S
according to the county agent. s
JGA
vspaper, Devoted to the
WATAUGA. COUNTY, NORTH CA
IREER WITHDRAWS1
iAME FROM STATE;
L 0. P. CONVENTION
ocal Educator Will Not Seek Gubernatorial
Nomination. Wr.L Considered
Most Likely Candidate.
Reiterates Statement Made in 1930.
"Lure of the Schoolroom Stronger
Than Political Ambition."
Professor I. G. Greer, instructor
f Cili/.uiiship ?i Appalachian SUte
eachers ollege, Tuesday definitely
ithdrew his name as a Gubcrnatoal
possibility when he issued a statelent
making clear his feelings rearding
the G. O. P. political plum
hich has apparently been dangling
yer his head for the past several
eeks.
The Boone man, whose name lias
rice appeared on the Republican
tate ticket, has received much
urespondencc from leaders through,*
XT?t-V. ?-*- T -- '
?, i-ivi m vcuuuuH since ine jL<*ncoin j
ay dinner in Greensboro, and a i
os1 powerful following had been de- .
loped, it is said, without any efrt
on his part. Professor Greer is
oked on as one of the ablest plat- I
im speakers in his party, and in
>30 was strongly endorsed for the ;
mgressional nomination in the 8th 1
isirict, which he declined. His state i
ent regarding the Gubernatorial ]
cc follows:
"During the past few months many <
^publican friends from over the :
ate have been urging mc to enter '
e race for Governor. This oppor- i
nity to represent a great party as!;
j candidate for Governor in North JI
uolina and to propose remedies for!
rtain economic, political and edu-j}
Itionai discrepancies now existing c
the State has been a great temp-jl
tion. However, after thinking then
attcr over seriously, I find that 1:1
ve no political ambition to run for I;
fice. j i
"In declining to run for Congress i<
'o years ago, I made the following = 1
titemcnt which I now repeat: 'For a|i
tmber of years I have been giving
y best time and thought to the i
oblems of education. My ambition j
to contribute something toward j
c building of a good citizenship in i
e community and in the State. ;
hen 1 consider the opportunity for i
nu^friiTg tihio Scrvice, iheltii'e iif_ the ;
assroom and of the educational ,
eici is stronger than that of political j
nbition.' i
"My declining to allow my name to
\ before the convention does not les- <
n my interest in the success of the ,
irty <?r swerve my faith in ilk load- |
ship, i wish to extend my sincere j
anks to those who have expressed j
me, either in person or by letter,
desire to have me enter this race. ^
appreciate the confidence they have
anifested in m,?.
"I am giving this statement to the
iblic in fairness to others who may
is'n to secure the nomination."
I
ielj Prison Sentence '(
In Death of Watauean
*" <
Reno Tulbert of Millers Creek was 1
st week sentenced in Wilkes Supe- '
or Court to a term of from 1 to 1
) years in the State's Prison cn a '
large of manslaughter, growing out ,
the death of Earnest Bodenliam- .
or of Watauga County in an autoobile
accident last summer in which '
car operated by young Tulbert was
splicated. A civil action brought on
?half of the family of the slain man '
as settled last fall, the considers- ;
on being $10,000.
EM-ME C NEWS STAFF GIVES
COMEDY AT BANNER ELK
The staff of the Lem-Me-O News
f Lees-McRae College presented a
iree-act comedy, "Putting It. Up to
atty," Saturday evening, March 19,
efore an appreciative audience.
All of the players should be comlended
for their ncting. The roles
f William Webster and Seth Wilson,
ho carried out the plan of curing
atty of her "highbrow" notions by I
sporting an English lord, were well
laved bv Cecil Johnson and Jack I
Pilson. Albert Ellis, as Sir John
[ntthews, gave an excellent interpreItion
OX the Cjllglisu Lulu n"ho suc?eded
in convincing Patty, played
y Ethel Flannery, that a farmer is
?r more desirable than- a titled Enlishman.
Faye Smith as Aunt Mary
as very good, and the two comic
haractcrs, Hulda and Hiram Huckins
layed by Sarah Ramseur and Melvin
umpter, kept the audience in a contant
jolly laughter. Susie Glenn and
llbert Hollifield as Mary Jane Stokes
nd T)avid Dickson were equally good
i their interpretation of the flapper
nd her friend, the village druggist.
The play was under the direction
f Mi33 Margaret Tufts, head of the
Inglish department.
BANKS CLOSED MONDAY
The Watauga County Bank and the
'eopies industrial nans nave an - <
ounced that both institutions will
>e dosed throughout the day next
londay. so that employees may oberve
an Easter holiday.
DEM<
Best Interests of Northw
ROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24
MORE PRIVILEGES"
ARE SOUGHT AT
LOCAL COLLEGE
Mas* Meeting Is Meld by Studecv
Body at A. S. T. C. Student Com
millce Appointed With Reese Har
ris as President. Will Seek to Set
tie Grievances With Administra
tion.
The following story written by i
student reporter to The Ashe villi
Citizen-Times last Thursday in under
stood to have caused considerabh
stir in campus politics at State Teach
ers College:
"Only last week the App&lachiax
Stat" Teorhcr-. Cclleg* student bod:
reached an all-time record enrolmen
when 919 students were registerec
for the spring quarter.
"In the wake of this record enrolment
there came this week an echc
from the student body that they be
iHdwed more social privileges and student
rights as a group on the campus.
\ mass meeting called in the main
auditorium was attended by almst
"very student on the campus. While
loud in their praise of the administration,
orderly in their discussion
[if the situation, and ready to admit
that there are two sides to the question,
a vote taken and enthusiastically
responded to. showed the students
LOO per cent, in favor of a joint dis:ussion
of their grievances with the
faculty at the earliest possible date.
Io this end a committee of eight
with two representatives from each
:.!ass, was appointed and instructed
to lay the case before the faculty.
It is not thought here by campus
leaders that so radical a shift as a
lernand for student government would
be made at this time, or that other
than an orderly presentation would
be made of the matter, unless faculty
action warranted otherwise. No faculty
action has been taken, it is unlerstood,
and President Dougherty
aas so far made no comment on the
matter.
"The immediate cause of the uprising
Was given as an announcement
made by Dean .T. D. Rankin that boys
and girls would please observe regular
seating order, and net sit together
at the operetta presented here last
week. However, a marked lack of soKS!
privilege, -causefLc->mnus di*
luisior. fcr some time, thU latest
Mmouncement, only served to bring
Lho mat tor to a head.
"Re?ce Harris, senior, and an outstanding
athlete, was elected to the
chairmanship of the student commitLeo
that will take the matter up with
;lie faculty and committee on student
ictivities."
Special Easter Services
At Advent Christian
Hcnr j| T. Greene Sunday snorting
at the Advent Christian Church
>ii "The Value of an Empty Tomb,"
>r "What Bearing Does the Resuceetion
of Christ Have on the Plan
jf Human Redemption." A Gospe
licssage showing that without tht
general redemption of the dead whieV
.ve are assured of in Christ's resurrection,
the human family would b<
without any hope of eternal life
rhose who are interested in the Bi
lie teaching on this them? are cor
ilially invited to attend. The themi
for the evening service will be "Thi
World's Greatest Magnet." Specia
communion services Wednesday nigh
- o? ?r ? ,
auu u uaj ui lasun^ aim pia^'ci
Friday will preface the services Sun
day.
Memorial to Commonei
Will be Ready This Fal
A new statue in heroic mold, tha
of a pleasant faced, eloquent man?
the late William Jennings Bryan?
probably will take its place in Wash
ington in the next few months. Thosi
who planned the memorial expect i
to be completed by September.
Erection of the memorial was au
thorized by Congress two years ago
but the task of raising funds w&
left to a commission headed by Jo
sephus Daniels, Secretary of the Na
vy while Bryan was secretory o
State.
P. H. Callahan of Louisville, is th
secretary of the memorial associatio
which has enough cash on hand t
engage Gutzon Borglum, the note
sculptor, to shape the model for hi
likeness. He is expected to have i
rpnHv for snhmission in t.hr* npnr fr
ture.
The money came from all parts o
the country, most, of it being sma
donations from individuals. Churche
other organizations and even stat
legislatures helped, however. Th
Virginia house of Delegates vote
$100 from its contingent fund.
Daniei C. Roper, head of the Di:
trict of Columbia memorial unit sai
today it bad not been decided whetl
er to unveil the statue this fall c
wait until the anniversary of Bryan
birth on March 19, next year.
The plans for the memorial ha
the approval of the "Great Commoi
! er'a" family.
DCRA
est North Carolina
i, 1032
j Wins Confirmation |!j
Watt H. Grag-g-, iocal Republican i
leader, whose nomination for the .
post of Marshal for the Middle .
North Carolina District was con- ;
firmed by the Senate Tuesday. ,
WATT GRAGG IS !
n/\* Ttniirw Tfc r inrv *- ??
I tUNHKNIKl) HJK !
j MARSHAL'S POST
| Nomination of Boone Man Receives
Favorable Action by the Senate on
, Tuesday. Judiciary Committee Acts
Monday. Expects to Receive Com,j
mission Within Few Days and Take ,
Over Office on April 1. ,
Watt II. Gragg, of Boone, was confirmed
as United States Marshal for i
the Middle District of North Caro-N
lina, by the Senate Tuesday, his appointment
having received favorable |
action before the judiciary commit-1
tee 011 the day previous. It is expected
that Mr. Gragg's commission will r
j come forward within the next few | ^
I days, and that he will be sworn into j ^
I government service in time to offi- j
j ciate at the Salisbury term of court 1
..early in April.
j Mr. Giagg, who is ;> business inanp
|of varied connections and one of thei
jmost public-spirited citizens of this|
community, tens The Democrat triSvj
pihe wiii . umuituiit hiir plo.Cc of rooi-J
S1 donee in. Bo oho and will fcraval back 1
I unu lurui to tttt? itrt?rmk;gr uiiicb
, \ as occasion demands. He expects to
[ j assume the duties of the marshal's of!
.fire the first day of April, taking
. charge immediately following the report
of the incumbent, J. J. Jenkins,
which will be made at the closing :
of the first quarter of the year.
|U. S. Fleet Ordered
Back From Orient
! Washington, March 20.?The navy
I department; announced today that 13
vessels which have been held in the
! Orient because of the Chinese situaj
tion; had been ordered returned to
'the United States.
Six destroyers, six submarines and
the carrier Jason will be placed in
reserve on arrival. The transport
Chaumont which was held at Manila
_|to transport the Jst infantry to
; j Shanghai will sail from Manila March
. 30 arriving at San Francisco about
j: April 22.
t The 17th destroyer division coni
sisting of the Tracey, Boi-ea, Samp
son, MeGormick, Truxon and Mac
Leish, will leave Manila April 25 for
the navy yard at Mare Island, Calif.,
where they will be placed in the rer
serve pool of the battle force.
1 Submarine division nine consisting
of the S-30 to S-35 inclusive and the
submarine tender Beaver will leave
Manila May 2 for Pearl Harbor, T. II.
where the submarines will be placed
in the reserve commission, and the
Beaver will act as tender bases there.
e
t The carrier Jason, now acting as an
aircraft tender will leave Manila for
the Puget Sound navy yard where
she will be decommissioned. The air'
craft carrier Lar.gley will replace the
3 Jason with the Asiatic squadron.
f Hurricane Takes Death
c Toll of 275 in Southeast
n
0 Birmingham, Ala.?Two hundred
^ and seventy-five persons were killed,
js hundreds of others wore injured and
[I made homeless, and unestiisatcd dami_
age was wrought by a series of tornadoes
that dipped into five south.Ip.rn
atatps Mondav nifht and earlv
jj Tuesday.
,s Alabama bore the brunt of the
e storm, one of the South's major dise
asters. Here 190 persons lost their
1(j lives when the howling winds blew
dwn their homes in two-score com5_
munities.
d Thirty-three Were killed in Geori
gia, 1G in Tennessee, two in Kenir
tucky and two in South Carolina,
s Not until broken communication
lines were restored Tuesday was the
d full extent of the storm's toll learned,
i- The death list grew from only a few
to more than 100 during the night.
HRflHSK~ M TBg I ^ I _
$1.50 PICK YEAS
EN siLMENTATC
J .LEGE SHOWS
! MARKED GAIN
?
Figures Given Out from Local Institution
Reveal that 918 Students are
on Campus, at Against 836 for Last
Year. Fourteen States Are Represented
and 64 Counties in North
Carolina. Ashe Second to Watauga,
A check-up of the enrollment at
the Appalachian State Teachers College,
reieasea by Regis Lent J. M.
Downum indicate that the local institution
has a record number of students,
018, as compared to 836 for
the same period of last year. Of this
number 288 are men and 630 women.
Fourteen states are represented
on the campus here, 50 of the students
coming from beyond the boundaries
of North Carolina.
The statistics reveal that Watauga
County tops the list with an attendance
of 152, about one per cent, of
the total population, and Ashe still
holds second position with 73 students;
Lincoln is next with 41, followed
closely by Wilkes which has
10 iesidents taking training here. Six
ty-four of the 100 North Carolina
counties are represented in the stulent
body.
Officials believe that no college in
the country has shown a more rapid
growth during the past few years.
When the institution began doing college
worJ* in 1025, five were enrolled,
and the numbers have doubled
ami thribled with each succeeding
year. The figures prepared by
Mr. Downum indicate that the depression
has caused an increase in the
number preparing themselves at the
Appalachian College.
Pastors Conference at
Middle Fork Church
Roy Dotson, secretary, Tuesday is;ued
the following program for Three
?'nrks Pastors Conference, to he held
,vitli Middle Pork Baptist Church on
Monday, April 11th:
Nine-thirty, a. m., opening service.
Rev. W. C. Payne; 10:00, "The Need
ind Value of Good Books and Literature
for Christians,!' Rev. IV. D. Ashley,
J. A. Williams and others; 10:10,
"Mi.or.inno in the Bible." Rev. H. M.
Winkler and 1. G. Greer; 11:1.0, "In- _?.;t
vestment in Missjohfil'* Vfiv. P A.
SuHRL-'wd ,rSw?i ?6E?7T.6n;. ~'
"What. Is n. Dally VfteauofT
School? Can a County Church Have'
One?" Miss Ellin Wiley J 12:10 p. m.,
"The Three Forks Baptist Sunday
School Association," Rev. Roy Dotson;
12:00, adjourn.
This is an important meeting, states
Mr. Dotson, and all pastors and Sunday
school superintendents are kindly
and urgently requested to attend.
MRS. RUTHERFORD TO APPEAR
iN CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT
Ruth Rankin Rutherford, wellknown
pianist, formerly of Boone but
now of Atlanta, Cla., will give a concert.
in the Methodist Church Thursday
evening. March 24, at 7:30, under
the auspices of the Woman's Missionary
Society. A silver offering, to
he devoted to a fund for local service,
will be taken at the door. The
public is cordially invited to be present.
Miss Katheryn McC.onnell will also
present an appropriate reading and a
male quartet from the College Glee
Club, under the direction of Miss
Viiginia Wary, will give several vocal
colocj irtnc
DAVIS HOSPITAL IS APPROVED
FOR POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
Dr. James W. Davis, founder and
head of the Davis hospital, announces
that his institution will be listed in
the new directory of the American
Medical Association, now on the eve
of publication, as approved for postgraduate
training in medicine, surgery,
specialties, diagnosis, etc., and
for interne training, interne training
being the added feature since the former
listing.
THE WEATHER
Weather report for the week ending
March 19, 1932, as compiled by
the Co-operative Station at -Stat"
Teachers College:
Average maximum temperature, 40
degrees.
Average minimum temperature, 22
degrees.
Average temperature, 31 degrees.
Average daily range in tempera
lure, i o uegrees.
Greatest daily range in temperature,
28 degrees; date 16th ar.d 19th.
Average temperature at 6 p. m.
(time of observation), 34 degrees.
Highest temperature reached, 55
degrees; date, 17th and 19th.
Lowest temperature reached, 9 degrees;
date, 15th,
Number inches of rainfall, 0.40.
Number inches of snowfall, 3.50.
Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.15;
date, 14th.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or
more rainfall, 4.
Number of clear days, 4.
Number of cloudy days, 2.
Number of partly cloudy days, 1.
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