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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 (Please turn to page eight.) 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. ' ' U