North Carolina Newspapers

''ftt Sittings From the Legislature i- ?2 ssjs I By M. R. DliNNAGAN Special Writer for The Democrat . .Raleigh, N. C.?Although the important appropriations and revenue bills, before the joint committee of I House and Senate for three or four! weeks, were promised and expected the past week, they did not actually appear, all of which causes prophets to change their estimates of the time the 1033 General Assembly will adjourn. They arc not able to see how i the work can be ended and adjournment reached before March has passed, although the 60 days for which the *10 a day iz figured, ended Saturday. The legislators are now without pay, if they drew the money as due, as most of them did. While the appropriations measure was not actually reported last week, ^ it was ready and copies were distributed io the legislators. As prepared, the measure calls for appropriations of $83,164,593 for the next two years about equally divided between the years. This amount is about $20,000,000 less than appropriations used du ring the present biennium, but is almost $5,000,000 more than the budget bureau's recommendations of $78,264,413 for the two years. The bill includes an appropriation of $13,370,000 a year for schools, hut on the six-month basis, and S3,300,000 less than the allotment for the present biennium, of wh:ch $2,325,000 comes from the six-month term, $900,000 from the extended I term, and $75,000 from the emer-| gency fund. The. committee adopted I the budget bureau's figures for ihe schools, which includes a 15 per cent, cut in teachers salaries and 25 per cent reductions for superintendents. Efforts to cut the total to $10,000,000, as well as to provide for eight months, were defeated. The general fund appropriation is fixed at $24,728,770 and $25,326,i05 for each of the next two years, while the highways would receive $16,209,310 and $10,428,488 for the two years, all figures being nearly a million dollars a year higher than the. | budget recommendations. The Greater University would get $832,240 foijj each year, $76,000 more than the budgot bureau recommended, but far below the amounts requested by the j combined institutions. Other adjust-! ments were made in the amounts the budget bureau fixed, usually increases. And the finance committees wil| h;vc"> find the money to meet these Aunrnnriations. unless other adjust-! ments are made after that body's report is iccoived. The appropriations report is expectid to be formally presentee Monday night, and the revenue measure then or soon after. If any of the legislators tees a way out without a -mlrs tax he hns. not disclosed it, even though great pressure is icing brought to hear neainst any; new or additional taxes. Chief of; these was the mass meeting Thursday, sponsored by the Grange, the merchants and the Economy 1-cague. ' Attended by probably 2,000 people. The 15-cent ud valorem tax on property, bringing some less than ?4,000,000 last year, will undoubted- 1 ]y be removed, and with all of the cuts, it is not yet seen how funds for debt service, the six months school f term and. the State's general activi- ' p ties, even at reduced cost, can be carried on without taxes from some other source. However, the two bodies may further cut the appropriations recommended and Rat them down so low that present tax schedules may be enough. However, that would mean a very drastic cut, and may not be resorted to. A flurry was caused in both houses Friday when the bill giving the Commissioner of Banks authority to declare holidays for State banks ask iug it was thrown ir.to the hopper. It was passed by the House, then by the Senate, and ratified within an hour of its introduction, a record of speed. Governor J. C- B. Ehringhaus and Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood issued a statement saying no legal bank holiday would be declared, the hill applying only to those banks asking it, and in which conditions, in the opinion of Mr. .Hood, justified it. It was explained that since numbers of other states had declared holidays in banks, big depositors having money in. hanks in many states were drawing it Out of North Carolina j y hanks to such an extent, while it was tied up in others, that some such t step was necessary. Few banks are asking for a holiday. > Indications are that a convention ?.?.+ k. sailor! +A OAnci^or nkoliffoe !in the State Constitution. Also, it appears that one will also be called to pass on repeal or retention of the . I8th Amendment. In both cases the ] ccni-n;;jD would be composed of i I 120 members, elected as are members 1 of the House. A bill by A. D. Mac- ; Lean calls for the 18th amendment i convention, while the Constitutional I Amendments Committee suggests the i l convention on the constitutional changes. Numbers of measures arc : still in process, their fate being nil- : certain. Calendars in both Senate and (Continued on page 7.) WA1 A Noi VOLUME XL1V, NUMBER 36 MANY ATTEND THE FIRST SESSION OF RECORDER'S COURT Heavy Docket Car.e Up for Trial at | First Setting of New Tribunal. > i Fines and Suspended Sentences j Comprise Most of the Verdicts. I Walter Bumgamcr Given Road I Sentence ca Whiskey Charge. i I Judge G. M. Suddreth had a busy! day Tuesday when his recorder's court met for the first time, and he and Solicitor Charles T. Zimmerman made rapid headway toward clearing up the criminal docket for this week's term. An unusually large crowd was| present to 3ee the new court go into I action, and following are the verdicts! rendered: Roby South, possession. $10 und cost; six month's suspended sentence. John Snvder. ...i 1 ing it-capons, $10 in each case and the cost; 2 month suspended sen- , tencei A. L. Dotson, possession, dismissed. Burton Church, possession, not guilty. Everett Story, possession, G months suspended sentence; assessed with the costs. Walter Bumgarner, possession, 60 days on road. Roger Ashley, possession, 4 months suspended on payment of costs. Iva Cornell and Arnold Ford, larceny, $10 each and costs. William Furr and Lee Thompson, larceny. Action witheld pending information from West Virginia, where they are said to be wanted. FUTURE OF SCHOOL SYSTEM DEPENDS ON THE GRADUATES Educational Problems Facing North Carolina Discussed at Boone Meeting. Dean Rankin and Dr. B. B. Dougherty Speak Briefly. Economic Conditions Bring People Face to Face With Problem. the rhai. vjf - ? "Gel-Acquainted" meetings-''tieitvceu the Juniors and Seniors .mil the facility at Appalachian State College. President Dougherty and Dean J. D. Rankin spoke briotly Thursday night, in I-ovell Auditorium on present educational Conditions. "The future of the teachers' col leges in the State depends upon l.he product they turn out," said Dr. Doughevty. "Present economic conditions have brought_us face to face with a great problem. Wo must either solve that problem or justify the existence of this special type of institution?the teachers' college ?or then it must go. "The president of Columbia Uni- . eersity lists three requisites for a < college degree. Character cule culture and scholarship. To that I should like to add a fourth, ranking above scholar-ship in importance?skill. To ( me, those four qualify the student of a teachers' college for a degree. To three of them the ordinary college is favorable. It is only in a teachers' college, by means of the demonstration school system, that skill, this fourth requisite, is acquired." Dean Rankin spoke more in detail of the present economic crisis. "The generation before me," said Dr. Rankin, "were faced with the gigantic task, of reconstruction. They suffered greatly and sacrificed much in order to make conditions better for us. Today that structure for which they slaved has again tottered. You of today, as the leaders of a new generation, are again faced with the back-breaking and heart-rending task of rebuilding that which has fal- j len. It is a difficult task. The postwar generation must face, first of all, the immediate problem of adjustment. And it is you, as teachers c of the State, who must bear a great ] share of that responsibility for ad- i justment." ; : 1 Two Make Good their Escape from Bastile 1 < Two prisoners in the Watauga ' jail, Clyde Combs and one Parlicr, ' held on charges of immoral conduct 1 nnd larceny respectively, made good ' their escape from the bastile Friday night, by sawing a bar from a win- 1 dow. Outside aid is thought to have ' been furnished, and apparently, the ' steel was softened by heating with a blow torch and a hack saw used to finish the job. The sheriff's office j says that no clues are available as to t the whereabouts of the fugitives and 1 it is believed their escape has been i perfected. ; rAUGi a-Partisan Newspaper, Dev? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT Budget Director Representative L. W. Doug la* of Py Arizona is the new director of the Budget in the Roosevelt administration. Announcmeent of his ap- y0; pointment was received with favor joa in Washington. $2 SHERIFFS OF TWO ? COUNTIES PROBE S DEATH OF fflGGMS | Ha " # pr? Funeral Services for Lenoir Man Held Saturday. Died from Skull j Fracture WLn He W?t Alleged to Have Fallen Down Stairway in jj0] Boone. Local People Believed to ^ Be Clear of Complicity V . ycj James H. Wiggins, Lenoir man, pe( died in a hospital in that city Rfcidav where he had been a patient fpr six weeks, following cerebral injuries re- jy ceived when he is said to have*4&llen the down a stairway at an ap&rt&ient house in Boone, where a formeiywife jrv and son reside. Funeral serviee&vwere J\j conducted Saturday. Sheriffs Tolbert of Caldwell and i S Howell of Watauga spent most of 1 [he time Monday anrl Tuesday eonducting an investigation into the af Sel fair, but have received no evidence , sufficient to warrant an arrest* The patty which accompanied Biggins to | Boone on the night in question con- J sistsd of five persons, three couples in a!!, and information ia.lhni.they w<vyw iiicuii^tsd. Ths rasr.t direct 'Nr . riven name from | an; '.-.'ho testified abn?nne.-.nmarlicfi !Ktk Higgins to the apartment where he Nit wished to see his son, and there being vea no answer to his knock at the door, of they approached the head of the ton stairs, where, she alleges, Higgins lest am his balance and fell headlong down tee the flight. Testimony of doctors, nr>' however, ran contrary. They express- Cai ed the belief that his injuries had wii not vesalted from such a fall, as adi there was an absence of body bruises r which would likely have resulted. The Me iltiijl fracture, they believed, came Kit frnni a blow with a black jack, sand bag or some blunt instrument. | ivil The investigation continues in of Caldwell, savs Sfimff K?wvfdl. who lr?-o, adds that, some members of the parly will likely he held for grand jury XV action. At the same time, it was officially said, nothing has developed which would imi\licali& .any Boone < ratizen. fin ; acr RF.V. AND MRS. BRENDALL ENTERTAIN BOARD STEWARDS Co"j The Rev. end Mrs. J. H. Brendall gCa Jr. entertained members of the board of stewards of the Boone Methodist j Church at a four-course turkey din- ^u? nev Thursday night in the dining ^ room of the Caro-Jean Inn. ,. B3 Those attending were: Dr. J. D. Rankin, E. C. Hahn, Fred McDade, Tracy Council], Luther Clay, Austin ^ South, R. L. Bir.gham, James Coun- , rill, Brantley Duncan, Paul Coffey, {r(> Dr. J. M. Gaither and the Rev. and Mrs. Brendall. = ^ if LEES-McRAE DEBATERS DEFEAT " WINGATE AN|D RUTHERFORD j " Banner Elk.?Lees-McRae College jjjjl Icbaters defeated the Wingato and ^ Rutherford College teams in their jag, nesting here Thursday night, the derision being by a unanimous vote of t he judges in each instance. The question of debate was: Relolved, that the United States should ^ igree to cancel all inter-allied war ^ lebts, the Banner Elk teams arguing " the negative. Meivin Sampler geg Tohn Forbes argued for Lees-McRae jgainst Rutherford, and Fate Beal ind Alex Arledge against Wingate. At the same time two Lees-MeRae sffirmative teams traveled to Ruth- tu? irford and Wingate to meet the op- t posing affirmative teams. j)eJ ' sqt Catawba County sweet potato 1 'rowers are selling their crop at 30 of :o -10 cents a bushel at the curing evt louse doors. This is a low price, but he in line with other farm prices, says cox he growers. wo 3ted to the Fiest Interest Y, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSO OVERNMENT NOWl EADY TO MAKE! MNSTOFARMERS nds for Purchase of Seed and Fertilizer Available, Says D. M. Hale, Field Inspector. Loans Ranga from $25 to $300. Register of Deeds and Clerk Reduce Fees. Applications to Be Filed in Office of S. C. Eggcrs. Applications tor securing: loans im the Secretary of Agriculture for \ i purchase of seed and fertilizer i now ready, according to anuncement made this morning by . D. M. Hale, field inspector of the op Production Loan office. There is very little change in the. filiations governing loans from last ar excepting that the maximum in is $300 and the minimum i3 5.00. The borrower this year will be reired to pay the recording ;s, but through the co-operation of ss Helen Under down, Register of: eds, and A. E. South, Clerk of the urt, this has been reduced so that' i total expense to the borrower Pi s county will be only $1.00. Mr. ite took occasion to express his npicia'.ion to these officers for their idly assistance in this matter. Applications will be filled out irij ! office of Mr. S. C. Eggers and i iTOwers will be taken care of just i promptly as possible. They should ow what croijs they raised, last ir, the yield, the crops they exit To plant this year, the names of : adjoining ]?nd owners, and be e to give this information promptso as not to delay the writing of sir application. OUGHTOrTOGET I IMPORTANT PLACE; ection of Ratney as Speaker As-1 lurev Eighth -District Congress- ! , man Chairmanship of the Way* and Means. I election Thursday .night of] nry T. Kninev as Sneaker of the; rinnal Kouse of Remescntutivcs, to j acwajtUVieerPvesident Ogmer, is of j '.cial interest to the people of toe; ith NorthCarohnasI^Jetyict, tor tie | son that it means the elevation Congressman Robert ?.. Hough- , to the chairmanship of the Ways ! Means Committee. This commit- ( is the most important of all lax I tariff legislation, and the Nonh | olio member, wall known locally, , 1 be a big factor in the Roosevo-'. ninist-ation from the beginning. , The chairmanship of the Ways and . ans was held by the late Claude chen for a number of years. Pho Ways and Means Committee 1 meet Thursday, and the election Mr. Doughton will doubtless fol promptly! ! ERY MAN FINDS MARKET GARDEN PAYS GOOD INCOME! 5ome North Carolina gardeners are! ding that it pays to plant a goodj eage to vegetables for sale in I irby markets. 1. B. Taylor of Newland, Avery , anty, cashed in on this idea last ,r when he sold the produce from two-acre garden to tourists and , el keepers in the amount of $400. , n addition ho canned some 400 . irts of surplus vegetables for win- ] use and kept his own family supid with fresh vegetables during growing season. He says he gave ' sy about $15 worth of vegetables neighbors and others. 'We know that the home garden m one-half to one acre in size will , ply a farm family witn all tiie ;etables needed during the year i the plot is given the proper attion," says H. R. Niswonger, exsi on horticulturist at State Cole. "There are special conditions, vevcr, where one might enlarge garden area and become a margardener. Mr. Taylor did this b rrno. U , 1 tl - i\- . I i? <uiu tic ivuvtwa t'Anuiiy mc alts of hit operations because he >t an itemized account of all exises and sales. He sold $400 worth vegetables to nearby tourist ho; and boarding houses; gave away Jut $15 worth and canned 400 arts for winter use. His cost, for d and ierciiizer amounted to 1.80 which leaves rather a good or income." dr. Taylor sold these things from garden: English peas, head let:e, onions, beets, carrots, spinach, nips, cauliflower, cabbage, lima ins, sweet corn, snap beans and iash. In addition, he had a small acreage ivish potatoes, red raspberries and T-bcaring strawberries from which sold the surplus. No itemized aemt of these sales was kept, Nisnger says. MOC a of Northwest North Car AY, MARCH 9, 193: ~ ' "*"? Chicago May Dies 1 a 1'^" ^ ANTON J. CERMAK Miami, Fla. A bu'let intenHed for Pmideat Roosevelt brought death to Mayor Anton J. Cermalc of Chicago in a hospital here Monday. He ??mJ been suffering for 3 9 days from the wound and its complications. Giuseppe Zangara, the assassin, will go on trial for his life Thursday. RANNI7R 171 If MlVrc UilllULiU Ulili 1 FINANCIAL CRISIS WITH 'TRADE DAYS' I System of Barter Inaugurated by | Lces-McRae College. To Accept Farm Produce, in Exchange for Tuition, Board and Other Commodities. President Tufts Believes System Will Be of Great Aid. Banner Elk.?A weekly "trade day," beginning next Saturday, March 11th, will be the answer of Lees-McRao College to the present financial crisis, Edgar H. Tufts, president of the college, announced Wednesday. :'Ali debtors of the school or of other departments of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association of which the college is one division, are cordially invited to meet at the college exchange next Saturday and swap .goods and commodities with each cither or with "j "We hope and expect that in thisj way, regkru?sss~~5^^h3? bxr.bzj my10, nearly au our xntirnls wlx" owe us money can square accounts with us. Grandfather Orphans Home and Grace Hospital are the other departments of the association which enable it to use a great deal of foodstuffs and other commodities, said Mr. Tufts. With Carl Silver; manager of the association farm?, he gave as a list of commodities acccplablcon "trade day," corn, wheat, oats, buckwheat, potatoes, pigs and other livestock, hay and straw, eggs and chickens, turkey hens, hams, beans, canned goods, maple sugar or syrup, and household goods which might be of service to the college, either during the school term or the summer, when the students operate the buildings as a summer resort hotel. Visitors on "trade day" are invited to bring any and all commodities to barter. Those having nothing they wish to trade are invited to work i-u..:-. J^v.4.^ 11 ? v. ? ? juWmen ucuu, sepeciuiiy oy I all or. Lees-McRa?' College has for some time been largely on a bai-ter basis and is fairly well prepared for a situation like the present, Mr. Tufts Relieves. Plans Under Way for Beautifying Highways It has been planned by highway officials to observe Arbor Day, March 17th, by co-operative planting of trees and evergreens along the roadways leading out from Boone, according to announcement from Resident Engineer James CouneillMr. Councill is anxious to have the; co-operation of civic clubs and citizens in s this movement, and wishes those interested to get in touch with him. He states that on that day highway forces will aid in the planting if desired. 21-OUNCE PIECE OF GOLD IS FOUND AT MINE IN CABARRUS Concord.?A 21-ounce piece of ~zld, veiled ;t yjformt ?350 was found at the famous Reed mine last week by a Mr. Honeycutt who resides on the farm where the mine is located. Many.folks developed the "gold fever" when the 21-ounce. piece was found and with shovel and pick went in search of the hidden treasure The first gold discovered in North Carolina was at the Reed mine in 1739 when Conrad Reed, a boy of 12 and son of John Reed, proprietor of the property, found a "shining" substance in Meadow Creek, on the mine property. H B| w B 1 olina ? ?== $1.60 PER YEAS BANK HOLIDAY IS MODIFIED; LOCAL FOLKS CONFIDENT All Bankin Institutions of State and Nation Closed Till Thursday to Meet Emergencies Resulting from Withdrawals. Local Business Moves on and People Express Confidence and Courage. Pursuant to the proclamation of President Roosevelt, supported by the action of individual commonwealths, all banks of the State and Nation were ordered closed Monday, effective until Thursday. The emergency movement came as the new administration took over the reins of government and heavy withdrawals of gold and currency over the country which had been going on for several weeks necessitated drastic action. Meantime President Roosevelt, working through Sunday, prepared a banking program to deal with the situation which will be presented to a special session of Congress Thursday, and which is assured immediate passage. The guarantee of small denn^ilc o n ?-J fKn ' ? ? .U) uuu cue {iav/iicui ua rejjuiai" percentages of old accounts is believed to be in prospect, and confidence in the solution of the problem speedily, comes from high up source? in the national financial system. Modification i In North Carolina Wednesday the I holiday order was modified t.o resume I certain functions as may be necesjsary to meet community needs for food, other necsesities of life, for the payment of salaries and wages to maintain employment and for other essential purposes. This, however, applies to those banks which had not been operating under restrictions when the holiday became effective. Local People Confident In Boone the business people were unterrii'ied by the temporary closing of the hanks, the feeling was expressed on every hand that it was done for the best interests of all, and business all along the street is proceeding, sales on Monday in many retail places having been described as good. ~? Knrnii?? A ^ osf * ? fcSSfi Ii the Hioh?*t In History The highest enrollment in the history of Appalncnian Stkte lxjach>ers College was reached here last week with 1.082 students registered for the year at the beginning; of the spring quarter. The phenomenal growth in the --student body of an institution that hasmen a standard four-year college only since 1000 is being watched with keen interest by educators all over the nation. Dr. 13. B. Dougherty, president, member of the State Equalization Board, and sometimes termed the "financial wizard of the State," is educating his students on less than a third the State appropriations per capita for other State institutions in many cases. Last year, out of f>X graduates, 41 were placed in leaching nositions over the Statr- and elsewhere. DEATHS FROM PELLAGRA IN NORTH CAR. NUMBER 465 Raleigh.?North Carolina deaths from pellagra, after reaching a peak of 1015 in 1930. from 853 in 1929, decreased to 696 in 1931 and dropped to -165 in 1932, the latter figures being provisional, the State Board of Health, in the March Health Bulletin, reports. Wayne county led the State in numbers of deaths from pellagra last year, with 59. or almost twice the 33 in Mecklenburg. Burke had 26, Guilford 20, Forsyth 19, Wake 2S, Durham 17. Buncombe and Gastrin 15 each, and Henderson 11. Watauga County's record of death from pellagra for the past four years is as follows: 1529, 0; 1930, 0; 19.31. 1, and 1932, 2. THE WEATHER Weather bureau for week ending March 4, 1933, as compiled by the Co-operative Station at State Teachers College: Aveiuge rr.axin-.ujn tempera tore j 44 degrees. , I'j Average minimum temperature, 24 degrees. Average temperature, 34 degrees. Average daily range in temperature. 20 degrees. Greatest daily range in temperature, 41 degrees, uatc, Feb. 28th. Average temperature at 6 p. ra. (tune or observation), 33 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 64 degrees; date, Feb. 27th. Lowest temperature reached, 17 degrees; date, Feb. 28th. Number of days with 0.01 inch or more precipitation, none. Number of clear days, 6. Number of cloudy days, 2. Dates of high wir.ds, February 26, March 1st, 2nd. M &U. :.i