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Siftings From the Legislature Br M. R. DUNNAGAN sticeial Writer for Tbe Deoucnt Raleigh. N_ C.?The General Assembly has responded ;n peculiar manner lo the message of Governor Shringhaus of a week ago, asking for a balanced budget, the eight months school term, supported as &r. emergency by a sales tax, abolishing all charter school districts, and leaving the highway fund alone for highway maintenance and paying bonds and interest. Governor Ehringhaus nad asked the bodies to wait a few days on the main appropriations and revenue bills, until he could appear before them, probably so they could consider these measures with calm sober judgment, unswayed by the hysteria and fear of the banking holiday. Now ? many observers say the appropria-j tic as measure is being considered with the basis of fear that few banks will open again and that no sources of revenue will remain. The House spent much of last week on the revenue machinery bill, which it passed and sent to the Sen act*, ana me appropriations 0111, which is far from finished. However^ the House in a sort of whoop-it-up fashion, adopted the substitutes offered by Tarn C. Bowie, who had in some manner brought to his support Gregg Cherry, which substitute cuts appropriations to a point which many sober-minded legislators and others think will undermine the State's institutions. departments and the public schools The measure is extremely drastic in its cuts, and fear is that the functions could not continue 1 under it. Bill Would Slash Appropriations The measure aims at slashing so there will be no sales or production ciLx ?iid r.o add: tic nil levies. The educational institutions have been completed in the item by item consideration by the House as a committee of the whole, and the educational S leaders are in consternation, except in a few instances in which even the low budget bureau figures have been raised?supposedly to get support for the measure. This week the House will continue the items, and when the measure is finished, will send it to-.-.-tfee-. Henate. where it will proba- F blv meet with mnro svrr?nnfrh<*th? rnn- f .sideration. o And now those who have been ex- ^ pcctir.^ ~rt in ?r 3 four weeks are predicting another c deadlock ttaat may even apptvuch vhci feel that the Senate wiii not meet i ' the low figures tlie House will send c over for appropriations, and will fol- e low closer the program of Governor 1 Ehringhaus, and the conflict will be- 1 gin. Also, the revenue hill, with or c without s sales tax, is to be cohsirt- c ered after the appropriations mens- < ure is out ol the way. Many oilier I important measures are still to Ire completed, and it would take three 1 or four weeks at best?and at worst, 1 probably two months. Daniel* Back* Economy Bill Even Josephus Daniels, who leaves j this week to begin preparations to represent this nation in the Republic J of Mexico as ambassador, who has 1 I been an open foe ?o Governor Ehringhaus, has come oat with a fvont? page editorial in which he urged : r "Follow President Roosevelt" and follows with "Follow Governor Ehringhaus," in his recminendations. But the General Assembly, or at least the House side, is showing some disinclination in the following. When President Roosevelt got his beer and wine measure through Congress, another bill bobbed up in the K General Assembly to provide for wine j and por-tor, ale and beer of 3.2 per p|'- cent, alcoholic content, and to tax it, both in the sale and in the manufacture in this State. All other bills E have been killed. P", Banking Situation Clears ,The banking situation is clearing up gradually. Only those banks that are entirely safe and liquid are open now without restrictions. excent "gainst hoarding. Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood has been given unusual power to regulate banks, power following closely that given ? the national officers as to national /.y banks. If n bank cannot, open without restrictions, then.a conservator?of Jgt the depositors' interests?will be f named Jo operate and to reorganize it. About half of the State banks are open, and others will open without restrictions, but conservators will be named in some of them. A bill now ratified provi des for setting ^ - reserve fund instead of the double liability of stockholders, which the banking department feels Will make the deposits much safer and will result in surer liquidation if a bank fails. The Senate, in a tabling notion, killed the bill regulating hours of work of State employees, providing longer hours and no Saturday afternoons off, and the bill requiring inn a/ a monviarl nnimla amtvlrvmH wujp ui a niatiivu v.uujjiv. kui^ivjvu by the State to be fired out. Members opposed trying to "regulate everybody and everything. Last week, the 12th of the ses(Continued on Page 7) WAi A Nor r"OLUHE XLIV. NUMBER 33 I Thaw Now Air Pilot j ir A j Rc?*el Thaw, son of Harry Thaw, has long since qualified as an ex* pert aviation pilot. Me has just made a flight, Los Angeles to NewYork, delivering * beautiful monoplane sky sedan to the home of Mrs. E. A, Guggenheim on Long Island. mEYTOPRESIDE AT SPRING TERM SUPERiOR COURT ioticitor Spurting Will Prosecute Docket of Twenty-odd Criminal Cases. Sixty Civil Cases Calendared. Jurors Selected for Service Listed by Clerk. Recorders Court i to Handle Civil Cases. The Spring Term of Watauga Suterior Court will begin on Monday, tprii 10th, with Judge T. S. Finley .? North Wilkesboro presiding, and! Solicitor L. S. Spuriing prosecuting i docket of twenty-odd criminal ases. .^4 ffpnuLnumber of minor criminal WavA?rec&ntlv L been tcfttjik Wr?di from thV&tye|R? Court cat indar to the newly-formed Kceoretire Court, but no civil cases will be umdled bv the local tribunal until ifter the spring term. About sixty :ivil cases, many of which have been carried over from several terms, are calendared for trial before JuugciSnlav A. E. South. Clerk, has released he following list of jurors selected 'or service at the .Spring Term: First Week?S. M. Church, Frank Potter, H. H. Johnson, D. F. Greene, Lewis Norris, Spencer Warren, John Lenta, Will C. Knight, Dewey Mit:hsll, H. C. Hayes, C. A. Underdown, L. Harrison, Will Todd, Sam Atcins, S. S. Gragg, K. A. Taylor, J. J. Miller. R. F. Edmisten, Vann G. Hin;on, J. Frank Wilson, Arthur Isaacs, loe Wheeler, Charles Tester, J. L. Shull. A. E. Hodees (Moat Gamut. D. C. Coffey, Sam S. South, L. F. Kent, R. D. Edmisten, Willie Greene, H. E. Greene, J. D. Cook Elbert S. Norris, Roby Story, Com Church, Haul Thomas, Lee Lawranoe, J. H. roylor. Second Week?C. C. Ragan, Eugene Lentz, John A, Beach. A. C. Swift, J. M. Brown, I. C. Critcher, W. L. Trivett, D. C. Hagaman, S. 'f. Icenhour, D. F. Greene, C. B. Duncan, A. E. Vnnnoy, A. R. Smith, I. N. Mir.ton, Dave Hodges. W. S. Houck. Jason Moretz, C. E. Vannoy. LEGION ENDORSES ROOSEVELT STAND Local P?t Forwards Letter to Chief Executive Endorsing Program and Asking for Consideration of Permanently Disabled. Watauga Post, American Legion liau a spirited session in Legion Hal Friday evening, when the principa order of business centered about th< recent economy bill passed by th( Congress and giving President Roose vlt the right to cut the pensions oi World War veterans. A resolutioi was proposed to commend me ident for his efforts toward atabil izing the government, which aftei more or less heated discussion wai adopted. Accordingly, a message wa: forwarded by the officials to thi White House, commending the Pres ident, but insisting that no action bi taken which would reduce any disa bled veterans to th: point whcr< they might become objects of char ity. It is understood that the vote oi the resolution was extremely close. Envy is more irreconcilable thai hatred. "AUG, i-Partisan Newspaper, Dev BOONE, WATAUGA COUOT SfBRIDE NAMED AST TAX SUPERVISOR BY COUNTY BOARD : Cotc Creek Man Succe?U Henry J. Hardin. Who Has SerfSu far Piit Four Years. Well QuaJifieti for Important Position. Tax l.isters Named (or Ensuing Year. Failure to File Constitutes Misdemeanor.; J. Smith McBridc, of Sherwood, who was amtointed county tax so^. pernor by the Board of Comwis sioncrs at its March meeting, lias assumed the duties of that important office. He succeeds Henry J. Hardin, ! of B crone. who has served as superI visor since the position was created I by the General Assembly of 1929. ' Mr. Hardin's four-year tenure has been most satisfactory. He has transformed the antiquated system by i which Watauga garnered its reve nues into an orderly, well-regulated routine, and his perfectly-kept records have elicited the admiration of auditors who inspected them. Mr. Hardin will now devote his entire time 10 the operation of his splendid farm near the city. Mr. McRride for many years was connected with a Boone mercantile establishment, is a business man of undisputed ahility, and will undoubt- " edly serve the county efficiently. For 1 some time he has been engaged in J the conduct of his farm near Sugar Grove postoffice, and is prominently identified in the social and religious affairs of that community. N.~0. T.- Uriir; lhe newly-appointed supervisor last week named a slate of tax listers _ for the ensuing year, which was approved by the County Board, in special session Friday. The list follows: Blue Ridge, Marion Coffey; Bald Mountain, Glenn Howell; Blowing Rock, Ellen Coffey; Beaver Dani3, Dudley Greene; Boone, .1. S. Mc- . Bride; Cove Creek, John Perry; Elk, P. G. Carroll, Laurel Creek, Olus Mast; Meat Camp, C. G. Hodges; North Fork, W. C. South; Shawneehaw, W. L. Welch; Stony Fork, Welter Moretx; Watauga, E. B. Fox. Mr. McBride urges that taxpayers co-operate with the listers, in order during the brief listing jferfttT wihMh| begins April 1st. He states that iait"-; ure to do so constitutes a misdemeanor, and cites citizens t? chapter 244, section 521, Public Laws of t nor* - "In addition to the ten per cent, added to the tax as herein provided, any person, firm or corporation, owu-j ing or controlling any property, real or personul, and wilfully failing to list the same, within the time allowed, with the /list takers or assessors, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The failure to so list shall be prima facie evidence that such failure was wiifu! and the Board of County Commissioners shall present names . of aii such persons, firms and eorpo- , rations to the grand jury.'' Plan to Organize a County Ball League Niley G. Cook, former major league pitcher and for several- years one of Watauga County's most ardent diamond enthusiasts, announces that a meeting of hall players will be held in the courthouse here Sat- I urday afternoon, 3 o'clock, for the i , purpose of forming a county league, i All teams are invited to send rep- ] resentatives, and Mr. Cook believes ; that a permanent organization of not less than eight clubs will be effected. He declares that Watauga abounds in fine amateur players, and that if the various communities co-operate I in the effort, a season of real good ' baseball is in store for local fans. Initial plans call for Saturday . games only, with a play-off between the two high teams at the season's end, possibly in Boone. Yonahlossee Road to j Be Opened by June 1 1 > Construction work on the Yonahs lossee Road is nearly complete. It . has gone forward stedily despite bad [ weather, and the culverts and bridges i are all complete except two small . cn.es. stnno is heiner put on a part - of the road and the contractors cxr pect to have the road surfaced and s open by June 1. All the work has a been dnno with the idon of mnVirff ; the road conform to the wildly beau-; - tiful scenery through which it goes. ; The right-of-way includes -some of - the most magnificent views in the : Southern Appalachians and the road - is destined to become nationally fail mous.?Caldwell Record. A man cannot make a pair of shoes s rightly unless he doe3 it in a devout manner.?Carlyle. \ DE ?fcetl to the Best Interests i ~~~ STC NORTH CAROLINA, THUR3DA First Step Toward ] aajfi A - J " . ^fe'v;.'v'c^^SIm -' :v wBjff ^ jnfcJBM I mmM 1. g^SS^SwaSSSS^?^!^^*;^^ nif^lt t^jfou'ncigl crisis. !>iUiefe of Tax Co f)t^ree From S fciff To Get - - f? ? H"VM*r^riltfff > i ..?.. ? V?^?| ? :*i Wa^?^, Woman in ^ r^Wj^n| earthquake, in Vicinity telling * ^^waflWMJBBWMjBmssra when the upheaval Atmatr cwnnn* a tshed the tftg&tii w5?wi"*itVr"Bj"r;~ -jWtrd, it i* related, h?<i ratde prep- ^ for leering for home end ^ was dining in e restaurant when ^ the subterranean rambling* be- ^ ... vv 3dp miQc a dn?u <> *hu op?n, ^ ran at top speed for a distance ^ of three or four blocks where an ~ opening of sufficient sixe made ^ her safe from falling buildings. There she remained, while the town was raxed about her, and she suffered no Injury. Seven persons wbo remained in the restaurant where she was dining were lolled. a RECORDERS COURT i IN BUSY SESSION1: t Six Cases Disposed of Tuesday and ^ Court Continues Into Wednesday. Judge Suddreth Deals Severely With Drunken. Drivers. The Recorders Court convened in * regular weekly session Tuesday, and despite hard work on the part of the officials, bhe tribunal was able to disclose of onlv six oases durino- t.ho dnv i and today (Wednesday) the hearing of evidence continues. Judge Suddreth frowned on drunken drivers ' brought before him, and in two cases meted out fines of $100 and the ' costs, which were supported by suspended sentences of six months on ' the roads. The work of the court 8 on Tuesday follows: Fred Greer, driving drunk, fined $100 and cost. Six months suspended sentence. Willard Greene, larceny, dismissed. Dim Dotson. manufacturing, dismissed. Don Totson, larceny, nol pros with leave. GTady Ward, liquor, in costs. Sixty days suspended on good behavior. Grady Walls, driving drunk, $100 : and costs. Six months suspended sentence. MOUNTAIN CITY BANKS OPEN FOR BUSINESS THURSDAY Mountain City, Tenn.?Both banks here reopened Thursday and report new records for amounts of deposits in one day, with no withdrawals. T. W. Nave, president Merchants and "P ) D 1. -J 1 A OU..II naucia uoiik) auu o. a. oiiuii, picsident Bank of Mountain City, were highly pleased with business dono and said "old 'saddle-blanket' bills poured out of the mountains in a volume never before seen." MOC] of Northwest North Caro If. MARCH 23, li<33 I ? Banking R rm * JMWmI ? ' Woodin of the Treasury at his ' by the Seventy - Third Congress ary session which was called to I Hector Given therifl's Office; Salarv Of $75 / Raleigh, N. C.?The office of tax Hector of Watauga County would t crea'ed and A. D. Wilson named 1 that position, and the sheriff's saiy would be reduced to $75.00 a onth in a hill introduced in the ouse of Representatives last week i | f Representative R. T. Greer ofj ratauga, and referred to the comities on Counties, Cities and! owns. The measure provides that the tax Elector take aver the duties now erformed as such by the sheriff, lat A. D. Wilson toe named to serve ?til .July, j. Iflan^oif st/tbc9 rWiU tot; w'Wii w nd on -the first Monday in June, 9oti, SFd bieapmn.T -qroiCtft.i', *Voard is direcUd to appoint some ompitent person as tax collector, his jrm of office to begin July 1st tereafter, and holding office at the ill of the commissioners- He -would c required to make a tuii repori and rttlement if removed from office nd to turn over the tax books to is successor. The tax collector would be re? uired to furnish bond, make daily cposit, of collections, either to speifie or general county funds, and sport twice mon.hly to the county ccountant the funds to which the olloctions are to be applied. The ollector would receive three and ne-half per cent of the taxes chavgd to him for collection as compenation, c.tvtpt .hat he would receive wo and ont-fourth per cent, for colection of 1933 taxes, or taxes of trevious years. The sheriff's salary Would be $75 t month, beginning July I, 1933, r??yaWe monthly front the general und. T^re act would be effective rom and after ratification. The full text of the bill follows: Full Text of Bill ?. "The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: "Section tl. That the office of tax :ollector for Watnuva Crutnlv is tereby created. All duties and pow;rs in regard to collection of taxes leretofore imposed and confined lpon the sheriff of Watauga County hall be and are hereby imposed and onferred upon the tax collector for (Continued on Page 4) John Owens Dies at Home in Valie Crucis John Owens, 40, brother of Roby Nl. Owens of Boone, died at his home near Valle Crucis on Tuesday evening, March 14th, following an iiiness of several weeks with a chronic respiratory aiiment. The body was taken to Cranberry Thursday, where burial took place with Eider J. M. Dcaton of the Christian Ciiucvxi >r> charge of brief servi(!M A wiAotu onH eovnri oVtil^rnr are among the survivors. Mr. Owens was born and rcarec near Elk Park, but had spent th? greater part of his adult life in Weat Virginia. About a year ago he came to Watauga and purchased a farn on Dutch Creek where he vesidec until death. He was an electriciar by trade, and on several occasion! had assisted his brother in work a the Owens Machine Shop here. A host of friends were grieved whei news of his death became current. r hna Jl.SO PER YSAB -? BLOWING ROCK'S BANKING HOUSE OPENED FRIDAY Two Boone Banks Still Closed, Pending Action of State Bank Comtniitioner. Officials in Ral^ioh First of the Week. Expect Opening Soon. Blowing Rock Bank Doing a Fine Business. The Bank of Blowing Rock was the first Watauga bank to resume business, the institution having opened i>r? an unrestricted basis Friday morning, following a telephone call from .State Bank Commissioner fiurnoy P. Hood, and information is that the 3oone hanks are expected to resume regular business by next week. Mr. W. D. Farthing, cashier of the Blowing Rock bank, states that business has been good since the banking holiday, and that there have been fewer withdrawals than was usual in the ordinary course of business. He says that considerable gold coin and srold certificates have been brought in and forwarded to the Federal Reserve Bank, ar.d that deposits have been good, a number of new accounts having been opened. WatKUga Bank to Open Soon Meantime officials of the Watauga County Bank went to Raleigh Monday to interview Bank Commissioner Hood and had not returned Y/ednesday morning. Information that the bank will likely open the first of the week, a delay having been occasioned on account. of the congestion in the bank commissioner's office during the holiday Business in Boone is going on remarkably well, and little concern is felt generlly over the situation, there being a confidence that the bank3 will open just as soon as a license can be acted upon. GREER EXPECTS EARLY PASSAGE IMPORT * NT MI I mi viitaiu ftjijuu "wauugftt Rfiprfl?tfntftlin? WWMW ? M?t Bb Effected Mflthout Impamnf Inatitutiona. The North Carolina General Assembly is "getting down to business," and many of the complexing problems facing that body will he settled within the next few days, Representative Koby T. Greer of Watauga torecast during his week-end visit to Boone. Mr. Greer believes that the swift action of the National Congress in slashing appropriations will go a long way toward ironing cut differences which have existed between legislative factions during the present session. and predicts that widespread economies will be made in State expenditures during the closing days of the Assembly. He looks for adjournment. not later than April 15th. As a member of the important Fi nance committee 01 toe nouse, neiircsentative Greer lias been brought face to face with the seriousness of the present economic crisis. He states that the courageous stand of President Roosevelt on the banking situation has stimulated the lagging spiri:s of North Carolina's lawmakers, and that optimism now reigns at the Capitol. Mr. Greer said he was confident that the projected appropriations bill, which calls for a cut of wore than ten millions of dollars during the next biennium, if passed would not seriously impair State institutions. He is of the opinion that hundreds of economies in various branches of government can be effected, and that slashing the Budget Bureau's estimate will scarcely he felt by the average man. The Watauga Representative, who has always been looked upen as one of the staunchest friends of education, favors a genera! reduction of appropriations to the several State schools, but will oppose any measure which, in his opinion, will cripple the system. ine nnanciai situation is clearing up all over North Carolina, Mr. Greer ' told his friends, and business men look to the future with a confidence , which torecciis ?u e*.iU rctu to ' prosperity. J I Watauga County Bill Referred to Committee i A report from Raleigh Saturday I stated that the Watauga County bill, mfcjt i to create the office of tax collector J for that county, already passed by the t House of Representatives, was rel ceived in the Senate last Friday and i referred to the Senate Judiciary No. 2 Committee. 1 " 1\
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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