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Sittings From the Legislature By M. R. DUNNAGAN Special Writer for The IHnmcxm Raleigh, N. C\?The Senate Fi nance committee. receiving the Housi re Venue hill Friday, afternoon am night sessions, announced at mid night that it had increased the tw< per cent, general sales tax rate b three peiecent, eliminated the half miil tax on each kilowatt hour of el eetric energy and the Iua on stocl of foreign corporations, and had re ducerf certain franchise taxes, having the measure ready for action by th< Senate, reconvening Monday at tin noon hour. These changes have been expected just as the Senate is expected, bui mit without a fight, to accept th< measure about as presented by Its finance committee, which bill is, ir fact, almost exactly the revenue bil reported by the House finance committee. The house, after more thar a week of bitter struggling, amendec its committee's bill, adding the ta> on power and foreign stocks and in creasing certain franchise taxes, re ducing the three per cent sales ta> two per cent. The Senate commit tee has now returned it to its formei status. The Senate will spend three to five days on the measure, probably sending it back to the House in the last half of this, the 18th week of the session. The House may buck at first, or it may accept the bill as it will come back fiom the Senate. If it bucks, then a conference committee will be named and the differences worked out. At any rate, it seems safe tc predict that the revenue mea sure finally adopted will not be far different from the measure as it has now come from the Senate finance committee, and as it earllei came from the House finance committee. Organized merchants of the State, through Secretary Willard L. Dowell, served notice in a letter to the General Tssembly that they will attack and oppose the general sales tax, on the ground that it is unconstitutional. Some House members who bitterly opposed the sales tax. now that the bill is passed, express the hope that thi Senate v.ill increase the rate from two to three per cent, doubting if two per cent will give enough to balanve the budget. A three per cent tax is expected to pu?s the Hctusf. easier now that a two per cent tax- did in the first place/ Tim Dowtc Ch">ry bloc, in the ascendency ut times, is 11. G, Cherry deserting Tarn Bpwie "J *??? '"in aim ui^lllg auupilVII of the sales tax committee report. Although the House has about 100 public bills and a few loeal measures on its calendar, accumulating during the week while it was engaged with the revenue bill, it took the usual week-end off, deciding on the usuul local bills only lor the brief Saturday session and returning Monday night. The Senate which has kept up an<( disposed of its measures as they arose decided on the short Saturday session, but to return at noon Monday to the revenue bill task. As matters now stand, hope for adjournment this week went a-glimmering. The Senate will accumulate a heavy calendar this week while it deals with the revenue bill, but the House, meanwhile, will be disposing <of its calendar. Near the end both houses can knock out bills in a hurry?in contrast to spending two hours last week on one loeal bill?but best bets are that the end of the session will not be reached until well into next week. A possible, but not expected, deadlock on the revenue bill may carry the end further away. While 86 bills were ratified last week, 76 of them were local measures. leaving only ten State-wide, and half of those were ready for ratification the Week, before. One of the new ones permits transportation, storage and handling of beer, wine and other 3.2 beverages. The main machinery bill, which sets up methods of licensing, taxation, restrictions and regulations on sale of beer and wine, is under way and will be passed this week. One new law provides f)t regulation of automobile liability rates; an other allows tobacco boards of trade to make rules governing the sale of leaf tobncco at auctionf stiil another allows trustees of the State University to contract for and finance erection of a State College athletic stadium front funds other than State general revenues; another permits donors to special purposes to fix salaries of State employees handling v.-ork supported by such donations. Jo last week 843 measures iiae been ratified, 242 originating in the Senate and 601 in the House. New bills introduced last week "were 94, on Uanatn arirl A 7 Hnimo mfllfincr r he total to date 1,978, or 590 Senate and 1,388.House. Many are local measures, while many others amend oi supplement acts already passed b; this General Assembly. Excitement was caused in tht House Friday when a lobbyist Wu: ejected from the. had for insistent efforts to get his name placed in the omnibus bill as a member of his coun ty board of education while that wa: being considered. He later apologizec (Continued on Page 7) BfejgSsaSBiSg | WA1 A No j VOLUME XLIV, ixuMSEE 43 Visits Roosevelt ' w j : '^ ^ Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of England is now in the United States, upon the invitation of President Roosevelt, for the first of informal economic conferences with I leaders of the debtor European nations. Mr. MacDonald and his I daughter were week-end guests at j the White House. DR. CHANDLER TO DELIVER SERMON COLLEGE FINALS Former Boont Minister in Baccalaureate Delivery Next Sunday. Dr. Andrews of High Point to Address Graduating Class on the 5th. Degrees to Be Conferred cn 45 Now, and 30 at Close of Summer Term. Dr. 0. J. Chandler, former pastor of the Boone Methodist Ohur "n, now 1 denied at A she villi", has been chosen to preach the annual sermon to the graduates at the college. The wellknown minister's delivery will br. in tlie coiicge ,?-vid;iv.r:;;:r. Sunday . ^,*ninr, if wa5 announced Tuesday by j Dean uankin. I f?uneri n umrt ent T. W intra te AnIurcws ox iue High Poi?L will deliver the literary address to the graduates of Appalaehia at the commencement exercises on Friday, Alay 5th, at which time bachelor degrees will be conferred upon a class of 45. Thirty others will receive degrees at the close of the summer term in August. There are 7'J t;vc year normal graduate JURY DRAWN FOR FEDERAL COURT Twelve Wataugans Called fcr Service at Term Which Convenes in j Wilkesboro May 15th. Judge Hayes to Preside. Deputy Clerk L. B. Bumgarner, Friday released the names of those who have been drawn for jury service at the Alay term of Federal court' which convenes in Wilkesbovo on the 1 TVir. lioi ?? ^ viii. *ut "fu ij iimui: u jj vi i.in/.ruo of Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga and Wilkes counties. Judge Johnston J. Hayes, of Greensboro, will preside, with District Attorney J. R. MeCrary and his assistants prosecuting a docket composed, principally, of liquor law violations. Jurymen drawn from Watauga me: Tbomss Glenn, Valle Crucis; C. C. Triplett, Triplett; J. G. Story, Blowing Rock,- Frank Eggers, Mabel; Roy Adams, Vilas; Ted Davis, Todd; A. C. Moody, Blowjng Rock; Stewart Barr.ec, Boone; B. H. Moody, Boone; E. B. Hagaman, Beech Creek; Carl Winebarger, Zionville; J. E. Hardin, Shulls Mills. THREE STILLS IN THREE WEEKS; ALL FROM ONESECTION Information from the office of Sheriff A. Y. Howell it to the effect that some svrt ?f record hsd been established lately for apprehending moonshiners. Three stills in the same number of weeks have been taken from the upper Meat Camp section. The last of these was on Saturday when a still, 15 gallons of liquor, and considerable beer was seised, along with two prisoners, Conley and George Woodring. The Sheriff, together * with Deputies A. C. Farthing and ^ Hill Hagaman and Constable Frank : Greene, took part in the raid. This makes the fifteenth still 9 captured by the Sheriff and his i deputies since they were inducted into office last December. rAUG n-Partisan Newspaper, D 2CCHE, WATATIGA COl COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM GIVEN i AT BETHEL HIGH Hon. Wade William* of Charlotte Delivers Baccalaureate Address. President of Boiling Springs College Preaches Sermon. Senior Clan Play a Success. Institution Now an Accredited School. Commencement exercises began on Thursday, April 20fch, at the Bethel High School. Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the seniors presented the following exercises: Invocation led by Rev. K. J. fanning; song, "lie Lead e:h Me." sung by the class; salutatory address given by Lucy Farthing; history of the class by Dosha Cable; class poem by Lessie Gay Greene; class will bv Mariam Kincaid; song. "The North Carolina Hills"; class prophecy by Bc-ulah Isaacs; gifts presented to the members of the class by Howard Kincaid; valedictory address by Loy Farthing. The exercises closed with the class song (composed hv l.pnnis FnrtHinrr^. frtllnwo.I V.?? benediction by Mr. Charles Clay. Graduating exercises began Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Invocation by Mr. Charles Clay; song, "The Old Rugged Cross," sung by the class. The literary address was delivered by the Hon. Wade Williams of Charlotte. Mr. Williams is a wonderful speaker. He has the ability to cause his audience to think with him. After the literary address. County Superintendent Hagaman delivered an address to the graduates. Mr. Hagaman's ad-. (Iress was appreciated very much by all who heard it. Then diplomas were delivered by the superintendent to those students finishing the seventh grade and to the fifteen high school graduates. The seniors then sang the class song, followed by the benediction by Rev. E. J. Farthing. Saturday evening at 8 o'clock the seniors presented a play, "The Eyes of Love," which was a. great success. On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the commencement sermon was delivered by Doctor J. L. Jenkins, president of. Boiling Springs Junior Coljlegc. Dr. Jenkins preacheo bn "C-vrrbt%_Y_our, Generation," using as a text [Acts xiii, 3 : "For David, afCei. l.c (in by .the will of God, fell asleep.'' iJir .jenkTus preached to a large and very appreciative congregation. The people of the Bethel commun ity nre very much pleased with the progress made by the school during the past year. They are very proud of the fact that Bethel is now a standard high school, and extend their appreciation to 'he principal and to the teachers who have so loyally supported him in the work of the school. No Changes to Be Made In Board of Education Ruleigh, N. C.?No changes were made in the names of members of the Watauga County board of education when the omnibus bill naming thcboards in the 100 counties wn< taken up in the House cf Representatives iast Friday. Changes, evidences of local fights in many cases, were made in the boards first named in the bill in probably twenty instances. The measure goes to tne senate Mils wcex and it is likely that other changes will be made and local fights will come out on the floor of the Senate. No names appear on the omnibus pension roll bill, naming Confederate veterans and their widows as eligible for pensions, from Watauga County. The Soir.es presented have to be passed upon by the county pension board and the State Board of Pensions, however, before they are placed on the roll. $900,000,000 in Gold Is Stiil Hoarded in U. S. "Washington. ? Despite President Roosevelt's anti-gold hoarding order of April 5, requiring the metal to be deposited with the government before May 1, approximately $SOu,OGO,still remains outside the treasury and federal reserve banks. ' The Federal Reserve Board's weekly statement showed that the gold reserves of the 12 institutions amounted to $3,365,595,000, an increase of $681,956,000 since March 8, and of $50,04?000 in the last week. On April 3, when Secretary Wood in announced $600,000,000 of gold and gold certificates had been returned to the treasury, officials said there was outstanding at that time $1,000,000,000 in gold and gold certificates. Since then $81,956,000 in gold has been returned but the amount received this week was $29,000,000 more than came in the week before. Scientists contend that women are superior to men in those mental tasks which require quick thinking and attention to details. A DI evoted to the Best Interes JNTY. NOHTU CAROLINA, TIIUKSI | GRADUATES OF BE im^^b^SB^KOBESjOS^a ?&* The above picture is of the first g Top row: Berl Isaacs, Barton Fart Spainhour, BI?" Isaacs, Wiley Perr Ethel Curric and Kate Wincbarger. Farthing, Dosha Cable, Lennis Far thing. One of the seniors, Beulah 1 ture was made. Moore Name Old Board Is J. Fra.uk Moore was named a& candidate for Mayor, and ike incumbent Board of Aldermen, H. B. Perry, k. L. Clay a ?-d Brantley Duncan, renominated, when the Demccrat* of the city met in convention Tuesday evening for the purpose *?f naming a slate of candidates to be voted on in the municipal election on May 2nd. Mere than 150 gathered *n the auditorium of the courthouse to have a voice in the naming of the city fathers for the ensuing two years. The meeting was called to order by Chairman T. B. Moore and U. T. C. Wright was installed as secretary, following which a mo. lion. tp_votje bj^ ballot was adopted. I In a brief address W. F. Miller r!..;cd the of odious Beard of Al| dermcn in nomination, calling at-'/ ivntnm (v "roc-:=r;v tenure in office, the indebtedness of the town had been reduced $10,ftfm **..1 * ? ?' . landing bonds was being met, in spite of the depressed financial conditions. Mr. Miller also disclosed a plan >rnc?iby Fed real or other monetary assistance might be secured for the purpose of refinancing the bonded indebtedness of the city, and reducing the burden by more than half, or roughly to $100,000. Mr. Miller indicated that this program 200 Watauga For Fore* About two hundred young men, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years, called at the office of Ills. Smith Hagaman, Gphnty Welfare Superintendent, since Monday, to apply for jobs in the Federal Forestry Corps, which is being recruited from over the entice nation. Of this number 18 have filled in and returned the necessary blanks, and nine have been tentatively selected to form the first quota from this county, the selections being based largely on the needs as well as the physical fitness of the applicants Mrs. Hagaman states that another contingent of nine will be selected soon and the third group of three will afterwards complete Watauga County's allotment of 21. The first nine will leave for Asheville sometime next week, where they will be in charge of the Department of Labor and likeiy assigned for active duty, in the Smoky Mountains National Park. According to welfare worker;, the youths who have offered themselves at the courthouse have ft V T /s . Rev. a. n. ucufti y Passes in Virginia Rev. A. H. Genli-y, native Ashe citizen, and well known throughout Watauga County, died near Pries, Vn., on the :14th, and was buried on Easter Sunday, according to information reaching The Democrat Wednesday. Mr. Gentry was a widely known Methodist minister who years ago had s held meetings in Boone. lie was o : brother to Mrs. Etta Horton, who for so many years lived in this city and nau many friends in this county pip LMOC ts of Northwest North Cai >AY, APRIL 27, 1933 THELHIGHSCH DL Ssiiiiiiik ^ SAflKTJ; raduating class of Bethel High School, hirg:, Frank Rcark, Principal R. A. y and Howard Kincaid. Middle row: Buttcm row: Leslie Gay Greene, L.ucy thing, Mariam Kincaid and Loy FarIsaacs, was not present when the nic cl For Mayor; Renominated could lilcely be carried through under the continued administration of the present board. The nominations were seconded I and Charles S. Stevenson placed J before the assembly the names of C. L Rhyne, Brantley Duncan, and Dr. J. C. Farthing, the name of Duncan appearing on both tickets. The result of the balloting constitued an easy .victory for the administration, with the following result: H. B. Perry 91, R. L. Clay 85, Braxitley Duncan 149, C. L. Rhyne 67, J. C. Farthing 59. Tracy Council! received one vote. The three highest were declared the nominees of the Democratic party. A. M. Norton plnced in nomina jictt-j. r. moorc tor Mayor, whilo I Jim Rivers cffercrf the name ot J&. Mayor J. M. Morctz. The count-out | indicated that Mo ere n?d rccci?^ - r ?nlrMcorc was declared the nominee of the party. Others, who had not been placed in nomination received a scattering vote. They were: Ester Setzer 2, Coogc Lovill 2, Rcby Owens 1, A. P. Ward 2, Koscoe Little 1. There was no evidence of disccrd in the convention, but concert of action clcidy indicated effective pre-convention campaigning. Official information is to the effect that the Republican party will not offer a slate of candidates. ml Apply stry Positions comprised un unusually fine iot of boys,''alert and eager for employment. It is stated that all olhei things being equal, the degree of destitution in the family affected, will probably be the deciding factor in making the assignments. Those who are accepted for this reforestation program will be expected to stay six months. At Asheville they will undergo physical examination and medical inspection, and, it accepted there, will be sent to an army camp. There they will spend two weeks undergoing a period of phyaical conditioning, will be immunized for smallpox and typhoid fever, and will be provided with proper clothing, before being sent U> .their final destination in the national forests. Each man is allowed clothing to the value of $38 and an allowance of $9 for replacement. Housing, food and medical care are also proj vided. in addition to this each one will receive $30 per month, and of this amount he is required to send not less than $25, nor more than $27.50, to his parents -or other dependent relatives. School Bus Wreck Is i Fatal to Four Childrer Salisbury, N. C.?The death toll ol a head-on collision between two schoo i buses rose too four Saturday with th< death of Amanda Broadway, the thirc i child of farmer Ira G. Broadway t< be killed in the wreck. A fourtl i Broadway child, Roy, 14, was no |' expected to live. 11 Mary, J.0, and Frances Broadway 1112, daughters of the farmer, and Cur ,! tis Hartley, 12, were killed when thi I collision occurred. RAT rolina $1.50 PER YEAR | TOTAL 36 MONTHS IN PRISON TERMS GIVEN BY JUDGE Recorder's Court Ha* Busy Session Tuesday and Wednesday and Three File Notice of Appeal to Superior Court. Liquor Cases Comprise Most of Docket. Some Sentenced for Larceny. Few Fines Recorded. A heavy docket faced Judge Sudderth's Recordevs Court when it convened Tuesday morning, but at noon Wednesday all but three cases had been disposed of by the tribunal. A total nf ;;r? month* in road sentences were handed down Viv tW Rocw/lflr aside from a few suspended sentences. The complete proceedings up to press lime follow: Alice Hodges, manufacturing, assessed with one-half the cost and placed under six months suspended .sentence. Ed Stokes, violating prohibition law, 8 months on road, sentence suspended on payment of $5 per month for 3 months to the Clerk of the Court. He was also required to pay costs. Chauncie Hollowly, abandonment* 60 days on roads. Dwight Moretz, disturbing public gathering, $10 and cost. Roy Bumgarner, violating prohibition laws, fined $10 and costs of action; 4-months sentence suspendedOliver Hampton, violating prohibition laws, 8 months on roads. Jarvis Greene, violating prohibition laws (2 cases), 12 months on roads. Finis Carroll, adlsstdt *>n officer, 6 months on roads; notice of appeal to Superior Court. Alice Carroll, assault with deadly weapon, 4 months in jail; appeals to Superior Court. Charles Carroll, assault on officer and interfering with arrest, 4 months on roads. Suspended on good behavior over a period of eight months. Appeal to Superior Court. Blaine Hodges, larceny and violation dry laws, dismissed Howard and Link T'rivett, larceny, GO days on roads; sentence not to be effective until June 1, if bond of $zuu -can c:\eppnarance . ... ibwhwa?hbb at that time. ii i m BEER TO REItiM SUNDAY MIDNIGHT One Town License Has Already Been issued to nandk Foamy Liquid and Others Contemplate Ashing; for Permit*. Beer, an outlaw in North Carolina for 25 years, comes back as a respected citizen Sunday night at 12 o'clock when the Francis beer bill throws open the doer to 3.2 per cent brew and fru*t juices. In Boone Mayor Moretz has already issued one city license for handling the suds and other applications are being made, it is stated. Under the terms of the regulatory act passed by the Senate and now in the House of Representatives, the town shall charge a license of $10 an.. $15, depending on whether the liquid is consumed on or off the premises on which sold. If no act shows up on the statute hooks making the law inoperative as to Boone, beer may be procured here from at least two sources, and one of them will stock both bottled and draft hofv ft-rda-rc Boone's first consignment of real beer, but indications are that they will not be promptly filled. Demand at the breweries is so heavy that North Carolina may be expected be fairly dry until the supply can get within gunshot of the demand. Would Exempt Church Property from StreetTax Raleigh.?All property owned by church or religious denominations within the corporate limits of the town of Rnnne, Watauga County, would be exempted from payment of all street, and sidewalk paving assessments for paving already done mil and also for future paving assessments, under a bill introduced in the House of Representatives Thursday by Representative Greer and referred f Vlxx -fin Q noc c?/vrv?***? + ?? -T*./-.?. ?-V; it received s fivorehle report Saturl day Was was placed on the calendar. The bill also provides that when any such property shall no longer I be owned and used by and of the churches for church or parsonage | purposes, during the period for levying and collecting paving assessments ' it shall immediately become liable for 1 the unpaid paving asscssments'as may ' appear on the assessment roll of Boone. The measure- would become > effective upon ratification. Good Jnop rags can. be made from men's discarded woolen sox.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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