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And The St
By m r. oun:;agan
^ Special Writer tor The Democrat)
Raleigh.? -North Carolina Democrats.
all pepped up over the .tagb
ufv.ving over select ion of a candid at
for National Democrat executive con
mitteemau for North Carolina to su;
eeed former Governor O. Max Garc
ner. resigned,. are expected to ha\
at least a mouth, or more, to co?
their heels and Hue up their duc?
before Chairman J. Wallace Winborr
calls ltis State Democratic Execute
Committee to meet to Till the vacaiic
by reoommenciation.
Not In many mouths has an iac
dent stirred up folks as this has dor
and columns have been written ar
eagerly rmd about it, the main re;
son being the uncertainty of wh?
wi.U result, and no political scril
has taken on the robes cf prophcc
because of the man cross curren
and factions to deal with.
J O. Carr. Wilmington, was fir:
mentioned as belli* acceptable to a
factions, except possibly thai of Sei
ator R. R. Reynolds. Then came C. 1
Sbuping, Senator J. \V. Bailey's can
paign manager; Julian Price, bus
ness man with a yen for politics c
the side, and Major L. P. McLendo
Governor Ehrtiignainf aamurer. a
residing in Greensboro, in which tow
Major McLend on is moving froi
Durham. A. H3II Johnston. Ashcvill
was mentioned. Then Senator Reyi
oids suggested former Governor, Sei
ator and Committeeman, Camero
Morrison, but the latter declined an
in so doing gave "dry" utterance
which irritated his repeal friends.
Then came the name 01 Govcrnc
F.hringhaus, in his absence from Ft:
leigh. and seems to have struck
popular chord, reaching now into ti
far corners of the State. But out (
all of this materia! nothing is ce
tain, for there is no telling how U:
factions are going to combine or spi
further in the issue. It may or ma
not be aiifc to say that Governor K1
ringhrus is leading, with his man;
ger, Major McLendon. ao a close se
ond, hilt it is safe to say that the]
will be no fight between the two f
the job and that either would a
cept.
However, II is current eomrae:
ISni hflinafair Bailey has attain cor
to the bat for his manager, Mr. Sh
ping, and, as he did for State Cliai
man, is even now sending out emir
saries to contact the 132 members
the committee leas a few vacancii
in order to secure pledges. But t
committee members are said not
be pledging themselves to any gre
extent, keeping open minds in ore
to vote as may seem proper wh
the voting" time comes. A few pi'C
ably have piedged themselves to clc
friends, but the big majority is l
pledged.
Numbers of people expreas the 1
lief that Mr. Shuping cannot land t
job even though, he is reputed to
on the best of terms with the 1
boss, James A. Farley. They ev
say that Senator Bailey's frier
claimed a majority of the votes i
Mr. Shuping for State chairman, a
point to that, as weli a3 the fail!
of Senator Bailey to place him as
S Commissioner of Revenue, as ri
~oas why he should not be broug
forward again.
But tbere are many factions to cc
sider, many overlapping, such as t
old Simmons group, the Morris
wing, the Gardner faction, the B:
ley following, the Ehringhaus si
port and the new Reynolds cliqi
and there's no telling how they ?
combine, or split, over the natioi
committeeman.
STATE'S OVERDRAFT CUT
While the State's general fund ca
overdraft was reduced by almost k
a million dollars in September, t
overdraft was still $680,255.24 nt t
end of the month, at which time I
highway fund was $6,379,214.91,
Slight increase during thp month, t
combined statement of the Treasur
and Auditor, issued by Governor Et
lnghaus, shows.
September was started with i
overdraft of $1,120,999.24 in the ge
-eral fund, to which subtracted fro
the collections for the month gave
balance of $622,340.54, while expc
dltures for the month were $1,?01
595.78, leading the overdraft $681
255.24 for the month and the fisc
year to date.
The highway fund had a balance
$6,191,351.52 at the beginning of tl
month, to which the addition of $!
230432.40 in collections gave $8,421
484.92 while expenditures for tl
month were $2,042,270.01. leaving tl
balance of 56,379,214.91 at the end
September.
The State's debt is still shown
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I Miller's Flora! Shomx
48 EAST IUIN STREET
Funeral Designs a
' PEACE ORDERS AS SOON
AS rOSESSS,
From Raleigh ||
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ate At Large
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Weight and Curses
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Ruth Gillette, (above), despi ]
stage successes, could not get a movi- 1
^ contract because of weight, until tr t
il advent of Mae West with fashict j
n curves. Now Rutli is much, in detenu ; ?
c% and has just signed n screen centra.':. .
one clause betu;j that she must
j weigh less thai? 2 35 pounds.
o 1
a >179.814,000. of Which $12,230,000 is ,
^ the temporary loans recently renewed t
on a;4H per cent, basis and the bal>r
nnce of $167,584,000 is funded indebt- 1
i- edncss. It includes $103,287,000 in
a highway bonds, 543,049,000 in general (
ie fund bonds. $14,460,000 in special (
school building bonds, $1,250,000 in I
r_ Cape Fear and $450,000 in Chowan1 '
ie J River bridge bonds, $2,588,000 in gen- j J
itjeral fund notes and $2,500,000 in '
Lv j Work! War veterans loan bonds.
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i- i DANIELS TO SPEAK
c-j Captain Tom C. Daniels. New Bern,
[C j 65-year-o>d commander of the North
ir. Carolina Department of the Americ.
I can Legion, inducted into that office
j Monday night at exercises in New
nt J Bern, is to speak in Raleigh Armis- j
ne ] tice Day as a purl uf the exercises j
u_ j coir.memorui Lug Hie 15th anniversary!
ir_ of the ending of the World War. Rail
leigh Post No. 1 is planning a big
of parade and other exercises. Chester
islO. Bell, commander, has named John:
nu'.Hall Manning as chairman of the arte
rangements group.
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er NEGRO STUDENTS STRIKE
en! Students of St. Augustine College,
.^.'""-educational institution for negioesj
here and operated by the Episcopal
Church, were in "strike" intermittently
last week against the dietician
;e_ at the college, and in part against
be the food served. The principal kick
be was that the dietitian has herself
,jCT become so thin that they fear eating
en food prepared under her direction
may be dangerous. A truce was
'or signed for a day, but the strike conUC1
tinned later, students refusing to go
lre to chapei or to attend classes. Hope
U was expressed that the trouble could
,a_ be adjusted by the first of the week.
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COURT TO DECIDE ANN'S CASE
>n_ The N C. Supreme Court had be-;
bC fore it last week the problem of deon
termining the status of Ann Cannon
3,,. Reynolds IT, daughter of Zachary j
,p_ Smith Reynolds, who was killed at j
ie the Reynolda estate m Winston-Sa- j
,u! iem last July 6th, and for which killlai
ing his then widow, Libby Holman
Reynolds, and chum. Ab Walker, were
indicted. Later the charges were nol
prossed. The action is brought by the
^ Cabarrus Bank and Trust Company,
aU Concord, co-guardian of Ann Cannon
be Reynolds, II, daughter of Smith Reyhe
noida by un earlier marriage. By an
he agreement, the first child was to reI
ceive $2,000,000, as was Smith Revn
' olds, born several months after his fa-1
| that's death, to the former torch singI
er, J.ibby Holman. The balance of the
' ' j estate, left by the late R. J. Reyn-1
I olds, tobacco magnate, to his son,
a ! Smith, estimated close to $20,000,.
000, was to be devoted to charities.
The co-guardian bank is protesting
a_ the agreed settlement.
j* DAVIS ESCAPES FROM PEN
Ncrman Davis, serving 15 to 20
years in Sttae's Prison for manslaugho?
ter, escaped last Friday by secreting
le himself in a slop barrel in which a
j _ false head had been blaced and breakL'_
ing out when a trusty had gone about
u'e half the distance from State's Prison
le to the Camp Pouk prison farm, some
of four miles from Raleigh. Slop had
been poured into the top of the barat
rel, sustained by the false bead, and
Davis had a Breathing reed arranged.
nThe trusty reported struggling with!
him for several hundred yards, but
that he finally broke awav. He went!
the late Otto Wood, who escaped
once in a culvert pipe, one better.
THE COLONEL IS WARNED
Colonel T. L. Kirkpatrick, Mecklenburg
Senator and announced candidate
for Governor, paid his respects
to Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus in
his office Saturday. During the conversation
Governor Ehringhaus quoted
to htm the world of "the Lawd"
in the negro show. "The Green Pastures,"
recently here:
?1 "Gabriel, this thing of being 'the
WAT ADO A DEMOCRAT? EVERY 1
isn't no bed of roses." Cover-1
;or Ehringfcans said to Hie niaa whoi
r. seeking to succeed bin; as Cover- j
lor, and the Colonel agreed that he!
vas not running for a soft soap.
REYNOLDS ON CAMPAIGN 1
Senator Robert K- Reynolds, instead
of "running out on" the repeal
forces, as has been charged, is to
make a whirlwind campaign for repeal
of the 18th amendment, ;n North
Caroima. making 21 speeches ui as
many places In the 12 days imtr.ediileiv
prcc-rding the election Nov,.-rare,
Ttlr. Walter 1-iurpi.y. secret?"!' of
the repeal forces, announces.
Senator Reynolds' campaign began
Vuesday at Sparta, and will clone in
(Vsheville, his home town, on Monday
evening. November 6th.
"We arc counting more upon the
patriotism and alertness of the national
recovery program on the part
of the people of Ninth Caroiins for
our success than upon anything else,"
said Mr. Murphy, tvho said the repeal
ieader3 have advised against a campaign
of ballyhoo and sensationalism.
"The manner in which Democrats
ind Republicans alike, rich and poor,
high and low, throughout the whole
A the nation have responded to Pres. |
dent's magnificent labors to restore I
[he American people to an order of
irnann"i tu unrJ lootn.l .nfisAnsJiin
ia3 left us tirra in the belief that
\rorth Carolina will not fail to denand
its fair share of responsibility y
n helping to make national recovery J
i reality." Success of the program defends
upon wholehearted co-operation
md assistance of the American peo>le,
he states.
In the popular votes registered, the w
people have responded in 33 states
"or repeal of the 18th amendment to S|
the President's announcement that g
such action is a necessary part of The
recovery program, Mr Murphy said, j
"It i3 unthinkable that the people n
of this State would permit North js
Carolina to secede from the union ot ^
that program at this critical point
in the nation's recovery when its g
jreat leader is begging for 100 per Cl
zent. support of his efforts," Mr. Murphy
said. ^
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Automobiles and Trucks 11
More Numerous in State
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By M. R. DUNNAGAN l
(Special Writer for The Democrat) v
Raleigh.?North Carolinians owned h
55.247 more motor vehicles, 43,399 a
automobiles and 11,848 trucks, ou 'Jc- h
tober 1, just passed, than they aia
three months before, on July 1st, rec- b
ords compiled in the office of Direc- I
tor L. P. Harris of the Motor Vehicle k
liuivqu suum. Alio ii^uiia tuc ULILUU1ed
toy counting and measuring a certain
number of registration cards ami
measuring the cars for the State and
individual counties, making the figures
within half a dozen of accurate
for a county.
Watauga County had on October ,
1st 700 automobiles, as compared with ' c
650 a year ago and 650 three months j t
ago, and 450 trucks, as compared with 11
150 a year ago and 340 three months j j
ago- e
The registratoin October 1 was i
305,513 automobiles, as compared, t
with 262,214 three months before, and'
88,991 trucks, as compared with 57.-if
143 three mouths before, or a total i
of 374,604 motor vehicles, as against'l
319,357. But the iast count does not g
compare so favorably with that of v
one year before. On October 1, 1932, i
the count was 372,899 vehicles, as s
compared with 374,804, a gain of less V
than 2,000, which included 310,131' 1
automobiles .nearly 5,000 more than , I
the first of this month showed. How-jt
ever, trucks showed an increase from|t
62,768 a year ago to 68,991 the first; t
of October.
Automobiles held by non-residents I'
now number 2,250, as compared witn i1
2,325 a year ago, and 1,875 three c
months ago, and non-residents ownj?
1,000 trucks, as compared with 1,010 ,c
a year ago and 850 three months ago. i2
Motorcycles in the State number l.-jc
068 as compared with 1,088 a year | ^
ago and 850 three months ago. 1
VELAS NEWS !
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Dugger and
Mrs. W. 8. Frantz of Elk Park vis- i ^
ited relatives in the community or.',
Sunday. ' _
Miss Maxie Greene has returned to ^
her school work in Caharrus County. t
Pastor J. A. McKaughan preached' j.
at Willowdale Church at 11 o'clock' on
Sunday. On a recent trip to {
Greensboro he had the pleasure of'
seeing the play, "Green Pastures. '
The brother was right much impress- f
ed with it. His congregation got the ^
fine lessons from the play. a
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkinson of t
Zionville were week-end visitors with t
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Reese. t
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Harmon, with 1
their children, spent the week-end at t
Butler, Tenn. c
Mr. and Mis. Claude Isaacs of Heaton
spent Sunday visiting with relatives
at Vilas.
Last Week Mrs. C. I. Billings en- t
tertained the Blanche Burr us Mission- I
ary Society of Cove Creek Church, t
i.ut- group always Das an excellent .r
program concerning the field in which J ?
it works. Beside this Mrs. BlUingsIf
served refreshments during the social' I
hour. Those present were: Mesdames a
Hattie Jeonson, Lucy Bingham, Will \
Payne, K.mry Mast, Howard Simp, t
son, Don Ferry ana Misses Annie <
Dougherty, Annie Mae Sherwood, "]
Mildred Griffin and Pastor McKau- t
ghan. 1
inmSDAY?BOONE. X. c.
^ Tammany In Struggl<
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fe> "^y : , j?
Once again In the cycle of years Nct
retain its political powers. Mayor John
left, asks reelection. Joseph V. McK.ee,
date, said to have Washington stipport,
crat, and Fiorelio H. La Guardia, right
-v a w ha *"v ?
IAJL1UIN II) DIE
IN CHAIR DEC, 1
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briber State Highway Employee, | P
IVho Ls Knoun in Bcone, Convicted : P
of the First Degree Murder jP
of His Wife.
Joe E. Daltou. former State high-1s
ay employee, was competed of the j a.
rst degree murder of his wife and N
entenced to die in Hendersonville b
uperior Court last Saturday. s<
Da J ton, who testitied he was ad- C
icted to morphine ar.d did nor. re- S
lember slaying his wife od May 28 a
ist, accepted the verdict and Judge h
[ichacl Schenck s sentence, of death h
ithout ar.y show of emotion. Judge E
chenck fixed December 1 as the ex- e
cution date. ^
Counsel for Da!ton lodged a motion v
;>r a new trial which was overruled o
y Judge Schenck. They then gave
otice an appeal to the Supreme
!ourt would be taken.
Dalton'3 wife left him three day3 v
efore the shooting when he was arestevi
at a hotel in Hendersonville 1/ith
another woman. She went to the C
ome of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Duncan
nd Dalton there called her from the c
euse and shot her. 1
Tin- cuuucSluCd :r.an had formerly f
een stationed Cor a short time in e
Soone. it is said, where he was well
mown. 1
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FACTS ABOUT OUR t
SCHOOLS
Ry GUY H. HILL J
When greet, uieu pass to their rC'
vard they usually leave some piece
if work or some deed or something
o mark their greatness. Contact with
hese great men of the past can be
lad only by coming into the pres- ,
nee of their works or their monu- .
nents. One of these links between
he dead and the living is books.
Books arc our friends. They never
orsake us or turn their backs upon
is. Our living friends are sometimes.
lard to understand, they sometimes
;row unfriendly, hut books stand al- .
vays ready to open their contents to
13 when we pull them down from the
helves. It is a real consolation to
mow that Cailyle, and Burns, and ,
Shakespeare, and Byron, and all the ,
might literateurs of the past can be
ireught back to us simply by going
,o the book shelf and pulling down ,
heir works.
But how many of us really know
hese men? How many of us have
hese men In our homes? How many
>f us are providing our children with
m acquantar.ee of these men? Sost
if us arc providing our children with
m acquaintance of these men? Most
if us can not furnish a library that
vill include the great host of reich
ities of the past to say nothing of
contemporaries, but wo can make
imall contributions to our elemenary
and high schools and do much
oward making our school libraries
i/hat they should be. One book in each
lome in. Boone would not help any
ifogle library much, but one nook
rom each home in Boone placed in
he same library would make a big
joosi for any library, and the best
tart about it is these books would
re accessible to every child attendng
school.
mothers, fathers, patrons and
rienda of the schools, decide now
hat you will held make Book Week
. success by carrying or sending a
*>ok by a reputable author to one of
he school libraries when you are noified.
Bet's build bigger and better
ibraries; they have come to take
heir place along with the other eduatlve
factors of the nation.
Intramoial Contests
Intramural contests in playground
laseball are in progress in the Boone
llgh School with boys and girls parieinntlncr
At ..
; ?0 . MUW vttu UJL UiC tu Lii .iil*
nent the winning teams will be the
ruests of the losing teams at a school
wurty to be held in the Home Economea
Department. If one wants to see
orae real interest in a game, just
isit the campus at any hour during
he day and witness it. Outdoor sports
rill be the vogue through the year,
"he pupils are cognizant of the fact I
hat outdoor exercise is better than I
ndoor. I
V.:'
r York's Tair.nvany is fighting to
P. O'Brien, Tammany candidate,
center, ** Recovery Party" candiis
running as Independent Demobeads
the Fusion ticket.
Boone High School is one of the
;w schools of the United States to
ave a chapter of the National Honor
ociety. The initiation ceremony was
eld at the assembly hour on Saturay,
October 7th. Miss Louise Robles
resided over the ceremony while the
rincipal of the high school particiated
in the initiation.
The ceremony was serious in naire
and made a profound impresLon
upon the minds of the initiates
3 well as the student bodv at lartre.
!o honor that the high school can
cstow equals this honor. Tt rcprei'nts
the best that the school has in
iharac.tcr, Service, Leadership and
Icholarship. Only lifteea per cent, of
ny senior class may become meinicrs,
and the ones who merited the
onor on this occasion were Jean
tush, June Bush, Floye Cottrell, Odssa
Lookabill, Max Shoemake and
"irginia South. Two other members
?ill be selected after the beginning
f the second semester.
VALINE CIUJOIS NEWS
Miss Laura Farthing lia3 accepted
cork In Lenoir for the winter.
Miss Nina Chutch r.as returned to
ler home after a visit to Johnson
lity.
Misses Gladys and Nancy Taylor
ind Messrs. Kenry and Gilbert Tayor
returned last Wednesday from
Tnicaku where thej" spent ten days
mjoying the Century or Progress
Ray. L. F Kent and family left last
Thursday for Shephardstown, W. Va.,
vhere he was called to a new field.
Che people In the valley will miss
hem greatly.
Mrs. W. H. Wagner attended the
invention in Rutherfordton, where
l new bishop was elected for the dloairs.
Hopkins from Ifanoas City ar ived
at the Mission School last Frilay
to take up her duty as principal
. f A*. , 1 I
rx cue SU1UU1.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Hobby from
Uncord and Mrs. Daisy Greer from
Charlotte, spent the week-end with
eiatives in the valley.
Tbero were quite a number of
quests in the valley over the week;nd.
Mrs. Mollie Mast is greaily improved,
to the delight of her many
friends.
Miss Frances Farthing spent the
veek-end with her parents.
Mr. Charlie Dyer was taken to the
Banner Elk Hospital Saturday where
le is to undergo an operation for ^appendicitis.
Mr. Howard Mast spent lent week
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Mast. His sister, Mrs. R. A. Olsen,
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Boone, Nor
IOCTOBER 2S. 1933
DOUGHTONSAYS HE
EXPECTS TO SEEK
HOUSE RE-ELECTION
Eighth District Congressman Noncommittal
Regarding Governor's
Race. Attends Meeting of Highway
and Public Works Commission and
Expicsses No Opinion or. Gubernatorial
IloemKaicigh
? Congressman Robert I.
Doughloii or the Ninth Uistrict, who
has been frequently mentioned recently
as a possible gubernatorial
candidate in 1936. said here last meek
"I have no plans now further then
that I expect to run for re-election
next year."
The Congressman's name has been
injected in political speculation with
increasing frequency in recent weeks
as some dozen probable sapirants for
the Democratic gubernatorail toga
have been put forward.
"So far as 1 know now the onlypolitical
plans I have are to run for
re-election next year," Doughton, the
chairman of the powerful House Ways
and Mean3 committee, said. "I am a
receptive man but I have no definite
plans other Than these."
The representative, sitting in the
meeting of the highway Rod public
works commission conversing with
Ross Sigmon, of Rowan County,
smiled and pointed out he still faced
election to Congress if he runs next
before considering anything else. "He
will be the next congressman aii right
if he runs," Sigmon laughingly commented.
TO THE NIG KT-R DOOMING
8EREUS
Oh' beautiful flower so rare.
Thy beauty would that thou might
share.
Portray thyself lit lasting form.
And be for all a living charm!
| Not living only for a night.
But lasting in perfection bright,
| That all the world might see thy
worth.
Revealing Jesus' cranio Birth.
So hidden in the darkest night.
In beauty of fliy spotless white.
Displaying true the shining star.
So perfect that 110 har.d would mar!-A
lesson deep each soul should learn.
And for thy pure perfection yearn!
?James Monroe Downum,
Boone, N. C.
raercfesnts I" thirteen
states have sent trucks Into the Hamburg
section of Jackson County tills
year to buy cabbages. Growers arc
getting fair prices fcr thilr product
and the demand is heavy, says
G. R. l,ackey.
spent the week with Mrs. Mast in
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