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The Week in W ashington A RESUME OF COVSRNHENMKNTAL HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, Washington, Jan. 27.?Entirely apart from the veterans' bonus, Congress is waking up to a realization that some new and additional taxes must be levied if the Government is going to come anywhere near keeping its normal expenses within Its income. There is nothing your average Congressman dislikes in an election year more than to levy new taxes. What Congress most enjoy3 doing, as the time approaches for its members to stand for re-election, is spending money. Just how far the boys can go in free spending along new lines is puzzling them in view of the fact that there is a big additional deficit to be made up. to fill the gap in the estimated income which was left when the Supreme Court declared the AAA unconstitutional. It is not only that $200,000,000 or so of processing taxes, which had been impounded in the lower courts that must be returned to the manufacturers who deposited these funds under protest. It Is also the processing taxes which the President estimated in his budget for the next fiscal year. Now Congress must find money to pay the farmers, not only under existing AAA contracts, which are presumably valid and cnforcible, but also to do something else for the farmers. Sentiment Against Borrowing How to raise, roughly, a billion dollars more by taxation is what is worrying Congress. The public sentiment against further Government borrowing is being felt on Capitol Hill and at the White House. But borrowing is the easy way out for the time being, and there is no serious apprehension that the Government's credit would be greatly impaired if it should borrow another few billions. That is. provided investors were willinc in Secretary Mergenthau talking to the Senate Finance Committee, a few days ago, sounded a warning note. One of the Senators asked him bluntly how far Government borrowing could go. Mr Mergcnthau repilcd that he could not tell. He was sure, however, of one thing, and that was that whenever the banks and big finance institutions refused to buy Government bonds except at a heavy discount, the result might prove alarming. So the idea of further borrowing is being kept in the background while earnest consideration Is being given to the effo'rl to find a painless form of taxation that stands any chance of being adopted. There is still a very strong belief that the most effective method of raising additional Federal funds would be a general manufac- 1 turers' sales tax. So much political 1 opposition has been exerted against this plan in the post, however, liiut it seems doubtful that it will be uavcjjl ci3 it iasL resort. i Deadlock on Farm BUI j1 Seemingly little progress has been 1 made toward a solution of the farm 1 problem. Serious doubts have been I: raised as to whether an effective method of putting) money into the pockets of the farmers can be worked ' (Continued on Page 8) John H. Farthing Is Accepted In Marines John H. Farthing, son of Mr. and : Mrs. Zeb V. Farthing, of Route 1, : Boone, was accepted for service in ! the U. S. Marine Corps on January 22nd at the Marine Corps Recruiting District Headquarters, Postofflce i Building, Savannah, Ga., it is announced by Major Ralph E. Davis, officer in charge. 5 Mr. Farthing was transferred to : the Marine Base at Parris Island, S. C., for preliminary training. Upon : completion of training he will have opportunity for service afloat on one of the battleships or cruisers, or one of the distant stations of the Corps in China, the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, or the West Indies. He is a graduate of the Boone High School, class of 1935. ? ?. M?V WM ui? wi ps ai c; i now being filled at the Savannah office, Major Davia stated. Young (men desiring service in the Marine Corps will be mailed application! "blanks upon request. CBIU) INJURED BY AXE Bernard Norris, 12-year-old son of i Mr. and Mrs. Troy Norris of Route 2, was seriously injured by an accidental blow from an axe a few days ago. Bernard was holding a stick of wood as an older brother chopped, the axe glanced and cut square through the left knee cap. He is recovering right .along, and it 1s not thought the knee will be stiffened by the accident. WPA CHECKS ARRIVE About 350 checks for as many local workers of the WPA were received Wednesday by Assignment Clerk Waught Mast, and are being rapidly distributed. The -pay represents the last fifteen days in January, during which tirno it po??|Mp for fh*? men to actually work only eight days. The sum total of the checks Is .about $5,500. ;vgffi:H.a^H; . ^ WA1 An VOLUME XLVII, NUMBER 31 NEW RULER OF Former Prince of Wales Takes His Father, I Edward the Eighth, by the grac Ireland and the British Dominit the faith, Emperor of India. FUNDS SOUGHT TO OPEN DAVENPORT Soliciting Crew Appointed; Mrs. Barlow Gets Position; Other Lenoir News. ? ?i;.>.va(Special to The Democrat) Lenoir, Jan. 28.?A "soliciting cvew has been appointed to canvass the town for funds to help reopen Davenport College next fall. The drive gets under way tliis week to raise 53,000, the money to be ready when the board of trustees meet in Charlotte PAVriign* S The people of this entire section ire very anxious to see the college reopen and It is hoped that the citiEens will contribute as liberally as possible to make the reopening assured. The canvassing committee is composed of A. G. Foard, chairman; Mrs. W. L. Minish, Mrs. Frank Luther, i Mrs. Hunt Gwyn, Mrs. M. R. Bernhardt, Gordon Batlew, W. C. Suddreth, C. E. Rabb. Preston Pitts and r. H. Broyhill. Lenoir residents were thrilled by the week-end report that plans are being made to send the Lenoir High School Band to Washington to the National Kiwanis Convention in June. The band has recently acquired a new transportation bus which aciaea to the instrument bus?which they have had for a year?and makes the transportation ideal. E. T. Allen of Lenoir, member of the State Highway Commission, will meet with the citizens of Valdesc today to consider the town's request for an improved State highway southward to connect with route 18. A meeting of Caldwell county men and women will be held In the courthouse today for the purpose of working out a long time county planning nropTRm The President's Ball is expected to draw a large crowd Thursday evening. The ball will be held at the Community House when Stub Taylor's orchestra r.vill provide the music. Square dancing will also be a feature. Numbers of Lenoir people attended the funeral of Mrs. W. R. Bradahaw held in Hickory Monday, 11 a. m. Mrs. Bradshaw was before her marriage to the beloved Rev. W. R. Bradshaw, Miss Zorie Bush, of Linville Falls. The Department of Commerce has notified Mrs. Texie H. Barlowe that she has been appointed one of the enumerators in Caldwell county in the taking of the 1935 Business Census. Mrs. Barlowe's appointment comes under the supervision of Col. G. F. McAllister, of the Ninth district. WICKERS HAM DEAD George W. Wickersham, one-time attorney general of the United States and later chairman of the famed Wickersham federal commission which recommended continuance of nationrl prohibition died suddenly in a New York taxicab Saturday. [AUG Independent Weekly Nev BOONE, WATAUGA CPU BRITISH EMPIRE Throne, Following the Death of ting George V. c of God, King of Great Britain, >n beyond the seas, defender of GET EQUIPMENT" FOR SCENIC LAP Parkway Materials Unloaded at Jefferson; To Be Moved To Alleghany, From Uie Skyland Post it is learned that new equipment for begbmiiig | actual construction of the scenic I parkway between Laurel Springs and Roaring Gap has arrived by rail in i West Jefferson and is being moved I to Laurel Springs, where it is un[ derstoori it will be used in the early j construction of the lap of roadway which lies in Alleghany. Mr. Ford King, of Boone, assist! ant district engineer.; stated in Jcfjfcrson that the facilities of the state j would bo used in helping move the PURCHASING EXTRA LAND In order to provide recreational areas along the route of the park-topark highway which will connect the Shenandoah and the Great Smoky Mountains National parks, some 7,000 I acres of land along the route of the parkway in North Carolina is being purchased by the resettlement administration. This land is now in process of being acquired in Alleghany, Surry, I*7:'1'"". w?tauga and Avery counties. Similar recreation sites along the route of the parkway in Virginia, amounting to a total of 9,800 acres, will probably be purchased in Floyd, Patrick and Franklin counties, it was indicated. Funds for the purchase and dcvcl opment of these tracts of land along the parkway route are being provided by the resettlement administration as a part of its "better land use" program. The actual development of these recreational sites will be under the direct supervison of the National Park service. It is regarded as likely that additonal sites will be acquired along the entire route of the parkway through North Carolina, although resettlement officals declined to comment on this angle. If this is done, the parkway will become a ver. itable national park in itself, with camp sites, picnic tables, foot and oriaai iraus, likewise fireplaces and sanitation facilities at frequent intervals along the parkway. For in addition to these special recreational areas now feeing provided by the resettlement administration, the rightof-way for the parkway is to be about 200 feet wide, with easements extending as much as 1,000 feet on each side. All of this land to be developed under the supervision of the -National Park service. It will not be defaced with advertising signboards, hot dog stands, filling stations and so forth, unless permission is granted by the National Park service and unless they conform to definite rules and specifications. By means of these special recreational areas, those who enjoy campi ing out and "roughing it" may pitch their camps while traveling irom one park to another. A DE yspaper?Established in th NTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THUB FRESU)ENTASKS SPEED IN PAYING SOLDIER'S BONUS Senate Easily Overrides Presidential Veto and Bonus Is On The Way. BONDS TO BE ISSUED TO BE CASHABLE BY JUNE 15 Chief Executive Urges Beneficiaries to Hold Securities Where Pos sible. Veterans Win lamg Battle To Gain Payment. Quickly and unemotionally accepting the verdict ot the Senate by which his veto of the soldiers bonus bill was overridden 76 to 19, President Roosevelt Monday urged all possible speed in paying off the obligation to the soldiers. Watauga county veterans are to receive more than $160,000 of the compensation certificate money. There was no word of disappointment as to the action of the Congress and no hint of the possibility of new taxes from the White House, but tile President did oper. a drive to lessen the strain on the treasury by arguing to the veterans that they should not cash their bonds but hold them as nest eggs. "Permanent advantage as opposed to wholly temporary pleasure should be the criterion," said the statement urging again that the bonds be not cashed except for a useful purpose, and apparently taking cognizance of the spending splurge indulged in by some veterans after they were permitted to borrow up to 50 per cent, of their certificates in 1931. Administration leaders have estimated that no more than one billion dollars will be needed to meet the first rush of demands for cashing the bonds, and the President apparently wants to keep the figure below tills if possible. Mr. Roosevelt said in his first statement that the treasury and veterans administration hail been directed to pay as soon as possible. He warned of the magnitude of the task ?requiring about 3,000 additional personnel working for approximately six months to do this job. He urged patience on the part of the veterans and suggested they refrain from writing letters after filing an application. Shortly after the President spoke Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury would be ready to pay off next June 15?the date when the bonds are cashable. He estimated a lota! of 38,000,000 separate bonds will be needed. Dr. Deaton Suffers Serious Injuries Dr. W. A. Deaton of Route 'I, esteemed Lutheran minister, suffered severe injuries recently in a fail from an embankment, while he and a number of the younger men of the com-' muruty were enjoying an o'possum hunt. Dr. Deaton it is said, left his companions and started home when only a short distance away, uid fell from a twelve foot embankment, suffering a broken left shoulder and collar bone and dislocating one knee joint. The many friends of the venerable minister .will wish for him an early recovery. Pneumonia Fatal To Glenn Norris, Age 14 Glenn Norris, fourteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Norris of the Meat Camp section, died Monday from the effects of a short illness with pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted from the Meat Camp Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon by the pastor. Rev. J. C. Canipe and burial was In the nearby cemetery. Surviving are the bereaved parents and nine brothers and sisters. Glenn was one of the bright students in the neighborhood school and will be missed by classmates and members of the neighbor families, who extend full sympathy to the parents. MilS. W. R. BRADSKAW DEAD Mrs. W. R. Bradshaw, 63. well known Hickory resident, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl N. Carr Friday afternoon as the result of a heart attack. Funeral services were held Monday morning at 11 o'clock at the-First Baptist Church there. Mrs. Bradshaw was the wife of Rev. W. R. Bradshaw, widely known Baptist preacher, who has often been heard by Watauga county congregations. She was well known to many Wataugans. LOCB KHXEl) Richard Loeb, co-perpetrator of the "thrill slaying" of Bobby Franks In Chicago in 1924, was killed Tuesday in Slatevllle penitentiary, "Whga attacked by another inmate armed with 'a razor. MOC] :e Year Eighteen Eighty-E SDAY, JANUARY 30, 1936 FLYING PRIEST Canadian Minister Seeks Larger Plane for Work TORONTO, Can. . . . Rev.-Father J. M. Coulture (above), Canada's sole "flying- priest," came out of the Northland to plan for a larger and a "closed" plane with which to service his 200,000 square mile parish. Injuries to his knees several years ago caused him to give up canoe and dog-team travel. CHARLIE TE AGUE PASSES ON FRIDAY Local Man Succumbs to Illness With Pneumonia: Fu neral Held Saturday. Charlie. G. Teague, 33-year-old resident of this community, died Friday after an Illness with pneumonia of scarcely a week's duration. Funeral services were conducted from the Oak Grove Baptist Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, hy the paster. Rev. E. C. Hodges and interment was In the Hines cemetery, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home being in charge of the arrangements. Surviving are the widow, a small son, Chales Jr., the parents, and four brothers. Mr. Teaguc was born near Boone, the sen of Mr. and Mrs. George Teague, and has spent his life in this section. For many years has has been employed by the Boone Steam Laundry ir. a responsible capacity, was a steady and industrious young man, well known and well liked by the people of this section. Unusual Yield of Corn Is Reported Mr. D. L.. Wellborn, well-known farmer nf -Qtr*r\ir Cnvlr * *??. T\A*w* ocrat that last year he raised 100 measured bushels of corn from an aero and a half of land, and believes the record is not apt to find duplication in the county. In order to produce the bumper crop, Mr. Wellborn used twenty-five wagon loads of sta- ' ble manure, and only one bag of commercial fertilizer. With the second hoeing, one hundred pounds of nitrate of soda was applied as a side dressing. The crop was cultivated four times. Incidentally, while renewing his subscription to tho paper Mr. Wellborn revealed that be ?we? no man a cent, which record is much more enviable than the one achiveed as a planter. School Bus Driver injured in Crash Mr. Linney Walker, driver of one of the county school buses suffered severe cuts and brui3cs about the face from flying glass when the bus he was driving left the highway west of Boone Tuesday afternoon. There were no children in the vehicle at the time, and the machine left the road when it skidded on the ice while being driven at a moderate speed. It So not ho1i/>T.n.) Tr?_ll - r nufc ueuovcu mtn, iur. wauvtr s injuries will prove serious. BEARD IS INDICTED Dwight Beard. North Carolina prison life-timer has been indicted for murder at Dallas, Texas, in connection with the slaying of a city detective. He was also indicted in Texas on five robbery counts, following his escape from the Carolina penitentiary. BONUS BLANKS ARRIVE Fifteen thousand application blanks for bonu3 payment have been received by the regional branch of the veterans administration in Charlotte, and are. being distributed throughout, the area to Red Cross chapters and veterans organizations. RAT $1.50 PER YEAR BL0\%0MAXEIS FATAlw COUNTY MAN; TmKUNERAL Clyde Danner Succumbs to Accideutnl Injuries Iufiicted By A Sou. FUNERAL SERVICES AND INTERMENT WAS SUNDAY Well Known Citizen Met Dooth a? He and Son Prepared Wood. Accident Deranges Youth? To Co To Hospital. A crushing blow on the top ot the head, accidentally dealt by a son. brought death to Clyde Banner, 47year-old resident of the Laurel Fork section last Friday. The accident, which occurred a week previous an the father and son chopped wood on a hillside, resulted in a compound fracture of the skull, and the patient was rushed to the Caldwell Hospital where death ensued after the crushed bone had been removed from the brain. During the hospitalization Mr. Danner regained consciousness, and physicians had become hopeful of ills recovery. Au unexpected hemorrhage was the immediate cause of death. White there were no eye witnesses to the accident, it is believed to have been purely accidental. The son, Carl Danner, was said by relatives to have been more or less mentally deficient for some time, and following the accident the derangement was believed to be sufficiently serious to remove :.;m lo the state hospital at Morganton. He Is confined at the jail until the rec.ssary papers are approved for his admission to the hospital. No doubt is feit but that the axe slipped from the boy's hand aa he struck at a snag on the hillside above his father, with the fatal result. Funeral Held SundayFuneral services for the deceased were conducted from the home Sunday at 11:30, the pastor, Rev. W. D. Ashley being assisted in the rites by Reverends W. C. Payne and K. 7. O. Hodges. Interment was in the family cemetery. Surviving are the widow and f!he ' v , following children: Carl, Reese, eron, Dean, Blna, Robert, Mabel, and Jean. The mother survives as do ; fftllnwiTltf hrnfViufo "" ?* . J - ? -rwrst" *"" 9SS&aB.'xdK b George, Oscar and Ray TttnneV.'"Sit TO of Watauga county; Mesdames Don Isaacs of We3t. Virginia; A. P. MoodyBoone; Claude Garland, Fin Brown, Jamestown, Tenn.; Bud Lineback, Bluefield, W. Va.; Ted Burnopp, Bluefield, W. Va. Mr. Danner was born in Watauga county March 4, 188S. In 1909 he was married to Virgil-. Moody, daughter of former Sheriff \V. P. and Mrs. Moody. He was a farmer by occupation and a faithful member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, where he was Secretary of the chuch and Sunday School for a number of years. He was a member of the school board, and took an active and constructive interest in the affairs of his neighborhood and county. He was a good and substantial citizen and news of his tragic death is received with great and general sorrow in this section. President's Ball to Be The Feature Tonight The annual President's birthday ball will be staged at the Daniel Boone Hotel this evening (Thursday) and reports Wednesday from the coramitte chairman, Mr. Tracy Councill, indicated that about thirty tickets had been sold ai the iiiiie. Tile selling campaign was inaugurated rather later than usual this year, but Mr. Councill believes that there will be no less than one hundred people on the dance floor tonight. The radiocast message of the President will be heard by the dancers during the evening. First Aid School For WPA Workers A firataid course instituted particularly for the benefit of WPA workers will be conducted at the Appalachian College administration building on the evening of February S, beginning at 7 o'clock. Coach E. E. Garbee of thA /V^UPO-A ? othe principal instructor during the three hours, and will have available the services of other instructors. Ail foremen on the public works projects and two or three of the laborers are asked to be present. The purpose of the course is to have at least one man on each project thoroughly familiar with firstaid work, should someone be hurt or become 111 while away from medical attention. GOVERNOR ALLEN DEAD Governor Oscar Allen of Louisiana, heir to the Huey Long dynasty and only last week nominated to fill I Long's Senate seat, died suddenly in \ J Baton Rouge Tuesday.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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