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The Week iti Washington A RESUME OF GOVEKNMENMESTAI. HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The outlook lot adjournment of Congress before June 1 gets slimmer and slimmer. The main thing that is going to eat up time is working cut a new tax bill. That a very large amount of additional tax revenues must be found somewhere, and that qulckly, is now regretfully admitted oy members of Congress. At any time the problem of taxation is a delicate one. Important new tax systems have to be discussed and considered from many angles besides the question of whether they will raise the money needed. j That sort of discussion has already begun in regard to President Roose-j veil's proposal to levy a tax upon the undistributed surplus cf corporat ions, j That would mean that liquid funds in corporate treasuries, which are be ?.0 ?.TH xtscrves, eicner against a failing off in business or to fi-! nance improvements anil extensions | as business picks up, would be drawn | upon as a new source of revenue. The President's proposal is to abol isit the existing taxes on corporate incomes, excess profits and capital stock, which now produce a revenue of about $1,000,009,000 a year, and instead, levy a tax which is estimated at about one-third their total on the corporate reserves. This, the Treasury figures, would amount to about $1,600,000,000, thus increasing the] Government's income by $600,000.000. Viewing New Tax Plnti The question cf how the President's plan would work out is what is puzzling members of Congress. First, would it cripple corporations which have accumulated iarge surpluses? Second, would it result in an immediate distribution of large proportions' of these surpluses in the form of dividends to stockholders, and so reduce the total to r> point where the expected tax revenue would not be forthcoming ? It is pointed out on one hand that these surpluses are the property of the stockholders and ought to be distributed to them in the form of dividends. If Uiat were done, they would lie taxable as individual incomes. On the other hand, the argument is set up that only the existence of large undistributed surpluses has enabled many industries to carry on, to keep their plant equipment up to date, continue to employ labor, and pay dividends to stockholders during even the depths of the depression, when they were actually running at a loss. How far can that, protective reserve be drawn upon without Incurring the risk of serious damage to industries and increasing uneinployment ? These are serious questions, and are being taken seriously by the members of both houses. Looking Ahead The best guess now is that the President's plan will not Iw adopted in its entirety, mainly because there is "hot time between now and the political conventions to examine all of its complications. There probably will he some experimental tax on undistributed surpluses, but existing j corporation taxes are not likely to lie ; repealed, although they may be seal- j cd down. Resistance is very strong to any 1 increase in individual Income taxes j except in what are termed the "up- j per brackets." Incomes in excess of , $10,000 net a year may be taxed at I * a higher rate than at present. There ; is also a strong indication that there j will be manv excise taxes There is little likelihood of higher taxes on liquor and tobacco. There is much more likelihood of new taxes that will increase the costs of food and clothing. The President has asked for nearly $800,000,000 more a year in new taxes. The chances are that Congress will vote about $500,000,000. This will not be enough to balance the budget of ordinary expenditures. Neither j will it include anything for the con- j tinuation of direct Federal relief activities. J Somewhere between $1,000,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 will have to be provided for relief for the next fiscal year. Whatever it comes to, that and the budget deficit will have to be made up by additional Government borrowing. The prospect does not frighten Washington, in view of the eagerness with which the money market took up more than $1,000,000,000 in a new Government loan a week or two ago. New Farm Act No very definite program for the administration of the new Farm Act has yet been formulated by Secretary .Wallace, who is in charge of its administration. There will be no contracts with individual farmers specifying how much each may produce, as under the AAA. Some system of bonus payments to those who voluntarily retire acreage from cultivation and plant it to soil conserving crops of a nature that -will not disturb the market for farm staples is what is contemplated. It is not an easy thing to figure out a system that will accomplish the objective of taking 30 million _ acres out of cultivation and distribute $900,000,000 to farmers for doing so. ! WAT j An I VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 38 j ? ? SECRET LOVE German Screen Star Mentioned as Enamored of Hitler BERLIN, Germany . . . Miss Lcni Kiefcnstahl (above), beautiful German screen star, is the person reported mentioned in the "Hitler's Secret Loves" story published in Par last Sunday. NOTED AVERY CO? CRIMINAL TAKEN Career of Much-Sought Criminal Is Ended as lie Runs Afoul Of G-Mcn. On last Monday United States Department of Justice Agents took Ed Aldridge, the noted outlaw, who originated near Plumtree, Avery county, in the small town of Drift, Ivy., according to a story carried by the Spruce Pine News. "The G-Men al-1 ways get their man" was again marked up in this case of a hardened criminal who was a member of the gang that has for several years robbed banks, killed sheriffs and policemen, broken jail and In many ways earned the reputation of a public enemyAid ridge was arrested on the specific charge of having been a member of the gang which blackjacked a taxi driver between Blowing Rock and rjoone. 31010 ms car ana unaiiy toOK the latter Into Tr-mieiwee. This gave the technical charge of interstate stealing of an automobile on which the federal officers could act. There are so many charges against Aldridge ?several of them capital crimes? that it will be hard to decide on which one to prosecute him first. Legal experls consider that he wlU unquestionably be convicted and executed, unless some technical move is made to gel him off with a life sentence. Aldridge hroke out of the North Carolina penitentiary about three years ago with Reese and Ray Bailey of Yancey county and a man named King. Since then they have cruised over a wide area of the South committing all sorts of crimes. Among those of which they are accused is the robbing of the Banner Elk Bank, stealing a car from a traveling man near Marior. and robbing a bank atj Clayton, Ga. At various times they have been hiding in this section. Reese got away from the officers of Yancey county after he had been surrounded in his! home there. Raj' was finally caught and sent to the penitentiary for life for killing a policeman in Greenville, S. C. With Aldridge in the hands of the Federal government, the second member of the gang is safely out of the. way of the public. Local reports indicate that Reese Bailey will doubtless be apprehended in the near future. He is wanted on charges that would enable the G-Men to take him | or shoot it out with him. Since he is doubtless desperate, now that other than local officers are after him, his arrest will not be a simple matter. MRS. REESE DEAD Meagre information tells of the death on Tuesday of Mrs. Wm. Reese of Zionville. Due to impaired communication. facilities details concerning the death and burial could not be secured at press time but will appear next week. Privately endowed universites and preparatory schools might be wiped out by "tax the rich" legislation, says Dr. James Rowland Angell of Yale. THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS (Arthur Brisbane) The readers of the smaller newspapers, scattered all over the United States, forms the most important body of thinking Americans in this rountrv. Editors of the smaller news papers constitute a national intellectual police force that keeps a great majority of the 130,000,000 Americans informed as to public happenings Tf the great advertisers of the United States could be made to realize the extraordinary buying powers and advertising value of the local newspapers, the publishers of such newspapers would be rewarded finan cially k they desci vu to be. AUG Independent Weekly Nev BOONE, WATAUGA CPU. LINNEY TO SPEAK TO REPUBLICANS Chairman of Slate Young Republican Clubs to Speak in Place of Palton. Mr. Baxter Llmiey, chairman of the State voung Republicans Organization and one of the leaders in C. 0. P. circles in this section will deliver the address when the Watauga county Republicans gather in convention at the courthouse next Saturday at 2 o'clock. It had previously l>ppn annonnrpH ihot Aff- u*??"nw? viiui. mi . r luiiA X rtLlon, former district attorney of Morgan ton would be the keynoter, but x conflict in speaking engagements precludes his attendance upon the local meeting. Mr. Linney, the son of the late Hon. F. A. and Mrs. Linney and who moved from Boone to engage in the practice of law in Lenoir, is considered a leading figure in Republican circles and his addresses are delivered with a force and understanding which has made of him a popular platform orator. The business of the convention will deal with the naming of a county chairman, members of the executive committee, and delegates to the state and congressional conventions. The precinct chairmen have been asked to call meetings . their respective townships on Friday afternoon at 2 3'clock for the purpose of electing their precinct officials and for the naming of delegates to the county convention. D. M. Sherwood Dies From Brief Illness Appalachia, Va.. March 12.?D. M. Sherwood Jr., died early Wednesday morning, March 11, at the Pennington Hospital after a brief illness He was born in Appalachia, March 22, 3914, and at bis death was 21 years, 31 months, and 18 days old. He graduated from Appalachia high school in 1932, and from"- this time until his death, had been employed by the Krog&r Grocery and Baking Company. On July 15, 1985 n.e was promcj.^1 to the managership of the Big ijtdne Gap store. ip*" > Me was married April 21, '1S35 to Miss Kathleen Bays of Pennington Gap who survives hm. He is also survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Sherwood, of Appalachia; two brothers, Olin and Lonnie of Detroit, Mich.; and two sisters, Mrs. Mack Wilson of Detroit, and Mrs. Scotty Wilson of Boone, N. C. The funeral will he heia on Friday morning, March 13 at 10 a. m. at the Pennington Methodist Church, at Pennington Gap, Va. It will be conducted by Rev. E. L. McConneU, pastor of Appalachia Methodist Church; Dr W. P. Eastwood, presiJing elder; Rev. Leor. Miller, pastor of Penington church; Rev. W. B. Moore, pastor of Pennington Christian Church; Rev. H C. Hamilton, pastor of Appalachian Presbyterian Church, and Rev. I. E. Gregar, pastor of Stonega Methodist church. Burial will be at the American Legion Cemetery at Big Stone Gap at 1:30 p. m. Active pallbearers will be Guy Peters, Carl Ward, Joe West, Ray wreecn, uuy mgn, Robert Smith. WILUAM (iROGAN Willian Earnest Grogan, aged 22, (lied Friday after an illness with tuberculosis. Funeral services and interment occurred at the Pilot Mountain Baptist Church Saturday, Rev. H. M. Winkler conducting the rites. Deceased is survived by his father and six brothers and sisters: Mesdames Myrtle Norris, Boone; Agnes Younce, Brownwood. Ruby Brown, Laxon; Olen, R. L. Jr., and James Grogan, all of Laxon. Offers Point (By H. R. Niswonger, Extension Horticulturist) . Land must be well drained and abundantly supplied with humus so as to hold the moisture. Humus can be supplied by turning under a good sod land, clovers or soybeans. Plow land in fall or early winter and prepare the soil before planting ir. such a way as to be fine and mellow as deep as the plow went. This is very imDortant. Use enod seed certified seed preferred. Only use the culls or No. 2 when they come from high producing hills. It never pays to use No. 2's when seed is cheap. Dip seed in corrosive sublimate before planting in order to control scab and black scurf disease. Plant 15 ta 20 bushels when a legume crop has been turned under, less when soil not supplied with humus. When no cover crop has been turned under plant 10 to 15 bushels per acre. Use medium sized potatoes. Cut blockj seed pieces by splitting the tuber lengthwise. Large potatoes lengthwise and then crosswise. Seed piecet should weigh at least one and one A DE ^spaper?rF.stablished in tin NTY, NORTH CAROLINA. TtiUR AS WAR CLOl , Chancellor Hitler Tells Why Gi Area in Violation t i IdU -' I 1 J V% <^AocKr? v ? Krtfl (4 , | AA * ?Mancy i' \ 5TSASSB0M&&%%%? BERLIN, Germany . . . Ghanccllo world why he was sending- German a the Rhine (shaded area on map), in i Versailles treaty. He then dissolvcc elections for March 29th Hitler's c.l its treaty obligations by the recenth tance pact. Lower left is a photo a Defense, who is directing the Gcrmai zone. ; : ? ?? - ?? SAYS FOLKS PERSIST IN HINDERINC, FiREMEN .Mayor Gragg has called attention to the disposition of a good many folks in the community to withhold al' co-operation from the fire department, and says its a common practice for local motor- | I ists to drive across lines of fire ! I hose in the streets. This practice, | j says Mr. uragg is strictly against I the law, arid besides much expen- j sive hose has neon hopelessly damaged by the procedure. He urges j the people to refrain from such ! practices in the future, and solicits the full co-operation of all when j the firemen are called out. :,SEEK LABOR FOR | SCENIC PARKWAY * I Applicants For Work on New Highway May Register 011 Given Dates. Those desiring to work on the Blue Ridge Parkway are to be given an j opportunity to register, according to i information given out f>-om the office j of J. B. Hash, district manager for j the state employment service. A representative from the Bmpioy| ment Service will be at Deep Gap Friday, March 20, and Friday, April j o, lux uic puipuso ux ic^iaicimg uuoc desiring'this employment.. He will be at the Arthur Green Service Station these two days from 9:30 to 12:00 o'clock, and all those interested are asked to meet with the representative on one of these days. ers on Potato half to two ounces or tlie size of a i No. 1 hen egg. Make rows from 30 to 36 inches apart with seed pieces 1; 12 inches apart in the furrow. When . | no cover crop turned under plant seed pieces 15 to 20 inches apart in ; 36 inch rows. Fertilizers If manure is available it should be i used on the previous crop of legumes or grass at' the rate of 10 to 15 tons per acre. A fertilizer mixture of a 3-8-6 or one high in acid and potash should be used at the rate of 1000 to 1500 pounds when legumes or manure are used. The more concentrated fertilizer mixtures may be i used but care should be exercised in i distributing the fertilizer evenly in i the furrow in order to prevent dami age to the roots and tubers by burni ing. Work the fertilizer deep in the furrow so that the elements will be i available a3 root system develops. ' Kill the weeds early by frequently going over the field before the potato vine appears, with a light hari row or spring tooth weeder. Some continue this practice even after the ,MOCl ie Year Eighteen Eighty-Eij SDAY, MAECH 19, !936^^ JDS GATHER B |F erman Armies Move into F?' ie J it" Pacts and Treaties j r Adolf Hitler (right), told all the ? rmg into the rtemi^iar;zed area aleng J-] violation of the Locarno pact and the 1 i Parliament and called for a general aim is that Germany is released from r signed Franco-Soviet mutual assis- " if General Von Blomberg, Minister of * 1 army in its occupation of the Rhine n 1.1 p TAX LISTERS ARE I NAMED IN COUNTY I | t: | Effort Made to (Jet Early List- s ing of Taxes; Failure Is Misdemeanor. a t: i Tax listers tor the various town- ;1 ships of the county have recently v been chosen by E G. Greer, tax supervisor, and approved by the county , commissioners, and actual listing will J begin over the county after the first of the month. Mr. Greer has issued a statement in an advertisement in the Democrat today calling attention to the fact that the law directs listing between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in May and says there will be an especial effort made this year to secure early hating. H<> also cites sections of the Machinery Act. making failure to list a misdemeanor, and providing penalties. The listers for the thirteen towsships will shortly announce the dates they will appear in : he different communities, and following are their names: Bald Mountain, Clyde Howell. Blue Ridge, Don Kerley. iseaver Dam, D. jr. Greene. ^ Boone, E. G. Greer. Cove Creek. Scott Swift. Elk. G. P. Carroll. Laurel Creek, J. L. Shull. . Meat Camp, ,1. B. Clawaon. J North Fork, Walter South. Stony Fork, H. E. Greene. Shawneehaw, Lee Ward. Watauga, J. B. Cole. | Yancey county farmers purchased i co-operatively 5,000 pounds of lespej deza seed for planting this spring. 3 Production j potato comes up or until they begin > to damage the vines. Prac'ice level cultivation. Do not let a weed grow. Spray or dust in order to control fita kettle and late blight. Use honemade Bordeaux Mixture maae up with 3 pounds of Bluestone, 4 pounds I of lime and 50 gallons of water, add- j ing to it 2 pounds of arsenate of lead I or i pouna 01 calcium arsenate which has been previously made into a thin 1 paste. Thorough spraying will re- ! quire 75 gallons of water per acre 1 when the vines are small up to 125 gallons as the vines develop. Dusting ?Use any of the commercial prepared poisoned copper lime dust mixture. Ten to fifteen pbunds per acre at each dusting. When spraying or dusting keep all leaves thoroughly covered. Begin spraying or dusting as soon as the plants come up and repeat every two weeks for control of flea beetle. For control of late blight begin spraying with Bordeaux in late June and repeat every two weeks. *AT jht $1.50 PER YEAR 'IFTHSUNDAY IS )AY FOR MEETINGS mnuai Baptist Gathering To "lac e With Various Churches This Year. ^Special Correspondent) The Fifth Sunday meeting of the h^-ee Forks Association to be held larch 20. promises to be one of Die lost, interesting: yet to be.held in our ssociation, due to the fact that this leeting is to bo planned and contacted by the young people of the ssociation. The Fifth Sunday meeting has been Lirned over to the R T IT ir the purpose of presenting the ^ork of the B. T. U., under the leadrship of the president, the young eople. are to have charge of ail the lee tings. The plan is to have a young person, peak in each of the thirty-six churchs on Christian Training. It is hoped hat each church will give the young (eople a welcome and give the spcakr the opportunity to bring his or ier message after Sunday School. The afternoon meetings are to be .ssociational wide also, and promise o be very helpful. We want everyone 0 hear what the young people themelves have to say about their work. These meetings are to be held in hrce of the centrally located churchs, Boone, Bethel, and Cove Creek. The afternoon meetings begin at :30 and each church is urged to end as large a delegation as possile. If any church has other piana for ic day they are asked to notify the T. U. associational president at nee and save a young person of the rip and disappointment in not gating to speak. The Details The meeting is scheduled to beheld \ each church of the. association at 1 and 2 o'clock, and the district leetings will be in Boone, Cove Creek nd Bethel at 2:30 p. m. The young eople will have charge and the heme of the morning will be "ChrisIan Training" and the district meettg will use as the theme "Faith and he Bible." The co-opcratlon of each church is rged and each Sunday School super pcakcr of the morning: and urge evryone to come henr this message, ivory church in the association is sked to send a large delegation to he district meetings. The meetings re association-wide and everyone is .v.I come. Preachers' School Will Be Held Here In April A preacher's school for all the >astors ami preachers old and young; n the following counties will be held n Boone beginning April 9, running hrough April 11: Alleghany, Ashe, Vilkes, Watauga. Caldwell and Avery :ounties. Brother preachers of all he Baptist churches, we want you o bo here. It will be a meeting of <rayer. fellowship, inspiration, Bible itudy and the deepening of our spirtua! lives. Put the dates April 9-11 lotvn for that school and let nothing tinder you from the blessing of these hvee great days together with your eiiow ministers of these several ounties. The- good people of Boone fill give you free beds and breakfast. Ve would like all to stay with us. J. C. Canipe will be host to the ichool. \4r\of Qrt.Trt?? Cr???? .V JlWOU 1^/^ V tl C kJIUl 111 Of Year Is Now On. King Winter has played a return jr.gagement in Watauga County, bringing with him the heaviest snow if the year, and while temperatures save not descended alarmingly, transportation is at a standstill for the first time in many years. A heavy Downpour of rain Tuesday morning juickly changed to snow, and high jrinds during the day and night nvirlcd it into giant drifts on the streets and highways, and foot travel is the only means of locomotion Wednesday morning. Numerous coun:ry visitors to the town Tuesday ,vere snowbound, hotel rooms were 'illed, and numbers of transients set lp in the lobbies or in cafes about he town. MISS RIVERS ILL Miss Nannie Rivers is critically ill it her home here. Wednesday noon lopes for her recovery had all but jeen abandoned. AN rvpi auawinM Due to tbo serious illness of a member of the editor's family, the Democrat Ls going to press rather early and without as complete a coverage of local news happenings as is usna!. The slight delinquency Is regretted, and the next issue may he expected to be quite up to standard. ??????? KSfMiPrlM ma
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