(
?| The Week in
Washington
A RESUME OF OOVKRNMEKMENTAL
HAPPENINGS IN
THE NATION AI, OAPITAjL
It begins to look as though Ceng.ess
would not. alter all, succeed
it adjourning before the first of the
major party national conventions.
The Republicans are to meet in
Cleveland on June 9. and the Democrats
in Philadelphia on June 23.
But before Congress can adjourn it
has to get the new tax legislation
out of the way, if nothing else, besides
enacting one or two defiency
bilk and appropriating some more
-ncT.r-y for relief. The outlook now Is
that this will take considerably more
than a month.
The tax bill, as reported by the
House Ways and Means Committee,
consists of 259 book pages of fine
niiif} whif'Vt tlin Uoiioo '?
,.?V AAvuot; la oupjJV.T-u
tc analyze, debate, discuss and pass
upon before the Senate takes its
whirl at the problem. Some of the
members of the House Committee j
claim that they understand the bill. \
Most economists, tax experts and
Congressmen of both Houses say that.
it is too complicated for anybody to!
understand in the form in which the i
Committee has drafted it. The real
new tax law will be drawn up in the!
Seriate and handed back to the.
House for concurrence. All of this is
going to take a lot of time.
New Convention Strategy
Democratic leaders are beginning,
to say that perhaps, after all, it maybe
good strategy for Congress to be j
still in session while the Republicans
are nominating their candidate and
announcing their platform at Cleve
innc. cracucaDy all the Republican
members of both Houses will be attesxhr.g
that convention That will
leave a clear field for a lot of Democratic
oratory in the halls of Congress,
where it will get better headi.nee
than if it were merely scatter- j
eo utterances by individual Demo- j
crats By this bit of strategy, it is [
believed, whatever the Republicans i
propose may be offset in the head- j
lines before the Democratic conven-1
tion meets, and even to some extent
bedore the Republican Convention adjourns.
The subject of party platforms Is
receiving more and more attention,
rt is the general feeling here that
President Roosevelt, in his Jefferson
Day speech in New York on April
25. iaid down the general lines which
the Democratic platform will follow.
Tnat party's appeal to the people, if
this assumption is correct, will be :
baaed upon the assertion that reeov- I
, cry has been brought about under!
IV and by the present Administration.
The Democratic platform Is ex- ]
; clod to point with pride to the rec- ;
ore., while promising still greater
prosperity if the party is re-elected.
There will quite possibly he coupled
v-'itin. this some reference to the way j
ir. which the Federal Government
has taken care of the unemployed,
p.-maps accompanied by a demand
that business and industry make a
stronger effort to take up the slack.
Campaign Outlook
If the Democratic campaign man-1
agament lakes its cue from the tone |
of the President's address, the Presi- j
denial campaign of 1930 will be
quitcr than has been anticipated.
Word has been passed out to
all of thei Administration's;
publicity nurems to tread!
Sightly from now on upon the toes
of the opposition, and to put out
nothing which will tend to stir up
partisan antagonism or furnish ammunition
to the Republicans. If that
policy can be made to stick with
campaign spokesmen for the Administration
it may prove highly effective.
"Ihe Republican leadership is still |
struggling with the shaping of its
platform and the points to be emphasised
by Senator Frederick Steiwer
of Oregon, who has been selected
to make the keynote speech at
Cleveland, as temporary chairman of
the Republican convention.
Senator Steiwer thus comes into
the limelight as a national figure,
and there is naturally some talk of
him as a possible "dark horse" Presidential
candidate. He comes from the
Far West, which is geographically
good politics. He has a clean record
for party regularity and is highly
regarded by his colleagues in the
Senate, though little known lo the
general public. Less well-known men
Irian Senator Steiwer, have, however,
been nominated and elected to the
Presidency in the past.
The- G. O. P. Contest
The con teat in the Republican convention
on the early ballots now
seem a likely to be between Governor
London ami Col. Knox. Col. Knox believes
that he will have three hundred
votes on the first ballot. Gov.
Igmdon's friends claim more than
that for him on the first ballot. It
tak<? 501 votes to nominate. Nobody
knows yet now many votes Senator
Borah will have, but he will have a
good many, perhaps 200 or more
Senator Vandenbergh will have the
36 Michigan votes on the first ballot.
The present outlook is that there
will be some votes for Senator Dickinson.
The real, question, however, as political
observers here see it, is whtt,'
er the strength of these minor blocks
of delegates will be thrown to Landon
or to Knox. Few believe that
Knox can attract to himself enough
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VOLUME XLVII, NUMBER 4<
tiaemployed Mess He
a i. m i
TRENTON. N. J. . . . The arrny
took over the marbled legislative ha
"relief" was voted, threw up its so
chamber. Photo shows some of the
ployed ''army" leaders answering fii
Saturday Lat
in Primary; I
Saturday. May 9t.h at six o'clock
P. M. is the last opportunity for a
candidate to file his intentions with
the county board of elections, so that
his name may appear on the ticket
in the primary of June 6. according
to Chairman A. D. Wilson.
Mr. Wilson states that under the
state-wide primary law, which is in
effect locally for the first time, all
candidates for county office, representative
and senator must file, .and that
in addition those seeking township
offices will also "nave to make their
intentions known by filling in the necessary
blanks and depositing the
fees as required at his office.
Wednesday morning two Demo
<111\i i,wu ivc^iuuiiuins iiaxl inwi
/or elective offlo": Wade E. Brown,
candidate for the 'AVlivitfe and Mrs.
JEFF ANDERSON
FUNERAL SUNDAY
Pneumonia is Fatal to WellKnown
Vilas Resident; Had
Been 111 One Week.
Jeff C. Anderson, prominent citizen
of Vilas. died Saturday after a
one week's illness with pneumoniaHe
was 50 years old.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Brushy Fork Baptist. Church
Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. C.
Payne And W. D. Ashley and interment
was in the Hine cemetery, one
mile west of Boone, arrangements
being by Reins-Sturdivant Funeral
Home. A large concourse of sorrowing
friends gathered for the obse- j
quics.
Surviving are three brothers and
two sisters: W. R. and S. E. Anderson
of Vilas and R. J. Anderson, Sugar
Grove; Mesdames Maggie Hodges
and Thelma Earp, Vilas. The wife of
deceased died exactly three weeks
previous to his burial, and there
wcic iiu uuiiuren.
Mr. Anderson was a prominent
farmer of his section and also oper- I
ated a building- stone quarry. He was
a useful figure In the life of his community
and county, a likeable and
honorable man, who lived an exemplary
life, and leaves a host of
friends throughout this section.
LEONARD STORY HEAD
OF WATER DEPARTMENT
Mr J. Leonard Story has been
named the new superintendent of the
municpal street and water department
to succeed Mr. Joe Greer, who
resigned and moved his family to his i
Caldwell county farm. Mr. Story took
over his new duties Monday morn .grand
tells the Democrat he is ex- [
csedingly anxious to carry on the |
work to the best possible advantage.!
To this end he solicits the full co-operation
of the people of the town.
COY TESTER DEAD
Coy Tester, aged 46, son of the
late A. G. and Mrs. Tester, of Peoria,
died in Detroit, Mich., from pneumonia
April 28. 1936. He leaves a
widow who before her marriage was
Miss Effie Fae MUlsaps, and two
children in Detroit where he had i
made, his home for several years. !
Two children preceded him. His \
mother, Mrs. Carrie Tester, and sev- i
"ral brothers and sisters of Peoria, j
OUI Vf.r..
Rair\s following the recent freezing
weather in Macon county did untold
damage to freshly plowed land.
rAUG
Independent Weekly Ne
BOONE. WATAUGA CPU
>ur in Senate Chamber'
of Now Jersey's unemployed which
lis in the State Capital to camp until
up-line mess Mtchen in the Senate
women and children of the uneni st
call for dinner.
it Day to FiU
ronr Pay Feet
i Ruth Isaacs for Register of Deed
j on the Democratic ticket, while Horr
j er Gree. and I. A. Bumgarner, Rc
| publicans, have filed for the office
j of register of deeds and county sui
| vcyor, respectively,
j The members of the present Boar
' of Education. J. B. Horton, R. 1
j Greer, W. C. Walker, Thomas Col
, fey and Clyde Perry filed for men
| bers of the Board of Education. Thl
j procedure it is explained by official1.
| is only for the purpose of emlorslri
the board, that they cannot be vote
j on in the general election but to lii
| contrary are appointed by the legif
t lature. {
i Mr. Wilson is urging all those v^h
I have any intention of running fc
office this year to file by Saturday
1 All citizens are eligible.
BLAZE DESTROYS
! CITY RESIDENCI
| Mrs. Emma Moore Home Burn
to Ground. Origin of Fire
Is Undetermined.
I
j A Eire of unknown origin complete
| ly destroyed the Mrs. Emma Moo;'
home in the eastern limts of th
town last Thursday noon, the mone
tary ioss having been variously esti
mated at from six to ten thousan.
dollars.
The home was being occupied a
the time of the conflagration by Mi
and Mrs. F. M. Stubbs, and the great
er part of their furniture was de
stroyed together with the furnishing
belonging to Mrs. Moore, which wer
stored on the premises.
The house contained 10 rooms, am
was a modern structure. It is though
that Mrs. Moore's loss could be con
servatively placed at seven thousan
dollars, while Mr. and Mrs. Stubb
likely lost something like two thous
and dollars in furniture and appli
ances. The loss Is partially covere
by insurance.
Would Find Quarters
For Summer Visitori
! Mr. Collins, county farm agen
i and A. G. Quails, secretary of th
r*.
I wu?niuui ui ^ummerct: it re aSKiiij
! that all farmers in the county win
have accommodations for keepini
summer guests, register their name
with them and give the number o
boarders that can be taken, rates
I etc.
| This will enable the two agencie:
1 to give definite information whei
' answering inquiries and should be o
great value to the farmers and oth
ers.
GARDEN CLUB MEETING
A meeting of the recently organ
| ized Garden Club will be held at thi
Demonstration School building Tliurs
day afternoon at 3:30, it has beei
announced, and definite plans for th<
further beautification of the com
munity will be discussed and formu
lated. It i3 particularly urged tha
there be a full attendance In ordei
that the proposed program may b(
successful.
CHAMBER COMMERCE MEET
The Boone Chamber of Commerci
met Tuesday evening at the Princes
Cafe with 26 members present. Dls
cuasions of. local and county problem!
In round table fashion, featured tlx
gathering.
A DE
wspaper?Established in th<
NTY. NORTH CAROLINA. T11URSI
EIGHT WATAIJGANS
RECEIVE DEGREES
AT END O F TERM
14G Graduate From Appalachian
State Teachers College:
Finals Friday.
HON. VICTOR BRYANT
DELIVERS THE ADDRESS j
Durham Legislator Pays Tribute to!
Work of Dr. Dougherty; Do- j
tails of the Commencement
Program Given.
Flight Wataugans were among the
146 graduates to receive degrees and
normal diplomas at the Appalachian (
State Teachers College commence-!
meat here last Friday, May 1. Four j
j of this number were graduated with j
| honors, the highest number from any ;
| one county. The complete list follows: | _
3. S. in Primary education: Lillian! |
Crow Abrams, summa cum laude; j I
Ruth Coffey Porter, cum laude; i
Grace McNinch Council!, cum laude;
Oilie Jean Coffey. cum laude.
B. S. in Grammar Grade educa.
lion: Lavola Careiviar and Ernie C.. C
Triplett; normal diploma in Gram- j
~ mar Grade education: Lexie Marie .
Miller.
J The commencement address was
delivered by the Honorable Victor
Bryant, of Durham, chairman of the ^
J j education committee of the General ^
j Assembly. His subject was "The p
j Slate as a Business Enterprise."
31 The speaker referred briefly to the
l~ j history of Appalachian and paid tri- a
bate to the two Dougherty brothers a
8 j whose work and dreams made possi- a
*" ] ble such an institution in the heart Sl
I of the mountain country. Upon re- g
fcrring to Dr. Dougherty as "your v
[ veil loved president," the speaker p
f" was interrupted by a deafening burst j,
l" of applause as the audience attested ^
is its approval of his words. ?
3? The Commencement Day program ^
? was said by many to have been the g
d most beautiful and impressive ever t
e hoid here. Led by Dr. Dougherty the fj
* line of march started from the old
Academy building, the nucleus around 0
? which the college has grown. The 1 ti
- long mic or uiack-capped-and-gown-1
> ed seniors, followed by the normal j j.
graduates dressed in white, wound! (|
- slowly across the campus beneath j h
the towering white pines, as though |,,
reluctant to give up Uieir eate-frce : t
status of under-graduates and as- I ^
ji suine the dignity of alumni. The sight'
j brought a catoh to the throat and a j s
mist to the eves of more than one
. onlooker remembering how the man
at the head of the line had worked I ^
with his own hands to raise the first N
ouliding and to clear the ground for.k
the campus over which they marched j
- ami to build the institution uponj
e which his efforts and dreams of ai
'lifetime have been lavished. j -j
- The complete pogram was: Pro-,
- cessional, college orclicstra; "Holy,
d Holly, Holy," audience, led .y Miss
(Continued oil Page 8)
SOLICIT AID FOR I
: SCOUT BUILDING"
a
i Organization Heads Ask Co-op- v
1 eration of People in Build- -j
ing Seoul Home. F
?? s
s A strong effort is being made to !t
iiavc lhu permanent nome lor me 10- J q
cal Boy Scout Troop ready for occu-1 j
^ pancy during this summer and an! >,
appeal is being made to the people j E
of the community to aid in this proj-| q
ect. An open- letter signed by W. H 'c
Gragg, Mayor, C. W. Teal, Comman- - s
{ der of the American Legion, B. W.! j.
Stalllngs, Scoutmaster, Wade E. j j
t Brown, President of the Chamber of j j
e Commerce, and J. C. Canipc. chair- ,
y man of the troop committee, asks I p
3 for help in this worthy movement, j
? The text of the letter follows: p
s "Our Boy Scouts under the able q
[ leadership of Scoutmaster B. W.
:, Stailings, are undertaking to build a -i
little hut for a permanent home. They J
, have been meeting in the Old Bap
tist Church but that is now being ]
[ torn down So, tnev have no home I
- now I
"The land has been donated ny, ^
the courtesy of the American Legion |
local Post. Lumber has been given by 1 0
a friend in Butler, Tenn. This is a | "
" call upon our local citizens to donate l
5 money for the purpose of erecting J
" the hut. The Scouts intend to do lots ?
1 of the work but they will need car
penters to do the main body and 3U- e
* pervise the entire structure. Would c,
" you like to have a part in this fine c'
t work ? You may leave your gifts with e
r any of the names signed below. This ?
- call is bftinr Issued hv th? follrwirlnff P
rr e*
men:"
W. H. GRAGG, Mayor
C. W. TEAL, American Legion
5 B. W. 8TALL1NGS. h
s Scoutmaster y
WADE'. BROWN, Chamber _ 3
i of Commerce 1<
3i J. C. CANIPE, Chairman, g
Troop Committee
MOOS
i Year Eighteen Eaghty-E
)AY, MAY 7, 1936
[ "Life Long Enough" |
< . ?UM
i k .. |
NEW YORK . "The life span
of humans is long" enough . . and I
the object of science should be to '
make iife happier, not longer." so j
says Lord Holder (above) King
Edward VIIT's physician who is |
here on a visit. i
IECORDERS COURT'
TO BE ABOLISHEDJ
bounty Commissioners Pass Res-'
olu(ion; No Candidates for j
The Judgeship.
The Board of Commissioners in j
ession Monday passed a resolution
.'hich will discontinue the Recorder's
ourt at the end of the term of tne
resent Judge. The text of the resoltion
is as follows:
"Whereas after due consideration
nd in the absence of anyone filing
s Recorder for the coming 2 years,
nd whereas, the Legislature, 1935
ession, did provide and empower the
overning body of Watauga county
ith authority to discontinue or disose
of said court of said county, it
5 hereby ordered by the said governlg
body that no appropriation be
iade to maintain said court after j
erm of office of p.csent Judge and
lolicitor expires, and after which
ime the said court is automatically
iscontinued."
Agitation for the discontinuance
i trie court has been going on since J
he expenses of Superior Court terms j
avc r.ot been cut to the point exacted.
Understanding was that the
riferior court, would save much costs, j
ut due to the fact that it could han~ |
le but few civil cases, a special June
ferin of Superior court h&lj Co be es- i
ablishcd after it was created. This!
ondition caused considerable oppo- j
Ition, but no official act>ot: was j
akert until Monlay.
STUDENTS SCORE
HIGH IN COUNTY i
Pwenty-five Arc Singled Out
For Achievements In
State-Wide Contests.
Twenty-five students in the county
chools made pre-eminent showings
n the state-wide seventh grade tests,
.ccording to W. H. Walker, county
uperintendent. The names of these
rho rank the highest in the county
nd the names of the schools to
rhieh they belong, follow:
Ruth Miller, Blaine Miller, Louise
'aylor, Boone Demonstration; Ruby
tingnam.'Cove Creek; Francis John-]
on. Bamboo; Victoria Smith. Vat:y
Mountain; Coolidgc Greene, Deep
lap; Harold Gray Mast, Cove Creek;
icien uona. Bamboo; Carrie Lookaill,
Riverview; Georgia Perry Greene
toone Demonstration; BiUie Harmon,
rove Creek; Smith Walker, Cove
'reek; James Harris, Boorie Demontration;
Max Story, Blowing Rock;
Iorace Mull, Blowing Rock; Beulah
'arche, Grandfather; Bill Foster,
llowing Rock; Edith Trivett, Deep
lap; Mabel Farthing, Bethel; Virgie
Ireene, Greene Valley; Ila Story,
(lowing Rock; Josephine Farthing,
lethel; Lavola Brown, Cove Creek;
icrtrude Morris, Boone.
Two Arrested For
Mail Box Robbery
Albert Presneil and Troy Ward,
.very county citizens were arrested
y Sheriff Howell Saturday, chargd
with having robbed the R. F. D.
tail box of Mr. Amos Ward of
leech Creek. Sheriff Howell states
rial Mr. ward had mailed his depoIt
to the Banner Elk Bank, and that
his was included In the letters takn.
There was $216 In cash, and
hecks in the letter, it was said, and
he checks are alleged to have been
ndorsed and cashed. Avery county
fficers came to Boone and took the
risoners to Newland.
MEN'S MEETING FRIDAY
This is the big day in Boone. Come
ear great speakers. Conie and see
our fellow men from all over this
action of your state. Pastors, we
xik for you and your men. Don't foret
Friday of this week?all day.
J. C. CANTPE. Pastor.
; - saw BraSnffi^ ySMM
. - ' ;> "
RAT
SHk $1.50 PER YEAR
WW ON STREETS
WILL BE RESUMED
SAYS JIM RIVERS
Sixth District Director Aud E.
W. Coie, Assistant, on Tour
/? ^ X
ui inspection.
SAYS COUNTY IIAS BEEN
ALLOTTED ABOUT S65,<*?>
Believes That Farther Appropriations
For New Works Program
Are to he Forthcoming;.
Reviews Local Work.
The work or. four miles of Boone
.streets, being; done under the sponsorship
of the Works Progress Administration
is expected to be resinned
this morning, according- to
Jim Rivers, sixth district director,
and E. W. Cole, assistant director,
who were in Boone Wednesday on a
tour of inspection. Mr. Rivers stated
i tiiat the local work was stopped last
week due to a temporary shortage
| of funds, but that additional allotments
had been made. Kiker &
! Yount, Reidsvdle contractors, have
the contract for the surface-treat I
merit and will have distributors, rollers,
brooms, etc., here this week to
do the finishing work. The project
it is said is oonducted on state highway
department specifications
Reviews The Program
Mr. Rivers briefly reviewed the
program in this county, stating that
something like $61,000 had already
been appropriated for Watauga county.
The work undertaken includes
five school buildings, improvements
to seven county roads, completion of
Watauga hospital, building of athletic
field for Boone High School, improvement
of Rutherwood fish hate-hen*.
work on Boone streets, repairs
to courthouse and other puolic
buildings. It was stated that following
the action of Congress in appronmniinrt.
f 1 X/1A AAr> nr\n -
^nuking i.ovu.yuu.ww, 11 Illil H<JW
program of public works will be in augurutvd,
ih which Watauga county
will .share proportionately.
The Boone High School building,
under supervision of P. C. Wyko,
was reported as making good progress.
The footings have been poured
| and the basement forms ?.ro in place
i The actual laying of the native stone
! walls is expected to begin next Monday
and the first ur.it of the piant
will cost around $65,000.
The officials predicted the comi
pletion of the modern elementary
; school plant at Mabel in time ifor the
' opening of the next school term. The
I foundations have been laid and the
I sub-flooring is almost complete. VVil|
fred Davis is in charge of the work.
Masons are now working on the
foundation for the Valle Cruris school
under the supervision of Chartea
Hartley, while at Bethel High School
the excavations and footings will h^
ready for the masons by the middle
of the month. Pete Hagaman is in
charge of this project.
Mr. Rivers states that other projects
in the county are making good
progress, despite the bad weather,
and he further states that there is ft
very pleasing reduction in the relief
load over district six. Hundreds of
workers are being absorbed in industry.
he says, and numbers of the
j workers are returning to the farm
I in time for the cropping season.
Baseball Teams Are
Organized into Leacne
Representatives of Boone's Fork,
Bamboo, Blowing Rock, Aho, Vilas.
Bamboo Junior and Boone's baseball
teams met at the courthouse in
Boone Saturday and organb d the
Watauga County Baseball League
and elected Mr. Oliver Robinson as
secretary-treasurer, and C. W. Teal,
president.
It was decided to use the same
by-laws and rules as those used last
year, except that the en" ,-ance fee
shall be reduced to J5.00l?jlc
The managers of ali teams are request=d
to meet Saturday, May 9,
at 2:30 p. m., at the Boone Department
Store in order to fully organize
and transact any other business that
may come up.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD MAY 16th
The Democratic County Convention
will be held in the courthouse in
Boone Saturday, May 16 at 11 o'clock
pursuant to a call issued today by
J. L. Wilson, chairman of the county
executive committee. The convention
will be for the purpose of naming
delegates to the state convention in
Raleigh on June 12 and for the transaction
of any other business which
may be deemed pertinent.
Thp nrocinot mftf-WKcru ova ti\ ho
held Saturday, May 9 at 2 o'clock,
to elect the precinct committees and
delegates to the 001 rtty convention.
Mr. Wilson states that a wellknown
speaker will address the county
convention.