| The Week in 1
Washington
I A RESUME OF GOVKKNMEN|
MENTAL HAPPENINGS IN
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
WitU the Republican Presidential
and Vice-Presidential c&ndiilatea selected,
the party's position defined
in its platform and the party organization
set np and ready to go into
battle, the Presidential campaign of
1936 is now acutaliy under way.
While the Democrats are still to
meet at Philadelphia, on the 23rd
at this month, to renominate President
Koosevelt and Vice-President
Garner, political observers here do
'K't anticipate any startling developments.
So far as the best informed political
prophets can peer into the future.
none of them foresees any
dc-oiarations in the Democratic platform
which liavc not already been
anticipated by the acts and utterances
of the party leaders and
spokesmen.
The political situation, therefore, i
thus narrows down to the extremely j
practical question of which party can
carry which states.
Of course, both party's managers]
are claiming everything in sight, j
That is ordinary political tactics, and j
fools nobody, not even the politicians j
t Vinmcniifp j A nrl rt'liiih n?ithni- nortv '
officially concedes that the other j
will carry any state that may be'
named, the wise men whose business
it is to analyze such things and to!
bring the light of long political ex- ]
perience, to bear upon the subject,
are pretty well in agreement on cer-1
tain conclusions.
How Will States Go?
The consensus of observers is that j
New England will go Republican,
with only one New England state I
really doubtful That is Massachu- !
setts. Certainly outside of Boston
and its immediate environments
there is ground to believe that Mos^aoiuisetts'
sentiment today is Republican.
New York is regarded as decided-i
ly a doubtful state this year. It is not
difficult to find prophets to predict
that Mr. Roosevelt cannot carry his
own state. Hie influence of Tammany
Hall in New York City is expected
to be massed against him.
while upstate Now York is always
overwhelmingly Republican.
1-.'no,. ..nliliool oluuw.o.w- /.Inc.- \J! o _
ryiarid, West Virginia aral Kentucky
this year as doubtful states with the
chances about even between the two
parties; Virginia as a doubtful state
with the odds favoring the Democrate.
They are practically unanl- j
mous in giving the rest of the North- j
east to the Republicans, while oon-i
coding moat of the SolirB South to I
the Democrats
The one exception in the South
is Florida, which is split open over
the issue of the Florida Canal. North
Florida wilt vote according to its
historic tradition, but South Florida
has an enormous new population
of recant immigrants from the Nortli
?mostly Republicans. Some expert
gucssers put Florida In the fifty-fifty
ciass.
Battle in Mid-West
The rest of the oid South, including
the comparatively new stat'e of
In .no oerW OO npflpt IpO Uu
VJVUUIUIlia, M LC^IUUVU ? ...... .J ,
certain to go Democratic, although
some not very sanguine hopes arc
expressed by Republicans that tiiey
may carry Teameasee.
The Mountain States,, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, New
Mexico and Arizona, are regarded at
this time as being Democratic. Colorado
is regarded as about 50-50. Of
the three Pacific Coast states, Oregon
is the only one which the Repiiblicans,
as of this date, have any
great hope of carrying.
That leaves, as the main battleground
of the campaign, the great
area in the drainage basin of the
upper Mississippi, commonly termed
the. Middle West. The real fight will
be waged in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the j
two Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Of these, the seers of Democratic
leanings admit the probability that
the 'Republicans might carry Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan and Kansas. Republican
realists don't concede any of
those Middle West states to the
Democrats.
(Continued on Page 8)
"If you desire to prosper, do not mal^e
too much haste to get rich."
JUNE
tfaar-rg. 18?French fleet forces British
\la to abandon Philadelphia,
\w*4 177a
"" Cer?*} ' J??father's Day is first cele^>^7%
brated, 19IQ
_ -.20?Spain's Queen Isabella
jftrV' frees Columbus' Indian
d slaves, 1499.
-v ^ 21?Hendrick Hudson's crew
mi mm. -T mutiny and cast him adnft
to die. 1611.
22?Congress establishes the
Department of Justice,
1870.
23?levin S. Cobb, note I hu^A-v
maris t. born. 1876.
24?Cabot discovers North
/?jN American continent at
Aw * Cape Breton. 1497. ?**v
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VOLUME XLVU, NUMBER 50
Speaker Bankhead j| i \
WASHINGTON . . A newly j
posed picture of Representative
Wm. B. Bankhead of Alabama,
elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives at the death of
the late speaker Joseph W. Byrns
of Tennessee.
REYNOLDS ASKED
TO tnnrtn rajonl
/\rriy\ii t\mv*\
American Legion Plans Picnic \
for Fourth of July and Sen- |
ator Is Invited.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds has
been asked by members of the American
Legion to come to Boone on die
fourth of July and deliver a patriotic
addreas on the occasion of a Legion
picnic which is to be held on the organization's
property here. Since
Senator Reynolds was in the state
at the time the invitation was extended,
he hasn't yet had an opportunity
of accepting or declining the;
invitation, however, there is a belief
that he may find it possible to come.
In case he doesn't another speaker
of state-wide note will be invited.
Present plana call for the serving
of an old-time basket picnic dinner
in Legion Park, but the details of
the program haven't as yet been
worked out. By the next i3sue of th??;j
Democrat the event will be defmifteyj
arraikgod.
BOX SUPPER AN EVENT
AT JUNIOR ORDER HALL]
The Daniel Boone Chapter of the!
Junior Order will sponsor a box supper
in their ti&H over the Boone Department
Store tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 o'clock.
Mayor VV. H. Gragg will act as j
master of ceremonies and will sell J
Uie boxes to the highest bidder. Anj
interesting program has been ar-|
ranged and a large crowd i3 expected.
The public is most cordially invited
to attend. The proceeds from the
sales of the l>oxes will go to the building
fund of the lodge.
WATAUGA LADY HAS
GOOD COLLEGE RECORD
Banner Elk, June 16.?Lucy Parthing
of Sugar Grove graduated thl3i
spring from the new postgraduate I
course in vocations at Lees-McRae
college, one of the first to successfully
complete this work
Mis3 Farthing did her work in the
home economics department, specializing
in institutional management.
According to Registrar I^eo K. Pritchett,
she did an excellent piece of
work. She is employed this summer
in the dining room department of
Pinnacle Inn.
Heart Attack Fatal
To Well Known Man!
l
Funeral services for W. C. Petty,
58. manager of the Sehvyn Hotel in j
Charlotte, and a summer visitor to |
Boone and Blowing Rock and well i
known here, were held last Thursday I
from St. Peters Episcopal Church
in Charlotte, and burial took place
j in Carthage.
Mr. Petty suffered the attack at
3 a. m., after an iUneS3 of several
days at his home in the Selwyn. He
died after being- taken to a hospital.
Active pallbearers will be R. H.
Brooks. Cabell Young, Joe McCoy,
A. D. Brabble. George Terry, and
C. B. Ross. Honorary pallbearers will
he Cameron Morrison, C. F. Dalton,
Dr. J. Q. Myers, Torrence Hemby,
L. E. Wooten, Vernon Porter, I. K.
CoyVe of Rock HiH; Thomas C. Cox
of Wadesboro; U. L. Spence, Paul
Kennedy, and O. D. Wad Ice of Carthage.
and Claude Edwards of Atlanta,
Ga.
Mr. Petty, a native of Caithage,
Moore county, for the last 15 years
had operated the Seiwyn hotel. He
built and later sold the Mecklenburg
hotel.
Surviving are his widow, two children,
William Calvin Petty, Jr., of
Jackson, Miss., and James B. Petty.
17, of Charlotte, a brother, J. C.
Petty of Washington, D. C., and
three sisters, Mrs. f aimer jermari or
Raleigh and Greensboro, who is assistant
internal revenue collector for
North Carolina, Mrs. J. H. Brodte
ai?d Mrs. W. B. WaddUl of Henderson.
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AUG
Independent Weekly Nev.
BOONE, WATAUGA CPU]
'.ONUS BONDS ARE i
BEING DELIVERED
Veterans Arc Made Happy as
Mails arc Flooded With Government
Bonds and Cash.
Veterans of this community are
vearing broad smilea these days aa
hey finger the crisp new government
>onds furnished them in payment of
heir adjusted compensation certiorates,
more commonly known es the
'bonus." and Postmaster Hactzog
ind his assistants are rendering 8:1
possible service in the matter of certifying
the securities for the veterans.
A special office has been, set'
aside for this work, and those who
desire to exchange their securities
for cash will get their returns within
the shortest possible timeFifty
to sixty groups of borrda
have arrived at the local postoffice,
but there is no estimate available as
to the total amount of cash therein
represented. Treasury checks for odd
amounts of less than $50 are being
sent with the bonds, and many vet
crans have already turned these
checks into the channels of trade,
which, is expected to be stimulated
more and more as the bonds are cashed.
American Legion officials believe
that the total receipts by veterans
of this county will oe no less than
$200,000. Quite a number of the veterans
however, have signified their
intention of holding the securities
against the "rainy day."
Auto Salesman Wins
In State-wide Sales
Mr. C. H. Blackburn, salesman
for the W. K. Chevrolet Co., of this
city has been notified that he is to
appear in Charlotte thi3 morning for
the purpose of taking delivery on an
$800 Chevrolet Master Sedan, the
prize for having led the state In
number of used cars sold during the
first ten days in June
During the period mentioned Mr.
Blackburn disposed of 23 used cars,
or 316% of his quota. Friends are
congratulating: him upon his remarkable
achievement in producing
more business than anv of the sev
eral hundred Chevrolet salesmen in
the state.
Mr. W. R. Winkler, manager of
the local Chevrolet agency stAtes
that Mr. Blackburn's record of sales
of new automobiles has been outstandingly
high for mnny years, and
that his ability and diiigence have
been responsible to a large extent for
the consistent preference of people
of this section for the Chevrolet .
Tubercular Clinic
Splendidly Attended
The District Health Department
held a tubercular clinic for the purpose
of diagnosing and checking up
on suspicious or known cases at" this
disease. The clinic was held for a
period of four days, from the 10th to
13th inclusive,?a like period of time
being given to both Avery and Yan
cey counties.
The North Carolina Sanatorium
sent one of their physicians, Dr. A.
Papineau, to make the fluoroscopic
examinations, and here in Watauga
county he examined a total of 162
individuals for whom records were
kept. Of this number 14 were found
to have tuberculosis in some form,
although this does not mean that all
of these are in an active stage or
capable of transmitting the disease
to ethers. 17 of those examined were
'shown by the fluoroacope to be afflicted
with conditions other thar
tuberculosis, while 131 proved to be
free from all chest defects as far a;
this examination could determine
This attendance was far greatei
than is usually allowed at similai
clinics, owing to the danger of Ux
much exposure to the operator, bui
it speaks well for the people of Wa
tauga county that they show so mud
interest in combating this disease
We hope, in the fuutre to have othei
clinics of -this type and in order t<
accommodate these interested the;
will probably be of longer duration
Tuberculosis is a reportable dis
ease and should be called to the at
I tention of the health authorities h
1 order that they may take every pre
caution to prevent its spread. A grea
I success has been made in the contro
I of this disease and it is not beyom
I expectation that at sometime it wil
! be eradicated.
RECORDER'S COURT
Following- are the cases dispose
of in the Recorder's court Tuesdaj
Buret Presnell, carrying conceale
weapon. Prayer for judgment cor
tinued for 90 days.
Roy Lentz, driving while intoxica
ed. Fined $50.
Velma Simmons, Jessie Oaks, oj
era ting disorderly house. Prayer ft
judgment continued for 90 days c
i payment of one half the cost.
Glenn Brown, disturbing pubi
meeting. Fined $10.
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A. DE
rspaper?Established in tl
KTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THUH
A-If red M. Landon, twice Governor
j rnmatcd as Uie Repuoiicn c&ndki&li
I agreement of Uie Cleveland convent k
j paper publisher, was chosen as the
! PLAYGROUND NOW!
A CIViC REALITY!
I ^
Public Spirited Business Mcu
Co-operate in Bringing Joy
to Children of Town.
1 Through the co-operation of a
I number of the leading business men
r? f Pnitnn nfhn nr?* InLprt'trpfl in tilt*
physical welfare of the children and
in keeping them off the streets. the
services of Miss Mao Bryant have i
been secured to operate the Demon- j
stration school playground for the;
benefit of ail the children. Miss Bryant
is physical education major at !
Appalachian College.
jjtias Bryant supervises the pl&ygrdund
from 4- to 8 each day except
^Sunday, anfitcrlbller skating Is indulged
from 7 to 8 p. m. daily in the
street facing the school, which is
roped oil tor the purpose. The playground
has been open since May 1
with an average daily attendance of
18.
Miss Bryant can take care of 40
boys and girls from 8 to 16 years of
age, and she and the other sponsors
of the civic improvement urge the
parents to lake advantage, of the opportunity
to engage their children in
wholesome recreation. The children
are taken care of in most approved
style and there is no occasion for uneasiness
as to their welfare while
they are on the playground.
INSURANCE MEN MAKE
UNUSUALLY FINE RECORD
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Payne
left Wednesday morning for Myrtle
Beach, S. C., where they will attend
the annual convention of the Security
Life and Trust Company's sales
personnel. Mr. Payne, who is district
agent for Security is in six til place
among all the agents of the company
in volume of insurance sold, and collected
for during the past year. The
five who carry a higher rating in this
connection are all located in the larger
towns of the state.
Accompanying Mr. and Mrs. Payne
is J. Ralph Gualtney of Banner Elk,
who since his connection with the
Securitj' last April has made a wonfully
fine showing. Mr. Gualtney wil
be a special guest at the convention
Spruce Pine People
Lease Local Hote
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Young havi
leased from Mr. J. L Quails thi
Commercial hotel and cafe and ari
now in charge of the business. Thi
building has been thoroughly reno
vated, Mr. Young states, and add:
that a thoroughly modern hostelri
and cafe will be operated.
Mr. and Mrs. Young have hai
yea's of experience in the restaur
a ant hu iness and may be expected t<
- attravi a large patronage.
t
>1 EARTH TREMOR REPORTED
1
U Mrs. J. H. Beacn of Shulls Mill
inquires if any earth tremors hav
heen noted in this section. Mrs. Bead
states that on Sunday morning' th
14th, one mile from Shulls Mills t
d the direction of Blowing Rock, ther
was a very noticeable tremor of th
d earth, which shook the house an
i- rattled the mirror on the wall. Mr:
Beach did not. state the duration c
t- the shock.
?- WATAUGA COUNTY LEAGUE
>r GAME FOR JUNE 201
in
Bamboo at Valla Cnic
ie* Blowing Rock at AS
Mabel at Boone Pai
MOCI
ie Y ear Eighteen Eighty-Eig
:SDAY, JUNE 18, 1936
lA^riANDQN S L
cf the state of Kansas who was no
for the . Presidency by the unanimous I
>n. Col. Flunk Knox, Chicago news- j ^
candidate for the Vice-Presidency. }
TELEGRAPH LINE |?
NOW ESTABLISHED!, :
est
Linville River Railway Succeeds -X1
in Providing Western Union ho
Service Locally.
The LinviHe River Railway Co., 01
through Mr. H. W. Wilcox, local vv*
agent takes pleasure in announcing
the opening of a joint Western Union
telegraph office, with direct wire
facilities to the Western Union offices
in Johnson City. c"
The new service gives Boone di- ^01
rect contact with the outside world
through telegraphy, and is a great ca
improvement over the former serv- t-hice,
whereby the messages were re- fo:
received and dispatched at Boone by in
telephone. The company 13 proud of
its record of leaving installed the M
fir^t direct telephone service to y?
j Boone and lakes further pride in Wt
tfo -J i f taU. Ui'
I 1 V I I 1 U17WI ?- I W 1 II .11. U1ICA.L IWV" )
. graphic communication to outside j
j points
j Frank D. Julian, former official j c?
telegrapher in the United States j
, Senate Press Gallery, Washington, D. or
j C., and who up until recently was IWl
j Associated Press telegrapher on the co
i Salibury Post, is c charge of the :K
j local w?re. Hours ;te p;gh* a. m to ot
! seven p. m. except Sunday and holi- ar
days when they will be 8 to 10 a. m.
and 5 to 7 p. m.
M
Red Cross Officials jn
Are Named Last Week "
pi
Mrs. James H. Councill has been
named chairman of the Watauga 11 Chapter
American Red Cross to sue- st
ceed Dr. J. D. Rankin, who now acts k
! as vice-chairmar. and Miss Bernice s*
Gragg has been named secretary- sc
treasurer. Mr. Eugene Garbee re- P'
mains as chairman of first aid and
Miss Cora Le May life-saving. Miss j
Maude Cathcart is chairman of the t
1 Junior Red Cross for schools, and
other officials are to be named later. n'
Mrs. Mary Camp Sprinkle, nation- l!
' aj field representative for the Red j T
Cross was in Boone and assisted in a
' the reorganization. She stated she
' was well pleased with the progress t'
1 made by the chapter under the Head- P
ership of Dr. Rankin, and that an e
active fall program was expected to 1
be developed under the new organi- v
ration.
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Watauga Man 1 o Enter
; West Point In July
3 Joseph W. Shipley, son of Mr. and '
. Mrs. W. E. Shipley of Vilas, who has
3 been residing at Blacksburg, Va.,
f | during his four-year course at V. P.
| I., has passed all entrance examini
i ations for West Point and will re- V
-1 port to the Military Academy July C
3 j 1, it has just been learned here, c
Young Mr. snipiey s ppouitmentcame t
through Representative Robert L. I
E>oughton. I
Mr. Shipley is an unusually capa- \
3 ble young man and is a candidate for e
e a degree at Blacksburg this sunt- ?
h mer, where he has specialized tn ani- I
e mal husbandry.
n 1
e AITTO TURNS TURTLE i
e Mrs. Baxter M. Unney suffered I
d minor bruises when the automobile <
3. in which she was riding and which i
>f was being driven by Mr. Linney, roll- 1
ed down an embankment on the Le- I
noir-Blowing Rock road. The; aocl- ;
dent occurred Tuesday as the IAnh
neys were returning to their home
in Lenoir from Boone. Mr. Linney .
is was uninjured. Thostccident happened
to when a front tire blew out, and the
-k machine was seriously wrecked.
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$1.50 PER YEAR
(linftl-im knox
rein&inatedat
,o.p. (Invention
insas Governor and Chicago
Publisher to Lead Republican
Ticket This Fall.
)MIN?ES OVERWHELMING
HOICE OF CONVENTION
ndenlmrg Withdrawn to Promote
fFarmony; Question of Borahs
Actions Holds Spotlight;
Convention Detail*.
Convention Bali, Cleveland, June
- The Republican convention nom.UmJ
Col. Frank Knox of Illinois
the Vice-Presidency today with
? same unanimity that marked the
ruination of Governor A if M\ Lan
n, 01 nansas ior me rresiuency
?t night.
From a start of the oa'J of the
ilea, the delegates went for him
thout a solitary dissent: cheered
telegram from Landon saying* the
jad Jed to victory in November";
d disbanded for the intense camign
already under way.
For a time a "draft Vandenberg"
>vement seemed in the making,
it the Michigan Senator, in a let
read to the convention, asked that
\ name not be considered. He said
could "serve more effectively 011
? floor of the senate during the
xt Landon administration."
Col. Knox had '.eft the city evirctly
with a landslide for him farth:
from his mind. He indicated all
peetation that Vamicnbcrg would
nominated and accept.
Some Wanted Vamlecberg
There were plain signs that some
the main Landon. leaders were
irking for Vandenberg on the tickeven
after the r?r?rwentirvn met
it they finatiy joined the rush
No other name was voted on.
Learning of his nomination in Miigan
City. Knox said he was "proiirtdEy
grateful."
Now G2 and publisher of The Chigo
Daily News, he has been on
e warpath against the New Deal
r months. Ho was a rough rkiwr
the Spanish American War; work;
for 'Teddy*' Roosevelt in the Bull
oose days the a&zne as the then
uthful Landor. But their paths
hre not dastined to cross until this
ter point in the 80-year history of
jpublicamsm.
Of the 19 non-London votes. Wisnsin
oast 18 for Senator William
Borah, of Idaho, while a single
le from West Virginia's bloc also
ent to the "Lion of Idaho." Wis?nsin
then quickly moved that the
inclination be made unanimous. Anher
tumult spoke the affirmative
lswer.
Today a new question hung fire.
Vliat will Senator Borah do?"
[any delegates wondered
Speeding to Washington after losig
the presidential race but winnir^j;
icognition for his views in a comremise
platform which the convenor!
adopted with a whooping cho?*5
of ^ayes," Borah was reported
unned on hearing that Governor
andon had wired tlie convention re
uviag uie rignt lo piace nis per>nal
iitterprelation on two major
lanks.
Tn calling for a "sound currency ..
le convention's program had omit;d
any mention of the "Gold Stanard,"
and it advocated a wage and
our legislation by the states under
le constitution as it now stands,
hese planks were widefiy regarded
s Borah victories.
But soon after tlie platform went
tirough, John Hamilton, Landon cam.
angn manager, stepped to the speeder's
rostrum with a telegram from
\>pek&. Gov. Landon wired that he
/ould unqualifiedly pledge himself to
be true to the principles and proram"
of the document.
"However," the governor added,
with that candor which you and
(Continued on page 8.)
stanburys Will Sail
To Europe This Week
Dr. VV. A. Stanbury, pastor of the
Vest Market Street Methodist
Church in Greensboro and a native
>f Boone, ini company with Mrs.
jtanbury, is sailing this week for
Curope. They are going aboard the
3erengaria in New York today and
viii be members of a party of Southern
Methodists attending the world
Sunday School convention at Oslo,
Norway.
They will land at Southampton and
proceed to London where they will
ipend several days. Thence they go
o Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Newcastle.
Prom Newcastle the party
jails to Bergen and goes over land
to Oslo, reaching the Tatter city July
3. While in Oslo they will live at the
Hotel Norum Pension. July 12 they
leave for Copenhagen and thence will
travel hy way of Hamburg, Cologne
and Brussels to Parte. They sail from
Cherbourg July 22 on board the
Queer. Mary, to land in New York
July 27.
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