%% a^^gmHBMSp'^'; ||f??| IrafgKjll The Week in Washington ! A RESUME OF GOVEUNMGEN? MENTAL HAPPEN IN OS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Wasliington.--While Washington's attention is not in the least diverted from the presidential campaign, consideration is being given to what is going to happen after election, no matter who may he elected. For, or, the question of who will be the next President of the United States, the best-informed political pi-opheta here are frankly throwing up their hands. So many factors which have not been present In previous presidential campaigns enter into the picture thib year that nobody feels quite sure that the usual signs which have heretofore been relied upon will prove reliable in 193(3. But whether Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Landon is elected, the mill of the Supreme Court will grind on as if there had been no political campaign. It is not expected that any important decisions will be handed down until after election, but from then on there will be a succession of decisions on ten, at least, of the acts of the 73rd and 74th Congresses whose constitutionality has been challenged. The principal laws under attack are the; Wagner Labor Relations Act. the Frazier-Lemkc Farm Mortgage moratorium measure, the 1933 "Truth in Securities" act, the Public Utility Holding Company act and the right of PWA to make loans for publicly owned hydro-electric plants. The Challenged Laws The Wagner Labor Relations Act, which established the National Labor Relations Board and guaranteed the right of collective bargaining to all employees, has been challenged by the Associated Press and by the Bradley Lumber company of Arkansas. The lower courts have upheld the constitutionality of the act. Now the Supreme Court is to pass upon their rulings. Several power companies have questioned the constitutionality of government loans for publicly owred eiectric light and power systems. Their complaint ia that thl3 puts the government into unfair competition with nnvate business The nrtien nl the Supreme Court on this and the Public Utility Holding Company act la' expected to bring to a head the cent lie t between the Federal Government and public utilities. A step toward bringing about bettor relations betwoen the government ar.d privately o . red power companies was tJuccn Cue other day by President Roaaevalt. who called In reprenenm f^vSe^^^^^e at thoAiihlfe Hquae While no public information was given out as to what was discussed, it is understood here that the effort was to find a reasonable rule to govern the distribution of power produced at government dams in the Tennessee Valley and elsewhere. The. right of the government to distribute this pfcwer has been chal- ' ienged, though Its right to generate electric energy as an incident to the construction of dams for flood and navigation control, has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Farm and Security Acts The Frazicr-Lemke Act which granted a three-year moratorium airainst foreclosure of farm mort gages has been challenged by the Phoenix Joint Stock Land Bank of Kansas City, which has carried the request to the Supreme Court after adverse ruling by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Coart decided last year that an earlier Frazier-Lerake Act of similar intent was unconstitutional. The present act was passed in an effort to accomplish the same result by constitutional means. 1 No formal action to challenge the i constitutionality of the Social Security Act has yet reached the Su- i preme Court, although that is a very important act of the 74th Congress i of which a constitutional test Is ex- : pected sooner or later. In the meantime, the Social Se- i curity Board is preparing to cany out the provisions of the Act. especially that part of it dealing with old age insurance, which does not take effect until January 1, 1937. The gigantic task upon which a huge staff of clerks has been at work for nearly a year is that of checking and recording the names, ages, and employment records of some 26,000,000 workers in industry and business. Immediately after election every postmaster is to be furnished with the Social Security Board's list for his community and will be called upon to check upon the present whereabouts of every person who3< name appears on the list. Starting January 1st ^ Beginning January 1, every employer will be required to pay teethe government a tax of one per cent of his total payroll, except for such parts of it as run above $3,00u a year for any particular employee. Beginning at the same date, every worker earning up to $3,000 a year will be rcquireo to pay an income tax or one per cent of his total salary or wages. This income tax must he deducted from the pay check or wage envelope ? by the employer and turned over to the government. Out of the proceeds of this payroll tax the act provides for retirement pensions beginning at the age (Continued on page 8.) . -.si == ? Ar VOL. XLVIU, NO. 15. ... | ^^\ -7 ^ Helena, Mont.?In appearances, g are gom* places this year. A loi ger coaches arc their class rooms due to an earthquake which des The Great Northern and Northern to help out the school board. pJ work. The recreation ch HIGH SCHOOL IS TAKINGON SHAPI Handsome Stone Structure I Nearing Completion; Hospital To Be Finished Soon. According to Dr. Dougherty, preai dent of the Appalachian college, an reports from other sources, the ne\ Boone High School which is now be ing constructed by VVX'A workers i gradually nearing completion. Th exterior of the building, modi; up o native, stone taken from the nearb; quarries, has been completed with th exception of the roof. With twenty large rooms ani twenty smaller ones the huildini when finished will be the'moat up to-date school In this section of th pie room for supervised tfeacmh, aibng witli the regular class roon work, ar.d reports are that it is th only school in this state which is es pecialiy designed for this purpose. The Watauga county hospito which is being conslruc.ted on the col lege grounds at Appalachian is to b completed within the near future, i new appropriation of three thousam and five hundred dollars just re celved from the Duke endowment i expected to furnish sufficient fund for the building completion. Already the two top floors hav been finished, thus making the jo p/vmnlatn \iritV* fVt o atrftiinHnn nf" fh bottom floor. A regular force i working daily in an effort to hav the hospital ready to serve the citl zens of Boone and surrounding coun ties at the earliest possible moment JIM RIVERS BREAK: "RESIGNATION" FF Jim Rivers, who as co-publisher o the Watauga Democrat won wide rec ignition for his original writings un tier the head of "Boone Sketches, broke a silence last week which be gan with Bis "resignation" as direc tor of the Sixth WPA district, an. stated that he had accepted a flel. position with a firm of contractors. In a statement made to the Win 3 ton-Sal em Journal, Mr. Rivers state. in ill ne wua willing m suisiaui ut Judgment" of State WPA Admini strator George W. Coan, Jr., who as sertedly removed him in Septembe from the district post. "To use an expression made fa mous By a certain presidential candi date," Mr. Rivera said, "I was caugh fumbling with recovery and my unex pected impeachment is accepted with out rancor." The former district official of th federal works program was inter viewed on the day appointment of i new permanent director was an nounced. His new job is field rep resentative of Kirkman Brother; general contractors of Winston ts ? Ti 1* ri r< a .veil a/1 Kin filliioQ QiUClU. nc Jiflus ooouiiicu fiu> uunco. "The Hon. George W. Coan, Jr state administrator of WPA, deeme it the part of wisdom to accept m alleged resignation as director of ih stxlh district," emd SSr. Rivers, wh continued, "for a couplo of weeks nursed a basket of the well-know 30iir grapes; the flesh, to be fai about it, was at war with reason, an I felt that someone- had dealt me couple from the bottom to my sid of the table. "You newspaper boys have bee mighty anxious for a statement abot this a/fair, but there's little of th sensational to relate. A few tncidenl which most people are able to li\ down without too j h troub ' - " - ' ' . . . * - i independent Weekly News BOONE, V/AT AUG A COU1 : ^89|y < ' fc9HP?r iff -I"J- . '> 1 it least, Helena high school students ng string of eighteen railway passcn... the only high school they have, troyed the school building last year, i Pacific railroads sent in tlie coaches hoto above shows chemistry class at isses use plush scat coaches. HOWELL HEADS i ALUMNI GROUP s Election Of Officers Was Feature of Alumni Activities At Homecoming. During the Homecoming celebra' tion at Appalachian State Teachers v college, the election of officers of H the Alumni association to succeed e those of last year was one of the f rnftin fonlnwa Hi" fnllnujin.r Vu*ina y chosen to serve Tor the cununt year: ? Professor John Hnwoll teacher in the Boone Depsonatriition school, presii dent, professor Kelley Miles of the S Boone -High school department, vice - president- i'nd Mrs. Pay G. Hodges, ejcltlisen >ol Boone ana member of the: hlaM gAftph^J i . g .* ftfcttrihgn tion are: Professor Jack Greene, e president; Professor Starr Stacy, - member of thfe Appalachian faculty, secretary, and Mr. George Passage, .1 Appalachian student, assistant sec rotary. e Another event of the homecoming t program which caused favorable 3 comment was the project contest fea tured by the different organizations 3 of the college. Mrs. Shipman, seeB retary of the western division of the Woman's Club of North Carolina; e Mrs. Louise Alridge, of the Huthb Louise Shop, Boone, and Paul Wrsc ton, who runs a studio here in Boor.e, s served as judges for the contest, e awarding the prize trophy to the - English Major club which was spon sored by Dr. Amos Abranis, mem.. ber of the Appalachian faculty. 3 SILENCE AS TO HIS LOM WPA POSITION f | placed me directly behind the prover- j - bisu eight ball.' I'm mighty sorry - it happened, but I'm willing, as I " have 3aid before, to sustain the Judg ment of Mr. Coan. "For Director E. W. Cole, who suc1 ceeds me and his able staff, I wish * and predict a most successful tenure." Mr. Rivers said further: I "The President's work program e may have its faults, but the twelve - months of my service in this division - of the recovery program taught me r many fine lessons and experiences of lasting value. I attempted to remove the top hat and stiff shirt from relief ... to respect the pitiable thout sands of unfortunates who were given - into our hands by a banevolent gov er.nment ... to meet the forgotten man in a brotherly spirit. In this ree spcct alone I feel that my batting - average ran up around the .400 a mark." r' The former official stated that he i- had already assumed his new duties 5, with the contracting firm. He stati ed that he would devote the last two weeks prior to the election, to the ., campaign for the re-election of Cond gressman R. L. Dough ton. y e MR. C. D. MACKAY DIES o ?? II Mr. C. D. Mackay, Jr.., 22, died n | Wednesday morning at his home in I br Washington alter an illness of two d months, and the funeral was cona ducted Thursday morning in Raleigh, e Mr. Mackay was a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Mackay, his father being n vice president of the Southern Railit way System. The Mackays are quite >e well known in this section, the fam jt Uy having resided at Blowing Rock re during the summer months for many le I years. v. 'I - ' * ... spa per?Established in th< STTYTNORTH CAROLINA, THUS ?? r- . REPUBLICANS IN LARGE NUMBERS HEAR COL. KNOX Forty-Five liocal G. O. Pi Leaders Journey to Asheville to Hear Vice Presidential Candidate, Who Predicts N. C. Victory. Forty-five Republicans from the different sections of the county formed a motorcade Tuesday which moved into Asheville in the afternoon where Col. Frank Knox, Republican candidate for the vice presidency expressed the belief that Taxhcclia. would give her electoral vote to Governor Landon and that several Republicans from the state would be seated in the new congress. rnose going trom Watauga Included: Will Pugh, Frank Pearson, E. r. Sliule, A. U. Adams, W. D. Farthing, W. M. Thomas, Chas. G. Lewis, F. E. Litten, Mis. F. E. Litten, Mrs. C. O. Roberts, Mrs. Estelle Ashley, C. L. Smith, E. D. Cock, Mrs. E. D. Cook, W. C. Carroll, Vernon Kobbins, Chas. L. Younce, Jack Hodges, W. B. Day, Albert Watson, S. C. Eggers, N. M. Greene, Carl Byers, Clyde R. Greene, C. M. Critcher, T. L. Cook. G. F. Critcher, C. P. Moore, Spencer Miller, Iva Wilson, Mrs. Iva Wilson, Will Miller, Robert Foster, George Main, Frank Main, James Hodges, Howard Foster, Eu- { gene Russell. Mrs. Eugene Russell, W. H. Gragg. John W. Hodges, Mre. Russell Hodges. Russeit Hodges, W. R. Wood, J. R. Trivett, T. E. Bingham, Mrs. T. E. Bingham, Mabel Bingham. Excerpts From Speech The Republican party la progressing in the state, Knox asserted, because "it is the best party to promote the growth of North Carolina's relatively new industrial character. Nowhere lias the New Deal's lack of understanding of the issues and of public opinion been better appreclat ed," Cot. Knox a?.id, "than in North , Carolina, where industry in making , mieh rapid strides." , bo\. Knox said that "when yon vote j .are not voting the Democratic ticket. 1 Icwoutd ??? accuse the Democratic ; party of responsibility for the present administration," he said. "That j would be a^slandcr on the party of | Thomas Jefferson and Grover Cleveland and Wood row Wilson and Carter Glass." "When you vote for the present ad ministration you are voting for more Boondoggling; for govermnent by guess . . . The administration does not represent the principles of the Democratic party. It has outraged 1 every principle for which the Democratic party has always stood." "North Carolina has the materials," he stated, "to build a great industrial empire," he continued, "but you car.not build it under a government that restricts production and throttles free enterprise." The candidate spoke Tuesday morning at Chape! Hill and made . several platform appearances between there and Asheville. W. H. Gragg. of Boone. Rcmiblican enneres siona! candidate, was among those ac companying Col. Knox from Chapel Hil! to Asheville." SEEKSLABORON fflGHWAV PROJECT Scarcity Of Men For Operating Road Equipment Is Cited By Re-Employment Head. Mr. R. L.. Wooten, district director of the National Reemployment office at North Wiikcsboro, who was in town Friday, reports a pressing need for men experienced in the operation of road machinery, and states that this type of labor is particularly short in this section. Mr. Wooten states that intermediate labor, truck and tractor drivers are needed for work on the new Laurel Creek road project and that concrete finishers, bridge carpnetcrs, tractor drivers, shovel operators and jack hammer men should be able to secure prompt placement when the work starts. Men desiring jobs as skilled or intermediate labor along the lines suggested, will next have an opportunity of registering in Boone on the 23rd, and every two weeks thereafter. They may register at the North Wilkesboro affina o anr> tiwin H Vr Wooten reports a (treat scarcity of all kinds of skilled laborers. A year ago, he said, almost five hundred men, skilled at various trades were seeking ' employment through his office. There is not one in the file now, and he is finding it impoe| sible to meet the demands of employI crs throughout the region. 1 Pooitrymen in Wayne county are busy housing their pullets and culling old birds. Many of the poultrymen began keeping records on October 1. ; Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei SPAY, OCTOBER 15, 1936.^_ To Speak Here w A. D. FOLGBR FOFm^PEAKS I THIS EVENING National Committeeman to Be Present At Democratic Rally Thursday Evening. Hon. A.. D. B'olger, member or the Democratic National committee and leading figure in the party in the state, will be the speaker at a Democratic rally to be held at the courthouse Thursday evening. Wade E. Brown, president of the Young Dnmreratic Club, which is sponsoring the meeting, announces. Mr. Kolger's dppearance will mark the firing of the first political shot by an outside orator during the current campaign, and considerable interest is attached to the announce- 1 munt of his engagement. He was the manager for Sandy Graham, who unsuccessfully sought the gubernatorial nomination in tire June primary, and 's known as an exceptionally able political speaker. He has been regarded as one of the lcadlne fie-. ares in the Democracy of tiie state | For many years. Mr. Brown is urg-j tng ail Democrats, and other voters to wnic Out aiKl^itcpt" the vital iosues of the campaign discussed. Following the address the completion of the Young Democratic organ- , ization will be effected. , DEPOSITORSARE TOGET PAYMENTS Rich Mountain Mortgage Company Begins to Function For Bank Stockholders. The Rich Mountain Mortgage Co., Formed during last June for the purpose of taking over and handling certain assets of the Watauga County Bank for the benefit of the preferred stockholders, has begun to function and temporary offices have been established in tiie Sebastian building, in the Federal I-and Bank quarters. The following citizens were named trustees of the corporation: W. M. Thomas,' W. F. Miller, Clyde R, Greene, Gordon H. Winkler, A, E. Hornby. At a recent meeting the trustees named W D. Farthing as! manager of the local office and Mr. j Farthing will be in charge of the col- j lection and distribution of the funds involved. Mr. Farthing states that the first ten per cent dividend check will be mailed out just as soon as the proper trustees certificates can be printed and prepared, and the necessary calculations made as to the amount due each stockholder. He wishes however to call attention to the fact that it takes time to transact this business and urges those interested to manifest patience for the next week or ten days. Mr. Farthing, who has been cashier of the Bank of Blowing Rock until this time and who has made for himself an enviable record in business administration in this section for many year3. will devote his full time to the management of the new corporation. The trustees feel extremely fortunate in having been able to secure the services of Mr. Farthing in this connection. REA Proposal Given Washington Office Mr. Richard A. Olsen of Valle Crucis, president of the temporary ioeal Rural Electrification organization, accompanied Congressman R. L. Doughton Tuesday to a conference with national REA officials in Washington to present the project for supplying electric current to rural residents of Watauga county. At press time nothing had been learned from the conference, but it is believed that action will be taken on the matter within the space of a few days, " $1.50 PER YEAR i iOLMTION OF 1 KS OF COUNTY CCOMPLISHED t Blowing Rock Will Con> to Operate As a Branch of the Watauga County Bank; Depositors to Receive Dividends. On October 1st, the Watauga County Bank and the Bank of Blowing Rock were consolidated. The Bank of Blowing Rock will continue to operate, but as a branch of the Watauga County Bank, The same banking facilities will be offered as before This consolidation was brought about under state and federal supervision. The deposits, both at Boone and Blowing Rock, will continue to have the p -otection of the Federal Deposit Xnsur uice Corporation?a maximum of 35.UUO for each depositor. It is believed that this consolidation will make for better banking facii tics in the county, as operating expe ises will be lowered and taxes mat< riaUy lessened. T1 e Bank of Blowing Rock transform d to the Watauga County Bank something over $161,000 in cash, bonds and reu! estate of approximately >14,000, and about 329,000 in notes?the Watauga County Bank assuming the depository and preferred itock liability. This will release for distribution to the common stoel holders of the Bank of Blowing Rock a 10 per cent cash dividend, together with approximately 330,000 class "A" notes from the current note case, and about $40,000 class "B" notes to be placed in the hand3 ol a trusti e for collection and distribution. The dividend cheeks will be distribut d to Lhe common stockholders of the Bank of Blowing Rock as socn a3 proper authority can come from Raleigh and Washington, and collection of the remaining assets will begin as soon as the annroval of the trustee has been secured from Raleigh. McDonald to Speak Here Last Or Mourn Dr. Ralph W.. McDonald, whose ,1? rigorous campaign for Uie governorship last summer was one of the most spectacular in the state's political history, has arranged to deliver an address to the voters of this section Saturday, October 31st, it was announced from local Democratic headquarters Wednesday morning. Further announcements regarding the scheduled speaking will be on- . nouneed later, but tentative arrangements indicAte that the address will be delivered at 3:30 in the afternoon at the courthouse. Capt W. B. Smith , Succumbs At Lenoir Captain W. B. Smith, 61, Caldwell county road supervisor for the state highway commission, died in Lenoir Thursday evening as a result of a heart attacky following a long period of failing health. Captain Smith had been a resident of this section of the state for'tht- d' past 15 years or more, being formerly employed as district supervisor until the inauguration of the present high way system. He was kell known in a "Watauga county. j ? He was a native of Georgia and funeral services were conducted at his former home near Atlanta SunThe widow is the only survivor in the immediate family. HOOVER SPEAKS FRIDAY Former President Hoover is sciieduled to deliver a radio address in the interest of the candidacy of Governor Landon from Philadelphia. October 16, it has been announced by the local Republican committee. The address will be delivered over a coastto-coast network of the National Broadcasting Co., at 9 o'clock, eastern time. Local listeners will likely best get the deliverance through the Charlotte station. WATAUGA LADY IS MOTHER OF TRIPLETS Mr. and Mm. Clint lewis of the Meat Camp section are the proud parents of three daughters, who ' SaBI were born last Saturday, and who eonst itute the first surviving triplets to be reported to the Demo- Jisfi crat from this section. Ihe three lusty youngsters ,J ? ' ;'g weighed five and one-quarter pounds each at birth, according to, H the attending physician, I?r. t. M. Hodges, of Boone, who adds that \3ag^ffia| the babies ore perfectly normal to , . every respect, and that both thay and their mother are doing fine. , j

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