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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
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VOL. XLVIU, NO. 15.
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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
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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
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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
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spa per?Established in th<
STTYTNORTH CAROLINA, THUS
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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,
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$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