BRISBANE I
THIS WEEK
The Souls of Oysters
Id ?hc Coffin, He Pays
Polly Has a Tombstone
Suicide is Folly
I
Mr. Kokiehi Miklmoto, able Japanese
gentleman, once a peddler of
noodles, te now gigantically rich,
tlianks to bis oyster pearl idea. He
makes real pearls by forcing the
oyster to work at pearl production,
lristr. d of 'living for oysters, hoping
to find one with a pearl in it, he
puts little, irritating grains of sand
inside the shells of millions of oystern,
and each oyster proceeds to deposit
the pearly substance on ti:?
sand to escape its irritating scratching.
The pearls are "real." Although
experts can tell the difference, they
annoy jewelers and have hurt the
value of the other occidental pearls,
but tliey-make it unnecessary for the
unfortunate pearl diver to "go aU
naked to the hungry shary." as the
poet has it. Mr Kikimoio has been
obliged to kill hundreds of millions
of oysters, which is serious: his Buddhist
religion teaches that each has
its little separate soul?in fact, the;
soiu oi His? great?gnjtndmotlier might;
have i esxdevl in one of the oysters. j
An American who recently died!
left a fortune of between 25 and !
million dollars, chiefly in tax-exempt
securities on which the owner, while
he lived, paid no income tax. Now
thai he is dead, inheritance taxes will
take about two-thirds of the many
millions.
The lack of a "dead-or-alive" taxexempt
securities offers opportunity
to eonie able lawyer. If the government
has 110 constitutional right to
take any income from tax-exempt
bonds, how can it. legally lake half
merely because the owner is in his
coffin ?
A green parrot, with red tipped
wings, buried in a respectable grave,
will have a granite headstone with
"Here lies Polly Ooddington, sixtyeight
years old," engravetf on it. Exactly
how old Polly was, no one
knows Born in Brazil, she was presented
to the grandmother of Mrs.
Joseph E. Hunt, eighty-eight year3
ago. Parrots, like eagles, elephants
and other intelligent creatures that
cat wisely, often pass one hundred.
A higher race thinks un foolish
things for itself
Gruesome details which no one
r-r-T-w nave' puv-??itu*~iv~muVjc " vf"
a horror story are published in connection
with a recent suicide. The
unfortunate victim, convinced that
life was not worth while, hanged
himself, ami then, still conscious,
found he was mistaken and made
desperate unsuccessful efforts to cut
the rone.
Those that think of suicide should
remember that they must leave the
world soon in any case, and might as
well remain to see what will happen.
While there is life, there is hope.
OuAiig rati-Shell, dictator of the
banking government, warns China,
No ration can ruin us unless we
first ruin ourselves,'' emphasizing
Lhe fact that the short road to national
ruin is neglect of preparation
for war. Some patriotic American
"radio sponsor" might arrange to
broadcast that talk in Washington,
I>. C. We need it here almost as
much as China needs it.
England fears that quarrels among
union men may cause strikes In airplane.
factories and delay Britain's
effort to get ready for her next war.
Such strikes would probably bring
welcome orders for planes to American
factories; nevertheless, it is only
fair to remind British workers, quarreling
among themselves, that when
foreign bombs begin dropping on
their families, any strike against national
safety will seem to have been
foolish, in retrospect. And those
U'nr/lB "r?V>iofNr t..oowvr. "
v.viu, ij nviiKii anu \4iiiuieii, |
should be remembered.
Borrowed money is cheaper, and it
ought to be, since the dollar is only
worth 53 cents. A cheap dollar j
should bring a cheap rent. Even so. j
it surprises you to learn that Mayor
LaGuardia borrowed from J. P. Morgan
& Co. thirty million dollars for
the city, spread over a five-year period,
for one and one-tenth per cent
interest.
Here, Myron C. Taylor, head of
"Big Steel." greatest tteel company
in the world, annour s increases in
wages, also resumption of full dividend
payments on the preferred United
States Steel stock, also earnings
in three months of more than thirteen
million dollars. biaee3t in six.
years. Thirteen million dollars irxj
three months may not be "big mon-'
ey." but "it is better than being hit
on the head with a sharp stone."
INJURED IN WRECK
Mr. John Main of Boone. i3 reported
a3 naving suffered a fractured
right shoulder when the ear in which
he aiul Mrs. Main were riding turned
over 12 miles thi3 side of Jefferson
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Main
received only slight injuries, it is
said, while Mr. Main Is showing satisfactory
improvement at the Banner
Elk hospital, where he was taken following
the accident.
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VOL. XYV1II, NO. 19
May Marry King
I
Mrs. Waily Warficld Simpson, !
i American-born woman who re- j
cently was granted a British di- .
! voice decree from her husband, I
I Ernest Simpson. Mrs. Simpson |
! has often been seen in the. com- i
j pany of Kinjgf Edward VIII, and it
is currently beiieved that she will '
become the bride of the youthful
| monarch.
RANK fl OQKC
i/mui VUVUiiU Lil/U
LOANS IN COUNTY
I i
I
Federal Land Bank Makes Report
of Local and Statewide
Activities for Year
Durham, Oct. 24. In Wat&iiga
county 208 loans were closed in the
amount of $282,230 by the Federal
Land Bank and the land bank commissioner,
from May I, 1933, through
June 30, 1936, according to information
received by Robert M. Gantt,
state director for the National Emergency
council for North Carolina.
Of the loans closed in Watauga
county, 41 loans for $89,500 were
iYitwin by the Federal Li"tl Bank and
167 loans totaling $192,730 by the
land bank commissioner.
^Through the .agency of the Farm'
Credit administration in North - On.ru-j
lina, $47,870,090 have been loaned j
during the same period. These loans 1
included 5,056 of Federal Land Bank 1
ioans for $11,711,100: 12.905 land
bank eommi&tloner loans in the!
amount of SIT.221,271; -1(5,054 Prod- j
uction Credit association loans total-1
ing $12,562,243; and 82,269 emergen-1
cy crop loans amounting- to $6,345.4*76.
In addition to refinancing- loans!
through the Farm Credit admin is- j
tration. the farmers in North Carolina
were benefitted also by a rediic-|
tion mortgage principal amounting
to $3,385,600. Further savings re-1
suiting from lowered interest rates J
are estimated at $490,000.
hi the period May 1, 1933, through j
June 30, 1936, 765,674 mortgage j
loans, totaling $2,056,156,826 were i
made and $1,391,373,603 was advanced
in loans to co-opei-atives,
while $318,378,072 was loaned to cooperatives
by the agencies of the
Farm Credit administration in the
United States.
LOCAL OFFICIALS TO
ATTEND INSTITUTES
A number of sheriffs, registers of
deeds and clerks of court in this and
neighboring counties are planning to
attend the one-day district institutes
which the Institute of Government
will hold beginning next week.
Sheriffs from this region will
gather at Ashevii'.e on the 20th, and
clerks of Court at Wayncsvil.e on the
17th. The dates for the schools for
registers of deeds have not been announced.
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PRECINCT
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Bald Mountain - 781
Beaver Dam 539 i
| Blowing Rock .. 287 j
[Blue Ridge 5C|
[Boone 145oi
j Cove Creek _ 5031
| Elk I _ 34!
; Laurel Creek _. 316 .
jMeat Camp No. l 30;,
Meat Camp No. 2 I 41 j
North Fork 21,
Shawneehaw 117
Stor.v Fork UOj
Watauga 2961
totalsti~. .I: 3932
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independent Weekly New:
BOONE. WATAUGA COUf
RED EROSSDRIYlT
STARTED TODAY
Officials Believe That Lccal Response
Will Be Adequate;
List of Workers
The annual Red Citjss Roil Call,
the campaign for the addition of dollar
memberships to the world's
greatest humanitarian organization,
gets under way locally today (Wednesday)
and will continue until
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. James H. Councill, chairman
of the Watauga chapter, predicts an,
unusualiy successful campaign, and I
she and other officials of the chapter;
believe that the response should be;
considerably greater than a year j
ago.
Following are the names of those j
who will engage in the actual can- j
vass of the community for Red Cross
memberships: Mrs James Councill,!
Mrs. Councill Cooke, Mrs. Amos Ab- j
j<x.h23; mvs. vjr. iv. .aiocse, Mrs. jl?. -f.!
Whitener. Mrs. R. D. Hodges, Mrs. J
J. Harold Wolfe, Mrs. James Wink-1
ler, Mrs. Herman R. Eggcrs. On Appalachian
College campus, Mr. Eu ;
gene Garbee will be assisted in the
work by Miss Maude Oathearl.
It is urgently asked that the re- [
sponse in this community be as lib-i
era! as is possible.
Farley Felicitates
Chairman Cleve Govss
Cleve Gross, chairman of the Wat- j
auga County Young Democratic com- j
mittee, has received a telegram of i
thanks in connection with the elec-1
tion, from James A. Farley, postmas- j
ter genera! ana chairman of the na- .
tlonal committee. Mr. Farley said:]
"Please accept my most sincere ]
and grateful thanks for the efforts i
put forth by you on election day. 11
received the returns from your county
very promptly and they were most
encouraging to me at headquarters, j
Every county chairman In the nation!
performed his ?.ask faithfully and j
well.' i want to thank you person
ally and 1 wish you would express!
my thanks to all the men. and women.)
who are members of your prganiza- i
tion. (Signed) James A. Farley."
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CAROLINA ALUMNI
TO HOLD MEETING1
Dean R. B. House is Principal
Speaker; Over 50 Watauga
Alumni Expected to Attend j
With. Dr. L>. J. Whi tenor, head of
the Appalachian history department,
presiding as president, the Watauga
county group of the University
of North Carolina alumni is holdingits
annual dinner Tuesday, November
17, at the Daniel Boone, hotel,
Boone. Dean R. B. House, who is in
charge of the Chapel Hill unit of the
Greater University, will be the principal
speaker for the evening, and
Mr. J. Maryon Saunders, general secretary
of the University alumni, will
also be present.
Dr. Whitener, president; Mr. J.
Harold Wolfe, secretary of the organization,
and Professor J. T. C.
Wright, vice president, have sent out
invitations to approximately thirty
alumni of Watauga count j' urging
them to be present at the meeting.
With the alumni's guests in attendance,
50 or more are expected for
the convention.
In addition to the alumni of this
county, other invitations are being
extended to the most prominent
alumni of the surrounding counties.
Of 4,000 official life guards at
English beaches. 1,500 are women.
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which was started early in 1935. J
room. There are accommodations f
agring $1,200 to $1,800 a year.
NEW JUSTICES OF I
PEACE CERTIFIED
Several Townships Did Not
Elect Slate of Magistrates;
Names of Those Elected
Little interest developed in the rc- i
cent election of Justices of the pca.ee j
in the county and a number of tip?- j
smjps uiu hoi offer slates of candi-j
dates 011 either political ticket.
The names of the justices elected j
follow;
Bakl Mountain township: \v. L ;
Bvland, Clyde S. Jackson.
Beaver Dam: D. C. Hagaman, Asa j
Recce.
Blowing ltock: W. T. Vandyke, N. j
C. Greene, Fred Hartley.
Boone: D. J. Councill, Fred R
firmer A i? W tt fnfFW-.l i
Cove Creek: Solomon Eggers, A, j
B. Harmar., Carl Wmebarger.
Laurel Creek: Conley Trivette,,
At onroe Ward, J. O. Harman.
Nortel Fork: C. R. Wilson, J. R.
Hay. Frn:;!-. M:ur
Stony Fork: Jason Moretz. E. A.
Russell.
Watauga: G. \V. Robbins, Joe Iv.
Mast, Vv. P. Coffey.
REPUBLICAN HOLD IN
CONGRESS WANES
Washington, Nov. 10?Republican. ]
leaders in congress, taking roster of j
the seats left to them following the j
Democratic avalanche of last Tuesday,
today found themselves all but
powerless in their cast of opposition"
in the coming session.
Recapitulation revealed that, in
the senate, the Republican forces are
insufficient even to force a record
vote, ar.ti that in the house of representatives
they have a margin of
but two members to force a roll call.
The problem of committee representation
in both "nouses is no less
serious. In the senate, for example,
there are 33 standing committees,
and 13 special committees. To place
only two Republicans on each committee
would mean five committee j
assignments for every Republican j
senator?considered about the maxi- 1
mum any senator can handle.
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SDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1936
Slum Clearance
ing project has been completed in
and after views of this project
apartments rent for about $5 a
or 604 families with incomes averPASTOR
ATTENDS
BAPTIST MEETING
Rev. and Mrs. Canipe in Durham
for Important Session of
State Baptist Convention
Rev. J. C Canipe, local Baptist
pastor, and Mrs. Canipe are in Durham
for the 106th yearly session of
the I\Vn ih Carolina State Baptist
convention, largest religious group in
the stale The convention was caileu
to order Tuesday afternoon by
Dr. Zcr.o Wall of Shelby, president,
ir. what is expected to be the most
important session within a decade.
The Baptist pastors began their
annual e'vuoreii e in Durham Monday
with Rev. John Link of Weldon,
delivering the annual address. The
speakers on the night program were
Dr. O T. Binklcv of Chanel Hill, and
Dr. Jesse T. Woatherspoon, member
of the faculty of the Louisville Baptist
Thooioglcal seminary.
Dr. Charles il Durham delivered
the a:uiuai sermo:; before the ^tate
convent lev. T ? e s ?;i a y afternoon,
speaking' at I o'clock, two hours after
the assemblage was called to order
Indications were that the largest
delegation in recent years would be
present for the principal activities 01"
the convention.
Lees-McRae Wins In
Davidson Track Meet
Banner Elk. Nov. il {Special)?
Lees-McRae College cross-country
team won over the Davidson College
freshmen November 7 th, at the
Davidson Homecoming celebration.
The score stood. Lces-McRae 35;
Davidson, 20.
Larry Burgess finished first for
the Banner Elk institution, negotiating
the l.S mile course in. 9 minutes
32 U seconds.
Those going from Lees-McRae
were: Burgess. Gibson, Robinson,
Grigg, Williams. Carter and Onn^f t
Coach S. I*. Lafferty, a former
Davidson star, accompanied his
team.
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'CATAWBA UPSETS
APPALACHIAN IN
CONTEST FRIDAY
| Mountanecrs Lose Conference
Game 14-0; Game Next Saturday
With East Tennessee
Teachers
The Appalachian Mountaineers received
their first setback of the season
at .Salisbury Friday when the
Catawba Indians handed them a 140
defeat in a game that woukl have
made Appalachian champions of the
North State conference had tire score
. .. vice-versa.
The Catawba Indians outplayed.
| the Mountaineers throughout the
j game which was marked hy fumI
bis of both teams. Appalachian
| dropped the ball six times and Ca|
tawba was guilty of five errors. The
j biggest touchdown threat came in
i the first quarter when Ear: Smith,
i charging hard, intercepted a lateral
intended for one of Catawba's men
i and carried the ball to the Catawba
j 35-yard line where he dropped the
| ball while trying to shift positions,
j The Mountaineers, tired and disi
couraged returned to the college
! campus late Friday night and were
| met by the largest aggregation of
| Appalachian students that have ever
j turned out. for such an occasion. In.
] their nightcaps and gowns, the stuj
dents left the dormitories to give a
cheering hand to the defeated gridmen,
thus showing the finest. school
spirit that has ever been manifested!
on the Appalachian campus.
At present the Appalachian gridmen
are working hard in preparation
for the contest with East Tennessee
j at Johnson City.
Bank of Blowing Rock
To Deliver Dividend
I
The Democrat is asked to annonce
that 10 per cent dividend checks due
the stockholders of the Bank of
Blowing Rock will be ready for distribution
Friday. Noucnther 20th at
i the office of Mr. Howard Holshousf
er, tile trustee. It will bo necessary
| for each stockholder applying for his
1 check to bring his certificate of
] stock, properly signed, for transfer,
j and receive a hew certificate with,
his check
Mr. Hotshouser states that no
' check can be delivered until the.
j stock certificates mentioned are de|
iivored.
HOUGHTON, GRAGG
IN HAPPY MEETING
; Congressman and Defeated Opponent
Center of Happy Group
as they Swap Stories
Congress man Ft. L. Doughlon and
his unsuccessful opponent. Mayor
Watt Grajcsr met Thursday at The
Democrat office as a srroup gathered
I for the purpose of tendering con!
gratulations to Mr. Doughton, and
the two went into a good-natured
huddle over their campaign experiences,
each assuring the other that
no personal thrust had been heard
; during the hot campaign in which
| they had engaged.
Incidentally, Mr. Gragg produced
. a copy of a telegram which he had
j sent Mr. Doughton, congratulating1
1 him on his victory, and which said:
"Permit me to extend you my
cheerful and wholehearted congratulations
in your smashing victory a-t
the polls last Tuesday. The people
spoke?you are their choice; we entered
the campaign as friends, wo
close it with warm friendship on my
' part. You are my congressman; as
! in the past. I U nder you my loyal
j and wholehearted co-operation in the
interest of all Lhe people.
"\V. H. Gragg."
i Mr. Doughton expressed deep apj
preciation of the message, which he
I said was the second he had received
from an opponent. The other, which
is cherished by Mr. Doughton, came
from the late Hon. Frank A. hinney,
I of Boone.
CLOSE FOR ARMISTICE
The bank, postoffice and practically
all other business houses of the
city were closed Wednesday in celebration
of Armistice Dav.
The Presidential Vote
Latest revised tabulations of Tuesday's
presidential popular vote as
compiled by the Asociated Press Saturday
show: Total voting districts,
122.72C: districts reported, 110,131;
districts unreported, 12,64.1; Roosevelt
vote, 25,772,987; London vote,
15,962,703: Roosevelt plurality, 9,810.
284; Lemke vote, 650,849;
Thomas t Socialist) vote, 108,001;
Brower (Communist i vote, 56,648;
Colvin l Prohibitionist) vote, 12,330;
Aiken ,Sociali3t-Laboritc) vote, 6,415.
Totai vote counted, 42,569,931.