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! The Week in j Washington j A RESUME OF GOVEBNHKNMKNTAL HAPPENINGS IN I THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington, Nov. 26.?While the air of Washington is full of predictions and rumors as to the policies of the second administration of President Roosevelt, a great deal of tHL#J lkind of tftlV io m the. ran of triaJ balloons. Suggestion? are made that the Presider*t is considering this that 01* the other line of action, birt that does not by any means prove that the particular policy has been decided upon. The public reaction 1o such tentative suggestions is expected to be more influential now than it has been in the past. So far there is no program sufficiently crystallized to wan-ant the prediction that it will even be presented to eong rws That does not mean that there arc not numerous persons in high positions in the administration who have pex plans which they will try to get congressional sanction for; it is simply that the President is believed to have refrained from committing. himself to any of these individual plant. Berry and I^abor .A figure who will probably be j heard of more within the next few moviL'ns is Major Geo. L Berry, who ] hat the title of co-ordinator for industrial co-operation. Major Berry is president of the Internationa* Printing Pressmen's union, but in addition to that has large business interests and is regarded as a wealthy man Berry's pet idea is to bring: busi.liess organizations into co-operation with the labor organizations, looking toward a voluntary set-up much along the lines of the NRA. Major Berry is a man of great force and an able public speaker, and probably can do as much in this field as anyone else who could be named. He is close in the President's confidence and enthusiastic over the project of bringing about better teamwork between-employers and employees. "Washington is speculating over the* probable consequences of a split in the ranks of organized labor as this may affect the administration's labor program. John Lewis, president of the Miners' union and leader of the revolt in the labor ranks, is regarded as having presidential ambHioiiK: a. many persons of influence, who would be glad t.o go along with his program for labor organization by industries instead of by crafts, hesitate to throw in with Lewis, it is said, because they don't like the idea of mixing up in what mav turn out later tp be a political, movement. Win a nt On Job Again There is gratification in Washington that John G. Winant, former Republican governor of New Hampshire, who was the first chairman of the fxicia! security l>oard, has been recalled to that post. Gov. Winant resigned last summer in order to take the stump for President Roosevett to reply to the attacks being made upon the social security act. Washington regards Gov. Winar.tj as a conscientious and able adniinis- j tratdr an<' probably the best informed man . America on social security laws of otlier countries and tlic way they operate. It is regarded here as reasonably certain that some improvements in the social security act will have to be made, and Governor Wjnant's leadership and counsel will be needed. The staunch friend and supporter of President Roosevelt, F. C. Walker, who was one of the first Roosevelt-for-President men away hack in 1930, is being talked about here as the probable successor to Postmaster General Farley. The belief grows that Mr. Farley will resign on or before inauguration day, January 20, and Mr. Walker is regarded as the logical choice. Walker has demonstrated his executive capacity and organizing ability in setting up and starting off numerous federal agencies, the adi.uiustration of which was later turned over to others. The President has a high regard for Mr. Walker and if he Is not made postmaster general the probability is that he will be placed in some equally important post. Eastman's R. R. Ideas Joseph C. Eastman, chairman of the interstate commerce commission, has been gradually swinging around to the belief that the only solution for the problem of the railroads is government ownership, although when he was first appointed railway coordinator, he was inclined to regard government ownership as a last resort. Mr. Eastman is r.ow trying to develop a workable plan which would take under the federal government's wing all the other forms of interstate transportation, such as trucks and buses, as well as the railroads. The Rockefeller Letter mica aunu u. rcocKeiei'cr, jr., a staunch lifelong- Republican and a heavy contributor to the Republican campaign fund, ivroto a letter to Chairman Farley of the Democratic national committee, complimenting him upon his statesmanlike utter' ances after the election, people in Washington began to realize Lhat the (Continued on page 8) WA1 An \ ======== VOL. XLVHI, NO. 21 At While House "King: Norbest I," above, was ad-| judged the finest of one million tur-! keys, raised by members of the! Northwestern Turkey Growers asso-j ciation. He was from the farm of Ed Spaulding of Provo, Utah, and by virtue of his excellence he is gracing the festive board at the White House today. LION'S CLUB HAS BEEN FORMULATED Charles T. Zimmerman is Heat! of Clull! rhnrior ivipotinar it Being Planned A local Lion's Club was organized at a dinner meeting held at the Daniel Boone hotel last Friday evening, and Charles T. Zimmerman was named president. Other officers are: Dr. Wm. M. Mathexon, vice president; Rev. J. C. Car dp e, second vice president; Herman Wilcox, third vice president; Wade E. Brown, secretary-treasurer; Bernard Dougherty, lion-tamer; R. w. Watkins, tailtwister. The following were constitute as a board of directors: A S. Harris, M. I Clark, Dr. R: I-i Haiman and L>. L. Wilcox. Larry Slater, a special ropresentn tiye of Lion X* 1 Icrnational,. presided at the initial meeting and assisted in the organization of the local club. A delegation from the Lions Club of Lenoir, headed by Dr. C. W. Ashburn, and from Slatesvilie by Past President Gil'dam, were present and both gentlemen made brief speeches, congratulating the newly-formed organization The list of club members is as follows: Dr. Amos A brains, Wade E. Brown, Rev. J. C. Canipe, M. L Clark, P. A. Coffey, W. B. Collins, Councill Cooke, M. B. Craven. D Bernard Dougherty, T. M. Dunklcy, Dr. J. B. Hagaman, Dr. R. H. Harman, A. S. Harris, J. L. Harrison, Wiley G. Hartzog, A. E. Hodges, Richard E. Kelley, J. C. Lasley, Dr. W. M. Matheson. J. A. MuiUna, Frank M. Payne, Will T. Pugh, R. YV. VVatkina, Dr. D. J. Whitener, P L. Wilcox, Herman Wilcox, E. F. Wilson, Prof. J. H. Wolfe. Charles T. Zimmerman, James K. Councill. Purposes of Club The purposes of a Lions club, it is explained, is more than good fellowship and club social life, important as these are. Its purpose is to recognize communityf needs, to discover means of meeting those needs and I either by independent effort or j through co-operation with other j agencies, effect a remedy. In pursuance of this purpose the 2,736 Lions cluba in the association successfully completed a total of 24,895 community activities during the past year. "Lionism," say the officials, "is an active and efficient vehicle for united civic effort and enterprise, a helpmate to every worthy community endeavor." KILLED CROSSING ROAD Mrs. Julia Canter, 60, was almost instantly killed Tuesday afternoon near North Wilkesboro, when she was struck by a car driven by M. LWhittington of Reddies River. Mrs. Canter stepped into the side of the machine as she attempted to cross the road and died on the way to a hospital. Whittington was held pending' an official mvestie-aUnn PEEPING TOM SENTENCED Carroll White, Hickory youth, has been sentenced to five months on the roads on a charge of peeping into a girls' dormitory at Lenoir-iihyne College late Sunday night. He was given another 30 days for being drunk and appealed both cases to superior court. IMPORT CATFISH A supply of Mississippi channel catfish has been planted in the Yadkin and Catawba rivers, according to the state fisheries commissioner. j AUG Independent Weekly Ne* BOONE. WATAUGA CC&jfc COLLEGE EXPERT i TO HELP IN PORK KILLING, CURING It. E. Nance and County Agent Collins to Co-operate' With Farmers i n Demonstrating Approved Means of Taking Care of Pork Mr. R. E. Nance, animal husbandman at State College, will be in the county on December 2, 3, 4 for the purpose of giving demonstrations in killing hogs and in cutting and curing pork. County Agent W. B. Collins, who makes announcement of the demonstrations, urges all farmers and farm women who are interested in better methods of killing, dressing, cutting and curing hogs, to attend one of the meetings arranged and find out the way to handle pork and make it most palatable. A hog is .still a hog. says Mr. Collins, regard les3 of how he is dressed, but bacon, shoulders, hams and other portions of a hog are much more palatable when the hog has been properly killed and properly cured. Following is the list of the times and places at which Mr. Nance will P"iv#? tho On Wednesday, December 2, at 9 a. m.f he will give a hog killing ana dressing demonstration at Mrs. W. Y. Farthings on the Beaver Dam road. Wednesday. December 2, at 2 p. m.. he will give a hog killing and dressing demonstration at the farm of R. J. Cook on old Deerfiekl road. Bamboo community. December 3, at 9 a. m? he will give a demonstration on cutting and curing pork at the farm of Mrs. W. Y. Farthing on the Beaver Dam road. On December 3, at 2 p. m., he will give a demonstration on cutting and curing pork at the home of R. J. Cook on old Denrfield road. On December 4, at 9 a m., Mr. Nance will give a pork cutting and curing demonstration at the home of H E. Deal at Sugar Grove. REDCRDSSDRfVE IS NEARING END Eleventh Hour Work on the Part of Canvassers Expected to Add Many Members The local Red Cross organization is bonding every efrort at the eleventh hour to put Waluuga county over the top in the roll call campaign, and the response is satisfactorily large. The complete list of those persons alio have enlisted in the organization will be published next week, and below are the new members since the last issue of the local newspaper: Maude Cathcart, Dr. F E. Warman. J. M. Downum, A J. Greene, Vance Howell, Dr. Wiley Smith. A. Antonakos, William Grubbs, Mary Williams, Mrs Douglas Redmond, Ida Belle Ledbetter, Lily Dale, Mrs. Emma Moore, Homer R. Compton, Mrs. VV. W. Williams, J. T. C. Wright, Ann Wetmore, H. R. Eggers, E. E. Garbee, Thursa Steed, Dolly LeMay, Jennie Todd, Carrie Smith, Bernard Dougherty. R. W. Watkins. Dr. J. D. Rankin, Frank Payne, Mrs. Frank Payne. Dr. J. B. Hagaman, Mrs. W. B. Collins, Mrs. J. M. Gaither, Mrs. Mae Miller, Paul Townsend, Mrs. Paul Townsend, Mayflower Beauty Shop, Mrs. W. E. Boyden, M. B. Craven. Benjamin Taylor, J. E. Holshouser, Mrs. A. Y. Howell, D. L. Wilcox, Mrs. T. Len Cooke, Mrs. Gordon Winkler. Ed G. Farthing. Mrs. G. C. Winkler, Mrs. Herman Wilcox. Mrs. J. G. Greene, Dean Bingham, Mrs. Frank Critcher, J. A. Your.t, Mrs. .Ruth Isaacs. Johnnie Barnett, Mrs. Cliff McConncll, Mrs. John Morris. Mrs. H. B. Perry. Cove Creek DcWitt Brown, Stanley A. Harris, Stanley A. Harris, Jr., S. F. Horton, \jrcvr?t5 r^rming, Ajinie juougnerty, Mrs. P. G. Spainhour, Gordon Spainhour, Mrs. N, L. Mast, Martha Harris, Mrs. Enoch Swift. Carolina PharmacyGives Loving Cup The Carolina Pharmacy has donated a loving cup which will be given the winner of dramatics at the Appalachian High School Association's harvest festival, which will be decided at the college Monday evening, December 7th. The finals In the music contests will be determined in the afternoon. The contest, both afternoon and evening, will be held in tne college auditorium and Mr. E. E. Oarbce, member of the college faculty, who i3 in charge of the event, desires to extend a most cordial invitation to | the general public to attend. ? de aper?Established in th >*Y. NORTH CAROr.TNA TH1 rTT< The above scene shows workers curity Board in Washington, inquirin i age pension act which goes into effcj employers have returned the blanks uic number of employees, and the h which to apply for an "account numfc Watauga 4-H Bi At Asheville Fai WARREN TRIAL iS SET FOR FRIDAY Dan Jones Succumbs From Gunshot Wound Alleged to Have Been Made by Prisoner A preliminary hearing for Roby Warren, Zionville resident, charged with the slaying of Dan Jones, BrisI tol man, is to be the sole business of the special session of Recorder's court, arranged for next Friday, the continuance from Tuesday having beer, granted in order to give defense attorneys sufficient time to prepare their defense Attorneys W. R. Loviil and T. C. Bowie, it is said, have been retained by the defendant, while Solicitor Charles T. Zimmerman will conduct the prosecution. Upon the rcnuit-ef the preliminary, it is said, will depend the defendant's chances nf p-ivlnc Jones, who - received a_ shotgun wound in the lower abdomen at Warren's house, folio wing- what is described as a 'drinking: party", succumbed m the Banner Bilk hospital, where at no time was there any hopes held out for his recovery. Reins-Sturdivant, local mortuary establishment, unable to locate relatives, interred the body in the cemetery on the county farm, west of town TO BUILD 14,000 SEATS Planning the most generous seating accommodations ever provided for such a ceremony, the capita! architect's office has contracted for 14,000 seats for President Roosevelt's mid-winter inauguration. A Salute t< Following is a text of a radio address delivered by Attorney Wade E. Brown of Boone. The address was [ broadcast over the facilities of Station WWNC, Asheville .and was announced as "A Salute to Watauga County": Ladies and Gentlemen of the Radio Audience: I would not be so vain as to say that Watauga county is the best county in North Carolina; certainiy we would not admit that it is anything else, but those of us who j live there and know something of its beauty and grandeur love it beyond power to describe, and judging from those who come within our borders, our love and esteem is well founded. "Beautiful River," for that is the description given by the Indians who dwelt there before us and from which description our county was named, is extremelv well taken be cause the clear, sparkling waters and the grand old mountains have been admired by seekers of beautiful things from all corners of the world. Nestling on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga county lies in the northwestern section of our great state, bordering our sister state of Tennesseec. It was fornvd in 1849 from Ashe county by mutual consent, in contrast to the usual hard, feeling that went with the formation of one county from another. It is divided into fourteen townships with a total population of around 15,000 inhabitants, almost all of which are of the highest type of natural bom. rural white American citizens. Boone is the county seat, the only other incorporated town fceirg Blowing Reck. Watauga dounty i3 in the drert path of the Park to Park highway and its 'ocation and other numerous natutal advantages nake it the center of activitv for northwest MOC1 e Year Eighteen Eighty-Eij ;DAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1936 Social | ? iwWI mm Rcrowding: the offices of the Social Se- J g about different phases of the old ? t January 1. In Boone practically all ^ distributed by the postoffice showing |{ itter have been forwarded blanks on ' cr" under the provisions of the act. __ __ 1 ovs Make Good * L Stock Showing Ol D ?Coiuicill Henson, 13, Carries Off < Showmanship Honors in Keen I Competition; ShcLti a Dugger 1 j Wins Second Place With ] Hereford Entry j ; Watauga county had two entries < in the Asbeville Fat Stock show i t hist week that really made a good j showing. c Council lienson of Vilas, who is r only 13 years old, carried off the j j showmanship honors by winning r j the contest in competition with 30 c other 4-H club members from ten s ! counties of Western North Ca.ro- ? j liiia. This was Young lienson's ^ first experience in the show ring, ? j and he did a wonderful job at | showing his calf. The calf was I also placed eighth in the 4-H j heavy weight class competition c with 10 other fat calves. j ^ Shelton Dugger of Vilas, won j \ j second place in the 4-H club light- j wr-ight ela?? with his neat little, Hereford calf. Ilis calf w on j j second place In the open light- j j weight cisssr This calf vv?s brwl j, on the farm of Mr. John Dugger, j v father of Shelton. j e Young Henson won $6.23 in cash , prizes on his calf and also a nice , leather show haltar and scotch j comb for the showmanship contest. A His calf weighed 830 pounds and sold at auction for 10c per pound. Dugger's calf won 827.00 in prizes, weighed 680 pounds and \ sold at uaction for 10Vic per j pound. j This was the second annual fat j siock snow To be held in Aslieville : and it was a great success. The ^ grand champion calf sold for 25c \c per pound and the GO calves on cm- | hibition sold for an average of . $9.25 pejr hundred. | o Watauga j ern North Carolina and a considerable portion of northeastern Tennessee. A3 Watauga county is the center of this section of the state, so is Boone the center of Watauga county. Unlike the usual small town, Boone is hustling' with activity and yet with the towering mountains all about, it gives one the feelinw r%Y ^r?_ 1 n ? i?-- 1 .1 joyment and contented security. The | great pioneer from whom she receiv- ! ed her name was so impressed with the location that he built his cabin on what is now the campus of Appa- ; j lachian State Teachers College, i under the protecting branches of a < giant oak tree, and lived there from I 1760 to 1769. It is a modern town l with some 1,500 inhabitants and has.i constantly grown from a small set- ! i tlement to its present standing. It j i has the advantage of being a cultur- , i ed town, yet close enough to the e masses that it has not lost its com- < mon touch. Boone is said to con- \ tain among her inhabitants a great- ] er portion of college graduates than: OlmAot onsr oiV.-.? -? -? vwjci wwu in existence j | per capita. , ; A3 Boone is recognized as the < | trading center of our section of the t state, so is Blowing Rock recognized as a famous resort town and community, and as mountains afford protection to Boone. Blowing Rock is literally on top of the world and looks only to the grace of God for ' her protection As an example of ' the pinacle upon which the little ' town is located, the division of tne 1 elevated portion of Main street is ! the dividing line which determines whether the falling rain will flow j* into the Atlantic ocean or into the) ;Guif of Mexico. Many have been the) j limes as a barefoot lad have I cooled!' (Continued on i'age S) j RAT $ 1.50 PER YEAR CONFERENCE ON ft 4 T F^n ni * ir f* r*T * MLto 1'AA Wil l. BE HELD ON 10TH Clyde R. Greene of Boone, One of Those Who Will Confer With Governor-Elect Iioey in December in Regard to 3 Per Cent Levy Mr. Clyde P?. Greene of Boone, a member of Uie board of directors of Lhe North Carolina Merchants Association, has been, appointed on a committee of state merchants to confer with Governor-elect Clyde ft Floey on the state sales tax The conference is scheduled to be held in Raleigh on Deceinbr 10th and Mr. Greene staled Tuesday that he would lttend the meeting:. The conference was announced in Raleigh by Willard Doweli. executive secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association as an effort to make the administration of the sales Lax less objectionable to the merchants and the consumers who pay the tax. Mr. Hoey, after a meeting with Mr. Doweli Friday, decided on the xmference. Tt is pointed out that :he merchants have not changed heir position on the sales tax, but since it is here it is the desire toteep as much North Carolina traoe it home as possible, to produce a much revenue as it will, to offend the :ollector and the consumer who pays he tax as little as it can. Mr. Dowell states that his office >r any member of the committee tamed to confer with Air. Hoey will >e glad to receive suggestions from ncrchants and consumers as to any changes tht should be made in the ales tax statute or in its adminisrative or collection features if the ax should be re-enacted by the 1937 general assembly. hi addition to Air. Greene, the committee to confer with Mr. Hoej' is omposed of J. H. Early, Winston>alem. J H, Blount. Greenville; O v. Swaringen, Concord; L L Lee. Vsheville; G W. Dowdy, Charlotte; t. A. Schiffman, Greensboro; J. C Villiams. Wilmington; C. C. Shell, toanpke Rapids; D. A. Downy, tiigii ?oint; R. R. Gay. Rocky Mount, Sdwia Elarle, Jr., Salisbury: T. M liihter, Fayetteville, and Mr. DowU; MEWWPA GRANTS IN THIS COUNTY ? \/ TLJ A. ^ M. M. ioone High School Structure, Blowing Rock Playground Recently Approved An additional allotment of $2*1,559.81 for the construction of the Boone high school building: $8,471.70 or a county-wide program of school ?pairing, and $4,640.30 for the development of a playground at Blowng Rock, constituted Watauga, couny's share of WPA money as allotted >y the state oft ices at Raleigh late ast week. Fifty-two relief projects were ap>roved at the time, involving federal ind sponsors funds totalling close :o three-quoters of a million dollars. The batch of projects, made public >y George W. Coan, Jr., state WPA idministrator, was one of the largest groups ever approved in one day. rhe largest individual allotment, vas S215,ul7 for sewing room activities ir. Guilford county. Prizes Awarded For Red Cross Windows The window at Mullins & Clay's p-ooery store was adjudged the best n the recent Red Cross decoration. ar?/J ?? ?? S ?1 -J ? *' ' ?.J U>? .. ... .inuiuoi uie ursi Drizc of $5.00. The window was nade by the Home Economics Club it the College; second prize of $2.00 cent to the Thalian Laterary Society 'or their arrangement of a window it Belk-White Co., and third prize >f $1.00 went to the Lovill Club, this >rganizatk>n having prepared the vindow display at the Carolina Pharmacy. The windows, designed to publicize he Red Cross roll call campaign vere all well done, and were the ausc of much favorable comment on he part of passersby. TURKEY SHIP ARRIVES The Turkey Express, a tri-motored Diane, roared down at Fairbanks, \laska, Tuesday after a flight icros, 6,00 miles of snowy wasteland, searing a ton and a quarter of freshly-dressed Canadian turkeys for Fairbanksf Thanksgiving dinner* ables. r/3? - v-\*tySbBwRa>! aflSKJM*Ti.V HI ; yM Women have been ruled out of the irillage of becoming priests of the Atigelican church in England. V .'. "'i
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