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! The Week in | Washington i A RESUME OF GOVEKNMEN- j ; MENTAL HAPPENINGS IN , | THE NATIONAL CAPITAL T, i Washington, March 30.?Rising T/iicos of consumer goods and the labor situation are the main worries of the administration, and are regarded by many as constituting the crisis' which President Roosevelt ^poke of when he asked congress to authorize him to make changes in ihe supreme court so that emergen.??? lomolol mr? ?LI V*/* IteLI t institutional. That prices are rising faster than the incomes of most Americans are rising is disclosed by officical statistic^ of the government, and that thla process will continue so long as the government continues to operate on :x>rrowed money, is the gist of the warning sounded by Governor Marriner S. Eccles, of the Federal Reserve board. Mr. Eccles' proposed remedy is to cut down federal exnendiLures and impose new taxes, in order to balance the budget as soon as I possible. This is not in acc?ir.l wit-h 1 the ideas of some other members of the cabinet, who <lo not want to have the expenditures of their departments curtailed. On the other hand, Secretary Wal- _ lace of agriculture, has indorsed Mr. P Secies' views, and Secretary Roper, * of commerce agrees, while Treasury 1 Secretary Morgenthau is resisting as J strongly as he can the demands of the. spenders to be allowed to keep on spending. J Inflation Warning The force of Mr. Eccles' warning has not been lost on the leaders in congress, who have been warned many times from other sources that v unless there is a firm checck upon c the present inflationary trend there t is great danger of another collapse n which might be as serious as that of c 1929 and which, if it should occur t before the election of 1910, would seriously affect the chances of the c Democratic party continuing hi u power. But offsetting that in the !\ minds' of many leaders are considera- li t ice us of immediate political concern, o Spending money, particularly for | a rolljtf, makes votes; to stop spending* 1 f it might lose enough votes in many I districts to unseat congressmen who! b will come up for re-election next a year. Also taxes arc unpopular, un- Li less they can be imposes! only on a wealthy Individuals and corporations, ii That those who are now paying tax- tl ? in iSn "iinncr._iirackets" cart pav d enough more to bring the federal b outgo an<l income into balance is n considered doubtfui. 1; Tha! means that any new income '' taxes must be spread downward, to 1' reach the lower incomes, which wouW Ik1 politically risky, or must J be in tire, form of excise taxes 0:1 commodities, which might be equally unpopular. However, congressional economists and tax advisers am diligenty studying the possibilities in e: ixrth of those fields. There is talk S or new excise taxes on coffee, tea, r sugar?which seems quite, certain? ?.\ salt and steel and electrical ap- p i'liiaaues. .lust at present both sou- 0 ate and house spokesmen are saying ii that no now taxes will tie necessary, c That can be dismissed as tire usual line of political talk heard every C year at this period in congressional ti session. Tire practice has been, and C doubtless will be this year, to "hush- a hush" on taxation until aiong in s July or August, and then rush $ through a now tax bill. c Labor Poliey Needed P Out of the labor situation precipi- ^ taled by the "sit-down" strikes in a the automobile industry has arisen a c strong demand for the clarification 31 of the. government's labor- policy. n rnere is, indeed, no definite laDor policy on which all elements in the h administration are agreed. The tl major item of labor legislation, the e. Wagner labor relations act, is still o: before the supreme court awaiting decision as to its constitutionality. E That it is an inadequate tool in any J serious labor dispute is indicated by the fact that it has not been invoked in the automobile strikes. It places a no power in the government to in- a tervene unless the organized workers e in an industry call on the national e' labor relations board for aid. Em- e ployers cannot, under the Wagner tl act, take the initiative in calling for b a decision as to the rights or wrongs tl of a dispute with their employees, ei and no power is lodged in any gov- si eminent agency to compel workers to accept the labor board's decisions ir if thev should be contrarv to the e: workers' demands. Regardless of n the constitutionality of the Wagner n act, there is a general concensus d that an entirely different kind of labor legislation is needed. Hie rail- H way labor mediation law has worked admirably in maintaining excellent relations between railway workers and tine roads, and under it the railway brotherhoods have not only c maintained the respect and good will ir of the companies and the public, but n have steadily bettered their own eco- v. nomic condition. Searchers for a p new federal labor policy point to J this mediation law as a good base to start from, while much study is be- v, ing- given to the British labor act t< which places much more responsibil- fj (Continued on page 8.) ti WAT An ln< (TOL. XLV1II, NO. 33 Oldest Justice I I |j 31 ^^Wlif fk ~ m r Washington.?Justice Willis Van co Deventer is the oldest member of ^ the supreme court in point of vpc service. He was appointed by a* President Taft and has served 26 a years as a member of the highest I* court. iw CHURCH TO BE | ERECTED IN TOWN : Of ei >rcsbytcrians Close Deal For za Property; Modern Structure er to Be Erected Soon A deal was closed last Friday cc /hereby the Holston Presbytery be- i ame the owner of the Dr. Robert \ Ling property on Howard street 1111 ear the cemetery and a modern jni hurch structure will be erected for | he Presbyterian denomination, ar Mr. J. D. Faucette )f Bristol, ' hairnian of U\e home mission board ! ^ f the Presbytery and Rev. John ! lartin, superintendent and cvange- j I* ist, negotiated the deal for the prop- [al rtv which has a frontage on Howard j st trect of 100 f< et and a depth of 130 *>2 oct. of Information is that plans for the ac uilding will be prepared promptly l)> nd it is the purpose of the Presby- nc tuy to proceed immediately therefter with actual construction. PendTg the advices of the architect ('1 lore was no information as to the ar etails. hut it waa stated that" the 9J uuuuig, \vniie not particularly com-1 iJl iodic us. would represent the very j fo itc-st thought in church construe- i on and would likely be built of nave stone. c 'roposes Gift of Ginseng To China Mr. A. M. Banner, of Sugar Grove, WJ xhibited two roots of ginseng here aturd&y, which had grown into the as smarkable likeness of a man and a roman. The roots have been in the NV' ossession of Mr. Banner for more Sh lan 20 years, and the largest, weigh- U1 lg one pound when dug, has shriv- ^ led to a mere four ounces. ^c Ginseng, which is cherished by the jiiinese for its supposed prolongsion of life, is most desired in the .vv Orient when it attains the shape of n? human being. Mr. Banner undertands that in such cases it is worth 300 to $400 per ounce, and is not P onsuined, but practically worshiped by the Chinese. Accordingly, [r. Banner has interviewed the man- I ger of a large Chinese temple in. hicago, and will allow him to pre- wl :nt the strange tubers to the Chi- Si ese government. tr. Mr. Banner says he would rather a ave the friendship of one-fourth of tie earth's population than the mon- nv y which would accrue from the sale of f the ginseng. ar ??? hi :AGLE DEGREE CONFERRED bs JPON ROBERT KING, JR. th ?_ in Members of the Boone, College wl nd Blowing Rock Boy Seoul troops sa nd a number of visitors were presnt at the Methodist church Friday a vening when Robert King. Jr., re- ye eived the Eagle Scout degree, being pa le only boy in the county to have een elevated to the highest rank in Ei le organization. A number of othr Scouts received promotions and iveral merit badges were granted. Dr. Robert King presided at the Wj leeting, and Rev. Paul Townsend 0f etended a welcome. H. Banks Now- a, - ?J ian, of Winston-Salem, Scout com- pr dssioner for the Winston-Salem ga istrict, addressed the gathering-. jji rrout Fishing Season u Will Begin April 15th m Raleigh, Ma'-ch 30.?The annual of losed season for fresh water fish- vs lg will begin April 1 and end May ha 0, except in a tier of counties in of estern North Carolina, -where the ve eriod will extend from April 15 to du une 10. Trout fishing in the mountains St ill open April 15 and last until Sep- to ;mber 1, and small-mouth bass th shing will begin June 11 and con- sq hue through October 1. an AUG dependent Weekly New BOONE. WATAUGA COUN' UNEMPLOYMENT \CT AFFECTS 91 WATAUGA PEOPLE ight Establishments Come Under Provisions ol Unemployment Compensation Act; Guilford Leads State in Number of Employers and Employees Watauga county has eight estab inments with 91 employees who me under the provisions of the wly-enacted unemployment cominsation act, according- to records mpiled for 1936 in the office of the orth Carolina Unemployment ComMisation commission. These figures e approximately correct since only few employers had failed to re>rt when they were compiled. Employers of less than eight works arc not under the act but may duntarily come under it, and thus ve the protection larger employers e required to give their workers of i assured income during unemployent brought about through no fault their own. Farm and home work's, employees of non-profit organiitions, sailors, government worK*i s and a few other classes are ex* hpt. Guilford leads the North Caroliird unties in numbers of employees^ Mowed by Forsyth, Mecklenburg iston, Cabarrus, Durham and Al&ij ance, while Mecklenburg leads ig imbcrs of employers, followed fcji iilford, Wake, Forsyth. BuncomM id Durham in order. In fact, seven counties, GuilfordS orsyth, Mecklenburg, Gaston, CaS irrus, Durham and Alamance, ra irted 170,611 workers, or more than 1 of the other 93 counties in thl ate combined. The state had 438)| 6 employees under the provision^ the unemployment compens&tiojR :t, but 56,1154 of these arc reported r out-of-state employers and are ?t credited to any county. . One county, Camden, had no orn-' oyer or employee under the ^ac.t; irrituck had one employer; Qfeeno id Pamlico, two employers Jeaclj* ay, Jones and Stokes, thrct! embers each; !L?d Ty***llr lir eo/?h n^ runswick, Caswell, Graham and islow, five employers each. )fficer Is Wounded As Gun Discharges Dt puty Sheriff Charles Thompson is seriously injured Saturday by e accidental discharge of his gun, he stepped into an automobile in >onc. The .45 automatic, which is carried in a holster 011 the right :ie of tile officer, fired, for some .known reason, and Uic bullet raiigthrougii the tower part of the abimen. Mr. Thompson was taken immeately to a Winston-Salem hospital, here recent reports indicate that : is improving and it is believed at ne wm recover. !ural Mail Carrier In Service 28 Years Mr. A. M Banner of Sugar Grove, ho retire<l last summer from the igar Grove rural mail route, has aveled something over a quarter of million miles in line of duty. Mr. Banner began carrying the ail in 1908 and served the patrons the route for 28 years, 10 months id 15 days, and for 17 years made s 26 mile journey daily on horseick. For many years thereafter e trip was made by automoile durg the summer and in the saddle hen winter made the roads impas.ble for motor vehicles. Mr. Banner's resignation came as result of injuries received several ars ago, which eventually incaicitated him. MORY AND HENRY GRID SQUAD MEETS A. S. T. C. The Appalachian football team ill meet Coach Billy Bavall's squad Rmni-v and H<?nrv VriHnu pril 2, in the first of a series of ?posed practice games. A return ime will be played at Emory and :nry the following Friday. According to announcements by le athletic committee, admission 111 be free to everyone, and all are vited and urged to attend. Emory and Henry is expected to fer strong opposition. Coach LalH is recognized for his ability, wing led sports at the .University South Carolina and Furraan Uniirsity before taking up his present ities. However. Coaches Brewer and ewart are expecting Appalachian be in the line-up with several of e brilliant players of last year's uad, in addition to the new aspirits out for spring practice. A DE \ spaper?Establish ? m tin FY, NORTH CAROLfl THURS r?=;/ "" = Icoming Spi Los Angeles.?Now we know \ vioinists are part of the 1,500 piec< 'for an outdoor rehearsal. They ar ;of America, a non-profit organizati Los Angeles alone. Sugar Grove | 100 Years 0 By V. B MAST. I; The current year marks the cen- ! tennial of Sugar Grove postoffice.! This office was established March 23. 1837, and was named Sugar reprove l>ecause of the vast number of Kiugar maples grooving in this scc\ f^ion at that time. Records show that j At is the oldest postoffice in exist! liice in Watauga county to have re\ feined its original name. * ^ In July, 1S23, Councill's Store was jSWtablished with Jor<ian Gouncill as E fcMc first postmaster) It held that t g&me until June 20, 1850, when it j ? '^as changed to Boone. Watauga' COUMTV was not nro-n rii-yn^l tiriHl I fcgfCSJ" 1849 and was prior to that time Ta part of Ashe county. j AiiC ?u?b j.iv?>i.iii;?3Lcr ?L * uug ixln; Grove was John Mast, grandson of Jolin Mast who emigrated to Amor-! j ica from Switzerland in 1750. According to the records, the first! official mail route to supply Sugar Grove was established between this j postoffice and Morganton on April! 13, 1837, less than a month after the office was established. This route; afforded the only known means of j communication with the outside i world at that time. Leaving Mor- j ganton on Friday at 10 o'clock a. m.,' the carrier was scheduled to travel j up Johns River and arrive, at Sugar i Grove the next uay at 1 p. m. He' was -to leave Sugar Grove or. Thursday at 6 a. in. and arrive at Mor-, g an ton the next day by 9 a. m. This J trip was made once a week by horseback. Some idea of the isolated condition of this mountain section at that time may be gained from the statement of Newton Banner, who is now 91 years old, that when he carried the DUKE AWARDS GO TO BANNER ELK ! Grace Hospital and Grandfath-j I er Grail ansa pa RomprnKopwl in Distribution of Funds Trustee of the Duke Endowment at a meeting held tn Charlotte Tuesday, appropriated $938,499.30 to 951 hospitals and 44 orphan homes in the Carolinas to aid them with the charity work they carried out last year. Of this amount $824,213 went to hospitals and $114,288.50 to orphan homes. It is anticipated that 28 additional hospitals will apply for aid on the basis of one dollar per day for approximately 148,000 free days I of care given in 1936. Of local interest i3 the gift of 59.I 522 to the Grace Hospital at Banner ' Elk, and $1,628.99 to the Grandfath1 or Orphans Home at the same place. The Mills Home at Thomasvlllc was granted $12,007.88, while the Children's Home at Winston-Salem received $7,487.70. CROP INSURANCE MEASURE PASSES Washington, March 30.?The sen house the administration's crop insurance bill, etting up a ?100,000,000 federal corporation to protect wheat growers against weather, insects and other natural hazards. If the plan works successfully with wheat, the administration may seek to extend it to other major ciops. MOC ; Year Eighteen Eighty-E: DAY, APRIL 1, 1937 ring With Music flppf iiicyi that spring is heiv. These young s children's orchestra got together e members of the Junior Musicians on that has over 5,000 members in Postoffice is Id March 23 mail from Lincointon to what is now Mountain City, Tcnn., 30 years later, there was only one building in i Hickory, and that on some trips his I mail from Lenoir to Sugar Grove I consisted of one letter and two week| fy newspapers, the Lenoir NewsTopic. These two papers were dclivI ered to a family by the name of I Whit taker, living at Sugar Grove i Mr. Banner i*elates Unit for a time | there was only one copy of the paper ; coming to the Whitakers and that the entire family wanted to read it i at once, which of course, could not ! hp dnno Tho fuUmi- ??* ' ~'i- >? - able to read in peace, subscribed1 for jta_ second copy of News-Topic, frence the two nev%3J>apers compris [rfr-H1?. Rpnrw>r'g mail If only two newspapers came into the section in 18G7, one wonders I what the residents knew of the outside world thirty or forty years biiI fore that time. Blowing- Rock pos toff ice was es| tablished July 2G, 1S58 with Silas I Coffey as postmaster. For some I reason this office was discontinued jon December 6, 18GG. It was re-esI tablished November 29, 1869. In 1844, Watauga postoffice was I established with Philip Sliull as post| master. The name was changed to ; Valle Crucis in 1845. AnoLiicr wf the older postotficcs 'was established as McB ride's Mill on j May 10. i860, with Hirman McBride as postmaster. The name of this office was changed to Amaniha, ; May 24, 1SS7. i The historical information regard-? | ing the above mentioned postoffiees l was furnished by K. P. Aidrich, chief I inspector of the postoffice departj rnent. IBLIND AID MAJOR | AIM LIONS CLUB Clinic for the More Needy Chil| dren of the County is Arranged; Extreme Cases First By DR. ROBERT R. KING Sight conservation and blind work constitute one of the major activities of the Lions clubs and at this time the Boone Lions club is working towards a splendid clinic for the more needy children of Watauga county. Only the worst eyes are being sought at this time, but at some future date the club hopes to see that every child in our county has an opportunity to have the advantages of an optical examination and correction where needed. Dr. Chas. B. Baughmar. will be the examiner at the clinic which will be Iuviu vii npi ii dui auu i lii in me instrict health office which is immediately above the postoffice in Boone The state commission for the blind is sending Dr. Baughman and will also send a representative of an optical company to fit frames and take orders for the glasses. This examination is entirely free and tht glasses are to be furnished at wholesale cost. The Lions club has sponsored this clinic for the benefit ol those who are unable to pay the regular fees and will expect those par ents or guardians who are able tf pay for the glasses which will be a1 a much reduced rate. Where neces sary to do so the Lions club here wil pay for the glasses for the child. Transportation will be furnishee (Continued on Page Eight) RAT ight 1 . m* S3.50 PER YEAR RUFUS D0UGHT0N I NAMED PRESIDENT ! IN BANK MERGER Election. With II. L. Doughton a:> Board Chairman, I-eroy B. Martin. Executive Vice Presirient, Feature Organization of New Board Consolidation of four banks into the Northwestern Bank, an institution with resources of approximately $3,000,000, serving- northwestern I North Carolina and having head ofJficcs in North Wikesboro, was comi pleteu at a meeting: of directors in that city Monday. Congressman Robert L. Doughton. of Laurel Springs, was elected chairman of the new bank; his brother. Rufus A. Doughton, of Sparta, presiI dent; C. C. Hunter, North Wilkesboro. vice president; Lerov B. Martin, Raleigh, executive vice president, and Edwin Duncan, North Wtlkesboro, secretary. The bank has an authorized capital stock of S500,000, and begins business with a fully paid-in capital of $150,000 and a surplus of $75,000. Charter was issued Saturday by Secretary of State Thad Eure and adopted at Monday's meeting. The new institution is a consolidaj tion of the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Bakersvillc and Burnsville, the Watauga County Bank of Boone | and Blowing Rock, the Bank of | Sparta and the Deposit & Savings j Bank of North Wilkcsboro. Branchj es will be maintained in Bakcrsville. j Boone, Blowing Rock, Burnsville and Sparta, in addition to the headquar! ters in North Wilkesboro. Boards of directors of the merged i banks were unanimously elected as | local boards of managers, j Leroy Martin, the only newcomer ! ir, thn nwwnJMCnt. * ... ? w u.b...UUULiuu, inio ivi ui<: jKiai. two years been vice president ami assistant trust officer in Charge of the trust department of Wachovia Bank and Trust company's Raleigh office. lie was formerly executive secretary of the state school commission. Robert I. Doughton. chairman Qi the board, has been congressman from the ninth district for 30 years. He is chairman of the ways and means committee in the house of representatives. He is one of the most influential men in the state, particularly in the northwestern section. Governor Rufus A. Doughton has been connected with public affairs of the state for more than 40 years For most of that period he held office. He was appointed chairman of the highway commission in 192?"to (Continued on page 8) BASEBALL. TEAM MAY BE ORGANIZED HERE At the Tuesday meeting of the Boone Athletic club plans were made for organization, of a baseball team. All those interested in baseball are requested to be present at the next meeting, Tuesday, April 6, at 8:00 o'clock in the club's recreational hali. Those expecting to play on the team will be required to become, members ui me ciuo. The club greatly appreciates the aid given by the town, which has given and furnished with lights, heat and seats, a meeting place, and Mr. Tatum, of the City Meat Market, who gave us $2.00 toward getting athletic equipment. All those interested in recreation, regardless of age, wishing to join the club at the present rate of 50 cents will have to do so before the next meeting when the rate advances to 75 cents. These dues can be paid to any of the directors. Hie ciub plans to sponsor recreational activities of all kinds from checkers to baseball. Other cultural activities will be sponsored. Later similar clubs will be formed in adjoining towns and competition in all forms of activities will be carried on.?Reported. Grand Old Opry Unit To Appear Next Week Mrs. Shelton Penn, supervisor of . the adult educational work in. Wat1 auga county, announces that a unit I of the Grand CHd "Opry" from radio station VVSM, Nashville, will appear in the courthouse in Boone Wednesday and Thursday, April 7-S, and that the proceeds from an admission of 15 and 25 cents will be used to further the adult educational program in the county. The troop to appear in Boone is headed by Robert Lunn, the talking blues artist, and the I-akeland sisters, singing cowgirl, with Happy - A1 Hicks, blackface commedian and 1 Rambling Red Majors, fiddler. The program will be varied and enterl taming and the public is cordially invited to attend.
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