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The Week in Washington A RESUME OF GOVEItNMENMENTAL HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington. May 2.?The President has gone to fish for tarpon in the. waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ri*r i.- musing me mp as a gesture ri oi friendliness toward Jesse Jones, the six-foot-six Texas newspaper publisher, banker and capitalist who is the head of the Reconstruction Pittance corporation. Mr. Jones, who was not a New Deal appointee, but a hold-over from the Hoover administration, is nevertheless one 01 the most powerful political figures in Washington. He does not play polities in his job, but he Ls one of the gToup of Texans, headed by VleiPresident Garner, who have been able to get about what they wanted through the last two congresses, or if they could not get just what they wonted, nt least have usually been able to prevent others from getting what the Texans did not want them to have. Future Democratic Party "the Texans' major worry concerns the future of the Democratic party, especially that great and dominant segment of it which is commonly referred to as the "Solid South." It is in this sector of the party that the doctrine of state rights is most deeply ingrained. Numerous !-ecent events have alarmed southern utnuocraus, anxious to preserve the ^ rights of the individual states, and also to maintain political control in the hands of while men. On this latter point, the feeling grows that the Democrats of the North do not appreciate the situation in the south, which was expressed even on the ofI ficial ballots in Alabama at the last election, where the Democratic column was headed with the words "White Supremacy." The pressure behind the anti-lynching bill alarms the south, not because the south condones lynch law, but because it would give the federal government power to interfere in matters which, southern statesmen hold, are purely state affairs. The south feels that it has worked out a sound solution of the negro problem, and resents the effort to tie the negro vote to the Democratic party, which was made in the north in the hist presidential campaign. t also looks with suspicion upon programs of rural resettlement and tenant farmer relief which do not discriminate between whites and negroes. fundamentally, the fear of federal interference in this and other problems which they regard as solely the. affairs of the individual states, is "J! hack of the southern Democratic opposition to the President's supreme court plan. Theu da^cot want to see the court brought under the domination <u any administration at Wash/*; ington, or committed to indefinite ; extenson of federal powers. Ijibor Party Control Not alone Texan3 but. Democratic senators and representatives from all parts of the country make no secret of their opposition to the Presidents ijfjj departmental reorganization plan, Tig which would curb the power of con gress and take away trom those who have to run for re-election at freJ , quent intervals much of the material 88 out of which their local party ma; ^8 chines are built?political patronage. ; There is also considerable apprehen" SwS s'on over what seems to be the rising ? power of John L. Lewis as a factor in Democratic party politics. The old-1 i. Democrats, particularly from Die south, do not relish the idea of labor control of the party, and wish that the President would declare I himself as between Mr. Lewis' C. X. O. and the federation of labor, especially on the point of responsibility . jCJSi of labor unions in matters affecting the public interest. That all of these worries are combining to stiffen resistance to much , . of the New Deal program, by those , \ ' who foresee a split in the Democratic party as a possible result, is admitf ted by most of the leaders in both fv-.'i, senate and house. The Republican ' minority is taking no part in the dissension except to throw a little fuel on the fire from time to time. But the net result is, as has been i'f pointed out before in these dispatches, to stiffen congressional re sistance to much of the administra ? tion program, ana the reassumption ' S by congress of many of its rights ^6 ami prerogatives which it surrendcred during Mr. Roosevelt's first 'uj; term. Congress and Relief ' - ; For the first time in years, con. ' gress appears to be taking seriously the idea of economizing. It is too gt early to predict, but it seems prober able that appropriations will be kept down to or below the administrai tion's proposals. Already the cutting - of departmental expenses has turned hundreds of government employees out of their jobs. The rumor here is that Jesse Jones' R. F. C. is about to dismiss a thousand or more. The V . hardest fight on the economy front will probably be over the appropriate . lions for relief. The President has " recommended a billion and a half. sKL Congress so far seems about equally divided between those who would J' tjF cut this to a 'billion and those who want to make it two billion. Nobody fj&t knows what the real need is. States Kg*. and mayors are putting on pressure <H to keep relief funds flowing into ft their communities. The pressure is T also growing for an actual count of v, Hie unemployed, to provide a set of / J facts which may be used as a basis ' for further relief appropriations. It ':% r has just come to light that the department of commerce's business adVvisory council made a report strongI ly recommending a census of the un employed, which has been lying or A the President's desk for weeks. Efc No plan for new taxes has yet Continued on page seven) WA1 An li VOL. XLVIII, NO. 43 MORE THAN QUARTE ON W. P. A. PRO" More than $281,000 has been er.pe isti-ation activities in Watauga county ganlzation, it is indicated in figures Winston-Saiem. Of this amount the 669.42, while the sponsors' expenditure lowing table gives the different projccl Fede Expend i Mabel School S 10.238 Bethel School ... 15,47? Boone High School 11.33E Colored School, Boone 1,915 Vallc Cruci3 School ? 11,40* School Hospital 4.231 ! Boone High School 1.43E j County Home 941 County Courthouse 87 School Repairs 791 Athletic Field 1,84" Blowing Bock School Grounds 324 Road Improvement 48.781 ! Streets 24,50t : Blowing Rock Park 435 ' Fish Hatchery 2,601 I Community Sanitation 7,84; I Sewing Rooms 27,73 ; Clerical 1.905 i Iabrarv 7-*11 I Recreation 1,75(1 Lunch Room 2,522 Total "$179.66? BODY OF HARVEY ] COFFEY IS FOUND ! Former Watauga County Citizen Drowned in Icy Gale; Burial in Michigan Tin: body of Harvey M. Coffey, former Watauga citizen, was recovered on the 22nd, from the icy waters of I ..ike Haughton, near Flint, Mich., where it had lain for almost six months, following an ill-fated fishing expedition. He was 30 ye&rs old. Coffey had been a member of the fishing party on November 10 and was lost in a storm. Continued rough weather and subsequent ice, prevented tile recovery of Uie body until this spring. Funeral services were conducted on the 24th from the Memorial Chapel, Flint, Mich., and interment was in Sunset Hills Memorial cemetery. Surviving are tile widow, father and mother, one brother and four sisters: James Coffey. Shull3 Mills; Mrs. Calvin Calloway, Shulls Mills; Mesdamcs Harry Dennis and Vernon LcMay, B'lint, Mich.; Mrs. Willard Copeland, Detroit. Deceased was born and reared in | vvaiauga county and for some time worked in a barber shop in Boone. For the past nine years he had conducted a ton so rial establishment in Flint. Young Mr. Coffey was well and favorably known throughout this section. Greyhound Acquires Woodie Bus Interests With the first schedu'es through Boone this morning, the bus line between Bristol. Boone, North Wllkesboro and Winston-Salem, will. be operated by the Atlantic Greyhound Lines, who have taken the line over from K. O. Woodie Transportation company. A representative of the Greyhound Lines was in town today and stated that his company intended placing later type and larger equipment on thi3 line and would do everything possible to make the line through Boone one that will measure up to the nationwide Greyhound standards. No change has been made in the local organization and the station will remain in its present location. Mr. H. W. Wilcox will continue as local agent. Mr. Wilcox has recently been declared a winner in a system-wide contest between agents and is to receive a cash award and Greyhound's Star Agent's pin. Supervision of the line will be from Winston-Salem and any in quines, or communications 01 any nature should be addressed to the ; Atlantic Geryhound Lines, WinstonSalem, 'N. C. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL MEET ON TUESDAY The Boone Chamber of Commerce will meet in a luncheon session at the Shell Cafe next Tuesday at 12:30, at which time there will be discussion of important civic matters. All members of the organization are urged to be present. STARTS NEW BUILDINGS Mr. W. C. Greene, local building contractor, has begun the erection of a nine-room stone residence for Brof. Chappel Wilson, next door to the building the Wilson family now occupies. Mr. Greene is also engaged in the construction of the Bermar 1 Jewelry store building next to the Caro-Jean inn. The building is 10 by 35 feet, one story and of brick construction-. AUG independent Weekly Ne' BOONE. WATAUGA CPU r> Vt/ITl * irvxr r??>r?*Trn IV 1VIIL.J_.IU1N OfE.lN 1 GRAM IN WATAUG; rided oil the Works Progress Admi since the creation of the federal o coming from the district office federal government furnished $171 3 amounted to $101,906.49. The fc ts Included in the total expenditure ral Sponsor Total tures Expenditures Expenditur 1.00 $ 8,381.44 $ 18.619. 1.24 12,042.75 27,517. >.89 13,618.32 24.954. i.63 1,280 54 3,194. 1.17 11.7S7.95 23,177. .94 2,853.71 7.191 1.27 5,766.74 7.206. .14 455.58 1,396. >69 530 86 1,407. .41 960.85 1,758. 1.75 1,847. .00 324.1 1.24 22,561.02 71,347. >.74 10,502.36 35.009. >42 435. 1.02 371.30 2,973. >00 5,587.41 13,432. 0.37 1267.86 28.998. S.07 46.00 1,954. .21 68.05 819. (.62 61.50 1,812. [.63 3,676.25 6.199. (.42 5101.906.49 *281,575. COFFEY ELECTED AT BLOWING R0C1 Incumbent Mayor Gains Slig Advantage Over Robbins; Near 300 Votes Cast Mayor D. P. Coffey, or Ltlowi Rock, was re-elected in Tuesda; balloting, having an even one doz more votes than liis opponent, f< mer Mayor Grover C. Robbins. T hundred ami riinoly-four votes we cast in the mayorality race, bei the heaviest balloting for the rest town for many elections. C. S. Prevette, W. B. Castle a J. IT. Winkler were elected is a it board of aldermen, running ahead Herbert Stewart, E. A. Banner a G. C. Walters by more sizable rr joritics. As ha3 been the custom in Bio ing Rock for a number of yea two "citizens' tickets" were pluc in the field, there being nothing the ballots to indicate partlsanshii The vote for each candidate w as follows: Mayor?Coffey It Robbins 141. Aldermen: Stewi 131, Prevette 169, Castle 172, Win lot- IKK lift TXfeHe Uk JLUU, uallllVI li).1, vv aucrs x^x. CAROLINA THARMACY ADDS 2 TO SALES FORC Mr. arid Mrs. Ralph Hagam have been added to the sales orgai zation at the Carolina Pharrna and will be employed by the popul drug store throughout the summ months. Mr. Hagaman has just f ished teaching for the year at Br ner Elk. BARGAIN MOVIE TICKET The Pastime Theatre will condi a bargain carnival all next week which timet tickets will be availal to everyone for 10 cents, includi matinee and nigli' showings. An < cellent bill of p. otoplays has be arranged for the bargain week sho ings. MO (Mother's Da By DAVID From the days of Eve In every tongue, in t There is no word tha Than Mother Who is it that faces Through joy and son To emerge triumphal But Mother. With her face now ti Her work near finish Conscious only of a u Our Mother. As she walks the patl Until at last we lay 1 Let us all give humbl For Mother. Who entered life's 6t To offer her life that And was upborne by Your Mother. Now she is old and n With the weight of y< But to the world, she Was Mother. A DE vvspaper?Established in th> '* ? ^ NTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURS SfHflOT HEADS ARE " named In county ";| _ in ! Christenbury Principal Boone School; S. F. Horton at Cove >1- Creek; Others Named a: ! i Hie following principals have been ! named for the various schools of the es ! county, and while the staffs of teach14 era have not been completed, a comity plete Kst. will be published soon: 18 F? s- Christenbury, Boone district I principal, including supervision of 17 Boone high, Boone elementary. Oak t2 Grove, Howard's Creek. Ruthcrwood, 65 I Miller, Rich Mountain and Bamboo. ()1 j Alex Tugman re-elected principal. Green Valley district No. 2?Green 7~ I ValJey, Winebarger and Rlverview 55 | schools. 2ft | Donald C. Thompson, principal. I Deep Gap district No. 3?Deep Gap, i Castle. Stony Fork, Mt. Paron. Elk | and Lower Elk schools. 26 | P. Mast was re-elected as prln| cipal of Blowing Rock district No. <2 : 4-^-31?wing Rock, Cool Springs. Alio, Penley, Bradshaw and Cook schools 32 Russell Henson is the new princi41 pal of Valle Crucis district No. 5? 23 I Valle Crucis, Foscoe, Grandfather, | Valley "Mountain and Cool Springs schools. Dutch Creek. Clark's Creek Z{J am? Shu lis Mills schools have been VI consolidated with Valle Crucis school. 88 Sam F. Horton has been retained asjtprincipal of the Cove Crock dis^ t rtct. No. 6, supervising Cove Creek, 95 Roroipger, Presnell, KeUersville, ? Windy Gap and Liberty Hill schools. Brushy Fork has been consolidated with Cove Creek school. 1 CV"M. Dickson, principal of Bethel K; district No. 7. Timbered Ridge, j Reese fend Forest Grpve schools have j bocfc consolidated with Bethel. rm Horton has been named print.||cip$l-of Mabel and Pottertown (UsI trltft No. 8. Silverstone, North Fork and Zlpny'Ue schools have been con; soM^tfcd'with Mabel. js SCHOOL HAZARDS I fOBE ELIMINATED # ng -T )rt WaiO?uga Certinty Would Receive Sutn of Federal Money to Resw *"* ntovc Wealth Hazards of nj Tliere are 16 pending PVVA school [a_ projects for North Carolina, the construction of which would ameliorate or eliminate conditions which u are hazardous to the lives of sturs" dents, according to a report made public by Senator Shwellenbach, ?n Democrat of Washington, Tuesday. Health and panic hazards due- to 'as overcrowding would be taken care of in Watauga county with a $28,000 k project, it was stated. Following the Texas school disaster. sonic weeks ago, when hundreds of school children were lulled as a result of a gas explosion, Senator .g Sehwellenbaeh set out to find the number of pending PWA projects which if approved would ameliorate ^ existing hazards. " The cost of the program if all proj ects were approved would be $177,546,056, of whicli $2,532,504 would be in_ spent in INorth Carolina. HiMRS. MYRTLE POTTER Mrs. Myrtle Potter, 38, died at S her home at Tamarack Saturday from a brief illness and funeral servict ices were conducted from the home at Monday by Reverends D. S. Miller [,ie and J. R. Trivette. Interment was ng- in the Potter cemetery. Surviving are the husband and five en children. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. w- Thaddeus Reese, and several broth' ers and sisters also survive. t THER y, Sunday, May 9th. ALLISON, Boone, N. C. to the present time, werv clime, t is more sublime, the tides of life? row. ffrief and strifp it in "the fight, jrned to the setting sun, ed, the race near run, rork well done, i, that her Master trod, tier 'neath the sod, e thanks to God irk Gethsemane? you might be, the light from Calvary, early spent, jars her back is bent, was Heaven-sent, t ?SSii pOCl | /ear Eighteen Eighty-Eigl rf >DAYf MAY 6t 1937 Graff*? Re-elec1 Margin; Dem< Control Boar ? Is Re-elected i MAYOR VV. H. GRAGG c SUMMER SCHOOL ^ ! v PROSPECT GOOD i ! ? * Many Students Expected at Ap- \ palachian; Seven Arc Added r> to College Faculty ! B The first summer term at Appa- | v lachian College begins on June 8th ^ and indications are that there will be a record number of teachers enrolled. v Reports indicate that the dormitories ^ on the campus arc to be filled as ^ usual and a canvass of the town re- ? veals many private homos will accommodate students during both six ^ week3* summer terms. u Seven new members have been added to life dimmer faculty, of ? whom five have doctors degrees ^ from universities of this and other states. They are: C. H. Phippens, ^ Ph.D., supervisor of student teach- a ing, Virginia Polytechnic Institute: John May. Ph.D., principal of Junior ? High school, Grottoes, Va.; L,. L,. g Williams, Ph.D., professor of biology, ^ Maryville College: T. T. Hamilton, ^ Ph.D., principal of New Hanover . High school; Zeb. H. Burns, D.Ed., ^ Birmingham City schools; B. N. ^ Barnes, B.A., M.Ai, superintendent Kings Mountain schools; A. G. Bourne, B. A., superintendent Bladen- ,, l?oro schools. 1* With the exception of Dr. Willli&ms, who will teach biology, the e new professors will be in the department of education. Many Attend Commencement | Hundreds of persons gathered on the campus last Friday for the commencement exercises, at which time j jr. oiieiioii i'neipa, prcsiuenL or Winthrop College, delivered the address. Dr. Dougherty conferred the degree of Bachelor of Science upon 103 graduating students arxl gave diplomas to 40 normal school graduates. ? Fishing Club Merger c I Affects 11 Miles Water The Watauga River Fishing chib v has taken over from the Blowing p Rock club 1% miles of the Watauga c River, which gives the organization ^ a total of 13 miles of excellent rain- c bow trout and bass waters. ^ The waters are kept stocked with 9 fish and anglers have been enjoying jgood luck since the conservation pro- j, i gram was instituted by the club some years ago. A warden is being regularly employed to patrol the stream, and the daily fishing permit charge has beer, reduced to 75 cents c this season. The daily license has ! ^ formerly been $1.00. c BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE IS MADE AT LENOIR ? c Capture of $2,500 worth of bonded whiskey and gin was made at Lenoir late Wednesday by a raiding i party led by Constable W. L. Ernest. ! assisted by State Highway Patrol- v man Frank Kennerly and Deputy Sid c McDade. on the "Garden of Eden," 0 near Lenoir. Dewey Icenhour, ope- * rator of the place, was arrested and released on bond. c __ j a NEW BUSINESS STRUCTURE; Messrs. W. R. Winkler and A. E. i ' new business building which occune wbusiness building which occupies the space between the Belk store and the Boone Drug company. ^ The building will be of brick and j will front 25 feet on King street. a There is to be a full basement, and street floor, while a second floor will * be used for apartments. x BANK CLOSES MONDAY The Watauga County Bank will be e closed next Monday, May 10, for the f observance of Southern Decoration r Day. ( <AT bt $1.50 PER YEAR ted by Small rnr ocrats Have <1 Aldermen i:guire,"moose in IE; COIN IS TOSSED loose wins as Selection is Made by Lot; Tatnm and A. E. Hodges Other Members of New Board: Heaviest Vote Perhaps in History is Cast MOOSE WINS SEAT At press time the tie between fi. K. Moose and R. W. McGwire was broken by the toss of a coin. Moose retaining his scat on the board of aldermen as a result. The equal vote received by the two candidates brought forth the information from the attorney general's office that the tie should be ucciui'u "uy tor. ' In the heaviest balloting realled in a local city election, layor W. H. Gragg, Reptiblian, was re-elected Tuesday by he slender margin of 26 votes, /hile the Democrats took over ontrol of the board of aldernen with the clear election of wo members and with a tie ote forestalling the definite laming of the third member of he board. Mayor Gragg defeated Wade K. trown in tile mayor's race; D. L. yiicox, Republican memlier of the resent board, ran second to A. E. [odges; I,. T Tatum, Democrat was dthout opposition, while G. K. loose, Republican, and R. W. Mciuire, Democrat, were deadlocked, 'ith an even number of ballots tailed after their respective naines. Tius, there has been considerable ead-scratching on both sides of the olitical fence as to iust who will tccpy the scat at the city council able. Wednesday inornmg it hadn't been cfinitely determined whether or not recount would result from the tie, ml there was a divided opinion rearding the method, of procedui'e. tatutes have been presented to inicate that in cities of certain si2e, ies are settled by the d rawing of >ts and at noon there was a iikeliood Uiat the attorney general would o called upon to settle the matter. out nunareu una iavcj Liy-l\vo votes rere cast in the mayorality race, the irgcst recorded in local political hisi>ry for a municipal election. Following- is the total vote cast for ach candidate: For Mayor Gragg 324 Brown - 298 For Aldermen Wilcox 298 Moose 306 McGuire 306 Hodges 381 Tjiturn ?... 453 For the past two years the town as been governed by a council conisting of a Republican mayor and wo Republican members of the oard. L.. T. Taturn was the Demoratic incumbent. WINS IN CONTEST Mr. Herman Wilcox, bus and railway terminal agent, has won a $15 rize in a "Know How" contest reently conducted by the Greyhound us system. In competition with 54 ther agents. Mr. Wilcox made the ighest average grade in the group. 6.4. "Hie contest was arranged to est the ability of the agents in the andling of current transportation. TATE WINS IN LENOIR Earl Tate. Lenoir druggist and ivic leader, was elected mayor in. fonday's election, defeating- the inumbent, Mayor Walter Lenoir, by I votes. The members of the new| elected board of aldermen are: V ). Guire, T. H. BroyhiH, C. L. Robins, V. K. Hoskins, E. S. Harris, J. J. Ballew and W. Clyde Sudderth. BIBLE SCHOOL INSTITUTE A vacation Bible school institute Sfil bo hehi at the Boone Methodist hurch Thursday afternoon at 3 'clock, under the direction of Rev. !arl King of Salisbury. All Sunday School workers from the Methodist hurches of Boone and outlying areas ire urged to be present. rO REPRESENT AQUATIC SCHOOL FOR RED CROSS Miss Matoaka Torrencc. Appalachian student, will represent the local ted Crosr chapter at the aquatic chool, sponsored by the national organization, at Brevard June J 14. Classes are to be conducted in advanced swimming, diving, life-saving, lanoeing, first aid, etc. Miss Torrencc has been assistant iwimming instructor at the college or the past two years and waa di ector of the swimming class at lamp Lota last summer. . t- :J-." Aai -:-?A
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