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The Week in j
W asliiiigton
A RESUME OF GOVERNMKNJIKNTAL
HAFffiMURS IN
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
Washington, 17.?Members of congress.
packing their bags and getting
ready to start home, are giving
more thought to the job ahead of
them when they return for another
session than to what they did at this
sitting. Only a small fraction of the
President's recommendations have
have been acted upon at. all, the one
upor which he was most insistent
negatively.
Before acting on the ones left over,
the preponderant feeling in congress
s that they ought to be studied and
debated with great care, anil when
the members are not physically worn
wui,, cva many or uiem. actually are
now.
Besides the last-minute laws enacted
after the supreme court issue
was settled, the record of the 75th
congress so far is not impressive. It
adopted 55 resolutions and passed
about 250 new laws, few of which
are of any great public concern.
The most noteworthy laws and
resolutions include the following::
Prohibiting the export of arms to
Spain. Creating a commission on j
the reorganization of the government.
Extending for two year3 the
United States' guarantee of federal
housing administration debentures.
Amending the excise tax levy on car
riers and the income tax levy on their
employees. Extending the President's
tax powers. Deferring" the
time-limit for filing certain kinds of
income tax returns. Providing for
a national gallery of art. Appropriating
for the elimination of insect
pests.
The new neutrality, or war policy
act. Providing loans for flood sufferers.
Setting up funds for old-age
assistance. Creating the joint committee
on tax evasion. The relief
act, appropriating 1,500 millions. Extending
the nuisance taxes. Providing
funds for the New York World's
Fair. And appropriating some more
for insect pests.
Prolonging the President's mone- _
tary powers. Continuing the func- I
tions of the RFC. Arranging" for *
I crop and harvesting loans. Continu
I ing direct obligations of the United
States as collateral security for Federal
Reserve notes. Providing for
retirement of Supreme court justices. iN
Amending the federal housing act.
f The Guffey-Vinson coul act. The
6 District of Columbia "red rider" re-1
% peal. Re-enacting the AAA's marketing
agreements. The railroad pension
act. Extending the CCC. Passing
the farm loan tenancy act (over (
veto), the farm tenancy act, and
most of the appropriation bills . u
Tax. Revision Next Session
[Hanging over, for consideration on
and after January ), 1938, are many a
highly important subjects upon which
legislation has beer, requested by the g
White House, or upon the necessity ,(
of which there is general agreement.
First in the minds of senators and v
j? representatives is a Droad program j s.
! oi iax revision, into mis . suDjeci | s
enter so many questions of public p
policy, as well as of politics, that its |v
consideration may well take many | w
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Whoopiner Cough Is
I Epidemic in County "
District Health Office Asks That All ?
Cases Be Reported to It to
Prevent Further Spread
Whceping cough is epidemic in ^
many parts of Watauga at the present
time, but it is not being reported
as it should be, says the district
health office. Many people do not /
realize that whooping cough is a \
dangerous disease. During the fiveyear
period 1928 to 1932. it caused
1,216 deaths in North Carolina. It
i. is particularly dangerous to young
children. I
The first symptoms usually start
as a common cold and for two or
three weeks there is not Ikely to be
any spasms of coughing or whoop,
but the attacks of coughing grow h
harder as time goes on. Sometimes t
there is no whoop during the. entire
course of the disease. ?
The incubation period, or the time a
from exposure to first symptoms is f
from three to 14 days, and occasion- j
ally 16 days. c
No health department can function o
properly it contagious diseases are j,
not reported to it properly, the statement
continues. Physicians report t
where they are in attendance; super- a
intendents of schools or teachers are ],
legally required to report and also a
parents or guardians and keepers of r
hotels and lodging houses. i;
No child should be sent to school d
during an epidemic who shows any
symptoms of a cold. It is not fair (
to others to expose their children
and .possibiy let the disease be carried
to a small child who may die
from the exposure. i
If every one will report promptly t
any unreported cases and keep their
children at home, when any symp- f
toms develop, the health department t
will be able to stop this disease soon- \
er. Report to the district health of- c
fice, Soone. r
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VOL. XI.IX, NO. 6
Goes With Majors
$ ipm
? 8
Colter Triplet!, of Boone, whose
spiTtucular baseball carter of the
past two seasons has led to his
purchase by the Chicago Cubs for
a price in excess of $3<MHH). Sports
writers throughout the country
are lauding young Mr. Triplet! as
one of the biggest finds of the
mason.
'ARM TOUR TO
BE CONDUCTED
tondny anil Tuesday Dates Set
Apart by County Agent to
Visit Demonstration Farms
By W. E. COLLINS
(County Farm Agent)
A county farm tour, to inspect the
est demonstration farm in the
aunty will be held on Monday, Augst
23 and Tuesday, August 2-4.
The tour on August 23 will start
-om the courthouse in Boone at 8
. m., and the best demonstration
trm in Meat Camp, Bald Mountain,
tony Fork, Blue Ridge and Boone
jwnships will be visited that day.
The tour on Tuesday, August 24.
. id start from Cove Creek high
chool at 8 a. m. and the heat demontration
farms in Cove Creek. North
'ork. Beaver Dam, Laurel Creek,
i'atauga and Shawneohaw townshiDs
rill be visited.
Mr. H. A. Powers, T. V. A. office,
Lnoxville, and R. W. Schoffner, exension
division, Raleigh, will be in
tie county to go on the farm tour
rith us.
There are many interesting and intructive
things to be seen oil these
est demonstration farms in the
ounty.
Some of these demonstration
irmers have fine pasture demonstraions
where they have used up to
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:annedfoodto
go ^orphans
Japtists Break Record in Preserving
Fruits and Vegetables
for Mills Home
Five hundred and forty-two dozen
alf gallon fruit jars have been disributed
to members of the Baptist
lenomination in this county and will
>e filled with fresh mountain fruits
nd crisp vegetables of various kinds
or the use of the orphan children at
Jills Home, Thomasville, during the
oming winter. And jars are still
;oing out after last year's offering
las already been about doubled.
The jars already placed will conain
3,752 gallons of preserved foods
.nd will constitute some eight or ten
irge truck loads. It is said that the
.ctual worth of the offering thus
nade by the county Baptists will be
n the neighborhood of two thousand
lollars.
CONTRACT LET FOR
SURFACING ROADWAY
Kiker and Young of Reidsville,
lave been awarded the contract for
he surfacing of 1.65 miles of route
103 in Watauga county, extending
rom Sugar Grove in the direction of
he Avery county line. The link,
vhich is the first letting of the soaked
Laurel Creek highway, is now
eady for the surface treatment.
AUG
Independent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT
ASSOCIATION TO
HOLD SESSION AT
HOWARDS CREEK
Three Forks Association in 98th
Annual Gathering; Century of
Association to Be Celebrated;
150th Anniversary of Three
Forks Church to Be Noted
Tlie nir.c-tv -eighth annual session
of the Three Forks Baptist Association
will be held with the Howard's
t_ _
I Creek church August 24-25, and in- |
dications are that the 3S churches
comprising the association will be
well represented at the two-day
meeting. There are 5.291 members
in the association, which is one of the
oldest in this section of the state.
The business session of the association
will have to do with arrangements
for the celebration of the 100th
anniversary of the association in
1940. and the 150th anniversary
of the founding of the Three Forks
church, said to be the oldest church
west of the Blue Ridge. A year ago
a committee composed of A. J.
Greene, A. J. Edmisten and C. R.
Greene, was given the responsibility
of gathering data and making arrangements
for the celebration which
will be featured by a home-coming
on the last day. Tentative plans call
for the issuance of a handbook giving
[the history of ail the churches in the
i association as well as other information
of historical interest.
The Program
Following is the suggested order of
business for next week's associational
gathering:
Thursday Morning
:00?Devotional and roll call.
9:25- Address of moderator.
9:45?Religious literature.
10:175 -Temperance.
ii:uu?Annual sermon.
Noon Recess
1:00?Devotional.
1:15?Missions.
?2:30 ?Benevolences.
3:30?Worship.
Wednesday Morning
i 9:00?Devotional,
i 9:15?Obituaries.
10:00?Woman's Work.
10:45?Report of executive committee.
11:15?Assoeiational progress.
1:15- -Devotional.
l :80?Christian training.
2:15?Sunday schools.
2:45?History of Howard's Creek
church.
3:00? Reports: Treasurer, Finance
committee, Nominations, Resolutions
and Time, Place, and Preacher.
3:30?Flection of officers and miscellaneous.
3:45?Closing worship
Some messenger or the pastor from j
each church is expected to give a ]
brief summary of the report of his j
church as made to the association in
the assoeiational letter. i
j Soap-Box Derby
Friday Afternoon
Under the sponsorship of the Boy
Scout troop, a soap-box race will be
enjoyed by the kiddies on Water
street in Boone Friday afternoon at j
6:30. 'The vehicles used will be home- i
made coasters, and the event will be
open to all boys in the community
under 15 years of age.
These unique derbies have been
a source of much amusement to the
kiddies as well as the grown-ups
throughout the country, and recently
more than 100,000 people gathered
at White Plains, N. Y., to see a 12year-old
lad win the international
championship trophy for soap-box
racers.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
ARE TO BE EXAMINED
On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 21,
at 2 o'clock all school bus drivers selected
to drive this year, will meet
in the county courthouse to hear a
state patrolman lecture on "Driving
a School Bus." After the meeting,
each applicant will be examined by
a- ' - - -
cue amie patrolman to determine his
eligibility to drive a school bus.
Service Begins On
Rural Route Extension
Service on the extension of Rural
Route No. 2 by Oak Grove and
Hodges Gap started Monday. Clyde
Winebarger, who has been the
regular carrier on Route 2 for the
last three years, is also taking care
of the service on the extension.
After that portion of the route
east and north of Boone is completed
the earner stops by u?c
postoffice and dispatches the mail
collected, and gets the morning
mail for the extension, which is
delivered the same day about
noon. The total mileage of Route
2 Is now 32.
A. Ofe
ipaper?Estabb H in the
~Y, NORTH CARC-V lA, THURSE
REV. EGGERS IS BAP
. *dJss^&a?S?fe
Kev. U. ('. KgRPrs of Zionville,
moderator of the Three Forks Bapti
the ?)8th association:!! gathering at 1
24-25. Kev. Mr. Eggers has liehl the
in the association ami has also serv
tton In this county, asci with the V
during his 25 years as a minister of
Scenic Circle
To Visit Cil
BOONE HI PLANT !
TO BE FINISHED
S2G,000 Made Available by WPA
for Construction of Auditorium
and Gymnasium
Twenty-six thousand and fifty dol- i
!ars of federal money was allotted i
last Monday for the completion of j
the Boone high school-vplant, according
to announcement made by Geo. j
\V. Gear., Jr., si&e WPA administrator.
This amount, together with the
sponsor's contribution, is expected to
cover the construction of a large
stone auditorium and gymnasium,
as an Integral part of the massive
stone structure which is now nearing
completion and which contains the
class rooms.
Of interest is the statement that
the Boone high school building, which
when completed, will have a value of
something like $130,000, is the largest
single structure built through the |
co-operation of the WPA in this j
state.
Educator Delivers
Address to Lions
Dr. C. H. Phippin, superintendent i
of the Blacksburg. Va? schools, ad- i
dressed the Lions Club Tuesday even- |
ing at a meeting held at the Daniel ,
Boone Hotel. The address dwelt .
upon ?he pioneering spirit as exemplified
in the life of Daniel Boone j
and other great leaders, and pointed .
out the opportunities which are pre- ,
sented to the local Lions organization.
Mr. E. Ford King and Dr. Justin
Miller were initiated into the club, ,
and Dr. Miller stated that he and his
family had decided to make Boone
their home after touring many sections
of the United States. He stated
that Boone was the only locality he
and Mrs. Miller could find which
measured up to their requirements as ,
a permanent abode.
AYERS GETS STATE-WIDE
ELECTRICAL LICENSE
I. S. Ayers, local electrician, has
recently received from the state i
board of examiners of electrical contractors,
a license of state-wide scope,
to practice electrical contracting
under the act of the legislature of
1937. Mr. Ayers is tne first mail ir. .
this section of the state to receive
one of these class licenses.
Mr. Ayers carries his membership i
ir. the North Carolina Electrical '
Contractors Association.
MOC
Year Eighteen Eighty-E
AY. AUGUST 19. 1937
TIST MODERATOR
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v.
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is |: jj||l
,
who is serving his first \ car as
st Association, who will preside at
Howards Crock church August
pastorate of 18 of the 8(1 churches
cd with the Stony Fork Associa/atauga
Association in Tennessee,
the Gospel.
Motorcade
:y Tomorrow
A motorcade, composed of a long
procession of vehicles originating
at Johnson City, Tenn., and carrying
personages of importance from
that toivn as well as intermediate
points, will arrive in Boone Friday
morning at about 10:45 on a tour
of the newly established "Scenic
Circle" route through the Carolina
mountains.
The motorcade, which will carry
a 50-piece hand is headed by the
mayor jbf Johnson City, and other
prominent citizens of that place ;is
well as oi ElizaiN'.thtdiK Stops will
be made at various points of interest
along the route, the party tr#
come here from Banner Elk. Upon
arrival in Boone, the visitors will
be received by officials and other
citizens and following possibly brief
remarks and a short hand concert,
the motorized caravan will
proceed to Blowing Rock, thence to
Unville where a picnic dinner will
be enjoyed, following which the
tourists will attend the Unville
Horse Show, in progress there that
day.
SUMMER SCHOOL
FINALS TONIGHT
Judge Johnson J. Hayes Will
Deliver Address as 75 Degrees
Are Awarded
Commencement exercises, which
mark 'the close of the last term of
summer school at Appalachian College,
ill be hold Thursday evening
in the college auditorium, with Judge
Johnson J. Hayes, of the federal
court bench, delivering the address
to the graduates.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of
the institution, will confer Bachelor
of Science degrees upon more than
seventy-five graduates.
Sixteen hundred and forty-twc
teachers have been enrolled during
the two terms of summer school, officials
state.
uLi/iuul UKUUAiN UUKT
WHEN STRUCK BY ROCK
Claude Grogan, resident of North
Fork township, is a patient in a Bristol
hospital, being treated for a fractured
skull, suffered when he was
struck on the side of the head by a
rock, allegedly thrown by Glenr
South, There is no information as
to how serious his condition is.
Grogafl was working in the mead;.v,
it Is said, when South came along
the road, and an argument is supposed
to have enusued, which broughl
about the affray. What the troubls
was between the two men was nol
learned.
RAT
lght
$1.50 PER YEAR
WATAUGA FAIR IS
TO BE MAIN EVENT
FOR SEPTEMBER
Cove Creek Again to Be Scene
of Agricultural Fair, Which
Promises This Year to Outdo
All Former Efforts of its
Sponsors
The annual Watauga Agricultural
j Fair will be held again this year at
j Sugar Grove on September 23, 24
i and 25, according to announcement
i made by Mr. G. G. Farthing, voca|
tional agriculture instructor in the
! Cove Creek high school, which de|
partment. sponsors the institution.
{ Mr. Farthing believes the fair this
year -will be the largest and most
successful thus far attempted, and it
is especially stressed that it is a fair
for all of Watauga county, and the
people of every community are expected
to participate.
Mr. Farthing has issued the following
information for the benefit, of
exhibitors and others:
All exhibits except flowers, livestock
and poultry, should be entered
on Thursday, September 23. The ?
fair building will be open until midnight
to receive exhibits. Flowers
should be entered Friday morning.
September 21, by 10 o'clock. Livestock
and poultry should be entered
j Saturday morning, September 25, by
i 10 o'clock.
Ali exhibits except livestock and
| poultry will be judged Friday morning,
September 24. Livestock and
poultry will be judged Saturday
u.orning, September 25.
The various departments of the
I fair with the persons in charge are
as follows:
Baby show?Mrs. W. T. Payne.
Flower show Mrs. Chas. L. Lewis.
Art department?Mrs. J. C. Mast.
Handicraft department?Miss Ar.i
na Mae Sherwood and Miss Constance
Shown.
Culinary department?Miss Blanche
Stokes.
Canning and preserving department---Mrs.
S. F. Horton.
Home apiary department?Mrs. S.
F. Horton.
Farm crops department?T. J.
Moody.
Horticulture department- T. J.
i Moody.
Livestock department ?S. F. Horton.
< PAlllU.F ~T\ t * < '
, ? juiLij \ivpai Liucia?? I. .1. lYlUOUy.
F. F. A. and 4-H Club Boys?
(Continued on page 8.)
VIRGINIA DARE DEATH
WILL GO UNRECORDED
Raleigh, Aug. 17. -Though a
1 birth certificate is now on file here
for Virginia Dare, her death must go
unrecorded officially because no one
knows where or when she died
Dr. C. C. Crittenden, executive
secretary of the historical commission,
said today that though there
was no doubt that the first child
born to Fngiish parents in America
was dead, the mystery surrounding
her fate would make a death certificate
impossible.
"She may have died in infancy, for
j no trace remained of the lost colony
| when John White returned to Roanoke
island in 1590," Dr. Crittenden
said.
Saturday, Dr. Crittenden and Dr.
Carl V. Reynolds, state health officer,
fiTled out a certificate for Virginia
Dare, and Wednesday it will be
taken to Roanoke island for the signatures
of President Roosevelt and
| Governor Hoey, who will be there
i for the celebration of the nn
niversary of her birth
NURSERY SCHOOL
Boone is to have a nursery school
j for the little tots, beginning on Augi
ust 23 r<J and continuing through
| August 28. There will be no charge
I for entering the little fellows in this
! school. Any one who wishes to enter
a child in the nursery school will see
I Miss Mills at the Demonstration
school on Saturday, August 21, and
register the child. Enrollment in
the nursery school will be limited to
i twenty-five.
MRS. GRAGG RESIGNS
Mrs. Norma Browr. Gragg recently
resigned as an English teacher in
the Cove Creek high school and has
accepted a music position in the Seaboard
high school.
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
Green Valley, Winebarger and
i River View schools are to open on
l Thursday, September 2, according to
i an announcement made by the couni
ty superintendent last week,
COMMUNITY SINGING
: There will be a community singing
at Valle Crucis Inn on Saturday
; night from eight to nine o'clock,
s There will be dancing from nine until
: twelve. An admission charge of 25
| cents will be made.
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