The Week in
Washington
A RESUME OF QOVEENMENMKNTAL
HAPPENINGS IN
THE NATIONAL CAPrrAI*
Washington, Aug. 24?The nomination
of Senator Hugo L. Black of
AJabama, to the supreme court
nch to succeed the retired Justice
Yon Dcvanter is looked upon here as
the President's reply to the critics
of the New Deal in his own party.
For Senator Black is in his own person
the very embodiment of the principles
and policies initiated by Mr.
Roosevelt which have ccine to be
kncwri collectively by the term
"New Deal"; and the Democratic
revolt in Congress has been against
the political philosophy which the
New Deal symbolizes more thai!
againsl the President personaIIy.
Senator Black has not been a
meie follower of the administration.
T T<a In ? cinppro holinvM" ?mt j .n1\; in
the objectives of the New Deal but
in its methods. lie is co-author of
the Black-Conner}' bill for federal
regulation of hours and wages of labor.
He was the original proponent
of the 30-hour work week. He has
been the ardent aggressive advocate
of many measures which are
considered radical, and the supporter,
from conviction, of most of the New
Deal legislation which the supreme
court, of which lie now becomes a
member, has held to be beyond the
constitutional authority of congress
to enact.
It was smart politics on the Presi!
dent's part to name a senator for
the supreme court vacancy, for the
tradition of "senatorial courtesy'' insured
his confirmation, even though
for oner the senate did not act immediately,
but listened to protests
by its own members against the elevation
of one of their own members
to the supreme court.
The senate did, in a sense, invite
the President to pick a senator for
the court vacancy, when it "nominated"
Senator Robinson immediately
after Justice Van Devan tor's retirement.
Senator Robinson died, but
the implication was clear that a senator
would bo accepted by the senate
when another man of the type
which the President desired to have
in the supreme court would not be
Hence the nomination of Senatoi
g Black.
Party Split Broadens
The criticism of this appointmenl
f by a few Democratic senators gave
further proof that the split betweer
the President and a considerable Beg
ment of his own party is wide anc
deep, as the members of congresi
(Continued on page eight)
(HUNTING SEASON
STARTS SEPT. IE
Indications Arc That Uplam
Game Thrived During Season;
Quail November 20th
MU . ,
'ine squirrel season opens l
Watauga county on September T5t
and remains open until the 15th o
jf i December, according to H. Grad
Farthing, district game supervisoi
who believes that this has been a
r excellent season for the upland type
of game.
Opossum and raccoon may b
Kj taken with gun or dogs October 1 t
February 1, and they, together wit
mink and muskrat, may be trappe
November 1 to February 15.
The quail and rabbit season open
here November 20 and continues t
February 15, with a bag limit of te
a day, and ruffled grouse may t
killed from November 20 to Januar
2, with a limit of two a day or ten
season.
Mr. Farthing states that a stron
effort is to be made to enforce th
game laws this year and announce
jgwi the following charges for the diffei
cnt types of license: non-resider
hunting license $15.25; state res
dent hunting license $2.10; combini
tion resident hunting and fishing 1
cense S3.10; county resident huntin
license SI.10.
Many Fish Planted
Mr. Farthir.g says that more the
two million fingerling trout wei
placed in the watera of these moui
tain counties during the year fro
the Roaring Gap and Boone hatel
erics, and that bass, erappie. etc., a
being obtained for the warm wat
streams from the federal governmer
One of the largest fish hatcheries
the world, he says, is being built
8S? Richmond county under a WF
I grant and will supply the war
iter streams with suitable fi
throughout the 3tate.
BOONE CITIZENS ATTEND
NATIONAL VETS MEETIN
Messrs. Albert Watson of Boo
and McCoy Miller of Route 2, it
Saturday for Columbus, Ohio, whe
they are in attendance at the Natia
al Encampment of Spanish War V<
erans, which started in that city
Sunday. They will make the trip
motor and are expected to return
Boor.e tomorrow.
Mr. Watson stated that the gal
ering was expected to be the largi
in the history of the vetarns orga
WA1
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VOL. XLIX. NO. 7
Named to Supreme Court
IsSe 1MB i
Washington.?Senator Hugo L
Black, Democrat, of Alabama, was
nominated by President Roosevelt
to fill the supreme court vacancy
created by the retirement of \ssociate
Justice Willis Van Devaliter.
SCENIC CIRCLE IS
! BEING ADVERTISER
i
Booklet Now Being Distributed
Advertising Scenic Area
In This Section
Blowing Rock. Aug. 24 -The Scenic
Circle Association, which was o? g?mized
in July and has executive
offices in Johnson City, Tenn., has
given in booklet form to the travj
cling public definite information concerning
the circle trip through Western
North Carolina and East Tennessee.
The association invites the public
to "Visit America's new recreation
rron tiers. Travel more uian iou
miles over wide, paved, well-guarded,
mile high, motor roads, look out over
I an ever changing panorama no artist
: can reproduce.
"View Roan Mountain, the world's
largest purple rhododendron gardens,
Mount* Mitchell, highest peak east of
-1 the Rockies, Grandfather mountain,
i the oldest mountain in the world.
II "Enjoy the cool restful nights with
- their pine-laden air and the ever1
present invigorating mountain breez>
es, 'where springtime spends the summer.'
"
Picturesque towns are included ir
the circle. The circle includes Blow
ing Rock, summer resort, which be
comes more popular each year; Lin
' ville, on the famous Yonahlossec
f Trail, which winds around Grand
father mountain. Other towns in th<
, ciicle are Boone, Spruce Pine, Littl?
Switzerland, Burnsville, Envin, John
son City, ElizabeUiton, Roan Moun
tain, Elk Park and Banner Elk. Th
section has long been one of the mos
u popular in eastern America, nut ha
h never before been highly advertise*
f as a circle trip.
y The trip can easily be made i
*. one day, but many motorists prefe
ft to take two or three davs and visi
3 places of interest adjacent to the cir
cle.
e The Scenic Circle Association re
? cently issued the booklets, complet
k with a map of the towns in the cii
cle. Pictures of many of the mos
beautiful places are included.
13 The association has chosen as it
? official meeting1 place the summit c
n Grandfather mountain. The chie
>e aim is to publicize the circle trij
y and apparently the efforts are not i
a vain for already numerous N tourist
have made the trip and are exceec
E ingly appreciative of the definite ir
ie formation given by the associatioi
:S
Watauga Given
Share of New
? Highway Fund
is
Watauga county is to get $10,98
from the two million dollar highwa
Ln fund made available for improvin
? school bus routes and farm-t<
market roads, according to an ai
h_ nouncement which was made la;
rc week by W. Vance Baise, chief higl
er way engineer.
n NEW BOOKS ADDED TO
in LEES-McRAE LIBRAE
'A
m Banner Elk, Aug. 24.?More ths
sh 100 new books, the first bought wil
the Carnegie fund recently award;
Lees-McRae. and the gifts of friend
were placed in the Lees-McRae libr
G ry last week. The books are beir
j catalogued and will be ready for u
ne at the opening of school on Septer
5ft ber 8.
rc The new assortment of books i
n- elude a large number of referen
it- volumes, among them an Encvclop
on dia Americana.
by
to Mr. and Mrs John A. Lett,
Charleston, S. C., announce t
th- birth of a daughter, Lola Anne, An
:st 21. 1937. Mrs. Lett before her r-u
ni- riage was Miss Lucile Reid of BlO'
ing Rock.
AUG,
independent Weekly Newrsj
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT
BOONE MAN GIVEN
SEAT ON FEDERAL
COURT OF APPEALS
Or. Julian Miller Gets Surprise
Appointment to District of
Columbia Tribunal; Local Citizen
Had Been Duke University
La|\v Dean; Lately Located
Here
Dr. Justin Milter, who with his |
| family recently established a permanent
residence in Boone, after looking
the country over for a place
which would fit in with his requirements,
was Friday appraised by telephone
ef his nomination as an associate
justice of the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia.
Mr. S. C. Eggers, local realtor,
hastened to notify Dr. Miller when
the White House called through his
office telephone, and the former
member of the board of tax appeals,
j was notified by President Roosevelt '
I of his elevation to the associate jusj
ticeship. . Senate confirmation was
j forthcoming almost immediately.
"Surprise" Nomination
| The Washington press referred to
i the nomination as a "surprise" appointment,
and it certainly was in so
far as members of the North Carolina
delegation was concerned. The
i appointment was credited to North
Carolina, but Dr. Miller, who went
ro Duke university from California,
did not have the endorsement of
members from the state. Representative
Weaver, a member of the ju|
diciary committee, had not been api
praised of the President's plana in
| this respect. Dr. Miller was an aclj
vocate of the President's court re|
organization bill, having been a wltj
r.ess before the senate judiciary commit
f.t'.O
Dr. Miller is to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Justice Josiah
Van Orsdel.
With an extensive background in
, the profession of the law, Dr. Miller
left the post of dean of flic law school
i at Duke university to come to Washington
in 1P34 as a special assistant
to the attorney general. His appointment
as a member of the board
of tax appeals was made early this
t year.
Dr. Miller was born in Crescent
- City, Calif,, in 1888 He earned two
- degrees at Stanford university and
> received advanced degrees at Univer
sity of Montana and Vale. He began
; a long teaching career at Stanford
j in 1910. He was admitted to the
- Montana bar in 1911 and to the Cali
forriia bar in 1913. From 1915 to
e 1918 he was district attorney for
t Kings county, California, and later
s served as executive officer oi the
d California commission on immigration
and housing.
n | Alter entering tlie bar in several
r other states and teaching at the
t University of Minnesota, California,
.. Southern California and Columbia,
Dr. Miller assumed the post at Duke
university in 1930. In 1934 he was
e admitted to practice before the su _
preme court.
t Coming here on a leave of absence
from Duke, Miller served as
s chairman of the attorney general's
if special advisory committee on crime
,f He was president of the Federal Bat
> association through a term in 1935n
36.
s In connection with his practice oi
1- the law. Dr. Miller has been particui
larly interested in the problems o!
i. probation and juvenile delinquency
an interest which he displayed frequently
in connection with district
problems related to those issues.
He has been a member of the boarc
of directors and vice, president of thi
8 National Probation association, a;
well as several other national lega
(0 associations. He is also a member o
y several Greek letter fraternities.
g Author of several books on lav
3- procedure, he has been a frequen
i- contributor to legal journals.
3t He i3 married and is the father o
3- j one son and one daughter.
ANDERSON NAMED HEAD
BRANCH OF N. C. S. E. S
Y
.Tames M. Anderson, head of th
m North Carolina State Employmen
th Sen-ice office in North Wilkesbor
;(1 for the past six months, has bee
|3j reappointed to that post,
a- Under the reorganization of th
service the state was divided into te
so districts with the North Wilkesbor
a- territory served from the district oi
fice established at Hickory. Th
n- plan made North Wilkesboro
ce branch office under the district oi
e- j * ice*.
i
Miss Lona Moretz, matron at IjOI
of ill Home, Appalachian College. r<
he turned Sunday from a Rutherfordto
ig. hospital, where she underwent a si
ir- rious operation some time ago. T1
w- condition of the popular lady is sai
to be decidedly more favorable.
\ QE
aaper?Lstabh ^ J in the
Y, NORTH CAR fA. THURSD
Shanghai, China.?The Astor Hons
the Japanese Consulate and imrnedi;
Creek, which is being evacuated affe
^hoHiags,
HUNDREDS ATTEND I
WPA SCHOOL HERE
Course of Instruction for Emcr- j 1
gency Tutors Will Continue
Until September 1
About five hundred teachers are in
attendance this week at the special
training school for U'I'A instractors
whfch is being held at the Demonstation
school building, by a faculty '
of S?r." cial instructors furnished by j i
tMg state department of education, j
[demented by members of the
3tfK of Appalachian College. Mrs.
JV-fiw Day of Ashovilie is the diroc- :
tapp <
Tile school started last Friday and i
will continue through September 1.
The purpose, as announced by the j
dc|ftirtmerit of education, is to ac- j
qU4#nt WPA teachers in the best
| methods of teaching adults, anil to
j familiarize them with the adult edui
oiktionui drostaru.flet ud in this state
under the auspices of the WPA. In
these phases, a specialist in adult
education from Washington has been
employed as one of the instructors.
Scheduled classes include teaching
of reading and writing and better
ways of living along healthful, physical
and recreational lines.
In addition to the regular routine,
a nursery school for children ranging
from the age of two to four
years, is featuring a part of the
training program. This division of
the activities began Monday. A limj
ited enrollment of 25 children are
j enjoying play with other children,
j with the paint, clay and other nurs[
ery school equipment, from 9:30 a.
m. to 12:30 p. m.
1 Participants in the school are permitted
to stay in college dormitories
and enjoy the privileges afforded by
regular students.
MANY STUDENTS
ARE GATHERING
' 1 l ri_li rr T??
/ippaiucman lenu Begins
as Freshmen Gather on
Campus for Registration
f Hundreds of students are converg
ir:g upon Appalachian College cam:
pus today as the registration of
, freshmen for the regular fall term
- gets off to a good start, and as usut
al the facilities of the local institution
will be taxed to take care of
i those who seek the superior training
i being offered here,
s While no estimates can be secured
1 at this time as to the actual numf
ber enrolled, it is said that all dormitory
space on the campus has been
f filled and that numerous students
t are finding places in private homes
of the community. According to the
f officials, there is a limit to the number
which can be taken care of at the
present time but a building program
is said to be envisioned which will
. soon provide additional dormitory
, I,pace.
'LI MRS. CHARLES CHURCH
o PASSES ON TUESDAY
ii
llrs. Charles Church, resident oi
e the Foscoe neighborhood, died at the
n home Tuesday from the effects oi
0; blood poisoning, which developed
from a slight facial injury.
e Funeral services were conducted
a ai 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon ai
the Christian church. Foscoe, Rev
Wili Cook being in charge and in
torment was in the nearby ccme
r- tery.
Surviving are the husband an.
n several sons and daughters.
1 Mrs. Church was a daughter o
ie I Mr and Mrs. Simeon Gragg and wai
iX I reared in this county, where slie hai
j many friends.
MOC1
fear Eighteen Eighty-Eig
AY, AUGUST 26. 1937
anghai | ^
e Hotel in Shanghai, adjacent to <
itcly to the north of Soochoxv
r Chinese-Japanese bombings and
ARM TOUR OF
COUNTY ENDED
iVatt Gra'gg Adjudged County's
Best Demonstration Farmer:
Township Winners
By W. B. COLLINS
((County Agent)
During the past two weeks the |
"armors of Watauga county have j
leen visiting the demonstration!
arms in each ol' the different lows- j
ships in which demonstration farms |
ire located, and selecting the best
demonstration farmer ir, the town- j
ihip.
Following is a list of the farmers !
selected as the best demonstration |
farmer in the different townships: j
Alex Tugniaii in Meat Camp.
Ira "MoreD. in l3ald Mountain.
Brown Brothers in Stony Fork.
Dr. H,. B. Perry in Booiie.
W. R. Billings in Brushy Fork
watershed.
J. L. Triplett in Shawneehaw.
T. C. Baird in Watauga.
J. W. Farthing in Laurel Creek
Watt, Gragg in Lower Cove Creek.
R. A. Thomas in Upper Cove Creek.
Wiley Perry in Lower Beaver Dam.
Lee Swift in Upper Beaver Dam.
On Monday and Tuesday of this
week, the farmers of the county inspected
these best demonstration
farms to select the best demonstration
farmer in the county.
After looking over all the best
demonstration farms, the farmer selected
Mr. Watt Gragg as the best
demonstration farmer in the county
and they praised Mr. Gragg highly
for the fine work he is doing in
building up his Silverstone farm.
Mr. T.ee Swift was considered the
1 second best demonstration farmer
i and he received much favorable com
ment for the excellent improvements
made in his farm. . .
In all, 112 farmers attended these
township tours and 93 farmers made
part or all of the two-day county
tour.
A more complete report of the
farm tour will appear in next week's
paper.
Willet A. Miller Dies
At Meat Camp Home
Willet A. Miller, 64 years old, ant
a well-known and popular resident o:
the Meat Camp section, died at thi
residence Saturday and funeral services
were conducted from the Hope
well Methodist church Monday morn
ing. Rev. Joe Greene delivering th<
sermon. Interment was in the ceme
tery near the church.
Surviving are the widow. Anal
Cole Miller, seven sons and tw<
daughters: I. J. Miller, Winston-Sa
lem; Floyd Miller, Vaughtsvillt
Tenn.. Stanford Miller, Trade, Tenn.
I Leman Miller, Blowing Rock; Aus
: tin Miller Boone; Oscar Miller, Mea
I Camp, Clingman Miller, Meat Camp
: Mrs. Fred White, Boone; Miss Vii
ginia Miller, Winston-Salem. Fiv
I brothers survive: Hosea, Robert, Li
j ther, Jason and Larkin Miller, a
.! residents of Meat Camp.
; COUNTY SINGING TO
I BE HELD SUNDA
1 There will be singing held at tt
L | courthouse in Boone next Sunda
. I morning, beginning at 10:30 o'cloc!
- at which time it is hoped that a
-1 the churches in the county will 1
represented, with either solo, du
1 or quartette. It is especially urg<
that all class leaders be present,
f Mr. N. L. Harrison, chairman <
s the singing convention, says that
1 greaL and good day is in store fi
those who enjoy this kind of musi
<AT
ht
$1.50 PER YEAR
ITIZENS ARE TO
BALLOT ON CITY
COURT PROPOSAL
election is Called for Purpose
cf Testing Sentiment Regarding
Establishment of City Recorder's
Court; Mayor Gragg
Against Proposal
A resolution has been passed by
he city council cailmsr for the hold
ng of an election by the qualified
oters of the town on Friday, the
54th of September, to determine
vhether or not a city recorder's court
shall be established in accordance
with the state laws governing such
.ribunals.
Ballots marked for and against
the "Recorder's Court for the City
3f Boone,'' will be voted and there
ivil! be no new registration required.
The order for the special election
which bears the signatures of L. T.
Tatum, G. K. Moose and A. E. Hodges
as members of the board of alderman,
was made public Wednesday
and the proposal is said to have the
unqualified endorsement of the local
bar.
Information is that the proposed
court would have jurisdiction over a
five-mile radius from the city limits
of the town of Boone and would
cover practically half of the population
of the county. There would be
no civil jurisdiction, but the judge
would have power to pass sentences
up to two years on the roads. The
court would be operated, it is S3 id,
from Its own receipts and would be
no burden on the taxpayers.
Mayor Gragg Opposes
Mayor Gragg, whose signature did
not appear on the resolution, has
voiced vigorous opposition to the establishment
of the new court. Ho
states that in his opinion the foisting
of a tribunal upon the people outside
of the city limits, without their having
a chance to ballot, would be a
orllv ttt i Q1 0 LrTViii iMovnr- ot'ifuo
j there is no congestion of court tlock!
ets here, that the state has provided
a sufficiency of able judges to take
care of the scales of justice, and that
he is irrevocably opposed to any furjthcr
inferior courts.
HAYES SPEAKS TO
77 GRADUATES
Many Wataugans Are Included
in List of Those Finishing at
Appalachian College
j Judge Johnson J. Hayes of the
Middle District Federal court, delivered
an inspiring address to 77 Appalachian
College students, upon
whom were conferred degrees, at the
commencement exercises Friday
evening.
A large number of these students,
it is said, have, already been placed
in the various schools of this and
other states for the next scholastic
year, and there is an increasing demand
for Appalachian-trained teachers.
Those from Rnnne arid Wntangfti
11 county who graduated, are:
; In Grammar grade field: Gladys
Mast Bingham, Boone; Nancy Madge
Castle, Zionville; Ruth Elizabeth
Clark, Boone; R. Morris Eggers.
Boone; Edith Parsons, Boone; Chas.
' Scott, Boone; Emogene L. Setzer,
Boone: Leta Lorena Tester, Matney;
i Paul Trivett, Beech Creek,
f Primary Education. Helen Ophelia
^ Bingham, Sugar Grove; Annie Stanbury
Clay, Boone; Ruby Elaine
Greer, Boone; Iva Jane Kirkman,
Boone; Ruth Elizabeth Sherwood.
Sherwood.
9 High School field: Dewey Bingham,
Boone, mathematics and science;
"May Louise Bryant, Boone,
1 English, history and physical educa0
tion; TJlric Ruth Farthing, Boone,
English and history; James David
Horton, Boone, History and mathe>
matics: Chloe Michael, Boone, English
and French; Dale C. Norris,
Boone, English and French; James
Henry Reese, Boone, history and
"" I mathematics.
e | Tu'A-VPQr orarluofoe \fom' Oiitli
Lasley Ayers, Boone, grammar grade:
11 John Idol, 3oone, grammar grade;
Susie Banner Henson, Cove Creek,
primary; Alice Taylor, Boone, primary.
V WM
CONDITION OF G W.
e ROBBINS UNCHANGED
y
k, Mr. George W. Robbins, of Shulis,
.11 Mills, who suffered near-fatal injurie
ies when a team which he was drivet
ing ran away, a few weeks ago, is
xl still a patient at a Statesville hospital,
and reports Wednesday were
of there was little change in the condia
lion of the well-known citizen. Howor
ever, it was stated that he still has
Ic. some chance of recovery.
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