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| The Week in
| Washington
| A RESUME OK GOVERNMEN|
MENTAL. HAPPENINGS IN
i THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington, Nov. 23?-All branches
of lho federal government. legislativ<
executive ajnl iudiciai. are giving
serious attention to the problem
< ; :w-w to relieve private business
troii. the strains imposed by too
much governmental restriction and
' .xution. The sudden slump in bnsi!:.o,t
activities cunie as a surprise to
many Washington officials and a '
snoek to all. For political reasons, j
no icss than economic, it has alarm- j
ml those who are concerned with'
<ic-~fiun results and who are keenly :i
v.r.ire that all the congressmen and 11
| a third of the senators must stand i
for re-election in less than a year.
Something must be done before then j
to start the wheels of business and |
industry roiling again.
Power Companies on Spot
The nrobiem of how .*
can help business has even reached .
Ui? supreme court in one of its j
phases. In rcspose to representations
that the electric power companies
were ready to spend several billion
dollars in extending and improving j
their servicfe provided government ;
-veuhi refrain from competition and |
general ease up on the restrictions !
which make capital timid about util- j
ities investments. President Roose- j
veil said he would favor such aj i
c ursc by government provided ttiie j'
power companies would readjust j
r rates in accordance with the!
actual investment in their plants. I
'of on limb* replacement cost.
Tie practice of valuation of utilities
i. what it would cost today to 'build
their plants, and basing rates upon j
i.< interest return on such valua-j'
tiops. has been upheld by the federal j
courts since 1889. Bin now a case ;
lias come before the supreme court, I
in which the Federal Power Com- j
mission asks that body to decide j
that a. California electric company J
must reduce its rates to the basis of |
the money actually invested in its (
i usim ss.
Should the court find for tiic gov- ,
eriimeht, it would bo a reversal of !
previous supreme court decisions, j
but it would open the door for the I
carrying out of the President's pledge |
to co-operate with the power com- I;
panics, and so put it up to them to j
make good on their assurance that I
they arc ready to spend a lot of mon- |
- y run I put a lot of men to work |
once the government eases u;f on |
them. j
f'ongress Weighs Business I
"Belief"
A6 an aid to business and industry.
in general, congress seems to be
greatly impressed with the desirability
of lessening the tax burdens
on corporations and on the earnings
01 private capital, to encourage
wider investment and business expansion.
It seams a safe prediction that
some measure of relict for business
will be enacted at this session of
eongrcss. before it gets around to
the first item on the President's program,
farm relief. The belief of
most experienced observers here is
, that it will be Jbongreas. nol the
President, which will decide what to
do first .-aid how to do it.
Workers' Money to Finance
Work
Action by congress is not needed
a to carry out a broad plan of co-ope
z i mnik wk.ii ousuiess arid capital in
| trying to stimulate the building- intContinued
on page eight)
i mrs/rjrr hijrt
i in auto crash;
i
Daughter of Prof. Dotson Seri- |
oitsly Injured; Mr. Furr and
Son Hurt
iid.-s Floyd Furr of Concord,
daughter of Prof, and Mm. Hoy Dod?on
of Boone, suffered a fracture of
the ahull. Mr. Furr received lwdily
and facial injuries and Floyd, Jr..
was lacerated and bruised to an extent
in an automobile accident which
occurred Saturday night on the
Boone Trail highway as the family
was en route to Boone to visit with
home folks.
The accident occurred 16 miles i
west of North Wilkcsboro when Mr. j
Furr found it impossible to avoid!
striking a huge dog which streaked
onto the pavement. The impact left
the driver Dowerless to right the ma
chine be/ore it crashed into an abutment
to a culvert and wa3 almost demolished.
Passersby assisted in rescuing Mrs.
Furr from the mass of wreckage,
and she was rushed to the Wilkes
hospital where it was found she had
suffered a fracture of the skull. The
lady remained unconscious throughout
the night, but Tuesday it was believed
that he condition was sufficiently
unproved to permit her discharge
from the hospital by Thursday.
Mr. Furr and son were treated
send their wounds found to be of a
miner nature.
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VOL. XLIX, NO. 20
WE THANK YOU, FRIENDS j
The first of the week while The I
Democrat was scouting about tor I
the regular run of advertising it |
tlev, taped that the business men of I
tin* town xvere working up a group
of complimentary advertisement
in connection with the new news- I
paper building, which resulted in
this issue coming out in the form
of a special edition.
Me. tibcrs of the Merchants Association
aiid ? *! the other business
men of the town, as well as j
one professional, At'y. Wade K. ;
Brown, who solicited the ads, have j
the undounded thanks of the pub- '
lisher for their generosity in this I
con?iectiori. The many fine sentiments
expressed in these columns I
today toward the newspaper,
make the publisher feel mighty '
good. and lie has not sufficient
words to express the emotions
they produce. Suffice it to say,
that tho fine friendships thus exemplified
will stimulate the newspaper
to an even greater desire to
be of an increased service to the
community and the county.
b'rieads, we thank you sincereI
,y*
AH) FOR ORPHANS
IS BEING ARSKED
Annual Thanksgiving A\?p?al
For Fatherless Ones is Made
by State Group
Raleigh, Xov. 20 For years it
has been the custom for member organisations
or the North Carolina
Orphanage Association to ir.akr a
state-wide, concerted appeal at the
Thanksgiving season to lite more
fortunate oitiuens of North Caroline
to give of their bounty and substance
to tile ll 11 dor-privileged, dependent
children who are wards oi
child-caring institutions"
Again for 11)37 this appeal will bt
made for the children numbering
approximately 4 SOO who are pro
vided for in these 27 institutions.
The sun', of SI,500,000 in puhlir
funds available in North Carotins
on July 1, 1037. for aid to dependent
children has revealed the orphan
ages of the responsibility of many
children on their long waiting lists
by providing grants for their care ir
their own homes or in homes of close
kin where those bombs arc "saf<
and proper."
Hut there remain not only tlu
children in the present population o:
the orphanages, but several thousum
children in addition scattered utsou
over the. state who need the help ant
security which these private agon
cles can give because the relative:
of these children; if they have any
are not suitable guardians.
In commenting on the work of Lin
orphanages and their need of con
tlnued support through private funds
Mrs. W. T. Bont. comoy9Sicner o
the North Carolina State Board o
Charities and Public Welfare, aays
"The records in our division o
public assistance show that a tota
of 2,070 families received assistants
from the fund for aid to dependen
children during the month of Sep
tembcr, 1937. In these 2,070 fami
iies there are approximately 6,50
children. As thi3 assistance pro
gram develops, other families wil
be added to this list.
But this program does not pro
vide funds for the care of chiidre;
who are duly neglected and depcr
dent children' because they have n
kin who are suitable guardians fo
them and who can provide ther
with 'safe and proper homes' as re
quired by the Social Security Ac
both federal and state.
"Indeed, to provide real securit
and protection for this group of chi
drer. it Is necessary that they b
placed in substitute or foster home
cither by liie juvenile courts or ai
cepted for care by private children'
agencies licensed or approved by th
Doara in accordance. witn provisior
of our child welfare laws. At pre:
ent, in most of the counties of th
state, there are no funds provided fc
a juvenile court budget for eve
temporary care or children remove
by the court from the custody of ki
(Continued on page eight)
STORES TO BE CLOSED
FOR THANKSGIVNG DA
The, stores of the town will b<
closed all day Thanksgiving in oh
servanee of Thanksgiving Day
while the postoffice ?n?l bank als<
observe the holiday. Members o
the Merchants Association ar<
suppose;! to close on Thanksglvlni
under the terms of the organlza
tlon's by-laws.
Your Gh
AUG,
ndependent Weekly News]
BOONE, WATAUGA COUN
Decorations foiT
! holidays being
installed here
i Christmas Shopping Season to
Officially Begin December 4.
When Holiday Street Decorations
Are to Be Lighted; Suitable
Program Planned
1 rM- -I-:-: *>. - M Bl
icjui^ ox trie iNew ruver
Light & Power Company were
busily engaged Wednesday in
installing the wiring for the
Christmas street lighting system.
and when the switch is
turned on December 4th. the
shopping season will have offiI
ciallv opened in the city.
Mr. Wade E. Brown, secretary to
the Merchants Association, slated
that plaids called for t.he stretching
j of huge ropes of evergreens on eithj
er side of the street from the Green
1 Inn to Tlie Democrat office, and
from the Hodges Tire Company to
; the H)gh!ai>? Furniture AO re. these
j to form crosses above- the streets 'at
j yar;,.us places and to "c. aoktzr with
i lights of mur.y colors At the ixiteri!
section of King and Depot streets, a
| large silver star will lend briljfftace
ic he scheme.
At the same time the merchants
are preparing to decorate their win|do\v3
In holiday attire so that they
may also be lighted on the 4th, and
Mr. Broun states that Santa C&us
. will lie in evidence, that there will
. j be favors for the children, and that
j jolly Saint Nicholas wiU have a col'
j orful advent.
I RED CROSS DATA
IC NAT AMAH ABIC
IO IW1 n T
i Wintry Weather lias Delated
.) Returns From County; Goal
is 3111) Members
i
. | Duo to the severe weather of the
past few days. Mrs. .Tamos H Councill,
cQtlrity chairman, has yet beer
. tumble to secure complete return*
. from the county an to the Red Cross
. Rail Call campaign, which comes u
, a close ioday. However, Mrs. Coun.
cill and others connected with tin
. organization fee! confident that th<
I goal of 300 memberships has beet
. j reached.
- I The campaign was launched wit!
j | an impressive parade through tlu
! i streets of Boone with Red Croat
J j nurses, soldiers and various decorat
_ i ed cars carrying a number of Icadinf
. j citizens, and canvassers in town havt
' been exceedingly well pleased witl
j the response of the citizenry.
, j Those who have not as yet joinei
. the Ret] Cross are earnestly naked t(
: I leave their dollar with Mrs. Coun
f cil! or with either of the worker;
f In the town or county, before th
final returns are made, perhaps thi
t- last of the week.
1
? New York City has been made ac
^ cessible to aerial commuters by th
. installation of turntables and ramps
I
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uufiat iva fiavs,
y ' u)e ifianA ifxaa, Jor
^Jor r/'te simp/e joxjs <
s A "XOa tJi an A. ifiee,?on
W ^Jor ifie genifa ioucfi
g [1 Ofifiose xvho fovci d
is | li e. tfxank iheo. Jor*
}p Si Ofaft ifiij gifts the ?
!d | if I re 'friendship, love
j le t others pre)y for il
L Jori fa golden grain
^ | jfumfft; our prayer 1
I J fiat xvfen we've raa
f O ?r
0 vomeoyyemaijsay, J
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fro.r. Kinrn Citv TI?ik< ?mSs
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paper?Established in the
TY. NORTH CAROLINA.
|New Dtpit
~NEW Oi
Thv recently occupied
licinj
History of Desn
Trials Of Ve
The Watauga Democrat, which is
Boone's oldest business? institution
and which expects to celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary in <uly or next
year, was established in 18GS by Hon.
J, F Spainhour, who now resides in
Morgantor,. After one year the pa
| ppr changed hands, D. It. Dougherty
becoming the editor and F? C Rovers
( llie . publisher. Mr. Dougherty re,
rnatued with the publication for see
oral years, after which Mr. Hi vers
Ic.olc M$er the complete control, and
* saw^to it that The Democrat reachfed
Its readers each week for a periori
of 44 years.
Following his death in 1933, R C
Rivers, Jr . and Jim Fttvcra continued
with the plant. Jim having disi
tingiiisheii himself for his writings
? under the head of "Sketches fron:
; lafe." Jim is now with the U. S
> Bituminous Coal Commission, am
- Rob continues with the job of pub
r lishing th'e weekly.
1 For about 35 years The Democrat
? ' was printed in the ancient brick rest
j tience which occupied a pnrt of tin
i site of the new building, but in the
i fail of 1922 was moved into tta<
i stincture just vacated. Scon there
- after a linotype machine displace*
f the old movable types, job printing
i machinery was added, which ha:
i been built up during the succeeding
years to a model smail-town plant
I and the weekly has grown to the ex
> tent that the elder Bob Rivers' drean
- of a more imposing structure some
s where in the vicinity of his spread
b Lng' maple tree, has been realized.
? In the olden days the Washington
handDiess and a few cases of tvr*
comprised the entire equipment o
- I The Democrat. The elder Bob River
e j did not have a typewriter, for tli
i. I machines hadn't made their appear
~ ""
iving Prayer
l/iougfi small it be, v V
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of ike fricnblq fund
Mid understand,
grpatastihree. ?
t and fidelity. V
le harvest's yields. ||
s of the fruitful fields, Ij
So thee, we send i
died our journey's end,
fareivell.good friend " 'jj
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MOCF
Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight
>DAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1937
tcrat Butltli
r NEWSPAPER "'jjjj
I
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i; 1 | nc
Fi^mocrat building, which is now to
\ used. he
,, , I e
Loerat hevirals
i
Sera n P ti b I i s 11 er j id i
11m
/nice in this region. His thoughts j 11'
fvt rt. LCtuiAicnuu '?axu.> iu i-jjrpi;,
' there being" ho time far the use of I<>n
I pencil. With only a few families re- |<>f
j siding along the muddy roadway the pi
j prdblein of gathering* news for the j ar
; weekly issues was a serious one, and C4
political stories constituted the nut- th
j jor part of reading matter. Paper j ?v
; was brought by wagon from Lenoir ;br
! and often the publisher would go on m
I horseback and meet a wagon at of
Blowing Rock, get a bundle of pa- ar
1 per, hurry home and have the paper S
| x to press -when the vehicle arrived. fi
Much could be wnltcn of the early is
'days in this shop, but at any rate the ,1;
[first departure from the old system!st
I came when a snvVri power cylinder j
[ 1 press was bought some twenty-five j
"j years ago. and four horses trans-j si
' .ported the liny machine from Lc- J
j j %\eiv. When the .toiling beasts, how- ; P'
: ever, reached a point on the Blowing ;
| Rock road, about when the Log Cab- 1 w
i in fining station stands, the wagon J it1
! stuck into the inud for good, and the tt
load remained there until sometime j fs
; j next day. After that time the im-j b
* j provenient in the physical proper- Cl
'(ties has been rapid, hut as we reJ
| joice today in our .'atest achieve- q
Mment, our thoughts revert to other ?
\ days, and to another country pub- f<
j lisher, who spent forty-four years ?*
jwith the stain of printers in); on his h
' j fingers, the honest sweat of whose
~ j rugged brow is figuratively mixed ?
into the concrete which supports us L
A-s we write and print and labor; 11
whose foresight and whose ambition a
motivated those who followed him.
1 It is he who deserves the credit. 11
c
;
3 Wintry Weather g
Strikes County '
-1 1
Winter came to town in dead J
earnest last week, and temperatures
Saturday night were, variously re- j
ported tts from 10 degrees to zero,
the lowest reading, however, at the
j college weather bureau was eight
degrees! The cold was accompanied
by driving snow Saturday and f
Sunday there was little change in ,
the temperature as hundreds of ;
motorists enjoyed the thrill of ope- x
rating their cars on the highways, "j
Tobogganed kiddies with their sleds
were in plentiful evidence. By Mori- f
day the temperature had raised a t
little, Tuesday was warmer, whiie ,
today the sun is shining and many .
I are going about the streets without |
j top coats. ,
j ELDER ADKINS LEAVES j
TO TAKE UP NEW WORK J
1
Elder W. L. Atkins, for the past
eleven months pastor of the Seventh '
Day Adventist church in the Clark's
Creek section, left Tuesday morning
for Peewee Valley, Ky., where he
will preach for his denomination and <
where Mrs. Adkins will be a nurse
in the church hospital.
Kev. Mr. Adkins has been preach- ,
er, pastor and ail-round partner to :
the people in the Ciark's Creek sec- :
tioii, and it is much regretted that
other work called he and his family
away. They promise, however, to
return when it is possible ar.d hope
some day to permanently establish
their home in this section.
i Boone
lat
$1.50 PER YEAR
ing Opens
ANY CITIZENS
VISIT EDIFICE
ilding Not Complete But Ofices
to Be Ready (or Occu>ancy
in Few Days; Structure
Represents Unique Type of
Architecture
The Democrat is now carryr
fnrwnrrl tto !?-. it"
> wt. JVO V* VI. A LI I 1LJ IICW
me with satisfaction, and
h i 1 e the mechanical dertment
was in a rather chaic
condition last week, huneds
of visitors are now dropng
in to see the layout of
a at many believe is the most
mdsome weekly structure in
e state. The office space has
>1 as yet been completed, due
the fact that, mechanics have
id their hands full in an efrt
to finish the living quarrs
on the second floor, but
ithir, the next few days it is
it that the news rooms will be
vorecd from the grind of the
P.chi.nery and the plant mov;i
along as originally intended.
Ttie building Winch fronts feet
Mai;: street and which I las a depth
5S f.-ct was constructed from
ans drawn by F. A Poo. Lenoir
chitcet, and the front which is a
mbination of brick and stone from
c outlying hills, presents a distincte
type of architecture which is
ingins; about much favorable content.
Tile first floor contains two
fices, the mechanical department
id a passageway and stairs for the
icond floor, which is rapidly being
ttert into aoartmeid. snace There
a full basement, which is largely
?'d for the hettUKg plant and for
orage purposes.
A J'ip.r .loh ot Construction
TSie actual building- was under the
ijjervision of Mr. IB G. Teams, one
the best construction men in this
ai l of the state, who through courssy
of tlio Appalachian College,
here he is superintendent of buiidigs
\va3 enabled to cooperate with
le foreman of construction, Mr. Wiled
Davis .also an outstanding
uildcr, ill bringing the edifice to
miplctlon.
Many buihlers have referred to the
uallty of the construction, to the
ranitc and brick and steel which
arged the structure into one of the
trongest, and yet one of the most
eautiful buildings in the city
The entire building is heated from
ue of the latest steam plants, elecric
equipment has been wired in the
lost approved and convenient style,
nd the home of The Democrat, it is
fit, will serve the needs of the growng
newspaper for many years to
oroe.
1DI7PC MAW7 DP A1YU
[ mUYY liLiiiU 1
FOR 4-HCLUB BOYS
Inducements Already Offered
Boys For Livestock
Next Year
Fifty dollars in prizes is now
eady for 4-H Club boys of Watauga
Lnd other counties who will compete
n the Asheville fat cattle show next
mar. Mr. W. H. Gragg, of the
forth Carolina Hereford Breeders
Vssociation, in making the announ:emenl,
states that there will be a
iirst prize of $25; second $15 and
.bird of $10. Mr. Gragg, who was
id judged the best fanner in Watmga
county and who has established
*ocd blood lines on his plantation,
jiotho lhaf in Bp n I i cri Kin for POP
prizes the- club boys will have to use
>nly those calves coming from pure>red
sires.
MR. GREER HONORED
ON 94TH BIRTHDAY
"Uncle" Phillip Greer of Mabel,
celebrated his 94tli birthday Saturday,
and the esteemed gentleman,
who has been 111 for some time,
greatly enjoyed a gathering of his
sons and daughters and their families.
Mr. Greer has shown some improvement
for the past few weeks,
and greatly enjoys frequent visits of
relatives and friends.
The Suez Canal was opened in
1869.
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