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THE NATIONAL OAPITAL
Washington, Doc. 13.?With con(
Sress Sooking forward impatiently
to the Christmas holidays and no
real prospect of getting any important
legislation out of the way
before the regular session begins in
January, the President's hurry-cali
to enact "must" legislation seems
to have fallen on cars already deafened
by an incessant din of speech Some
serioud efforts to get something
done, but 110 real progress in
the line of lifting government restrictions
on business in order to
break the present depression is the
I special sessions record far.
A Now NBA?
Everybody is talking about the;
hotter feeling between the adminis- i
tralion and business, but many arc ;
wondering how long it will last. ;
There is a rumor going around that
one group of administration ndvis-'
ers rather welcome the business re- i
cession, believing that it will lend
to a demand from business for a revival
of the NRA.
Some suspicius politicians in congress
are wondering whether the1
President, in saying that he is for
changing the corporation tax system
whenever congress is ready for it.
was not "passing the buck'' to congress.
so that the blame for any
failure of business to respond to
whatever it is that congress finally
de-idea to do, will be placed on congress
and not or. tile White House j
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Re- j
construction Finance Corporation,j
and regarded as about as level- ;
re.idcd as any man in Washington,!
one- of the pungent critics of the
tax on undistributed corporate earnings
The government lends money ;
to - oriorations through the RFC, :
lie pointed out, but if the corporation
saves enough of its profits to I
pay back '-he loan, it has to pay a
tax for the privilege of clearing off .
its debt to tile government. '
-Mr. Olephant Steps Down !l
Quietly and "unofficially" the word i'
lias gone out from tile treasury de- j )
Ipartment that hereafter Mr. iter-,,
man Oliphant. legal adviser to the{<
SOflffaiT nf fho (wunotsmr unll I
'ioi. only in a legal capacity. Mr. "
Oliphant is the gentleman who
the President on Prof, Tugwell's
scheme tor taxing undistributed
reserves of corporations When
a member of the senate finance committee
remarked the other day th it
Mr. Oliphant had told the committee
that corporations did not need
profits, anyway, ami that statement
was published, the announcement
speedily followed that Mr. Oliphant
no longer had any official standing j
as ay; economic advisor. ,
Unemployment Census Flops
Tlie "voluntary census?' of the unempioyecl
lias been a considerable
disappointment to its promoters, because
so few of the unemployed fill-:
ed in all of the answers on the
lengthy questionnaire. Thus no real
light has been thrown on the basic
problem of unemployment. The government
has rented two floors of a
private garage, nearly an acre of
aoor space, to provide accommodations?
for the 1,000 men and women ,
employed to tabulate the unemployment
census returns. s
The tremendous increase in the
use of counting machines, tabulating
devices, mechanical bookeeping
(Continued on page eight)
BLOWING ROOK TO
ENTERTAIN TODAY
Hospitality Conimitee and Others
Interested to Be Guests
of Neighbor City
Members of the Governor's Hospitality
Committee, their friends and I
hit others interested in the future ;
welfare of this section and the state, j
are cordially invited by the people of j
Blowing Rock to be present at the !
Rlnuriucr DaaI. nt'pn. '
-?Mi6 i ?uv,n voic v"
ing of this week at 7 o'clock, when
they -will enjoy a good dinner and
participate in a general discussion of
t**e state advertising pre gram as
affected by the governor's hospitality
group.
Mr. C. S. Prevette of Blowing
Rock, vice-chairmar. of the hospitality
committee, who makes announcement
of the gathering, states that
he would particularly like to have
the presence of those attending the
organization meeting in Boone recently,
together with their friends,
and all others who may be interested
in the worthy movement. Needless
to say, that in addition to the
f committee members, numbers of other
Boone people will enjoy the hospitality
of their Blowing Rock neighy
bors, and that the gathering will be
?f great advantage in furthering the
a<*vertising program of the state.
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VOL. XLIX, NO. 23
BUILDING&L0AN
IS DISTRIBUTING
1 DIVIDEND CHECKS
Many Shareholders "Throughout
the County Will Have j
Their Payments in Time for',
Christmas Shopping; Organi- J
-/anon lias Had Good Year
W. H. Gragg, secretary of the
Watauga Building and Loan Association.
is busiiy engaged in mailing
out dividend checks to some two
hundred holders of prepaid shares in
the association, and as a result,
about five thousand dollars in profits
will be turned into the channels i
of local trade, while there is yet
time to do holiday shopping. Practically
all of those who will receive
dividends, Mr. Gragg stated. arc j
residents of Watauga county.
The Watauga Building and I/>an !
wa.3 organized in 1921, and the first
dividend checks, totaling a few hun- j
dred dollars, were mailed in Decern- '
bev of that year. Since that time
the association has shown a phenomenal
growth, and throughout the
[lark days ol' the depression, not one
time did the association fail to earn
its usual rate of interest for its
shareholders, -and the dividends on
prepaid shares have always been
promptly paid.
The year about to close has been
a most successful one. There are
more than $25,000 of installment I
ihares in force than a year ago, and
the earnings have been quite satis-:
factory to all concerned. A new series
of installment stock is to open
January l, and belief is that there
A'lll be a record demand for purtici
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\\>i I III UIV J'IUIIC.1 ai(U VM I IV * au - 1
inntages to be found in building and |
loan saving. A year ago more than i
>nc thousand shares were disposed
if.
WEATHERHALTS
HOLIDAY TRADE!
Record Number of Christinas |
Shoppers Expected to Throng !
City Over Week-end
The rough weather of the past '
few days lias caused a lot of people
in this section to delay their holiday j
popping. Monday the ground was |
"AtrflfAd with a f-hlMr lnvi>p nf slddt
and the icy surface prevented any'
considerable amount of travel, but!
aow with warmer weather and the
melting of the ice the holiday crowds j
are beginning to arrive. Merchants ;
predict that the end of this week .
will likely bring with it the heaviest j
shopping since the depression.
The shopping season started , off j
with the largest crowd thus) far |
known in town on a similar occasion, :
and but for the inclement weather, j
it is thought, there would have been
little interruption in Christmas
trade.
Shopkeepers are again urging the
people to do their buying now. Despite
heavy buying, stocks will be
depleted in some instances and late
shoppers will take a chance of
meeting disappointment in completing
their gift lists.
B. Roby Brown Rites
Are Conducted Friday
Funeral services for B. Roby
Brown, aged 77 years, who died at
his home on Route 2 last Wednesday,
were conducted from the late
residence Friday at 11 o'clock by
Reverends E. C. Hodges and W. C.
Payne, and interment wa3 in the
family cemetery, in the presence of
a wide gathering of sorrowing
friends and relatives.
Mr. Brown had been in failing
health for the past several years, but
the fatal illneso appeared serious
for only a few days. Surviving are
five sons: Claude Brown, Heaton;
Ronda Brown, Butte, Mont.; Orin
Brown, G. G. Brown and Roscoc
Brown, Boone.
Mr. Blown was a son of the late
Richard Brown and was reared and
spent his life in the community in
which he died. He was an upright
and honorable citizen and contributed
of his time, means and influence
to those things which he believed
would be to tile upbuilding of his f
community and county. For more
than half a century he was a devout
and faithful member of the Baptist
church, and waa active in the religious
life of his neighborhood.
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dependent Weekly News]
BOONE, WATACGACpUN*
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A portion of the shopping di
opening the holiday shopping seas
tesy of Pawl Weston, local photc
people had thronged the streets, I
which are displaying the most con
this region.
LITTLE HELP FOR
EMPTY STOCKINGS
The response to a request by The
Democrat last week that there
bo contributions for tin* PiremanTs
! Community Chest Fund, has been
quite disheartening. Utfle inter1
est lias been shown in the effort
which isi annually made by the
fire department to bring ChrteC^
mas cheer to the UtUe olies,
whose stockings would otherwise
! tiling empty by a cold hcurtstoue.
Only one cantributJou other than
those previously reported lias
lieea made. The Democrat would
urge all those who believe In the
inherent right of little children
to enjoy Christmas, to make their
donations to Pat McGuirc, chief
of the (Ire department, ul onee.
Those >vho#?ia> find if more convenient
may leave their contribuliomi
at The Democrat office.
Contributions up to date are as
follows:
Now Kiver Ught A Power
Company . $50.00
Watauga Democrat 10.00
Miss Jennie. Todd 1.00
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FINAL KfiSlLlS 1
RED CROSS DRIVE
Two Hundred and Fifty-fiv
Memberships Are Reportcd
for Watauga Chapter
Final returns from, the Red Cros
Roll Call campaign which came t
a close Thanksgiving indicate iha
the Watauga chapter, of which Mr.
James H. Councill is chairman, ha
received $255 in memberships an
contributions during the period <
the canvass.
Following i:l a list of those men
berships -which had not been pr<
I viously reported:
Meat Camp?Mrs. Chen G. Win
[ barger, Mins Ola B. Winebarger, Mr
I Ernest Moretz.
| Valle Crucis?Misses Julia Guc
I ry, Adelaide Smith. Virginia Bou
dm; Mesdames Mont Glovier, W. 1
Wiagner; contributions 65c.
" * T *%*Un-n UIcc XTavcn
JtSOOJIC* Aiail uoiuaii, "?' -"i
erite Miller.
Deep Gap?D C. Thompson. Luc
Green Luther.
PLAY TO BE GIVEN AT
BETHEL DECEMBER 1
The Bethel high school studen
are working hard on the corned
'Tohy Helps Out," which will 1
given on Saturday evening, Decer
ber 18, beginning at 7:45 o'clock
The cast includes Betty O'Net
Elizabeth Kincaid, lEldred Perr
Mabel Farthing, Johnnie O'Ne;
Dallas Bunton, Joe Farthing, Llo;
I DhPunan and Berl Greer.
The comedy is extremely funi
(and all who attend should come wi
the expectation of laughing thei
selves to their full satisfaction. T
director and cast are looking
having a large crowd.
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paper?EstaWsSaeci in the \
rY. NORTH r-A~jf|ptN A, TKURSI
DONS HOLIDAY AT
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??~ r. ?... ,,,. ., .-vstrict
of Roone after Christmas lights
on. The photograph, which comes to
jgTapher, was snapi?od late at nlglit afl
tringlng the children to seo Santa Claiu
iiprchensive line of gift items ever shoi
PAGEANT-PLAY AT;
j BAPTIST CHURCH!
SUNDAY EVENING;
"War Versus 1'eaee"' Will Be |
I*resented in rour Scenes by
Pastors and Men; bets of All
Churches of Jlic Town; Writ-{
ten by Rev. J. C. Canipe
j A. pageant-play of the nations, dc- J
j picting the war spirit r?ow prevailing
in the world, will be given at the j
! Baptist church Sunday night at j
7:30 o'clock. The title of the play is
sVV'ar Versus Peace." There will be!
four scenes. The scene will
j portray a Chinese refugee. camp in
the care Of lolasionaVied showing
| vvn r at its worst. The second scene
! will he in Tokyo, Japan, in military
! headquarters with Japanese, German
! and Italian war lords talking it over, j
I The third scene will he a rcproduci
tion of the recent Brussels peace
I conference with loading nation.-i tak-fing
part. The final scene will "be on
| Christmas eve night during the
j World War when the boys of all na_
> tions come out of the trenches to
I1 ' fraternize and sing Christmas carols
together.
Then the grand finale with a mane
I ger scene and the leading nations
i repudiating war and pledging to try
i peace-making the Christ way.
This pageant-play will be given by
pastors and members! of ali churches
s in the town. It is a town-wide af0
fair and all the public is invited to
t see and hear it. A free will offering
will be taken for the needy of
' the community.
d The play was written by Rev. J.
d C. Canipe. It will be directed by
?>3r. Clark of the Baptist church,
Mrs. Harmon of the Methodist
church, Mrs. Warman of the Advent
Christian church, and Miss Jeffcoat
of the l.utheran church. Mr.
Dale Keller will have charge of the
lighting.
J FIRST WRESTLING
1 MATCH ON FRIDAY
i
y 1937 Mat Schedule Gets Under
Way as Appalachian Meets
Winston-Salem "Y"
g Coach Watkins' Appalachian matmen
will officially open their 1937
13 wrestling: schedule Friday night
y
when the local grapplers will meet
the Winston-Salem Y. M. C. A.,
which promises to be one of the
1.1, toughest matches of the season. The
v, Winston "Y" team, which is featurd,
ed by Frank Moore, former Appa,-d
lachian wrestling captain, defeated
Davidson last week,
ly Coach Watkins believes that this
th season's schedule is the toughest one
n-1 Appalachian has thus far faced, but
he has abiding faith in the ability of his
to aggregation to hold its own with
the worst of them.
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MOCl
'ear Eighteen Eighty-Eig
DAY. DECEMBER 16, 1937
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had been turned on, officially
The Democrat through the courier
s\ crowd of sonic thousands of
i, and making' tours of the stores,
\fi in any of the small cities of
NEXT EDITION OF
DEMOCRAT TUESDAY j
The Democrat expects to mail |
the nectl issue of the paper on
Tuesdu.v, rather than on Weednesday,
so that there may bo a j
little more time for the force to |
enjoy the holidays. Advertisers
are asked to bear this in mind.
I and their co-operation with the
publhficr will he appreciated.
Those having items for the news
columns should also remember
the early publication, and patrons
iff the job printing department
should make their wants known
during the present week.
BURL STORIE IS
FOOTBALLLEADER
Boone Buy Reported as "Going
Places" on Wake Forest Grid
Squad; First Season
Burl Storie, Boone boy, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Shnford Storie, appears
to be another mountain boj
who is going to make good in th<
fickl of sports. Young Storie. whe
lias been a student at Wake Foresl
this fall, played a leading part ir
the Baby Deacons' successful s?:rai
for championship honors in the Bif
Five Freshman circuit.
Storie, husky 195-pounder, Is be
1 ing counted on heavily by Coael
Walker to fill up a berth left vacan
oy the graduation of Captain Boot
Munuord and Wheeler Dale, firs
and second centers for the varsit;
this year. Although he was out
great part of the time during til
past season with a leg injury, h
was in enough to show that he couli
deliver the goods and now with hi
hurt completely well, it will be
tough day for anyone seeking th
No. 1 pivot post for Wake Fores
during the next three years.
1 Storie has been at Wake Fores
but a few months, but has becom
one of the most popular boys on th
campus and is ranking high scholai
tically.
FAMED WRITER A VISITOB
Corey Ford, nationally know
magazine writer, and two compai
i urns. Aiimuur ou.nl alia Cierai
Allred of New Hampshire, sper
Monday night in Boone, after havin
enjoying a grouse hount at the Bar
ner Elk game preserve. The dii
tinguished visitors left Tuesda
morning in company with H. Grad
Farthing, department of conservs
tion official, for a trip into the hun
ing areas of eastern Carolina.
W. F. MILLER UN IMPROVE]
Mr. W. Frank Mailer remains si
riously ill at his home here, ar
Wednesday morning it was learn*
that there was but little improv
; mdht in his condition. Mr. Mill'
suffered a slight paralytic stroke la
. week, hut has rallied from it to !
i appreciable extent. The many frien
i of the leading citizen are apprehe
sive over his condition.
at Home
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$1.50 PER YEAR
LOCAL GRID STAR
MAY BE FEATURED
IN RADIO DRAMA
Ear! Hensou, Credited With
Saving North Stale Championship
for Appalachian College,
had a Dream Which
Came True; May Be Dramatized
Over Radio
A dream of Earl Henson,
which in coming true brought
the North State Conference
championship to the Appalachian
State Mountaineers football
aggregation, nan brought the
local grid star nation-wide attention
and has slated him for
an appearance on a radio broadcast
of the Columbia Broadcasting
system.
Young Hanson, football enthusiast,
who had made good with. Coach
Brewer's grid squad throughout the
season, had his heart set on winning
the Appalachian-Catawba football
encounter, the last game of the sea|
son, upon the outcome of which
rested the conference title. In a
heam he carried the pigskin 90
yards to uphold the undefeated rccI
r.rd of his squad, and beneath the
floodlights in Hickory, that is just
I exactly what happened.
Sports pages throughout the country
featured the story7 arid the J.
Walter Thompson company, Chicago,
handling the broadcast for Zenith
radios, has invited Henson to
j Chicago to discuss hiss proposed appearance
on a nation-wide Columbia
broadcast, when the grid performI
ance is to be dramatized. The program
upon which Henson is to be
featured is broadcast under the
tic, "Mental Phenomena" ? and
there's where the dream comes in.
Henson expects to journey to Chicago
during" the holidays and take up
the matter as suggested, and Hipley
of "Believe it or Not" fame has
i suiu'ii mat ne may use uie saJiuman.
incident in one of his cartoon releases
later on.
FIDEL1S CLASS MEETING
The Fidelis Class of the First
Baptist Church will hold its Christmas
meeting" Thursday evening, December
16th, at 7:30 at the "home of
Mrs. 13d Hodges, with Mrs. Grubbs
acting as assistant hostess. Each
member of the class isi urged to be
present.
''HERE COMES CHARLIE"
A three-act comedy will be given
at the Mabel school auditorium Saturday
night at 7 o'clock by the
.pvmP*^ wjl ssr uiuuuuiiu^. rroceeus
: will be used on a much-needed li>
brary for Uie school. The public is
t cordially invited. Admission 15 and
t 25 cent u.
ANNUAL BIRTHDAY
I BALL ANNOUNCED
S
1 Mayor Gragg to Appoint/ Com^
mittcc as Usual to Arrange
e For President's Ball
e ?4
Mayor W. H. Gragg ha3 received
s official notification of his appointa
ment as cliairman of the President's
e Birthday Ball, which is to be held
I January 30, and will, within the next
few days appoint active committees
it who will go forward with the prepae
rations for the annual event,
e The ball, which is given each year
i- on President Roosevelt's birthday, is
for the purpose of securing funds
with which to carry on the natior.>.
wide fight against infantile paralvsLs
and tut' veer's event in Rnnnf
" was the most successful thus far
held, almost $200 being realized from
^ the sale of tickets.
The personnel of the committees
? responsible for the staging of the
ball this year will be announced
3~ shortly.
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STORES TO BE OPEN
AT NIGHT NEXT WEEK
D The stores of the city will ree.
main open at night during the
l(j coming week in order that late
^ Christmas shoppers, who find it
c_ inconvenient to come to town durer
ing the day, may drive in after
supper. Extra salespeople will be
Ln employed and the trade can be
3s taken care of with the minimum
n. of delay.
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