PAGE TWO J The Week in Washington ;; b< A RESUME OF GOVKRKM?N- ; iil MENTAL HAlTEIilNGS IN Ire THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Special to The .Democratj Washington, July 27.?With the |:,i President fishing for wahoos and rooster fish off the coast of Lower { California. Washington political oh- ; servers are trying to make a fan ! T appraisal of the effects of his cross- j111 continent speaking tour. while the j economists ;n the government service i G are studying the business situation j H and putting forth forecasts of recov- .%v ery with more optimism than has | h> heer. prevalent here for a year or j s* more. jvi The two things tie logetiiet The J ^ political future of Roosevelt and his i c* party is dependent to ? considerable degree upon the extent of business recovery between now and the congressional elections. The present signs indicate chat or- j ^ dinary citizens will not he feeling themselves auite sc "haru up * fev [ November as they have felt eve: j a since last fall. \ xc Frorr- the President's tour two po- j 2 litical conclusions are being drawn in | which the most experienced observers ^ here concur. One is that there has jbeer, an asnazing comeback in Mr.; Uj Roosevelt's personal popularity, at j t'r least in the sections of the country v< which he visiter. m The other conclusion is that the j te President took the advice of the i n< Democratic national chairman. Mr j si Farley, and did not try to read out ; of the Democratic party every sena- ! tor and representative-who had voted P: Queen Citj A supreme motor coach servi the- cities of the Atlantic scab* rcncer!.. we arc croud oi our Asnevil c, charlotte. V>uth Caroliiifc. ttc ahd Flor p. to. ar.il 8:25 p. to. Buses -?ravo Boone tor Johnson Ci phis, all Western States: Bristol. B1 all West Virginia points: Cincinns 12:20 and 5*20 p TO. J&iSee t< A leave at 7:45 a. m. ami i-.ro r to. ONE-WAY FARES F Charlotte, \. (. V 2.1C * Wilmington. N. c 5.05 ! Charleston. S. C. 5.?"? 1 Raleigh. N. C. 3.85 Myrtle Beach, S. C. 5,35 ADDITIONAL SAYLNO ON QUEEN CITY CO nxn/iv oitc n t_ JL> L O J l*houe 40 McCormicI Potato I i M'COBHiCK DEERING \ VARM wachines ' <^5:% 1MPIEMEH7S ,A ?/ The Easy Way t Pl^lAKE the job of 'Jigging p ical by using a McCormi We can offer a variety of bors diggers to meet every requircr drawn diggers in the McCormi 6-foot machines and three ar elevators except the No. 9, wb Special hitches can be obtaii There is also a digger for sm. diggers are available in 1- and Come in and ask us aboc Potato Digger best suited for ; FARMERS HARDWj Wj ?air?st any of his measures. The President did give persona Hiorsement U? some of his loya ipporters. which was to have beer b?tro. Wilnv-Hfrton Ida points ni 9:4(1 a, ;v., 1:15 I v. Kr.oxvilk Nashville Meanuefield. Charleston. W. Vu . and iti and Chicago at 7:45 a. m., ifihevilie. N. C, via Elk Park ROM BOONE TO: Chicago, UI. 10.15 Los Ally's. Cal. 3ti.05 iVashlngton, l). C. 6.45 Vew York, N Y 9.40 KOI XD-TRIP FARES ACH COMPANY TERMINAL Boone, N. C. c-Deering kissers !&Sei'&8bp o Dig the Crop otatoes easy and ceonomck-Dcering Potato Digger, e-drawn and power-driven nent. There are six horseck-Dccring line. Three are e 7-foot. All have 22-incb Ich has a 26-inch elevator, tied for tractor operation, all acreages. Power-driven 2-row sizes. it the McCormiek-Ileering four conditions. ARE & SUPPLY ANY N. C. . AT AUG A DEMOCRAT?EVERY ' ^ "Shines" '1^ Be " CHICAGO. 111. . . Allene Cunningham, 17, from Kansas, wanted to become a singer so badly that to pay for singing lessons she became a bootblack in her father's ; barber shop. Her first lessons were paid with the nickels, dimes and tips she received from cus tomers. > recent publication of Mr. Farley's; own account of the Chicago conven- j tion. where the Texan was inducted ' - to withdraw in favor of Gov. Roose- ; * velt and received the vice presicien- ! 5 tial nomination as a consolation i prize j In the light of several recent : | cross-seciion polls of voters indicat- I ing the rise in the President's popu- j larity above the low point which it! had reached last spring, estimates of ! : gains in Republican raerihprr.hip at i this year's elections are being" revised ! downward. A minimum of 3k additional seats ; for the opposition is conceded. The ] s belief thai there are 80 congressiont ai districts in which the Republicans ! can win is not so widely held. There are 30 districts in wh en a switch of | one vote in twenty would change the ; result from that of 1930 There are! 3S more districts in which only a' ten per cent shift woul : put a Republican i:i a Democrat's place. That a total Rej ubhcai: gam ot da scats I is av? entirely reasonable expectation, is tlit concensus shrewd political a opinion . f down the average voter considered ; Y likely to give ttie Democratic party j credit. Much weight is y:vvii hero to , f the forecast of Leon Henderson, eco- | < nomic adviser to the Works Progress j Administration. \fr. Henderson was the- first to 1 j point out the approach of the ores* i erjt business recession, a year before ! 1 it happened. Xjw he announces that j the nation is heading net for a boom j 1 but for sound recovery. 5*.? quotes 1 facts and figures to tack up his 3 forecast, and coupies it with a ' j warning agaiust iettmg customer J j prices rise as business pets better, t j Another economic n.'.ex which ' ; points to better times is the depart- 1 j iuent of agriculture's mid-summer I wheat forecast. The outlook on July 31, when the forecast was released. ;' ; was for a wheat crop o? IHiT million f - I bushels, the largest crop since 19x5. j: * With the machinery of the AA A in full operation to protect farmers!: against loss hy reason or this "numper" crop in this country and equally large production in the rest of the ' world, this will mean many more millions of dollars in the pockets of | farmers, which in turn is expected to 1 mean greatly increased sales of ali sorts or things the farmer buys. 1 from automobiles, tractors and farm 1 machinery down to clothing. i, |* Jf J gSPWrofWyWlMn rHUHSDAY?BOONE, N. C HOG PRICES UP Hog; prices may so up further this ?umr:cr as supplies are seasoiialiy | , uced. but they are rot likely to j reach the high ieve . of last summer, j ic&rdingr to a report of the TJ. S. )urf au of agricultural ecocomics For the 1938-39 marketing year. the \ [3 per cent increase in the 1938 spring pig trop and the prospective ncrease of 9 per cent in the number : sows to farrow this fall indicate a nuch larger market supply of swine i ,h? . ir. 1937-38. Monroe a FI Deserves Yoi i 9SHBE^BBS95SHBB? 1?^" ^Hl. jj?Kv. Nw MONUOE \DAMS Ore of Statesviile's outstanding Lttcmeys. Monroe A^ams,, has been I'^a^'irr^ PaiHv ;1*s a uvs been bnbsLtridiny Su? aeiual^^ tads like an Horatio Algier novel. ilr Adams rose from the ranks of arrner boy to become one of the outstanding attorneys in Iredell county, -le has always been found to be fair n all his dealings, and due to the [act that he Is a self-made mar. hc mderstanos the needs of, all his fed-! owmen. He was bom in Wilkes county, but lis family moved to Alexander wheyi le was but four years old. and there Monroe became a plowboy and went o school at Vashti. While at Vashti le hauled apples in it covered wagon :o Statesville,. Salisbury. Concord and Oharlottt: when it took a week to make the trip, due to ihe roads that >5crth Carolina had ir. those days. Later his family moved to Statescj!1c where he attended school and worked in a StatesvLle cotton mill. Some lev. years later he went back lo me raxrn to worn ipr Tus grandfather at the rate of SS.00 per month. After v.-crkingr in a pottcn mill and working on farms he went to Atha Chair Com pan ,y Statesviile. a h <: Worked himself up to a loremanship. He had accumulated en-ugh money to enter Lenoir-Rhync College at Hickory where he attended school for three years. While at Lenoir-Rhyne College he traveled during the sum !ISON CHEV Boon :* ?a v&fcti ' f itwZ 3Vi . r ?Sro39&&/; $ - SET 1939 WHEAT GOAL NiO;io"a: w* ?.-!*. g*a: for iP3L' ha; bee:, sst ai 55.OCO.OOC acres. Hie vniiiimum provided for It the a^ncultural adjustment act of li>3$ Xovth Caroiina will receive 3G3.31T acres. The allotment contemplates k :r.