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VOL. LI, NO. 24 = The Week in Washington A RESUME OF GOYEIINMENflENTAI, HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL. CAPITAL. Washington, Dec. 21?Since a day or two after Thanksgiving newlyelected senatoi-s and members of the house of representatives have teen flocking into Washington to maite their arrangements for the session which begins on January 3. They have occupied themselves with arranging for living quarters for themselves and their families, if any, and putting in their applicatoons for particular offices tlicy desire, which are about to be vacated bv members who were liot re-elccted. To most of these newcomers the atmosphere of Washington is not entirely familiar, but for many it is the first experience of being on the inside looking out instead of on the outside looking in. Naturaliy. they have been making inquiries as to what there is in their new jobs, besides the glory of being in congress and the task of taking a hand in shaping the nation'3 laws. What they have learned about the money value of their jobs has frankly surprised some of tl'em. Pew persons outside of congress realize what a comfortable position financially, senators and representatives occupy. There is the salary, to start wth; $10,000 a year for each member of each house. 20 Cents For Mileage Then there is the mileage. Every senator and representative is entitled to draw 20 cents a mile for the "distance front his home to Washington, when the session begins, and hack home again when the session . jtds. . -> M,c m.i i'roiv. axai-ylchd or Virginia, who can got to Waaniagto.. In an hour or two. the mileage is cot j a big item; but a member from Call-1 fornia gets atound $1,300 each aes elon, while his railroad fare, including I a Pullman lower berth, runs to less I than ?300, making a thousand dollars j clear profit. Ho draws his mileage whether ho goes home between scs-1 sions or not. Tlien conies the item of clerk hire. Each senator is allowed to hire four clerks and Uncle Sam allows him ?10,320 a year for that service. The only restriction is that he may not \ call on the government to pay his secretary or any other clerk more than ?3,900 a year?S75 a week. Of course, he can pay as much more as he wants to out of hts own pocket, and there :ire instances of wealthy senators who turn over their own salaries to their jt secretaries. Most of them are more thrifty, however. There is no rcstricton upon whom a. senator or representative may employ, so many of them put their wives on the payroll as their secretaries and sometimes their sons or daughters as clerks, thus keeping the money in the family. Vice President Garner's official secretary for .many years has been Mrs. Garner, and it is only fair to say that in the opinion of those who know she does a magnificent job of managing the work of the vice prc-si-1 dent's office, as she did when he was j a representative in the lower house. Members of the house of represen- j pj tative3 get only a ?5,000 annual alK lowance for clerk hire, with the same fe limitation of $3 900 as the top salary g| officially paid to the secretary. Postage Is Free E'.. Then there la free postage. SenaIt tors and representatives have the "franking privilege." They can send K/_, letters or any other sort of mall matter anywhere without using stamps. Another source of revenuo for the thrifty senator or representative Is L, the stationery allowance of $125 a S'lj, year. A member can use up his allowance In carbon paper, rubber lband3, erasers and typewriter ribbons rS>y it he wants to; or he need not use any stationery at all, In which he case i" he can draw full allowance in cash. fl Then each member has his own suite of private offices in the handle.' some marble huildings adjacent to . - the capital. The offices are all large and expensively furnished in solid mahogany and leather. RepresentaET. tives who are not charimen of com|gg|& mittees have to put up with two rooms and a waiting room. There are K.' ' private lavatories and baths attached to each of those suites, and a con[ stant supply of clean towel3 and A thrifty representative or senator really does not need to pay room rent By if he is unmarried; he can set up a comfortable daybed in his inner office and do all his sleeping there. Thi K V late Senator Park Trammell of Flor ?,. Ida lived in hi3 office for several ?' years and made no bone3 about it. jl Senators get other free services which not all representatives share. (Continued on page four) /ATA! An Independent ~ BOONE. W Ieanestman pays a visit The Democrat docs not Know the name of it?* candidate u? the '"meanest man" in the community, | but he dragged his slimy form 1 through the office of the county i j newspaper Sunday and nnule away i with an envelope marked "JEmpty ! Stocking Fund" and containing I $4.50 donated by city.ens of the community with tho view to providing Christmas joy to some destitute kiddles next Sunday morning. The envelope even carried the , names of the donors of the funds! j j The publisher admits a degree of carelessness in leaving the funds entrusted to his care in a drawer , in his private desk, and gladly re- j ( places tho roonoy in the fund. He ! has ten dollars more v.hicn he will j givo ior evidence upon which ho can cause a warrant to bo issued for the arrest of the human inj sect, who infamously bears the ! nnage. of his God. i J. W. JONES DIES j IN SAN DIEGO! i; Son of Mrs. J. W. Jones, of U. S.' Marines Succumbs; Funeral j to Be In Boone J. W. Jones, Jr., aped 24 yearn, eon 1 of Mrs. J. W. Jones and the late Dr. : Jones of this city, and for more than ' three years a member of the United States Marine Corps, died hi San D'ego, California, last Friday, after ' having undergone an appendix: operation in a naval hospital there. 1 Peritonitis wax given as the immediate cause of hia death. An uncle, ' ; Toiit Jonas, who hoa been with cue U'...r:r-.W- f.,r y.-Srs, raf 1 w I.". : ' st the time of ilia death. The body is being returned to j ! Boone fur burial and is expected to | arrive here Saturday. The funeral I Will likely take place on Christmas | day. but no definite plans can be for| mulatcd until I lie body, with Its military escort arrives. The body is to lie in state at the Methodist church for an hour preceding the funeral service and n largo crowd of friends will gather for tile obsequies for tile popular young man. A naval funeral service waa conducted in S a n Diego Monday morning, shortly after which the funeral party entrained. Surviving in the immediate family is the bereaved mother and one sis tor, Mian Malaie Jean Jones. "Jay" Jones, as the deceased was familiarly known in tills city, was reared here, where he attended ApI paiachian College. (He had spent I three and a halt year3 of a four-year enlistment in the Marine Corps, and last April was returned to San Diego from China, where lie had opent the greater part of the time since lie ciilisted. Jay did professional -boxing In Shanghai, and as "Slugger Jones" came to he well known in pugilistic circles. He was most popular In his home neighborhood, where he numbered his friends by his acquaintances and where his death has caused great 1 sorrow. BETHEL 4-H CLUB i The Bethel 4ill club met on I>c-1 comber S, with Miss Elizabeth Bridge j and Mir. H. IM. Hamilton. The following officers were elected for the coming year: President. Johnny O'Neal; vice-president, Reed Harmon; secretary and treasurer, Margaret Perry; reporter, Aileen Greene; Song leader, Dorothy Earthing. Miss Bridge gave the girls some recipes for Christmas candy. Mr. Hamilton discussed with the boys their projects for the coming year. A book of national 4-H songs was giren to the song leader. The club hopes to do some good work in the coming year. Bethel High School 1 C fx? M cum ^uauiiiuiiiy newa; On account of one of the players having measles, the play, "Ten Nights in a Barroom," will not be given until after the holidays. The REA forces are malting rapid progress in putting in poles and wiring houses In this community. Misses Mattie Lou Harmon and Mabel Farthing spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. Smth Harmon of Beech Creek. Mid-term examinations are being held in all the grades of Bethel high school this week. County Superintendent W. H. Walker visited the school Monday. Several WPA workers under the supervision of Mr. Granville Hagaman are working on the school grounds this week. jga : Weekly Newspaper?Estc ATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C? j7lXBR0WNTAKENr BY DEATH AT 77 Prominent Blowing Rock Farm-! cr and Churchman Succumbs; Funeral Monday Mr. J. D. Brown. aged 77 yeai3,! one of the leading citizens of Blowing j Rock, and a prominent churchman j and farmer, died at the home there; Sunday, after a long period of illness,1 which became more acute following i a slight stroke of paralysis last spring. The immediate cause of Mr. Brown's death was given as apo- j plexy. fchinoral services were conducted, Monday at 1 o'clock from the Blow- ; ing Rock BapList church. Reverends | Fletcher, Ashley, Shore and Canipe j cf the Baptist church, and Rev. Sex- i ton Buchanan, Presbyterian minister, taking part in the rites. Interment was in the newly-opened cemetery near Blowing Rock. The floral offering was impressive and a large number of friends from various sections attended the services. Survivors Include the widow, the former Miss Ettie Suddcrth. six sons ! and iiiive daughters, who arc leading | -luzcns oi their respective localities: j Tuir.es H. Brown. Phoenix. Ariz.: j Conor I). Brawn, Spokane, Wash.; J. , Clark Brown, Jefferson; Kent and j Glenn Brown. Blowing Rock, and j3 Wade E. Brown, Boone attorney; Mrs. j i Roscdna Garvey , Winston-Salem;! j Mrs. Nell Banner, Americ.ua, Ga , Mrs. Gladys Lee, Greenville, S. C. ' l'wo brothers, Zeb Brown, Lincoln- j ton; Chas Brown, Hiilsboro; and one ! sister, Mrs. Fannie Bishop of Lin:o!nton, also survive. Mr. Brown was a son of the late Herbert and Mrs. Brown of Alexan!er county, but he spent his entire adult life in Watauga county, where tie became one of her finest citizens. He was married in 1886 to Miss Ettle | Sudderth. sister of George M. Sud- j deriVi. Blowing Hock postmaster, and! the fain 1 tv resided at iSru'-L; itiiss >'-uu j Bwwmg i-'och. ?.... . Mr. Brown was a farmer by cccu-j pation and succeeded wall. He was an active chure-hman am', was a charter member of both the Shulls Mills and Blowing Rock Baptist churches. He had been a member of the board of deacons of the Blowing Rock church sir.ee its establishment. lie was a Meson, and had served at different times as member of the locai school board. Mr. Brown spent a life cf devotion to his church, his family ar.d his fellow citizens and was held in the highest regard on account of his many admirable traits of character. Christmas Seal ' Sale Progresses Mrs G. K. Moose, chairman of the local committee for the sale of the anti-tuberculosis Christmas seals, states that there has been a good response during the campaign, and that more than $40 have. already been turned in from the sale of the health stickers. The returns from the city and county are as yet incomplete, but following is the report of receipts to date: Boone Demonstration school ....$22.39 Boone High school 6.70 Boone school for colored .40 Appalachian College 11.00 Total $10.49 County Officials To Observe Holiday The county offices will close at noon Saturday and remain closed until 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, so that the officials and their helpers may have a holiday respite from their labors. Those having business at the courthouse should bear the closing time in mind and thus avoid inconvenience. IN ROANOKE HOSPITAL Mr. Joseph Powell of Bristol. Va.. Route 1, is in Jefferson hospital, Roanoke, Va., and has been for two v.-eeks, where he had two surgical operations. His son, John Powell, accompanied him to Che hospital. Mr. Powell will leave the hospital in a week or ten days. EMPTY STOCKING FUND Following is a list of those contributing to the empty stocking fund, sponsored by The Democrat and the City Fire Department. Other contributions are expected to be made "ater in the week: Previously reported 514.50 Appalachian Theatre 5.00 C. H. Trotter 1 00 W. H. Gragg 1.00 j Miss Jennie Todd 1.00 I Total $22.50 DEMOCRA iblished in the Year Eighteen Eighty-Eight JIOLTNA" THURSO^, DEC. 22. 1931! BM tfe li W wr li#i I i, \Hrn ||j |j|||| iliililill EH 4m * ffliiyji: m mrtu^ Is if; fi||i?liri>imi^/ Mjlii s? P ? c |The Beginning ot Christmas J|: ? " kThe following Christmas story come from the pea of Jim Rivers. 1 former Democrat columnist, many years ago, .and furnishes a good * Christmas-week feature for this editiou: x /OyMj DONG tlu> rough trails of Judea, the scattered sons of David ^? *? hastened toward Belhluhein . . . an order liad been issued by i Caesar Augustus that aU the world should la* taxed, that each man and his ivifo and offspring should return to the land of Ills birth for nnumeratkn*, And iho '.vr.rd of Caesar was law . . . Chills coursed down !"T 'JZ*. .7T"Ttl^ru .?? oSjirv n* Ihov read the stern idbnuit-am J posted conspicuously In the market places. Cancels were paeiieti i'or the long journey liois^ fr. tho*a whose ! Industry had brought forth these expensive chattels . . . litters* borne \ by ebon slaves were employed to transport affluent Hebrews frooi adopted Imbibitions to the sleepy little village. In crude vehicles, | astride lowly domestic animals, oil foot . . . they weirded their wTay j lU'.ross tho Galiilean border to carry out the wishes of an ambitious j emperor. A jaded donkey halted near the outskirts of Bethlehem ... a worn- i an whoso comely face was drawn by the pangs of approaching deliver- j ance, slumped forward on the animal's back. The stalwart husband j came to her side, worried and sore afraid. c*C'an you make it into the j village, Mary?" Inquired the distressed man. Mary guessed she could. And they trudged on as day gave way to twilight. Bethlehem was booming. A Syrian overlord with his glittering entourage of patronizing yes-men had swooped down from the northlands ... a hundred Konian soldiers in full armor hud arrived to seethat Caesar was not denied his tribute. Harpies from surrounding vil1 acres had ?rath?^red in r?? vniltin-A*' n?" smiled as they drew from dusty cellars rare red vintages for the exacting: appetites of the convivial publicans. Yes, business was at flood tide in ft village which for untold years had iaid in lethargy. Even the vain Herod, tetrarch of Galilee, had sent- a group of smirklng ambassadors to bid the tax-gatlicrers welcome . . . and ladies of his court for their amusement. Joseph halted his donkey at the inn's entrance . . spoke reassuring words to the suffering woman, anxiously surveyed the meagre store of shock els in his purse . . . and entered the doorway. Embarrassment was written on his features as he haltingly explained his predicament to the keen-eyed inkeeper . . . his worn garments were covered with the dust of travel . . . his large hands bore the rough callouses of honest toil. The Inn-keeper was not in mood to lend his attention to the ailments of lowly pilgrims . . . illustrious guests were demanding his services . . . Joseph, Mary and her precious burden sought shelter from ; the elements in a nearby stable. Shepherds were watching over their flocks in the hills of Judea . . , conversation had waned . . . the night air carried a stinging chill . . , the men huddled close together. The peaceful fields were suddenly illuminated tvith dazzling light! An angel appeared in the midst of the startled herdsmen ... a chorus of cherubs drifted down from on high, and blended their golden voices in glad hosannas. The angel smiled as he made his brief announcement . . . "Bohold I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall he unto all people; FOR UNTO YOtT IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE iLORDI And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a monger." The angelic chorus caroled a happy anthem: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, Peace, Goodwill toward men." The snowy wings rustled . . . the heavens swallowed their tri uu^jKmw umtwiigunt. mm i in- snepncrus gumcrea mcir cumlks aDoui them and hastened to Bethlehem that (hoy might sec with their own eves that which the angel had mndo known to them. In a squalid manger back of the crowded inn they came upon the object of their search . .. Joseph and Mary and a new born Babe, which was to bear the name of Jesus! Back to their (locks went the jubilant shepherds, shouting praises to God for the son He'd sent to a decadent world . . . telling their neighbors of tho blessed event! From Jerusalem came a trinity of wise men, under hypocritical orders from the treacherous Herod to seek the Christ CIdid . . . and a star of wonderous brilliance guided them to the straw pallet, whereon lay the saintly virgin and her sinless offspring. Straightway they knew that the words of the great prophet had been fulfilled . . . down on their knees they worshipped the tiny Saviour . . . and from chests they dragged gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to lay by His side. From the inn came discordant sounds of maniliin revelry ... an Eastern potentate boasted of his royal lineage, of the strength of his armies and of the power of his estate. But Mary of Nazareth, daughter of a comknoner, heard them not . . . close to her bosom she held the infinite object she had brought forth . . . her fingers caressed the shapely little head that was destined to wear a cruel crown of thorns . . . she lovingly traced soft little shoulders that one day would bear a heavy cross to the crest of Calvary .. . she counted the dimples on chubby little hands that a few years later were to he pierced by the spikes of crucifixion . . . her lips brushed a little mouth out of which was to flow tho great promise of man's immortality! And Mary softly hummed a soothing lullaby to tho Child in her strong young arms . . . like all mothers, she was proud of her baby! Thus Jesus Christ was born of the blessed virgin in the village of Bethlehem which is in Judaea! v:- rttul T SI .50 A YEAR TORES CLOSED ~ ON NEXT MONDAY; TRADE IS GOOD Merchants Slaying Open This Week in Effort to Serve Holiday Shoppers; Brisk Christmas Trade Noted During Past Week Tile stores of the city as well as lie public offices will tie closed next ilonday all day for a Christmas holilay, it was announced Tuesday from he offices of the Merchants Assoc iaion. It is indicated that the closing vill be seneral. reerarrilessi of >ncni lership in the retail organization. As leretofort, however, drug stores, afes and sen.-Ice stations will renain open as usual for the most lart Vlie merchants are staying open luring thi3 week until nine o'clock ach evening in order to render the jreatest degree of service to holiday rhopner3 and ample sales forces have ecn secured to take care of the last ninute rush with dispatch. Hundreds of people Jammed the 'treats and shops of the city last Friiay and Saturday and reports from iierchants Indicate heavy 'holiday :uying. with prospects that this week viil boost holiday sales to a much tigher figure than last year. Dry foods establishments report a paricularly heavy trade the last of the veek. BURLEY GROWERS AGAINST CONTROL 1 ?.icicfiLrttgly lie font Oucta System: Two-thirds Majority Fails in Belt ? ?T uMUga wunvj vuuav-v,-.* ^runcifir last Saturday turned thumbs down on federal control of weed production by the tune ol' six to One, and at the same time other states throughout the burley holt, failed to endorse the federal ''quota system" by the necessary two-thirds majority. The vote 111 Watauga county's five precincts waa as follows: For Against Control Control Cove Creole 20 225 Beaver Dam 19 87 Boone 24 79 Watauga 6 41 Laurel Creek 1% 115 Totals 87 547 Late figures Indicate that throughout the hurley holt, 124,973 growers favored Uic quota system, wliilo 82,819 were opposed. The percentage In favor was 61.1, while under the federal act a two-thirds vote is essential. Tlius, there will be no regulations covering the production of tobacco in 1939. HYBRID CORN IS NOT READY FOR N- C. USE North Carolina fanners are ad vjcscv* uj vrjmyii jv. Aiiaaieton, State College agronomist, to wait a year or two "before using iiybrd corn. Tests carried on for three years have shown that the hybrid corn seed imported from other states is not well adapted to conditions In this state and It is therefore necessary that adapted varieties be developed. To meet this condition. Dr. Middleton and Dr. Paul H. Harvey, associate agronomist, are conducting greenhouse experiments of inbreeding and field tests to oheck yields. In this way they will be able, possibly by 1940, to recommend hybrid corn which will meet ' expectations under North Carolina conditions. Yield tests were conducted during | the past summer at the Mountain. Branch experiment station at Swannanoa, at the Upper Coastal Plain station near Rocliy Mount and on the Whitley-Davis farm at Clayton. In summing up the results of these tests, Dr. Middleton says: "At Swannanoa only one commercial variety and one experimental hybrid outyielded the best local variety, and that by less than six per cent. In tests at Clayton and Rocky Mount, with very few exceptions, hybrids brought in from a distance showed lack of adaptation. They wore mostly starchy and very light in weight. "The 1938 results do no warrant the recommending of any commercial hybrids at this time, but it is possible recommendations can bo made for farm trials in a small way in 1940." 1
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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