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? VOL. LI, NO. 30 IkekhR Capital LBFE (^W) Washington, D. C., Feb. 1.?A "SO' daily-minded" America looks will unusual Interest toward security hearings which begin the first week of February before Chairman Doughtipn's Ways and Means committee. Flans far more fabulous than Town senoi&m, schemes more promising than the Allen brothers* famed "Bam and Kgga" pour into the comtmittce'a offices. But most intriguing of the batch is that voluminous petition, signed by hundreds of religi- I I ously inclined Ohio- I tans, which reclines j/' ^8? j <011 Lite desk of Com- ??: ! anlttee Clerk Milton Cooper. 1 f Bound in sleek * imitation 1 e a t her, v % 9 iar, decorated with J|Il the Stars and 8s9&\ x/??jS Stripes, this attractivc document bears a simple though inspiring title, ''God's Chosen Plan," with a few explanatory lines from the unfathomable Revelations o f Saint Paul. A glance through "God's Chosen Plan" revealed nothing oI considerable importance in a revenue eort of way; no method, so to speak, which might milk sustaining dollars from tax-givers. ' Whence and from whom, may I enquire, come tlio monies for this worthwhile enterprise?" staked h fjo.-t nirimr pension prospect. A _ Jcfr5ninr vl-fcc ?xiita nation, ?i convincing ex^v.nna nation, with these :cw words: . . . "It's God's Chosen Plan, so God only lotowa where the dough's coming (from!" Pension advocutes, those who have "held out golden promises to deserving oldsters for so long a time, apparently look toward tlicse hearings with little of genuine pleasure. They would prefer, it. would see, to continue as martyrs to a 'great humanitarian cause." and to lay blame for the undeniable suffering which now exists in the ample lap of congress. Anyway Chairman Doughton and the Ways and Means committee are preparing for a long session with the pensioners. And it's an eight-tofive bet that after the hearing has been concluded, there's going to he a lot. of grumbling about the "fairness" of its conduct. After all, most folks favor adequate old age pensions, . -?' .but. to repeat, "God only knows where the dough's coming from." NO MORE SILENCE . . . Senator Bob Reynolds, whose first six years In Uio upper house were marked by almost complete silence, enters his "sophomore term" In full voice. The amiable Tar Heel aolou, fit as the well-known fiddle, has spoken at least a half-dozen times on subjects ranging from America's interference In European affairs to the damaging inflnence of 'corn' liquor. Ghosts of the junior senator's slightly damp 1982 campaign entered the hallowed chamber a fewdays ago as the Honorable Morris Sheppard of Texas concluded his animal address In defense of national prohibition. Boh rose to his leei, paia ir mure to leaders 01 temperance living and dead, and then, with characteristic vigor, shouted these words which resounded from every hustings between Manteo and Murphy during his memorable race against Cam Morrison . . . "Whiskey . . . God's worst enomy, the Devil's best friend ... if any man can show mo a means by which this monster can effectively bo controlled, I'm for ft!" And for minutes afterwards the rafters echoed a typical Reynolds denunciation of America's late-lamented expreiment with the Volstead, act. Bob's two-hour tirade against America becoming Involved in the troubled European situation has earned him the somewhat objectionable title of 'Tar Heel Fuehrer," pinned on him by a capital wit; and a genuine thrashing from The Dally Worker, American organ of the Communist Internationale, which refers to the Carolinian as a "tory unreconstructed Hoover Democrat." And nmv Senator Reynolds must make at least one more speech of uncertain length to shed that Fascist sobriquet, and the ugly influences of Russia's American journal. But with Buncombe Rol>ert (Continued on poge eight) ,-vv >; WjBFT"'-' r?t /ATAI An Independent _____ PENSION PLANS ARE BEING AIRED I Doughton's Ways and Means Committee Starts Hearings on Security Proposals By JIM RIVF/RS (Dixie News Service) Washington, Feb. 1.?A. complete airing of pension schemes, which will Include California's ''Ham and Eggs/' the long-discussed Townscnd plan and varied other recipes for ae{ curity amongst the indigent old, he- j , gin today in <he hearing room of the ! *.vays and means committee. Chair- j man Bob Dough ton of North Carolina, presiding. ; The Northwest's veteran congress . man was opposed in the fail elections by a "pension Repu'oifcan" who I fetched to the ninth district Robert Townsead, son of the "plan's" foim- j der ami official of the nation*. \ Town- ! send organization, who, cm, tating | the late Hucy Long, pressed a motor- 1 ized loud-speaker campaign through- | out the nine Doughton counties. > Townsend's assaults on the ways ; and means chairman were based on the allegation that he, Doughton, as head of the powerful house committee, had "deliberately" refused to give the $200-a-mortth pension proposal a complete hearing. Chairman Dougliton, one of cho strongest proponents of existing security laws, carried each of his counties by an overwhelming majority in November. Hov/?.ver, lie has adopted the attitude that adherents to the many pension proposals, which have . ployed such a tremendous part in recent campaigns, should have their ! "day in court." j It is predlotod that these hearings will continue for at least 30 days, and . [ will attract pension advocates from j each of the 4S states. ishowtmMAHE I NOW KllNfi FED Watauga 4-H Club Boys-Again Going After Blue Evibhons in State's Stock Shows ? Watauga county's 4-I3J Club boys are again expecting to be in the money next fall, when their fat calves wind up series *?f showings at the North Carolina State fair, and County Agent Harry Hamilton says that the lads are shoving even an increased enthusiasm over their pedigreed Hereforda thi3 year Fifteen calves are already on feed, say a Mr. Hamilton, with the prospect that by show-time there will be about twenty finished calves to take the attention of the ? J?... ?.... preliminary local showing. Only 12 calves were fed in the 4-H program last year. Baker Edmlsten," Sugar Grove youth, already has hia calf of nine mouths up to 760 pounds anil when September comes he expects the animal to tip the scales at around 1,300 pounds, and enter the heavyweight competitions. Local calves are first shown at the Gove Creek fair In September, the best of them compete at the Asheville fat calf show, ami the windup of the show season ends at the ringside of the state fair In Raleigh. Much Interest In Tobacco Warehouse i Air. S. C. Eggers, local realtor, who j recently suggested the erection of a warehouse here for the sale of hurley, | tells the Democrat that the proposal Is meeting with a wide response. Mr. \ Eggers i3 receiving letters almost i daily from "Interested fanners and ethers and lias been visited by 1 growers from four other counties, who are heartily in favor of the proposal. Mr. Eggers states that far more than the required one million pounds would be marketed in Boone the first year, and a movement is now in DrocrriiKii tn enntanh frvharvw rorrtnnn. i ies in an effort to get buyers sent here. If this movement is successful, then plans for the actual construction off the warehouse will bo considered. BOONE AUTHOR GETS NATIONAL RECOGNITION David P. Allison, Boone author, whose several volumes of fiction have been well received^ is In receipt of a letter to the effect that he Is being given honorary membership in the Eugene Field Society, a national organization of authors and Journalists, which numbers among its membership some of the greatest writers of the age. Mr. Allison's notification states that "the literary skill and craftsmanship of-your published works entitles you to an honorary membership in the society." JGA ] Weekly Newspaper?EstaL ^TAUGA~CO~UNTY, NORTH CAI Jim Rivers Again C Writes For Paper Jim Bivers, who in former, year* distinguished himself for his send- | T humorous reflections oil life in { general as utho Sketch Man," re- ? turns to the Democrat Today with J u column entitled "Sketches' from Capital Life" and aLso enlivens the columns of the newspaper with Cl intimate news glimpses of the nation's capital. ^ 18 dim, who has been with the U. C( 8. Bituminous Coal commission ej for some time, is one of the founders of the Dixie News Agency. ai which Is furnish nig a jM?rsouallz:ed rt Washington news service to week- ft, Iv papers in the state. The sketch ^ column will, as in former years, C( feature the so-called inconseciuen- lt fiuic?..i?? ? ?W U4VJ viiurtK;! .lU'ruv CV g eryday [)?ople and things?some- ^ times hiunorous, sometimes sad.?- ^ but always different. The news ^ dispatches will l>e localized wher- Vt ever possible, and the newspaper -lc i promises Its pat toils in this new ^ \ service the best feature it Ls pos- ' sible for a weekly newspaper to s< j secure front the capita! city. Headers will derive entertain nent aad concise information, not featured in the dailies, by followin/f the Sketch Plan's contribu- u ! lions?now a regular weekly fea- w ture of the Democrat. ^ ? a' FARM LOAN GROUP I TO HOLD MEETING "f Sugar Grove National Farm l.oan Group Meets; Operations of Past Year to Be a Feature !> A largo attendance :? exi-vcted at, j a the ii'injui meeting of the Sugar |B <7iiiro National Farm I mn Assc-eiiS - i 8 , n..; which wtp he held ill Bot*D& on " February y iu i_' t-Ho'.tJ courthouse, according to u. H. iiracy, U secretary-treasurer. Responses from H members indicate that the meeting, ratty bo one of the largest in the hlr-i 'fo^> of tli" -organization, he nki-i. 1 iS In addition to the reports of of- u ficers, giviDg a complete picture of Lhe operations of the association during the past yrar, there will be talks I by representative fanners and others. S A representative of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia will be present at the meeting anil wilt be pre to any queauonp memhers may wish to ask regarding the I bank. tar. Bracey said that every member of tne association was urged to be present. The association serves Watauga and Avery counties, is capitalized at $17,435,000, and lias loans a in force at this time totaling $343,- tl 650. E Dii-ectors of the association are: n A C>. Miller, James T. Gross, S. C. Eggers, Dr. II. B. Periy and R. M. o Ward. li WPA CRAFTSMEN ' TO GATHER HERE; ti Supervisors From All Parts of p State to Take Part in Crafts Training Conference 1 li A crafts training conference, which * is to be attended by WPA leaders J' and supervisors from al! parts of a the state, will begin at the old academy on the college campus next v Monday and will continue for two *' weeks, according to an announcement coming from Airs. Ronnie Sheffield, 11 who heads the recreational division P of the state Works Progress Admin- 11 istration. c Miss Genevieve Lawler, nationally recognized craft s specialist, of Wash- ) ington, D. C., will he In charge of the conference and will be assisted by Miss Margaret Grant, also a competent craftsman, who Is now in the county. Miss Sarah Wilkerson, {i state training consultant, is respon- / (Continued on page eight) t v I President's Ball a ^ Successful Affair p ij The birthday balls held at Boone and Blowing Rock last Friday ami c Saturday nights, respectively, for the ^ benefit of sufferers from infantile e paralysis, were decidedly successful, 3 according to Chairman Pat McGulre. 3 Mr. McGulre is unable to give a complete fiscal report, due to the fact that ma y who sold tickets have not made their returns, but says that something more than $250, gross, was r received from the events, which i amount was only exceeded once since 7 the balls were first started. A com- t plete statement, with the net returns, ,j wili be. published when available. 1< fc?s DEMC lished in the Year Eightei MOLINA, .^tSDAY, FEB. 1 iEORGpARTillNG ( NEW^MM AGENT? eachcdBCove Creek School is 1 Nfov JSssistant to County i ^Sgcut Hamilton " George G. Farthing of Valle Cru ^ s, member of the faculty at Cove reek high school. Monday entered ! Don hi3 duties as assistant county irm agent, his appointment having >me through the state agricultural [ctehslon service. :Mr. Farthing. who is a son of Mr. i nd Mrs. "William Farthing, was sared in Watauga county, a.nl so far i is recalled, is the first man from lis immediate section to enter junty agerf work. He graduated j oiu Bcrea College in 1932 With a i . S. degree in agriculture; lias been uicher of vocational agriculture for io past five years at Cove Greek igh school, and during the past four ears has rendered outstanding servc as secretary of the Cove Creek iir, which is one of the most com- j ceESgive agricultural fairs of trie ;atc. County Agent 11. M. HamUisa, -_lr . ;els extremely fortunate in having lt. Farthing associated with him in le county agent, work and says: Mr Farthing i3 thoroughly familiar itb the problems facing the local irnicrs, and his splendid knowledge long agricultural lines make him le logical man for the opening in ?y office. The fanners of the counf, and myself, are highly pleased ith his appointment." Northwestern, is 10th Largest State Sank; - ; The Northwestern Hank, which lias ! bmc offices in North \Vilk-.sboro,! j pd branches in Boone, Blowing ' ? ock, jg.ffarson , Sparta, Burr.svitlo j is I BakerKville, rhiike tenth among! , U.na.. ... --'.- .V. CStr.i'ir-R ir. ' - ' ?' rewcrrea nvfWiUilg !o inforir.a-! m *wr,.f? ?, -j lOOil, state commissioner of backs. Northwestern advanced fron. mvtewiih. JA' duop^f the past e^r^ifrrHOod twrid. Waehovia-Bank nd Trust Company ia the largest late bank. \ mm short I COURSE MONDAY ;, _ 1< Extension Specialist to Discuss j ^ Tim el v Tonics Before forth- ! t erhig of Farmers ' 1 Mr. >1. M. Hamilton, Jr.. county gent, expects a large attendance at lie poultry .short course to be held in ; loone next Monday and gives the ( ewspapcr the following statement: ( "Are you malting as much money ( n your poultry flock as you would ( ke to make? Do you have any hicken diseases that you have not j eer. able to cure? "If you are niterested in trying to lake more money on your chickens lid do away with poultry diseases, hen come to the poultry short course , hat will be held at the courthouse in J loone on Monday, February 0. The ] Tograrn will 3tart at 9:30 a. ill. , "Mr. F. C. Parrlsh, extension poul- , ry specialist at Stale College, Ha- j ;lgh, is holding this poulti-y meeting 1 or five counties, namely, Avery, , cslie, Alleghany, Wilkes and Wat- < uga. ] "I think the farmers and their | /ivea will find this a very helpful and , nterestiag meeting. "I bellevo the poultry business a the county can be Improved; so tease try to attend this meeting and lear all the poultry problems disussed." liVataugans Attend ! Sunday School Meet ] i Mr. S. C. Eggers, Sunday school < ;irwLur jur uits a urott roiiva niuawi, \ j Lssociation. heads a delegation oi' , en or twelve Watauga churchmen , ,'ho will leave Boone Thursday rnevnng for the two days' session of the | tate-wide Sunday school convention, , >eing held at the First Baptist church , n Winston-Salem. Tlie convention will feature dis- ( ourses by some of the most distinguished southern ministers, and it is ecpectcd that the attendance at the ession will be hi excess of ono thouand. TOWNSEND CIAJB TO MEET There will be a Townsend Club neeting at the Pastime Bowling Aley Friday night, February 3rd, at o'clock. All members arc invited o be present for transaction of im(Ortant business, says Mr. N, C. Miler, the Secretary of the club. )CRA 5n Eighty-Eight i 1939 Greer Legisla Sale Of Wini Oilier Potei "Scarlet" Is Picked Hollywood, Calif.?After montlts : . of rumors, the oast for the movie, 1 . *'Goiie With lite Wind" has finally ' benit i'Iiwoil (TaCft to right) Vivien I-eigh (Strict O'Uant), Leslie , Howard (A>h!ey Wllkos), and Olivia do llnviilaiul (Melanie), have j boon signed to play in the picture, i , Clark liable wilt play the role of f Khett Butler. j | ]AFES AND HOTEli] \REGIVEN RATINGS! ieultli tiiituai > .i> v. .Nu.-e.vAssigned to food Handling jfe Establishments As requital by Jatv, Mr. H. S. Vebster, inspector for the locfil icalth department, announces telo he most recent grades of the food Kindling establishments now bpo.r.it- ] ng lit Watauga county: Grade \ >anic) Boone Hotel 92 i Paro-Jean Inn . tc. Joone Trail CiU'c 5)1 iuif Luncli 91 Jtdd Brewer's Cafe 5M.3 VppalactiUin Cafeteri i Oil I hivkway Cafe 93 Phe Bark 91 Gritile it Yppalychi.-tn Soda Shop 30 P. & L. Cafe 32.5 Carolina Cafe - 82.5 fraud View Lunch S'2.5 love Creek title SO I rcen Lantern -32 T^ft-v Asrnliso Chan OU-afhtt* A Itv VUUUlia VJ1IUJ', AMUniUg | Sock, wjus Instructed to discontinue Killing food duo to the low score of | 30.5% which is below the minimum score permitted under the law. Mr. Webster poinia out that these ratings reflect the winter time grades, which are ordinarily slighiiy lighor than those following' snmmertime Inspection, when flics are prevalent. He expresses great pleasure, however, in being aide to release these Improved ratings, and states that there has been a fine spirit of co-operation on the part of cafe and hotel operators in making their places comply with legat requirements. I Burgess Signs REA Contracts Molvin P. Burgess, Inc., and the Caldwell Mutual Corporation have signed the contracts for the construction of the REA lines in Ashe incl Alleghany counties, and the papers are now in Washington for the signature of National REA Administrator John J. Carmandy. Final ixecution of the contract will be ?ompleted in the next few days. a in; cuiilihcus wvcr iae cousLruc:ion of 285 miles of electric transmission lilies in the two neighboring X)initios at a cost of $204,000. OFFICERS NAMED FOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The 27 charter members of the newly formed Presbyterian church net in the young peoples' department >f the Baptist church Sunday afternoon, heard a sermon by Rev. Thos. Johnson, president of Kings College, Bristol, Tenn., and elected officers for the church. Dr. Robert R. King, J. E. Ilolshousir and I. S. Miller were chosen eliers; while M. B. Craven. E. S. Christenbury and E. Ford King were electMi deacons. T-V "*f i 11 i V ili* T tion Outlaws e, Beer And it Beverages Local Solon Casts ltonc Dry Measure Into Legislative Hopper Monday Evening; Passage of Measure Returning County to Original Aridity Confidently Expected; Text of the Bill Offered Watauga county is to he returned to its traditional prohibition status, under the terms of a bill introduced in the house of representatives Mor.d y evening by Representative Roby T. Greer, which would outlaw the saie ui uet-r una wme in mis :ounty after April 30, and which it is predicted, will have smooth sailing through the legislative storms, and be incorporated in the law ef the land within the next few days. The Watauga county anion ran on i bone dry platform fn the fall elections. promising the roiurit ox Watiug& county to Volateadlsm If he were elected, and his first act is "to . ep faltii with the people'* by endlug the five-year visit of beer and light wines to his county. The bill is drawn 30 as to take effect at the Ivrminatton of the nnniKil state and county licenses, and for the violation of the ' rcpcalpr" ir monetary penalty of $50 may be extracted or the violator may bo imprisoned 30 say ft The complete text of the <feeer bill follows: "A bill ti) i.-e Millie-:* an act In pro! 11 iA the sn'.r! vif b^rr or -JOier alooi VrTLO". Wntayxg** ":'v ^r"The (JKiietfil Assembly of North. Baroiiiia do enact: , : " "Section 1. That it shall t?e unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or.offer for sale or dispeii?0 any wine, hu.r or other beverage authorised to be sold under tho Beverage Opntrot Act of one thousand nine hut dred and thirty nine, within \\ it -.a county. -Sec. 2. That any person violating the provisions of this act. shall be guilty of a. misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) % or imprisoned not. more than thirty (20) days. "Sec 3. Thut all laws and clauaesr 01 laws ir. ciwrcict with this act are hereby repealed. ' See. 4. That tliia act Jefcall be Iiv i all force &SS effect from and after April thirtieth, onb tbouaaiul nine hundred and thirty-nine." Emergency Crop Loans Are Available Here Applications for emergency crop and feed loans for 1939 arc now beliifT received at Booee Seed Uian office by J. K. .lotnes, field supervisor of tlie emergency crop and feed loan section of tlie farm credit administration. The loans will be made, as in tne past, only to farmers whose cash requirements arc small and who cannot obtain credit from any other source. The money loaned will be limited to the farmer's immediate and actual cash needa for growing hia 1939 crops or for the purchase of feed for livestock. Farmers who can obtain the funds they need from an individual, production credit association, hank or other concern are not eligible for crop and feed loans from the emergency crop and feed loan section of the farm credit administration. The loans will not be made to standard rehablltta tion {Clients whose current needs are provided for by the farm security administration, formerly known as the resettlement administration. As In the past, farmers who obtain emergency crop and feed loans will give a3 security a first lien on its crop financed, or a first lien on the livestock to be fed if the money borrowed is to be used to produce or purchase feed for livestock. When loans are made to tenants, the landlords, cr those having an interest in the crop financed or tho livestock to be fed. are required to waive their claims in favor of a Uen to the governor of the farm credit adminstration until the loan Is repaid. VISIT FLORIDA CITIES Mr. and Mia. John Conway and son, John Spencer, spent last week In Florida, visiting Jacksonville, Ocala, Silver Springs, St. Augustine and other points of scenic and historical Interest. I
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