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Capital Lift
WASHINGTON. D. C.?If a fellow
is inclined to place confidence In the
cynical scribes who cover Washington's
hectic scene, President Roosevelt
is definitely on the "greasy
board." Mark Sullivan, again resplendent
in high stiff collar, exults
daily in the parailisical
thought that
America has. after
ifi j six years of experiSBi
mentation, turned
Pfc* ber back on the
w 'crack-pot schemes'
r- r of a liberal admin!
istration . . that
V. J?j we're heading' back
A to "the good old
SIF yn days" of safe and
conservative Republican
rule. And
Jim Rivers there are dozens of
knowing lads who
heartily agree!
SO. WHTH THE NEW DEAL on
that sad trail to inevitable Waterloo,
it behooves the prophetic Washington
ion to pierce the veil of uncertainty
and take a look at the com- ,
ing presidential campaign. Republican
material, according to the press,
abounds plentifully. There arc Dew
eys and Bartona and Vand011 burgs ,
&nd Iiodges ar.d Tails, any of whom
is eminently qualified to fill tho
shoes of IJnroln or Garfield or Teddy
<?r 0g)vSa -even Keifcurl. Tne wsutsj
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be a crusade to sa\e a ttrriV.ly sick
nation from the malignant ai In teat of
Democratic reform:
WORK REUEK, condemned by the
opposition for its flagTant abuse of
human rights?for its wanton extravagances-must
of necessity bo
abandoned. But, will the sleek Michigan
senator, whose condemnations
of WFA make headlines aplenty, tell
those millions who today obtain livelihood
from its thousands of projects
that they must suffer the pangs of
hunger while industry seeks to remedy
them? Now. wili ho?
WLL.t. THE GHNTTUjlWAN from
Massachusetts, young Henry Cabot
Lodge, take to the hustings and tell
potential supporters that Fedora! Deposit
Insurance must be cast out the
window ? Will ho face the 479 820
patrons of failed banks, who received
payment in full of their life savings,
and tell them that the agency which,
without ado, retrieved their losses, is
a needless waste of federal revenues ?
Now, will he?
AND BRUCE BARTON . . . will
the handsome New Yorker, whose ingenuity
in the field of business has
amassed an enviable fortune, stand
before the 2,200,000 youths and unemployed
war veterans who found
haven and useful work in the hundreds
of camps broadcast over Amer- i
ica, and condemn the Civilian Con- 1
nervation Corps? Now, will he?
THE WIDELY-TALKED Tom
Dewey, whose unrelenting war on
New York's prolific rackets seems to
have earned for him a top-flight
ranking among Republican possibilities
for the Presidency, may be called
upon to do battle against another
vicious" agency which came into being
during Roosevelt's reign . . . the
Social Security Board. Will the serious
young prosecutor tell old folks
on the East Side, In the tenement
sections of Chicago, in midwest cornfields
and on the south's cotton plantations
that this pension legislation ,
undermines ''American institutions of
freedom" . . . that it must be consigned
to the scrap^plle? Now, will he?
WILL, ROBERT TAFT, son of a
President and Ohio's outstanding
White House possibility, proclaim
from the platform his destate, and
that of his party, for the United
States Housing Authority . . . another
New Deal "mistake" ... a mistake
which has meant modern apartments
for a multitude whose lives had been j
spent in drab slums "across the
tracks." Will he tell those thousands
of young couples whose homes were
made possible by the insured mortgage
plan of FHA, that Roosevelt (
sinned and the nation erred when
this alphabetical monstrosity came
into being? Now, will he?
WILL MR. HOOVER himself, or
Mr. Hamilton, or Mr. Dandon gad
about the country telling all sorts of
audiences that the Reconstruction
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An Independent
BOONE, V
SALES OF BEER AND!
WINE TO BE BANNED
SUNDAYS LOCALLY
Substitute Bill Giving County
Commissioners Power to Regulate
Sale of Alcoholics is
Passed by the House; Applies
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iu nuinocr 01 volumes
The house of representatives
on' Tuesday passed a bill to give
the county commissioners regulatory
powers over the sale of
wine and beer in Watauga and
a number of other western Carolina
counties. The bill is one
drafted as a substitute for the
Greer bone dry bill, the passage
of which was urged before the
finance committee by Watauga's
representative.
The bill. which was reported by a
special sub-commlttcc, docs not actually
forbid the sale of wine and
beer in the county as has been urged
by Watauga county people, but it
does give the counties the right to
decline to issue permits for the sale
of wine for consumption on the premises.
Counties are also allowed to forbid
the sale of wine and beer during
the hours between -12:01 a. m. and
midnight on Sundays.
The bill as passed by the bouse applies
to a number of counties in the
state. Other northwestern counties
included arc: A very, Ashe, Yadkin
ar.d Iredell.
Tile house has also passed Representative
Greer's bill to incorporate
the lie the i high school district in
Watauga county.
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ADDRESS TUTORS
m a - e r?i j tv ' ?a - t
lucuinvr ui .time LFcpurinicni 01
Instruction to Speak at
Teachers Meeting
Mrs. Ruth Vlck Bverctt of the
state department of public instruction,
will address the teachers of the
countK, Saturday afternoon, April 1,
at 2 o'clock. Tile meeting is to be
held in the auditorium of the elementary
demonstration school.
Tile different departments will meet
immediately following the address to
discuss grading and promotions.
This will be the Jast general meeting
of the year and every teacher in
the county is urged to be present at
2 o'clock.
World's Largest Hog
Exhibited in Boone
"Eig Boy," who is believed to toe
the world's largest hog, was on exhibition
in Boone last week and was
viewed by hundreds of local citizens.
The huge Poland China weighs 1,904
pounds, and was reared by Messrs.
Lllea and Sanders of Black Mountain.
He is five years old.
The owners state that there, is a
prospect "Big Boy" niay be exhibited
it the Goiden Gate exposition later in
the year.
Doughton Better;
Returns to Work
Representative Robert L. Doughton
has returned to his official duties
in Washington, recovered from an attack
of bronchitis and influenza.
Ml". Doughton became ill early last
month and went to Florida for recuperation.
He spent some time at his
Laurel Springs home before returning
to the capital city. Mrs. Doughton
remained at murei springs on account
of the illness of a relative.
TO SUBSCRIBERS
Those who have recently received
notices of the expiration of their subscriptions
to the Watauga Democrat
are urged to renew promptly, so that
there may be a minimum of discontinuances.
MADRID SURRENDERS
TO GEN. FRANCO
Madrid, (March 28.?Nearly 1,000,D00
half- famished survivors of the
most terrible siege of modem times
danced and embraced victorious nationalist
troops in Madrid's streets
tonight in celebration of the city's
surrender and the end of the long
Spanish civil .war. Nearly three
years of Spain's "little world war,"
which had threatened to engulf all
Europe, was at its end. All that remained
for Generalissimo Francisco
Franco's nationalists was to mop up
a wedge-shaped area extending cast
and south s to the Mediterranean
coast.
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Weekly Newspaper?Est,
Watauga county, north (
Negro Slayer's Counsel
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Barb, an attractive brunette 6nly
2S years old, astonished the judge,
attendants and spectators in the
court of general sessions when she
stepped forward to defend James
Pryor, young- negro, on a murder
charge. She had been retained by
friends of the accused man, she
.said, and had been a member of the
bar since last May. She was grodr
uatcd from Brooklyn Law School'
with an LL.B. degree magna cuia'
laude.
STREET PROJECT
GAINS APPROVAL
S20,0l)il to Be Spent in Rebuilding
Sidewalks and Improving
Streets of Oitv
Mny?W JL C;vSi
|v?.-.,.. tn.v i ;v. 1 telecretth /raril
U.
advising ef the fine! ap)^bval o|
Boone's new VV-PA pi-oj&dy units?
which $20,000 will he Hpciit in the
improvement of the street? and thin |
rebuilding of tho sidewalks, of the
city, the probability hclrj^wnt
on the project will begin April 12.
The project includes the rebuilding
of the broken sidewalks in town, extension
of certain walkways, asphaltsurfacing
of macadam streets, and
stone guttering of side ditches in
some localities. $1,500 is set aside to
plant trees and otherwise beautify the
city.
ESSAY CONTEST
AT BANK CLOSES
Thp thrift negpu ?v\ritn-;t whirh txrae
recently conducted by the Northwestern
Bunk, ?closcd on March 25,
according to Cashier W1 D. Farthing,
who states that due to the fact that
more than one thousand essays were
turned in, judges will not be able to
announce the winners before the
end of the first or second week hi
April.
The contest was open to high
school students of Watauga county
and cash prizes to be distributed to
those writing the best essays centering
about some specific reason for
saving money.
EVERGREENS AVAILABLE
AT CITY HALL SATURDAY
Mayor W. BE. Gragg states that a
good supply of evergreens and other
plants will be available to residents
of the town at the city hall next
Saturday. Canadian and Carolina
hemlock, red laurel and other decorative
plans, thrifty and nursery grown
will be offered at less than 50 per
cent of the usual price, in order to
encourage the beautification of the
town.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PASSES PHOTO LAW
iwwcigii, jaaivii ?o. A?e nouae iunight
passed Senator Gray's bill to
exempt bona fide press photographers
and amateurs from the licensing
provisions of the state photographic
law. The bill now is to be ratified
as law..
It allows press photographers to
sell negatives and prints made on
regular assignments and also allows
amateurs to sell prints and negatives
but forbids solicitation for sales.
COVE CREEK BOYS WIN
BASKETBALL LETTERS
Banner Elk, March 28.?Vance
Henson. Hoy Isaacs and Ben Hdrton,
all of Cove Greek, have won letters
in basketball at Lces-McRae College
this year, and were recently initiated
into the Monogram Club, organization
for lettermen in athletics.
All three boys were outstanding on
the Cove Creek high school basketbail
team iast year.
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DEM<
ablished in the Year Eigh
Carolina, Thursday, mar(
DEMOCRATS NAME
CITY CANDIDATES
Convention to Bo IIaid T night
to Select Candidates for Municipal
Offices
The* Democrats of the town of
Boone will gather in nominating convention
at the courthouse Thursday
evening for the purpose of naming
candidates for mayor and three
! members of the board of aldermen.
! While the Republicans hav'e not call|
ed their convention, it is said that
j they will nominate their candidates
almost immediately following the action
of the Democrats.
The election has been called by City
Clerk G. K. Moose and will be held
on Tuesday, May 2, at the city hall.
J. C. McCinnell will he the registrar,
while Joe Crawford and J. E. Holshouscr
will act as judges of election.
The registration books will open
on the 8th of April and will remain i
open until and including April 22.
Challenge day will be observed on
April 29.
Deacons, Pastors
To Gather Monday
The monthly meeting of the Baptist
! pastors and deacons will be held
Monday, April 3, at 2 o'clock at the
Boone Baptist church. P.ev. Vilas
Minton and IV. G. Hodges, who constitute
the program committee, release
the following outline of the
meeting:
Devotional?Kcv. W J. Cook.
"Are we pastors exercising enough
care and judgment when dealing with
applicants for church membership?"
W. D. Ashley.
J? "Aio we over-anxious to secure
new members without due regard to
tileir qualifications?" G A Hornby.
' Are wc- not anxious U. ovungclizel
M. Edrrhittn. ; i
"financial support of Christ's
kingdom. Who should help finance ?"
J. C. Canipe.
All open discussions.
Merchants, Chamber
Commerce Banquet
The possibility of establishing a
hurley tobacco market here, the
question of Inducing some hosiery
mill to locate in town and the buildbig
of a golf course will occupy the
attention of members of the Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants Association
when the two organisations
gather in banquet session April 11.
The complete program for the evening
has not been worked out, but the
lnf>Al r?n\ircr?n,ru?t* nnvt waaL- ykt41I now?
the details.
In connection with the session the
local retailers will hold a pep meeting:
on account of the annual Treasure
Hunt which is to be announced
on April 13. Advertising matter,
trade tickets, etc., are to be distributed
at this time.
New Boooks Needed
For Countv Librarv
The Watauga county public library
is steadily growing in circulation, but
there is a great need for new books.
The library committee is sponsoring
a drive for funds to start a "memorial
shelf."
You may choose your own book or
the library can select it, A plate
will be placed in the book to desig- J
nate the donor and the name of the j
person in whose memory the book is
given.
Rev. Paul Towns end, chairman of
the committee, urge3 everyone in the
county to co-operate in this drive, for
in what better way can you honor the
memory of a loved one than by promoting
a worthy cause?
Q. C. KING DIES
Mrs. J. M. Moretz of Boone, has
received a telegram announcing the
death of her uncle, Mr. Q. C. King,
who succumbed in Seattle, Wash., on
the 13th, at the age of 78. Mr. King
was reared in .Watauga county and
visited here four years ago. Further
details of his death were not given.
T rade-ln- Boone
Days This Week
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week have been designated
by the Merchants Association as
Trade-in-Boone days and several
advertisements in the Democrat
today are devoted to special offerings
on this account. Special bargains
will be offered on a citywide
scale and many shoppers arc
expected to converge upon the
business district.
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Energized In^
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j Authority in Bohemia jl
Prague?General Johannes* Blaskowik,
who was appointed by Adolf
Hitler as the "supreme authority"
in Bohemia, which Includes Prague.
This announcement- came soon aftj
er German troops entered into
I Czech territory.
[BOARD EDUCATION!
GETS APPOINTMENT
Members of Locul School Body
Are Named to Kuar and
Six-Year Terms
f: rvf\isTf .Wataasra <ro'<jatyBoard
of Education wui acnccatorxasci-ve
for terms of four and six
years, rather than for two years, as
heretofore, according to the provisions
of the omnibus bill, which was
received by the house of representatives
Friday - afternoon, a nd all the
members of the present beard have
been recommended by Representative
Greer, in accordance Willi the
action of the Democratic county convention
lost year.
C. O. Triplett, W C. Walker and
Chappel Wilson are being named for
terms or rour years oacn, wntie J. Li.
Horton ancl Clyde Perry are to so I've
for six years.
Baptist Training
Union Meets Here
The Baptist Training Union convention
will be held at the First BapI
tist church here Friday afternoon at
! 3 o'clock and will continue until Saturday
afternoon.
All churches of the Three Forks
Association are urged to send delej
gates. A good program has been arranged,
with inspirational speakers
I and instructors. The convention is
open to all whether sent by a church
or not.
F1NLEY THOMAS BROWN
Finley Thomas Brown, aged 3S
years, son of Mr. and MVs. A. M.
Brown of Boone, died March 22, at
Jamestown. Tenn., where he had resided
for fifteen years, and where he
was station agent for the Onida and
Western Railway Company.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Oak Grove Baptist church
near Boone last Saturday morning.
Rev. D. M. Edmistcn being, assisted
in the rites by Rev. E. C. Hodges.
Interment was in the Hinc cemetery,
members of Snow Dodge No. 363,
A. F. & A. M., being in charge.
Mr. Brown was married to Miss
Mary Ecthel Banner December 24,
1925. He professed faith in Christ
and united with the First Baptist
KuiuiKui at Jamestown, Tenn., iXLay i,
1&35, and remained faithful until
death. He was a member of the Masonic
fraternity.
Surviving arc the widow and one
son, Billy Thomas, together with the
| parents. The following brothers and
sisters also survive: Roy, Stewart
and Olin, Sugar Grove; Mack and
Kenneth, Boone; Mrs. Emma Tate,
Mrs. Mattie Norris, Boone; Mrs.
! Myrtle Beach, Bluff City, Tenn.; Mrs.
Daisy Hardy, Mrs. Eater Hodges and
Mia3 Alice Brown, Boone.
WILLIAM P. HALE AT
APPALACHIAN COLLEGE
William Powell Hale, nationally!
known for his impersonations, will
appear at the college auditorium in
a most entertaining program Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock.
The general public is cordially invited
to be present. There- is no admission
charge.
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$1.50 A YEAR
R, E. A. Lines
Watauga Area
Flip o? Switch at Haley's Camp
Brings Electric Service to
Large Number Rural Homes
Current to Be Available to
l.OUO Farmers in Next Two
Weeks
Rural electrification became
an actuality in Watauga county
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock,
when 90 miles of transmission
lines were energized as a switch
was thrown in the vicinty of
Bailey's Camp. The principal
transmission line is now carrying
electricity bought from the
Duke Power Co. to Perkinsville,
in suburban Boone.
Mr Harry IX'war, REA engineer, 1
states that the entire project will be
energized within the next two weeka
and i?lprlrir? mrrpnt mnrln uroiioWrt
to 1,000 fa inters residing near the
183-mile line. Meantime wiring contractors
are inspecting their wiring"
jobs and other crews are inspecting
transformers, etc. All the contractors
have been notified to visit each farm
home wired in an effort to discover
any defects which might exist.
More than 400 Wataugans have
wired their homes through the REA.
loan fund provided for the purpose,
and $24,000 has thus heen used.
Mr. Dcwar states that 35 miles of
lines in Ashe county will be ready
for the current about the middle of
May. construe turn having been started
in that area on March 13.
Democratic Rs% in
"* AlLcmadfc Fvuia>
A district Young Democratic Jcfforsonien
rally is to be held in Albemarle
on Friday night, March 31, and
A. J. Quails, Boone attorney, has received
a number of tickets for the
event to be offered to interested
Watauga patrons.
A barbecue at the armory at 7:30
will start the rally, after which Bob
Thompson, secretary to Governor
Hoey, will deliver the principal address.
Dancing wall follow, and the
program represents a well-rounded
evening's entertainment.
Tickets, which may be secured at
the Carolina Pharmacy or at the
Watauga Democrat office, are $1.50
each, and Mr. Quails would like to
know at once how m(any can go from
Watauga, so that the necessary reservations
may be made.
Rev. Dan Graham
Is Visitor to City
Rev. Dan Graham, Blountvllle,
Tenn., evangelist, together with lUica
Anderson ar^i Rev. Mr. Boyd, vi3ite<t
for a short while in Boone Tuesday,
the party being en route to Kingsport.
Tenn., from Lenoir.
Mr. Graham states that it is possible
that he and his party will return
either to Boone or Blowing
Rock a little later on in another revival
meeting.
WILKES COMMISSIONERS TO
BE NAMED BY DISTRICTS
j Raleigh, March 28.?Democrats of
Wilkes county today got the final ap|
proval of the general assembly on
their plan to so district the county
I that it will be, in their opinion, impossible
for Republicans to elect
more than one member of the. board
of county commissioners.
Final approval was passage by the
senate, despite an earnest appeal
from Remiblicsn SpnotA. ,.n ?r
?
a bill introduced "with pleasure" last
week by Democrat Frank Woodhouse
of Yadkin.
The bill, now ready to be ratified,
provides for election of the Wilkes
| board of commissioners by district
from each of the three districts and
sets bounds of these districts.
On the basis of the average vote
cast in the 1938 election, district one
was about 800 Democratic, district
2 from 295 to 350 Democratic, and
district 3 about 1,400 Republican.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Teague of Asheville, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Greene, a son on
Thursday. Mrs. Teague is 19, while
the father i9 75. On the following
day Mr. Teague's mother-in-law, Mrs.
Ethel Story, gave birth to a son. Hie
father-in-law is only 47.
Mr. Craig Holler, local grocer, is
expected to return to his work today
after having been confined with influenza.
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