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VOL. 52, NO. 25
Tlie Week in
Washington
A RESUME OF GOVERNMENTAL
HAPPENINGS IN THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington, Dec. 20.?The secom
tegular session of the 76th congres
meets on January 3, but the arm;
of lobbyists for a hundred specia
interests has been on the job fo
several weeks, and every returnini
member is made aware, by more o
less devious means of conununiea
, tion, that it would be smart for hit!
Ic vote for this, that or the othe
nropostal?or else.
"Or else" in a year when all th
mnrpconfafiuot; fnniP nn for rr>.plnn
lion calls for little explanation. O
course it is never?or hardly everput
as bluntly as lo say to a mem
bcr of congress that if he doesnl
rote for a giver, proposal the heo
I I will be turned on and he will lose ;
lot of votes which would be ex
tremely useful in his district. Bu
when it is considered that practical
ly half of the members now sitlin
got in by such close margins that
shift of only a thousand or so vote
would have elected the other fellow
it would seem as if it wouldn't tak
much more than a hint lo swing
good many members' votes.
That is the popular notion of th
way the lobbyists work. It has beei
made the theme of many a roinan
lie piece of fiction, and a lot o
folks who don't know the wheel
actually go 'round n Washingtoi
are inclined to think of their con
pressman as rather spineless weak
iings concerned with nothing bu
their own personal continuance ii
office. That is a wrong picture, fo
severa' reasons.
High Principles
First, it is not as easy to influene
the. average congressman or sena
tor to vote in favor of any measur
which he does not hones!ly believ
te for the public weltare, as man;
? folk think it is. The average of ltigi
and honorable principles, on ever,
question of importance that come
up for consideration hi congress, i
probably higher than in any othe
icgiskrt^ve body in the world. Ther
are honest differences of opinior
8j and a preference to follow the part
leadership, but the record of th
first session of this congress cat
rirs ttp own evidence that there ar
many 'tnenitaeni who pat their hon
R'""'" est^contrtetioTiR-above party policy.
i 'i'o be fure, there will bo a lot o
iuies cast, and on important ques
ubns, because of their possible of
feet upon the success of one part
6f the other; but on the whole, th
Controversial issue will be cletemiin
<ki_ by the majority opinion of the:
merits.
There is no likelihood of a shc.r
session. There will be loo man;
questions on which members u
both parties will want to put them
selves on record, for one tiring. An<
for another, the activities of th
lobbies, working with pressure
blocks inside of congress, will b
greater than in the first session,
i Possibly more controversy will b
aroused over the tax situation thai
on any other one subject. It is dit
ficult for outside observers to se
t.bw increased taxes can be avoided
if even part of the President's pro
gram for enlarging the national de
fenses if carried through. And 01
that matter the belief in Washing
ton is that the public is pretty sol
idly behind the President.
Belter Feeling Toward Business
The problem is how to raise th
additional billion or so without cut
iihg essensial expenses in o'.he
liblds, and without adding <.0 thi
lax burden on business,
i; There is a much more tender feel
ing toward business apparent her
Uian there has been in the pasl
The force of the argument ot 'ousi
!n?r interest.- that they canni t pu
more men to work if they are no
allowed to make profits is hein
felt at both ends of Pennsvlvani
avenue. The only alternative to in
icuurs, iiowcver, seems v
be additional borrowing and in
creasing national debt beyond it
present legal limit. Any economies
however drastic, made in otiii r dc
partments, seem certain to be oftV
by increased expenditures for th
army and navy.
The agricultural relief situation i
i one of the things which this sessioi
trill be called upon to readjust. On
\ of the most powerful pressur
1 blocks in congress, backed by to
p most powerful of all the lobbies, i
the farm block. The Americai
Farm Bureau Federation has conn
out with its definite plans, approve!
by the secretary of agriculture, fo
a new processing tax on farm prod
nets to be used for the purpose o
giving farmers a price for thei
products which would put their pur
chasing power on a parity with tha
<if industry.
Less Coalition Talk
There is less talk, however, abou
=i coalition of labor and agricultur
nl lobbies. Organized labor is be
ginning to realize that its interest
are not the same as those of th
farmers, who are capitalists and em
ployers of labor.
The labor lobby is less powerfv
than it formerly was, because of th
split between the American Fed era
tion of Labor and the Congress c
Industrial Organizations.
A program along that line is be
vng worked out in the departmer
i of justice. It would attempt to re
move all obstacles, legislative c
otherwise, in the way of consumer
(Continued on page four.)
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JATAl
An Independent ^
BOONE, WATAl
TBURLEY HOUSE
TO BE BUILT FOR
SEASON OF 1940
Stockholders of Mountain Burley
Warehouse Make Plans
d for Organization of New Cor?
poration; Site for Proposed
il New Building is Made Availl
ah,c
l_ Stockholders in the Moun' >
tain Burley Warehouse and oth*
er interested persons met Monti
day evening and laid concrete
j plans for the building of a sec
ond burley warehouse in Boone,
j and definite assurance is given
it that the new floor will be ready
* for the opening of the burley
t season in December, 1940.
iuv aijw vyoreauuse win dc a
^ distinctly separate corporation from
? the Mountain Burlcy, it is pointed
f out. and land for the constniction
; of the second house has already
? been secured adjoining the present"
a structure. The organization is to
be actually formed at once, and pae
pers of incorporation applied for.
I Officials of the Mountain Burlcy
" Warehouse corporation state that
tlie books of that concern have been
s closed, sufficient stock having al
II ready been subscribed to take care
of the transaction. When the in
corporation of the new enterprise is
effected, stock certificates will be
1 available to interested persons in
this region. More detailed announcements
will be made regarding the
new organization shortly after the
e first of the year.
l; STATE COLLEGE OFFERS
y FREE TORACCO SCHOOL.
,, | 'l'he fourth annual tobacco short
course for adult farm men and
g. women of the state will he held r.t
r State College January IS-1!), it is
a announced by Dan M. Paul, director
[" of the aerioultural short courses at
y the college. Tuition is free. A
e charge of $1.00 i: made lor regis..
tration and a certificate gf.attende
ance,
A limited number of beds .are
nfaUnbte'ln the athletic rvrorrrrrf-tlt^
f college Y. M. C A. at 50 cents per
. night, and meals may be secured in
the college cafeteria at a reasonable
y COSt.
L. About (100 persons attended the
. three previous tobacco short courses
r Held at the college, and 210 growers
received certificates for attending
t all sessions of a short course. Rcgy
istration is open to white men and
,t women over 16 years of ago.
It is announced that instructions
i will be given in all phases of tobacco
co production, and related subiects,
i. including tobacco seed, fertilizers,
e insect and disease control, soil fertility,
and the value of forest thine
ning to obtain tobacco wood.
. VARIETIES OUTYIELDED
e CORN BELT HYBRIDS
i, iiybrkl corn, as now available,
- cannot be grown economically in
- this state, says Dr. Paul H. Harvey
a of the agricultural experiment sta
lion at State College, who is in
- charge of the corn breeding program
intended to develop corn hybrids
adapted to North Carolina
e conditions.
He advised farmers to wait until
r research work is completed and hye
brids suited to the soil and climate
of this state are developed. This,
- he said, should be accomplished by
e 1942 when the first North Carolina
.. hybrid seed will be available to
- farmers on a limited basis.
t "Commercial and experimental
t hybrids from out-of-state sources
I were grown in yield tests at five locations
in the state in 1939," Dr.
- Harvey reported. "In four locations,
0 the standard varieties now in use
- were equally as good as the best
s hybrid in yield. At the upper coast;,
al plain station at Rocky Mount,
. several hybrids did outyield the vat
rieties, but were lacking in quality,
weevil resistance- and earworm resistance.
s "Front results obtained this year,
t and from similar tests in 1938, it is
e quite definite that none of the Corn
e Belt or Northern hybrids can be
c grown economically in North Caros
lina. There may be exceptions 'o
a this generalization, such as special
e uses as an early crop for hogging
1 off in August, and late plantings folr
lowing a truck crop." the agrono
mist stated.
f
r WINS FLORIDA TRIP
Mr. James H. Councill of Boone,
t who is president of the Skyline Oil
Co., of Sylvia, has been given a free
trip to Florida as a result of his
t company having set a sales record
- in the three counties it serves. Bud.
dy Hall, manager of the oil coms
pany. was to have made the trip,
(. but was unable to go. Mr. Coun_
cill will leave Charlotte next Wednesday
by chartered bus and will
il visit points of interest throughout
e Florida, returning about January 4.
If CHRISTMAS CANTATA
There will be a Christmas cantata
at the Baptist church Wednesit
day, December 19 at 7:30 p. m., to
which the general public is cordial>r
ly invited. Regular services will be
s' held next Sunday at both the morning
and evening hours.
JGA
Weekly Newspaper?Estal
JGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROL
HuIIre ^?to
is calltb $$ctf)Ubem; (beeau
be taxeb toitb iWarp
9nb so it Vnas, ttjat, to!
(fill* e'llrttliy* fmmim
SlJVUtU UL uiuuiiiu.
9nb sfje brought forth
tlotljcsf, anb laib film in a m
Sub there toere in tfje :
Ujatcfj ober their flocfe bp n
9nb, lo, the angel of tl
shone rotmb about tljent: a
9ttb tfje angel saib untc
of great jop, Vwljicfj shall bi
Jfoc unto pou is born
Christ the Herb, ^r^ssa
Local Burley
Has Sold Mi
-T-? ? ?
i --1)^1 ? i II?w*h '"V
Democrat Takes
Holiday Vacation
Members of the Democrat organisation
start on their Christmas
vacation lodav. this hmna
the firsi lime in the year ihat we
have been granted a respite from
our labors.
Business will bo resumed after
Christmas and the paper published
next week.
1940 AAA Program
Announced By Floyd
Announcement by E. Y. Floyd,
Tripic-A executive officer of Stat.o
College, of the 1940 agricultural conservation
program shows important
changes in the rates of performance
and soil-building payments to farmers
for co-operation in the government's
efforts to conserve soil
resources and stabilize farm commodity
prices.
Revision of the rates of soil-building
payments have been made for
the following practices, which in
1940 will be: Seeding alfalfa, $1.50
per acre; seeding timothy and red
top. 37 % cents per acre; seeding
ether specified types of legumes
and grasses, 75 cents per acre; and
turning under interplanted summer
legumes, such as soybeans, cowpeas,
crotalaria and velvet beans, 37 Vi
cents per acre.
Floyd also announced thai the
rate of credit for aoplication of
ground agricultural limestone had
been made uniform throughout the
state, at S1.50 for each 1,500 pounds
applied.
The new rates of payment for
conservation, or performance, payments
are: Flue-cured and buriey
tobacco. 1 cent per pound; wheat on
commercial farms. 9 cents pec
bushel.
There was no change from the
1939 program in payments for seeding
lcspede2a, seeding winter le
gumes, turning under green manure
and cover crops, application of phosphate,
terracing, thinning ar.d weeding
timber stands and planting forest
trees.
Floyd urged farmers to consult
with their county farm agent, or
their AAA committeemen and determine
exactly how the 1940 program
can be applied to their farms.
CENSUS OFFICE OPENED
Salisbury, Dec. 19?Zcb V. Long,
Jr., of Statesville, supervisor of the
ninth district in the 16th decennial
census of the United States, has
opened offices in the Salisbury federal
building.
A. O. Joines is his assistant. He
comes here from Sparta. The office
will have five full-time employees.
It was also announced that a
training school for enumerators will
be held here.
Hii
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DEMC
bashed in the \ ear Eight^i
IN A, THURSDAY, DEC. 2ligM
ru of the /ffo
gr^^aw ?>t. Hube Version . . .
tame to pass in tfjo?c baps, I
ree from Caesar Augustus, tijat
9nb this taxing teas first mabi
ternor of &pria.) ?==^=sws=ffi2
Unb all tocnt to be taxeb, eberp
Unb Jfoseph also tocnt up from <
ilajaretfj. into 3lubea. unto tfjc
se fje toas of tfjt house anb Itnct
his espouseb Unfe, being great t
flile tfjep toerc tfjert, tfje baps lr
fjcc firstborn son, anb tnrapp
anger; because tljere toas no roo
same eountrp sfjepberbs abibin;
igbt.
jc Horb tame upon tljem, anb I
nb tljep toerc sore afraib.
i tljeni, Jf ear not: tor, btfjolb, 3 1
tfjis bap in tfje ritp of JDabib
Warehouse !
llion Pounds!
i
New Market Continues to head
Hurley Belt With Prices Averaging
Around $1.S 7?Iark: Total
Sales to Reach Two Million j
Pounds By Saturday.
Mountain Burley Tobacco
uiaiKui naa tvtonaay evening
sold more than a million pounds
of leaf for an average price of
around $18.00 per hundred. Monday's
sides were the largest of
the season, 250,000 pounds hav- ing
been sold for averages esti- r,
mated at between $18.00 and j
$19.00.
Paul Hardy, operator of the new
warehouse, estimates that better
than two million pounds of hurley
will have been sold when the floor *
closes for the holiday season next
Friday afternoon. Prices, according
to him, have been above the belt
average, and he believes that during
the four weeks in January as much
or more leaf will be sold here than
during the congested opening
weeks.
Trucks are arriving daily from r
eastern Tennessee, southwest Vir- t
gir.ia and the tobacco-growing coun- c
ties of western Carolina, bringing a
huge loads of burley to the new a
market. Growers express theni- T
selves as being highly pleased with .
the courtesy and efficiency of the '
Hardy Brothers organization, and ?
freely state that Boone has already
established itself as one of the most
satisfactory markets in the dark J
icaf belt. '
A small basket of select leaf i T
grown by Clyde Reese of the Boa- j'
ver Darn section, sold Saturday aft- .J;
ernoon for 50 cents per pound on J
K ? T> . 1 : ' 1 - II
JJ4JU11C IllrtlAt'U XIIJ^ IS said LU I ~
have been the highest price paid. . ?
The better grades have been aver- | '
aging from $25 to $28 per hundred, j \
The quality of the offerings Mon- 13
day was very high, few of the low 1 *er
grades being placed on sale. j h
Grady Bradley. Vilas farmer, sold :
the crop from slightly less than one j V
acre of ground on Friday for $328.
His average price was S19.25 per
hundredweight. This is believed to
have been the best crop thus far
sold by a local grower.
Literally thousands of people t
from a wide section of the country
have come to Boone to witness the r
tobacco sales. Among these visi j
tors were Congressman Robert L.
Doughton, who has spent considerable
time around the warehouse and
among friends in the city. The vet- j
eran representative was one of the
leading figures in organization of
the market, and is lending his splen- r
did assistance to the move begun I
Monday night for a new floor.
r
For planting and cultivating forest
trees and shrubs and protecting v
such plantings, farmers may earn c
a conservation payment of $7.50 an t
acre under the 194(1 AAA farm pro- f
grain. r
{hbS?4K '4 V.i3
)CRA
ti Eighty-Eight
19
ittuity !$ ?lf
Chapter 11 jfe Jpjj
that there tornt out a j|u s
all the toorib sljoulb iraj
i tuht't Cprentus Urns [mm |
8E2SS5H=ESSrSiE===i3S& jT'^*
one into his oton titn. c
Galilee, out ot the dtp i
citp of 2Dabib. tohich gig \
tgc ol 2Dabi0:)isizzza pt|, [
icrt atcomplisfjeb that
eb hint in stoabbling tf?? '
tn for them in tljc inn. i|a 3 !7
I in tlje ficlb, lietping WJjjl | '
tfjr glorp of tfjc lorb ^ ;!
iring pou goob tibingtf <
a ^abiour, tofjic!) iss ,
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Funds Needed For j
Christmas Party !
Manager C. H. Trotter of the <
Appalachian Theatre and Rob 1
Rivers of the Watauga Democrat ?
are anxious to secure some small <
contributions from the people of
the community with which to i
furnish the necessary confections 1
for the Christmas party which (
will be held at the local theatre 1
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, <
when the needy children of the ;
county will be presented with 1
ioys and candies. The loys are 1
already available, and the news- 1
paper and the theatre would 1
greatly appreciate some help 1
tor the goodies. Contributions <
may be left either at the Demo
crai office or at the theatre box ;
office. I
1
rAX LISTING TO !
STARTJANUARY 1
*Te\v Statute Changes Date for ;
tasting Property for Tax- J
alion in State
Tax listing in Watauga county '
yill begin on January- 1. according '
o C. D. McNeil, county tax super- (
isor, who states that lists are being
nade out as of the status of proper
y ownership at the first of the caindar
year, rather than on April 1.
s was the case under the old statite.
In an advertisement in the
democrat today Mr. McNeil urges
axpayers to take note of the
hange and take care of their list ngs
promptly.
The list-takers for the different
ownsnips of the county are as folows:
Bald Mountain, Russell Vannoy;
leaver Dam. Grover Johnson: Blowng
Rock. Kent Brown: Blue Ridge,
larioii Coffey; Boone, W. L. Trivett; I
love Creek, Allen Adams: Elk. 1".
J. Carroll; Laurel Creek. Edward B.
iagaman; Meat Camp. Bynum
tlawson; North Fork. Waller South;
lhawneehaw, Howard Edmisten:
itony Fork. E. B. Hardin; Watauga,
'ant Fov
V. N. C. USES 7 THOUSAND
TONS OF TV A PHOSPHATE
Demonstration farmers in 15 westrn
North Carolina counties have
sen 14.387,400 pounds, or 7,193.80
Dns of TVA phosphate since the coperative
TVA-extension farm proram
began in the mountain area in
935. it is reported by R. W. Shofficr
ol State College, who is in
narge of the program. The farmrs
used 3.475.100 pounds during
939.
Watauga county has used the
nost TVA phosphate during the
>ast five years, 2,028,400 pounds,
"aimers of that county used 406,300
lounds this year.
The phosphate is usually applied
vith lime. Emphasis is placed on
oncentratcd phosphates because
hey effect savings in bagging,
reight and handling costs, Shoff er
said.
STifct'faS ' ' ,
f , # Jj
T
$1.50 A YEAR
UNERAL HELDIN
BOONE MONDAY
FOR W. H. BROWN
Superintendent of Watauga _
Prison Camp and County
Deader Died Saturday; One of
First Students at Old Appalachian
Training School
Funeral services were held Mon
lay morning from Boone Baptist
hureli for Wesley Hardin Brown,
'3, superintendent of Watauga
irison camp, who passed away early
>aturdav morning at his home just
'.est of the city. Rev. G. A. Hamby.
>astor of Oak Grove church, of
ehieh the deceased was a member,
vas assisted in the rites by Rev. F
T. Watts of Wilkes county, and Rev
1. C. Canipe of the Boone church
rnierment took place in Boone
:omelery, in the presence of a huge
oncourse of sorrowing friends. The
ist of active and honorary palllearers
embraced many of the
lorth west's most prominent citi:ens.
Surviving are the widow, the l'orner
Miss Hattie Mast of Vilas, and
he following children: Oscar U
Jrov.n of Forest City, N. C.: Mrs
Villiam Casey. Miss Loy Brown,
Stanford and Everette Brown of
Joone. Five brothers and two sisers
arc also listed among the surivors.
They are Aaron Brown.
Warden, Mont.; Chaunccy Brown,
"ircco, W. Va.; Rev. Robert L.
- own, Moravia, Iowa; O. A. Brown,
South Hampton, l'a.; Homer Brown,
few York City; Mrs. Jim Scott,
lastly Creek, Ky., and Mrs. A. L
-ooke. Boone.
Mr. Brown was bom in Wilkes
"Untv. a son of the late F. A. and
Mary E. Brown. His boyhood dnvs
vere spent in the Laurel Springs
section of Alleghany county. He
:ame to Boone in 1903 as a student
r. the old Appalachian Training
school. Following his graduation
-.0 taught for several years in the
lublir schools of Watauga and adioining
counties. In 1913 he received
an apiHiintment as a rural letter
urricr out of.Boone, resigning la
1919 to enter the employ of the
state highway and nublic works
commission. - ij,
~ following 15 years of experience
ir highway construction and main:onance,
Mr. Brown was placed in
diarge of Watauga prison camp fof
lowing its completion in 1934. Un
tor his excellent tiinervitinn Ihiv
mit of the state's penal division
ins conic to be looked on as a
nodel. Despite ill health, which
iad confined him to his home for
score than a year. Mr. Brown renamed
actively in charge of the
:amp unlii death came.
During his long residence in Waltuga,
Mr. Brown identified himself
prominently with the civic, educational
and political life of the coun
y, arid had served ahly in many po
iitions of public trust.
DIVIDEND CHECKS
ARE AVAILABLE TODAY
Marion Thomas, manager of the
Rich Mountain Mortgages, states
that another 5 per cent dividend on
the stock of the corporation will be
paid today. He asks that the stockholders
either bring their certificates
or mail them to his office at
pnee. so that they may receive their
checks promptly.
OWNER OF WATAUGA BULL
RECEIVES VALUABLE AWARD
The Farmers Hardware and Sup
ply Company of Boone is this weekdelivering
to John Dugger. Vilas
stockman, three rolls of woven-tvire
fencing which were won by him in
competition at the Asheville fat
stock show and the North Caroline
state fair during the fall.
The award was given by the Tea
nessee. C-'oal. Iron and Railroad
Company of Birmingham. Ala.,
manufacturers of fencing. The local
hardware company is their selling
agent in this section.
Mr Bugger's Hereford bull. Ma
rion Mischief considered hv stock
man to be one of the best sires in
the southeast, brought three prizes
tc Watauga county, having won
first place in the get-of-sire gTOup
of three baby beeves at Asheville
and Raleigh, and the get-of-sire
rcmpetition for feeder steers at thi
Raleigh showing.
County Agent Harry Hamilton
yesterday received a letter from W.
G. Booker, farm products agent in
North Carolina for the T. C. I., in
which the local award was made
known. Mr. Booker stated that in
his belief Marion Mischief would
win enough fence to enclose the
Dugger farm if he lives long enough.
The Birmingham manufacturers
are annually awarding get-of-sire
prizes at Asheville and Raleigh to
encourage the ownership of hightype
males by North Carolina breeders.
TOBACCO PRICES SLUMP
ON ASHEVILLE MARKET
Asheville, Dec. 18?Prices slumped
sharply on the Asheville burley
tobacco market today and 286.972
pounds of weed sold for $40,036.31.
an average of only $13.95, lowest of
the season.
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