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The Washington times., 1929-02-21
BATTLES LOON
ON SENATE
BILLS

Threats Of fili5usters against the
Administrations legislative pro-
gram stiff opposition to the, con-
firmation of Presidential appoint
ments and a growing emnity be.
tween the House and Senate today
portended tumultHous death for
the Seventeen Congress. with but
nine legislative days remaining be-
fore adjournment.
Although Congress Overwhelmingly
authorized an increase of Is fast
cruisers ana giant aircraft car
rier to the American Navy, a bat
tie loomed in the Senate against
the Navy appropriation bill, carry
ing funds for the construction pro-
gram Consideration of the bill
has been blocked on two occa-
sions and Administration leaders
may be forced to abandon tenn.
porarily their preferential program
in order to enact the naval money
bill.
Effort to Limit Debate
All Sl1OGL 70 QSD0IS
Edge resolution. providing sur
vey of the proposed Nicaraguan
Canal, also was blocked. The reso-
luton was before the Senate, again
today but there appeared little
an overwhelming majority favors
its enactment.
The status of other appropriation
nla lTof frNfs ktrNv.
leaders. The first deficiency and
bills have been in conference be-
tween the House and Senate for
some time, with agreements not yet
in sight. The War Department and
District of Columbia bills have just
been reported by the conferees with
agreements on all controversial
matters. Both must be approved
at both ends of the Capitol
The legislative supply bill, pro-
viding funds for Congress itself, has
just been sent to conference. The
second deficiency bill has yet to
pass the House, which initiates the
money measures.
Bad Feeling Engendered
The indisposition of House con-
fereeS to permit vote IN the House
on controversial matters in the first
deficiency and interior bills has led
to much bad feeling between the
two branches of Congress. The
items provoking the greatest con-
troversy were $24, 900, 900 increase in
dry funds, put in the deficiency bill
by the Senate, and a provision
added to the Interior bill by the
House, giving the Secretary of In
terror cart blanche authority to con-
denim private lands in western
parks. Neither item has ever been
voted upon by the House.
Senate in Jam
The work of the House mean
while appeared finished, except for
enactment of the Jones bill, provid.
ing a new maximum penalty of five
years Imprisonment and $4,000 tine
for bootleggers and dry violat IS.
The Senate had no such sinecure.
Filibusters have been uncovered
AGAINST the Dill resolution, extend
h ing the life of the Federal Radio
Commission for another year and
against the House reapportionment
bill. A dozen other important
measures await action.
The Washington times., 1929-02-21
Jadwin and Caldwell
Will Address r. r. Men

An announcement was made yes
terday by the American Railway
Engineering Association that Maj.
Gen. Edgar. B. Jadwin, chief of er.
gineers, q. S. A., and o. H. Cald.
well, member of the Radio Commits.
sion, will address the meetings of
the association at the thirtieth an
nual convention in Chicago, March
to Z.
At the annual banquet at the Pal.
mer House in Chicago on March 6,
the speakers will include the Hon.
Vincent Massey, envoy extraor-
dinary and minister plenipotentiary
from the Dominion of Canada; w
r. Cole, president of the Lou: vie
& Nashville railroad, and Represen.
tative' James S. Parker of New York.
chairman of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Com.
merce.
The Washington times., 1929-02-21
R.O.T.C. of GU. Will
Be Inspected Today

Col. Clarence Deems, Third Corps
Area. r., o. T. c. officer, will con.
duct the annual inspection of
Georgetown University's r. o. T. C.
unit this afternoon. Major William
H. Hobson, former commandant 1T
the university, has come to Wash.
ington from West Point where ne
issnow stationed, to witness the In
spection. The entire inspection
marty will be luncheon guests Of
President W. Coleman Nevils. S. ].
The Washington times., 1929-02-21
Tracks in Snow Lead
To Arrest of Youth

Big game hunters have nothing
on Washington policemen.
Joseph Lee Pebbs, colored, Is,
was arrested early today at his
home in the 700 block Twelve-and-a-
half st. S. E., and charged with
turning in a falsel fire alarm after
he had been tracked to his home by
c. r. Burr, a Fifth precinct poliee-
man.
Though the boy denied the charge,
fresh tracks in the snow led from
the fire box at Twelfth and G
Streets southeast. to his home.
The Washington times., 1929-02-21

Births. EnEaEements. MATHS es,
On the last inside page. last two columns.
The Washington times., 1929-02-21

The long-standing question as to
whether spiritualism is a religion is
due for a legal answer from Judge
Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court next
Wednesday.
There is the collateral issue also,
of whether a seance is religious
The Washington times., 1929-02-21

Is New Drug
Evil
BY KENNETH CLARK

Drug peddlers are turning to new
forms of drugs to whet the cravings
of thousands of addicts all over the
nation.
Marijuana is one. 1t is known as
the killer drug" and some of the
most atrocious crimes in recent
American history have been traced
to it's addicts.
The Washington times., 1929-02-21
Assault Charge Faced
AS Result of Fight

A charge of assault with a dan
serous weapon was faced today by
Milton Smith, colored, 20, of the
first block Fourteenth Street South
east as a result of a fight Yester-
day at Thirteenth and B Streets
Northeast.
Smith is alleged to have stabbed
Herbert Betters, .colored, %, of the
100 block Fifteenth st. n. E., in the
right side. Betters was removed
to Casualty Hospital by a motorist.
He Il expected to recover.
The Washington times., 1929-02-21
To FORCE
ACTION IN
HOUSE

Prohibition forces today prepared
to demonstrate their Overwhelming
control of the House as well as the
Senate by forcing passage OF the
drastic Jones bill despite reluctance
of House leaders.
With but nine working days left
of the session, the drys announced
that they would use extraordinary
measures. if necessary, to force a
vote on the measure, which makes
the maximum penalty for violation
of the Volstead Act five years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fine.
On Calendar For Year
Although similar bill has been
on the House calendar for more
than a year, the House drys were
galvanized into renewed activity as
a result Of the crushing dry victory
in the Senate.
Representative Stalker R.) of New
York, author of bill identical with
the Jones measure, may request
Speaker Longworth to recognize
him to move passage of the Jones
bill under suspension of the rules.
A two-thirds vote Is necessary
TO accomplish this, but. the drys
claim a voting strength in the
House of approximately $50 out of
the 435 members, more than the
necessary number.
TilsOn Opposed
Representative Tilson Rl of Con.
necticut. majority leader, did not
take kindly to the Stalker plan.
I'VE should not displace other
important legislation for considera-
ton of the Jones bill at this late
date" he said.
THE Stalker bill providing the
same penalties has been on the
Ho tse calendar for nearly a year,
and could have been called UP by
the Judiciary Committee. During
this time no one has ever pressed
to have the measure called up"
Stalker, however, declared that
the decisive dry victory in the
Senate has brought forth new
situation.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21

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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
LADIES' NIGHT ON
WASHlNCHTON'S BIRTHDAY

An even; which is being looked
forward to with great deal of in
terest by members of the Boone
Civitan Club is the ladies' night
banquet to be held in the dining
room of the Daniel Boone Hotel on
Friday evening of this week at 1880
o'clock, The committee in charge of
the program is composed of William
E. Conner, Claude H. Moser, |. G..
Greer and J. Frank Moore. No de-
tails of the program have been given
out except that Henry Reynolds of
Wilkesboro will be the speaker, and
that three prizes will be awarded to
high school pupils submitting the
best essays on "Ci izenship." Other
features of the program are being
kept rather secret, but the personnel
of the program committee constl-
tues a guarantee that the occasion
will be most delightful one.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
COVE CREEK NEWS NOTES

Sugar Grove, Feb. 2O-Mrs. w. F.
Sherwood has been quite i'll recently.
She is improving slowly.
Mr.. Stanley A. Harris, National
Boy Scout executive, is with his
family at Amant, for a few days.
Born on Feb Larry Is 20 Mr.. and
Mrs. Will T. Pa. ne, q son.
The play, Hes My Pal" was
presented second time in the high
school auditorium on Saturday night.
The proceeds were divided between
the church and school.
Nine members of the high school
have entered the preliminaries for
the annual statewide triangular de
bate. The preliminary debate will
be held in the auditorium Friday
night, March l. Four speakers will
be selected who will represent the
school against Lees-McRae and New
land on April 5.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs J. Frank
Horton on February 6, son.
The following pupils were perfect
III dCISllue1liSC uull ing CIiS lllOHlIl VI
January.
Second grade - Marcelle Cole
man, Clayton Cole, Ralph Fletcher,
Hal Johnson, Junior Mast.
Third grade-Roxana Bingham,
Susie Elliot, Maple Mast, Georgia
Mcconnell, Lenwood Blair, Elmo
Brinkley, Brady Campbell, Morris
Henson, Hoy Isaacs, Lynn Isaacs,
Carl Woodring, Vance Henson.
Sixth grade-Jack Henson, Matte
Lou Harmon, Nell Henson.
Seventh grade-Velma Brown,
Mildred Gordon, Myrtle Henson,
Louise johnson.
Eighth g1ade-Susie Banner, Mary
Elizabeth Banner, Robert Dunn,
Elizabeth Dunn, Nina Church, Annie
L. Edminsten, Dorothy Gryder, Berle
Henson, Ray Lowrance, Gladys Mast,
Jas. S. Mcbride, Myra,e Palmer,
Thos. Presnell, Erin Smith, Earl
Shell, Paul Trivett, Howard Ward,
Madge Williams, Lena Woodring.
Tenth grade-Ned Glenn, Dwight
Gryder, Earl Hayworth, Jimmie
Love, Marshall Ward, Vertie Ward,
Elizabeth Wilson.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
.Civitan Club Favors
County Farm Agent

The Boone Civitan Club at its
monthly business meeting last Thurs
day evening went on record as unan
lmously favoring the employment of
OF a farm demonstration agent for
Watauga county. This acton was
taken following talk by Civitan
w. H. Gragg on the farm problem
as related to this county, in which
he pointed out some of the defec, S
of agriculture and suggested ways of
improving them. Mr.. Gragg is pre-
pairing an article along the lines of
his talk which will be published in
an early issue of The Democrat, and
readers are asked to look out for it,
because he will have something 10
say that should be of benefit to ev-
cry farmer and business man in the
county.
President Moose called attention
to the fact that town election is to
be held in May, and urged every
member of the club to take an active
part in seeing that good men are
named for mayor and board of alder
men. 'If we take no part in the
election" he said, 1--WE have no right
to kick if we are not satisfied with
, those who are named"
Cooperation with the civil au-
thorities in the suppression of boot
logging and the apprehension of dis
pensers of liquor was also urged
upon the membership of the organi-
zation. Attention was also called TO
a few "sore spots" in the town that
ought to be cleaned up. While no
cleanup campaign was suggested al
this time, members of the club were
asked to look to the Identification
of their own premises.
After the reading of the secre
tarys report, the meeting adjourn
ed until Friday night, February %,
when the annual ladies' right ban
quet will be given.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
SENATE PASSES DRY LAW
MEASURE WITH TEETH

Washington, April 19-First of
tenders along with hardened viola
tors of the prohibition law would be
liable to a maximum penalty of a
fine of $4,000 or five years IN
prison or both under bill passed by
the senate today and SEM to the
house.
By a vote of 65 to 18 the senate
approved the measure introduced by
Senator Jones of Washington, after
several days of debate celebrated by
a clash of views between Borah OF
Idaho and Reed of Missouri on the
dry question.
The proposal to increase the maxi
mum penalty in such way as to
make them applicable to first offend
ers was attacked by many senators as
too drastic but the majority of the
senate decided such step necessary
to enforce the prohibition law more
effectively.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
NEWS OF MATNEY

Matney, Feb. 19-Misses Leola
and Mollie Edminsten and Lavola
Carender of Lees-McRae Institute,
spent the weekend with home folks
Mrs. S. S. Smith, who has been
sick with flu, is improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm McGhee and
little son of Boone, visited Mrs. Nc
Ghee's father, Mr.. Joe Baird, who
hsa been sick for some time but who
is improved.
Miss Claty Baird, who has posi-
ton at Grace Hospital, Banner Elk,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr.. John Bentley, who has been
i'll for some time, is some better.
Mrs. Maggie Bentley, daughter OF
Mr.. John Bentley, visited him here
Sunday.
Miss Laura Carender, daughte Ell
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carender, who
has been sick sincle last August, is
greatly improved and she hopes tt
get around on crutches before many
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie Hartley ant
little daughter visited Mrs. Hartley''
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Matney
Sunday.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
r. l.. SEATS FATALLY
INJURED in FALL FRIDAY

Mr.. r. L. Seats, we'll known and
prominent citizen of this county died
at the home of his son near Todd
Sa urday at 1890 o'clock, from the
effects OF fall on the previous aft
ernoon. Mr.. Seats was walking
along the railroad grade near
Todd and as he started to step from
the right of way to converse with a
neighbor, he in some way stumbled
and fell, receiving abdominal in
iuries from which he never rallied
appreciably. Deceased was II years
old.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Baptist church at Todd
Sunday at II o'clock by the pastor,
following which interment was in the
Mcclure graveyard near Brookside,
short committal service being held
at the grave by Rev. Mr., Yount.
Mr.. Seats had been active in civic
and church affairs throughout his
long life, having been a member of
the Baptist denomination for more
than AZ years.
Surviving are five children, three
daughters and two sons, Messrs.
Bob and Roby Seats, and Mesdames
Thomas Furchess, Ebert Moretz and
Troy Norris.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
H( ~ to Make More
: Money ON the Farm
BY REAL FARMERS

"There are few ways in which a
farmer can increase his income more
effectively than by keeping few
dairy cows says J. B. Horton,
manager of the Brushy Fork Coop
erative Cheese factory. 81 know of
no other LIVESTOCK that will bring in
larger profit when it is given the
proper care, than dairy cows will.
"a good COW, for example, will
give three gallons of milk a day. By
a conservative estimate, she will
continue to give this amount during
six months of the year. Supposing
that the farmer gets twenty cents a
gallon for this milk, his annual gross
income from this COW is $108. With
our facilities for grazing in this
county, it will not cost much more
than $25 a year to feed COW, leav-
ing a profit of $83. Besides this,
he will raise a calf from the COW,
and at three mon,hs this ca.f will
bring S25 on the market.
at seems obvious, then, that rails
ing dairy cattle is one of the most
profitable aspects of farming There
are few farmers in this county who
could no. keep as many as three Or
four cows. Some could keep only
,wo, perhaps, but most of them
could keep four. These four cows
ought to bring a profit of more
than $500 in year, if they are prop
erly fed and cared for and if they
are the right kind of cows.
"This last consideration is very
important, for thoroughbred stock
pays so much better dividends than
on-thoroughbred stock that it is
folly to raise any other kind. 1t has
been proved by the department OF
agriculture, and l have proved it by
my own experience that cows bred
to thoroughbred bulls produce off
springs that give sometimes ten PEI
cent more milk than their dams. The
second generation will give still
more milk, and thus the yield is con-
tinuously increased by using thor
oughbred stock.
"The care and feeding of tbs
cows is not less imoprtant than the
breeding. If a COW is to give mill
at uniform rate, she should be fec
about one pound of grain to every
three pounds of milk. In addition
to this, she should have good pas
ture during the warmer seasons ano
good ensilage during the winter. II
the colder seasons, she needs some
rich food like soy beans or cow pea:
and alfalfa, if it can be obtained.
"For a good ensilage, l find thai
a mixture of corn and sunflower:
does excellently. After the corn has
been cut and put in the silo, usu
ally plan sunflowers in the same
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21

field. These can be added, stalk,
seeds, and all, to the ensilage to pro-
vide rich winter feeding. Another
advantage of ensilage is that the
farmer loses a large proportion of
the feed value of his crop when he
uses only the corn and lets the stalks
go 10 waste. The stalks contain a
food value that is overlooked by
many farmers.
''In the matter of marketing dairy
products, the farmers of this county
are not so we'll organized as they
ought to be. Heretofore, the cheese
factories have been the best market
for the milk, but the farmers ought
to form some sort of organization
for marketing purposes.
'In the absence of organization,
some of the farmers are following a
cooperative plan that makes up for
the lack of truck lines 20 collect
the milk. A group of farmers living
near one another will make arrange
ments to take turns in hauling the
milk of the whole group to the
cheese factory. In this way each
farmer avoids losing a part of his
time every day for delivering he
milk and takes his turn only once
every three or four days.
''As the cheese factories buy milk
on the basis of the butter fat it con-
tains, those farmers who keep breeds
giving milk with a large percentage
of bu ter fat but il smaller quanti-
ties than other breeds will get just
as much profit as those keeping the
breeds that give larger quantities OF
milk.
''The climate OF Watauga county
corresponds very closely with hat OF
the great dairying states in thi;
Wisconsin and Pennsyl
vania-with the additional advant
age of shorter winters and longel
! grazing seasons. The cool night dur
ing the summer months enable he
! farmers to keep the milk over nigh
without fear that it will sour anC
then to deliver it the next morning
The long grazing season reduces th'
cost of feeding and makes the profi
proportionately higher.
"For a steady, uninterrupted in
come, I believe dairy cows are tn
best money makers of all kinds o
livestock. Beef cattle do not brins
near the profit that dairy cows do
because they are not producing any
thing while they are being fattene'
for market. With all of our specia
advantages of climate, we shoul'
have dairy cows on every farm in thu
county. The additional income from
even tWo or three cows will pa.
many of the minor expenses tina
sometimes become big expenses fo,
farmers"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21

The executive committee of the
general board of the Baptist State
convention of North Carolina, in
session at Raleigh Friday, adopted
resolutions condemning without re
servation" the action of the home
mission board of the church in its
handling of the Clinton S. Carnes
case. The action of the board was
characterized as "a flagfant miscar-
riage of justice" and members of
the board, statement said, "should
be required to sever their connec-
ton with the board"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21
SIX MURDER CASES ON
WILKES COUNTY DOCKET

Six murder trials are on docket
for trial at the March term of
Wilkes superior court, which con-
venes in Wilkesboro on March 4th
Judge J. H. Harwood of Bryson City,
will preside in the place of Judge
James L. Webb, who has been i'll.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-02-21

"While l do not positively assert
that Jones is dishonest man." said
Jones' acquaintance, 81 strongly
recommend people who shake hands
with him 0 count their fingers care
fully when he leaves CO."
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Nogales international., 1929-03-12

on a program of public service that
has no parallel in the nations his
tory.
"The greatest work of the Le-
gion has been to care for those
who suffered most by the war. The
best efforts of the organization
have been exerted in the behalf
of the disabled soldiers, the war
orphans and those who were left
widows by the war. Although
much has been accomplished for
these war sufferers, there is still!
a great deal to be done. The Le-
gion has given assurance that this
work will be continued, as long as
there is need for it. In the field
of community service, the Legion
has successfully conducted civic
betterment proje is in all parts of
the country that have demonstrate
ed in a concrete way the power Of
the Legion to serve in time of
Nogales international., 1929-03-12

peace. The celebration of the
Legions' tenth anniversary on
March Is and 16 will be the oc-
casion for a renewed effort to
enroll more war veterans in this
work. Il is the purpose of the
Legion to increase it's membership
in order that it's work for the
year may be broadened and ex-
tended. T%v people of this city
are truly appreciative of the
character of the work that is be-
ing done by the Legion and they
believe every encouragement
should be given for its continuance.
"NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Harry
J. Karns, Mayor of the City of No
gales, do hereby proclaim Friday,
March Is and Saturday, March 16,
as the dates for the Tenth An
niversary Celebration of The
American Legion and urge all citi-
zens to aid the Legion in every
Nogales international., 1929-03-12
Legion Celebration
Here March 1916

The following proclamation is
sued yesterday by Mayor Harry j.
Karns is self explanatory:
"a PROCLAMATION
"By the mayor of the City of
Nogales.
"The American Legion will soon
celebrate the tenth anniversary of
it's organization. To those who
so nobly served their country in
time of great peril it will be an
anniversary of achievement for a
great work has been performed by
the Legion in the decade of peace
that has followed the close Of the
World War. The American Le-
gion was born out Of the spirit of
comradeship and mutual helpful
struggle and it is today carrying