The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-07
us. FINANCIAL
STRUCTURE IS
SOUND HOEY
Throng Hears Democratic
Candidate for Gov
ernor Here
PRAISES LONG RULE
OF DEMOCRACY in N. c.

Declaring that the financial
structure of the federal govern
mcnt is sound, and that the fl
nanccS of the government are no
cause for alarm, Clyde r. Hocy,
of Shelby, Democratic guberna-
torial nominee. last night address
ed crowd of more than 400 pcO-
pie at a Democratic rally at the
county courthouse.
Mr.. HOcy was speaking in the
place of Senator Josiah w. Bal
ley. scheduled to appear here, but
unable to fill this engagement. 81
have lived and breathcd dcmoc-
racy all my life, but ! now believe
in it more than ever before" he
said.
"North Carolina looks back on
SO years Of Democratic control Of
the state government, looks back
with pride on government mar
red by no scandal, on an economic
administration, a period Of ma
tcrial development, Of increased
educational opportunities, of min
iStcring to unfortunatcs, of in
creased civic consciousness, and a
period Of greater opportunity for
men and women. The adminiStra-
ton was not perfect, but the Dem
ocratic party has the ability and
the willingness to correct mis-
takes.
"The state is a great empire,
600 miles across, composed of vi
tai, sclf-rcliant and courageous
citizens, living for the most part
on farms and in rural communi-
ties, dominated by no great city,
but composed Of scores of small
cities and towns. 1t is a state that
saw the value of its agricultural
products increase from BIRD
among the states sc years ago to
third, and a corresponding in
crease in its industrial interests.
During the years Of the de-
preston not one school in the
state was closed. Appropriations
were cut, but schools remained
open and teachers were paid"
He pointed out that last year
SO schools were closed in Kansas,
and that 1000 teachers were UNI
employed; that the average paid
country teachers in Kansas was
S37.79 a month, while North Car
DINA was maintaining an eight
months school term throughout
the state. "If Governor Landon
should be elected president on his
record in Kansas, then the gov
crnor of North Carolina in the
same period should be made pres
ident for life"
He predicted that North Caro-
lima would make further advanc-
es in its school system in the pro-
vision of free school books, and
i'm teacher compensation. The
public schools Of this state are
the universities for 80 per cent
Of the people, and no child should
be held back in its education be-
cause it's parents are too poor TO
buy books.
1t is boosted that Landon bal
anced the budget in Kansas and
paid off three million dollars of
public debt, he said. Incidentally,
he said, that is the same amount
of debt paid off by the Democrat
ic governor who preceded him.
But in the same period, the debt
of North Carolina was reduced
"a million dollars, the budget was
balanced, and every obligation
was met.
Landon balanced the budget in
Kansas, he said, but he did so by
closing schools, and by paying not
one cent for relief in the state.
He declared that when | am
governor of North Carolina, and,
incidentally" he said, 81 am 60
ing to be governor" one of the
first things he would propose
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