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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
2
Walter Murphy head of the repeal forces in the state defends Roosevelt era emergency measures and national rehabilitation. He cites cross party support and criticizes anti repeal figures for opposing the president's New Deal policy package.
About 350 to 400 deer will be captured on the Biltmore estate and shipped to Tennessee under a Department of Conservation permit. The stock heads to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Tennessee refuges including Reelfoot Lake and Andrew Jackson. Ramon Haedden, Tennessee state game warden, bought the deer for roughly $15,000.
Dr. C. B. Baughman an Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialist will be in Dr. J. B. Hagaman's Boone office on the first Monday of each month for consultations and practice.
North Carolina farm groups and Farm Women at State College emphasized that an organized approach is essential to rehabilitate agriculture. Washington speakers urged forming grower bodies to align production with demand for tobacco, cotton, and other crops to influence policy and secure favorable prices.
Governor Ehringhaus refused to approve a $26 000 fee from former Judge Frank Carter of Asheville for legal services to the State Park Commission. He approved only a $2 000 fee, a dispute that helped spur 1933 General Assembly action to create a new park body.
Commissioner A J Maxwell reports that last year’s auto license sales through July 29 totaled 361 294 while this year they reached 351 509 a shortfall of 9 885. Early in the year the excess over last year ranged 30 000 to 40 000, and the narrowing gap signals a return to normal times and stronger business.
North Carolina educators may receive around 543 dollars annually under a plan based on a 12 month or eight month schedule. The State School Commission estimates 12.5 million of 16 million will fund salaries for about 23 thousand teachers for the next two years. A committee from the State Board of Education will draft a salary schedule, while plans to audit school funds for 1932-33 proceed. State Auditor Baxter Durham seeks funds to conduct the audit, with a likely continuing audit beyond year end.
The piece reports on a new committee forming in Raleigh to investigate former expenditures, naming Will W. Neal Marion as potential chair. It covers gubernatorial approval of attorney fees, NC and SC dry forces pledging to vote dry on November 7, and labor rulings clarifying Workmen's Compensation applicability to school staff and absentee ballots in school elections.
Governor Ehringhaus issued a proclamation urging all North Carolinians and especially industry workers and employers to cooperate with President Roosevelt in his industrial recovery plan. He appeals for reading the president’s appeal and conforming to its spirit, stressing duty to set aside petty disagreements.
Ronald Wilson says counties cities and towns must share the relief load to continue federal emergency funds. He notes 85 of every 100 dollars in the last quarter came from the federal government and urges local governments to propose plans now or funds may be cut off.
Several hundred delegates from nearly every county urged the State Highway and Public Works Commission to authorize highway construction costing about 75 million dollars. They pressed for state action to advance the long range program. The report indicates continued discussion in the next page.
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