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VOLLilE XL11I, NO. 5 MEMBERSOFLOCAL CLUB ENTERTAINED; AT KPPHART PAMPi ft Hi 1UU1 AAXWl ViliUl tEoorie Civitans Make Merry at Yon-j ahiossec. Girls Entertain With j tSrni* and Interpret:ve Dancing. J Bounteous Meal Served, Accompanied by Humorous Toasts. Twenty-Seven Clubmen Present. "n<> members of the Bo one Civi;'y^' tan Club were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Kephart, directors of Camp Yonahlpssee, an<l the camp group at Yonahlossee. on Thursday evening. ' July 30th. Dinner was server! in the: . . camp dining room, and a delightful /V' informal program was enjoyed. > V The Civitans arrived at the camuj early in the evening, and spent the j time before dinner observing the reg i ^ular camp life, seeing something "f( .Yj various sports, such as swimming, i jra tennis archery, and horseback riding. I The dining room and living room ?of the main cabin were artistically j decorated with summer flowers. Dur-I ing the dinner which was served by I in group of the camp leaders, clever toasts were given introducing some of the members of the Civitan Club. Between courses, too, the girls sang many of their camp songs. After dinner the; guests were invitee into the dining room where both Civitar.s and camp girls participated in entertaining the group. Mr. 1. (J. Greer of the Appalachian State Teachers College delighted the group by singing a number of mountain ballads which he has collected. He was accompanied by Mrs. Greer who played the dulcimer, an old instrument used bv mountain people. A Miss Dorothy Duckett of Charlotte ^ / gave a humorous reading in which she very realistically took the part of a small boy. Miss Jerry Bonkemeyer of Greensboro, Katherine Morgan of Salisbury, and Quuonye Sloan and Joyce Martin, of Nashville, Tenr.. iffi entertained the guests with a num6 her of tap and clog dances. An unjfe usual feature of the program was 'JP- the Indian war dance and Maiden's Dance, given by Miss Ethel Watvne-A; tab, Yonahlossee Cherokee Indiank; counselor. The remainder of the eve-1 V ning was spent in group singing and 1 :i dancing. The toasts to the member's of the i C:vitar? Club follow: \ IK Modest Tiny Gragg took big, long drag Worn the scorn of his ten-inch nipe, He gave a big sigh 'cause ho ImtFTo stay dry, For baching suits are ail too tight. E Sing a song of sixpence, . little Jkic Greer. /' , . V -Sffi |^// ' tgl Ate a bag of peanuts and drank nj glass of water, | Took his wife and dulcimer away to j Jfi the halls of state, W M 'he streets of Italeigh, m:i j no one took his bait. m. 2v&! 3? ! ?jra*fkc Gai'olir.a Givitans just bumped j along their way. Until a Moose for Governor/ they ] found or.e happy day. Now, too, all Civitans of Bo?>ne are.J I calm and well controlled. Because a druegist*s^at? the helm, J who handles all things, so we've! told. M- Faymer Karris goes away to all the big conventions. And we are sure lie always has the very best intentions; He says he sees no naughty things, his time is always full Standing an the platform, fervently shooting the bull. Noisy, naughty Hagaman, the man who's nlwflPs frav $S His clothes aire loud; his voice is heard along' the pay white way. SI Now he's where we put him; quiet J he must be, Surrounded by the safest girls wchave at Yonahlo3see. Twenty-seven Civitans and seventy! jS from Yonalilossee made up the hap-| S py group. | Local School Attracts Many College Folk! The Appalachian State Teachers | College attracts students from manyj w collecres. sav officials of the insti-j S tution. In the second summer school, 3 64 colleges and universities are rcpH resented in the enrolment of 490, >1 by tnose who have compieceri iresii5 man or more than freshman work. Those from otheT colleges alone are :.V classified as; Sophomore, 77; Junior, 74; Senior, 20; Graduates with Bach vf elors Degree, 18. Captain B. L. Smith, supevintendi eat of the Shelby City Schools and ? member of the Text Book Commissi sion, spoke to the school todiy on i the "Educational Outlook in North ? Carolina. His points of emphasis were ? adequate preparation, educational op4 portunity and, willing service. His % address rang clear with optimism 5 about the school situation. He visions 9 a trained army of faithful teachers who, putting the childhood of North Carolina in the highest place, will ? continue the onward march of education; fATAl A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE Back 1.* ^ Newton D. Baker, VVoodroW Wil- J son s Secretary of War, made the i Convocation address at >he Institute of Politics. Hit Ohio friends j arc trying to get him to permit the j uoe of his name as a candidate for ? President. rv /tv /v i iTr~? t3 w a t.x v t tut-. y? SiUUWIi MAKliKKS TO BE DEDICATED | IN LATE AUGUST: -- Mp pj$ y \ '^sfffflrrr Congressman Harry Thatcher Expected to Be Present When Hu?e Arrowheads Are Unvoted at Boone and Blowing Rock. Exercises Will Be Educational. Director Hampton Rich in Charge of Work. The unveiling: of the huge arrowhead market* on the campus of the Appalachian Teachers College will take on the significance of emphasising the route cf the Park to Park Highway into Thc- Great Smoky Mountains playground, says Director J. Hampton Rich, of the Boone Trail Association. Hqr. Maurice H. Thatcher has been invited as the speaker cf the occasion. Congressman Thatcher is the president of the Eastern National Park to Park Highway Association and is very much, interested tHfc work of routingtraffic to the eastern national parks.} Mrs. Thatcher has also been invited i to be present. iHhe is a lineal de-j scendent of Daniel Boone, and isj much impressed by the scenes pf Uiei doughtj&oid pioneer's iravejNin North Carolina before lie went to Kentucky. Recently she unveiled the Boone Trail murker in Louisville. A letter received from Congressman Thatcher expresses his great interest in the Park to Park HighwayOSr.-n ~ ----'SIC V junuyvfuj*" nuui'V as possiuip. pioneer trails. A large arrowhead has also been erected at Blowing Rock and the dedication will take place with Appropriate ceremony within the near future Director Rich has been in the county for the past ten day? looking after the erection of these markers. The exact date for the dedication of the marker on the college campu? will be announced later, as it is desired to sr.it the date to the conve-j nience of Congressman Thatcher', when he visits this section. The last week in August has. been tentatively set for the ceremony. Uncle Elbert Horton Dies at County Home Uncle Elbert Horton. colored, who was supposed to have been horn in slavery, died at the county home Sunday and was batted marhy on j Monday. The old "negro'- age is not I Know n, our it l.v tnnugnt ne was DC-; yond the ninetieth ihiid post. Undo Elbert had boon in the county homo several years, and prior to that time had received aid for a quarter-century. Before old age ron-j I dered him incapable of taking c'&fe j of himself he lived in a tiny cabin! on the side of the mountain above j i Boone, and eras often visited by the ' white folks, who listened with feigned r belief as the doughty slave unfolded j his scriptural prophecies. Elbert was a harmless old way-j farer, without a semblance of "learn-j ing." but he had managed to amass' considerable Biblical imvfjjilauvii, j and as he dosed in the sunshine be-! side his cabin door he believed "the! spirit" communed with him and1 pointed out the details of conduct| he should follow in his daily life. I Frequently he would become so pro-! foundly moved that he would make] a round of the residences of the town: warning the "white folks" of impend-' ir.g disasters, and urging them to] heed the injunctions he conveyed jfrom Spiritland. | White folks generally will regret | that Uncle F.lbert has passed on. lie I was perhaps the only remaining qX'*bellum negro in this entire section? j and he has entered the region of j which he dreamed, after having sojourned among the hills perhaps i longer than anyone now living. JGA :wspaper, Devoted to the , WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA Ashe County Enter Senate Thorr.ar. C. (Tarn) Bowie Announces 1 fox in Based en Economy in Govcrj Jrritt Returns from Trip to the 1 Favorable to His Candidacy. \\ Against Faction or Sc West j n, X. Cv?Judge] Thomas C. (Tarn) Bo\yie Saturday! announced ci> candidacy for the United State* Senate on a platform calling for a revision of the tariff iavis and economic - in municipal,' state- and rational governmental affair*. ir. a prepared iaiement, formally announcing his entrance into the race, the prominent attorney pledged himself t.c exert his influence toward bringing about a reduction in tax$s and revaluation of land and property oil a more equitable basis. While' not attempting to inject state and local issue.* in a race for a national office, he deciared he would lend his influence to those who favor reform* in the taxation system of North Car-j olinu. For twenty-five years Judge Bowie has been an outstanding figure in North C arolina politics. Entering the iegislat ure as representative from Ashe in 1.909, tic- tins served several j ter litis in that body as a representor tive. He was co-opthor of the fa-! mcus Connor-Bowie-Poughtpn road bill which initiated the great North Carolina read program. In 1924 he v.-oe c.?,.! the nomination for lieutenant gover-l nor, a rr.ee which, in spite of -;hei fact that he entered only a month j before the primary', revealed :i strong] Bowie following- all over the Stale i and a pactircally solid support, in his; own section. Judge Bowie declared Saturday i that he does not desire to array sec-1 tion again section, class against ; i or faction against faction, but pre^j sents himself to the Democratic vot- j ers of North Carolina en lus record as a loyal supporter of the princi-i pies of Democracy. Promising to set forth fully during the campaign t.he platform upon which he will rely in his contest with! Senator Cameron Morrison, Frank D. Grist and Robert K. Reynolds, Judge Bowie ^sued (he following state-1 ment: J Advised by Friondii "After careful consideration and; conference with friends of mine in the different sections of North Car-! olina, not all of whom have advised] this Coarse. but in obedience to jhc lequests and advice of the great ma"-j jorifcy of such friends as well as an; ambition Jioni early boyhood, and, fully realizing the import of this,; decision and the strain and stress incident thereto, 1 have decided to en-; ter the race for the Democratic r.omJUDGE XT' HAYES TO SPEAK SUNDAY I Will Deliver Principal Address at B. Y. P. U. Convention at the Cove Creek Church. Other Prominent Figures Will Be Present; Hon. Johnson J. Hayes, judge of the Federal Court in the Middle North Carolina District, is scheduled to deliver the principal address when the Three Forks B. 3gjP; U. convention is held at the Cove Creek Baptist Church next Sunday, according to the program which has just been released by the president, S. C. Eggers. The sessions will begin at the Sunday school hour and; be concluded in the afternoon with an address jo^' James A. Ivey, State B. Y. P. U. secretary Judge Hayes will be beard at IT o'clock, his talk preceding a picnic-style dinner. Officials have pointed out that an unusually entertaining program has been prepared this year, which includes the names of several figures of State-wide prominence in church WAvlr an/4 if io in/linafA/l +-T.* delegations will be present from e\ory Baptist chnrch in the county. The complete program appears in this issue of The Democrat. DR. A. P. KEPHART TO STUDY IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND Dr. A. P. Kephart, owner and director of Camp Yonahlossee between Boone and Blowing Rock, will sail for Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 19th, where he has an exchange appointment with the University of Ediuburg, becoming for a year a member of the faculty of the University. His particular assignment is a study of the types of education in Scotland and England. Dr. Kephart has been in this county for the past ten veers. The Kepharts will spend some time touring England, Ireland and the Continent before returning | to their camp on July 1st, 1932. He is director of training at the North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro. but will be on leave of absence fioi the college year. DEM< Best Interests of Northwe ROUXA, THURSDAY, AUGUST fi, ) Attorney to >rial Struggle ) iis Candidacy for Upper House. Plat-J nment and Reduced Taxes. Former ?atit, Wvjcrc He Found Sentiment rill Nob Seek to Array "Faction ctior. Against Section." lination to the United Slates Senate | and in .waging this contest, I expect to stand for the following principi"? ' I bqjfeve in the mo.*t rigid ecor. j oniy in the administration, both ; p ;1 U ml privf.vtu affairs, and I think the time has come when much [economy mu?t be practiced in th? nm: - ment of bur comities, muni-! | cipaliii::-. state and federal governI merit-'. " believe that the time has come v?'hi"' wc 5 '.list rer rain from ti e creation ' any further bonded ind eq,ne?=. cither ir? the counties. the I municipalities, the State the na| tion. and tliat we must inaugurati i an era of the payment of am?! not j'tbe c.cation of debt and must persistently pursue this course until gov. ernrncnial units from the small -civic \ municipality to the nation itself are j freed from debt obligations.' Senator Has Influence "J am well aware of the fact thai ! the Federal constitution prohibits Congress from passing any local laws affc-tinir state interests and state! I rights, bat I along with the public! | generally am well aware of the fact? -hut the influence of a United States! 'Senator is something very powerful! las wns WAil iHntfvntr-.il /b'jvrojrv fho I fight for tax reduction in the '.as; IcKisiuture of North Carolina. There-1 fori-, in entering this contest 1 desire j 1 to .sir.to that it I um elected to the j'United States Senate, while f will ; have no desire to become a dictator j las to state affairs, i shall favor the; I enactment of legislation to brunt i nbaut the revaluation eg farm lands [and real estate in Xorth t'aroRna, | which all admit is on the tax hooks at least 61) per cent, higher than lis actual value in money; the loduction in taxes upon all real estate which! I believe all will concede is bearing an unjust and disproportionate 1 ill}' d.en c.f taxation; ami the state sup povt end maintenance ol a six incnih.s school, term without any ad valorem tapr-a" - : "V';-' I "X favor the most rigid economy in iho administration of the public I school funds of the Sl ate, i believe j I in n system of taxation that places! 'the individual and the corpora!ion' upon an absolute equality before tiie j law icquirinjr each to pay in proper-! j tion to his or iis ability to pny. Tariff fteviaion 'Extenfiing this theory to uatinnaii j j affairs. 1 favor a revision of the; (Please turn to page- -sight.) . :} LARGE CROWDS AT I HORSE SHOW TUES. | i Annual Even?, at Blowing Rcc'k Brings j Enthusiasts from Many StotesAll Hotels and Cottages hilled I? Capacity. Reports coming from Blowing i Rock indicate that the eompe.tiiiori ; in the Horse Show is being continued I at press lime, the contests having ! been opt short yesterday afternoon j on account 01 heavy rains. ' Seventy-j I five to one hundred entries were | made under . the several class)fiea?tions, and never in the history ot ; the Horse Show Association, it is: ! r?aid, has the character of the en-i I tvid? been so superb, 10 the attend-1 a ace so widespread. [ Large parties of enthusiasts camei from several states to watch the I steeds go through their paces in the | competition for various cups and cash , prizes, and hotels and cottages ! thrcughuot the big resort town were j ! taxed with capacity crowds. The] Horse Show has become one of thei most popular events of the summer i season at Blowing Rock and the at-? | tendance increases year by year. j jAsheville Man Marvels At Boone's Growth Great improvement in Boone, v.ondermont over the growth of the town and enthusiasm lor the fine roads leading in aim uul of i.eze wtrie expressed today by Ruasell Haskell, now of Asheville. who had not. visited Boone since ten years ago when he came here from his home in Washington, D. C., and with members of hi3 family camped for several days near the Winkler farm on the Blowing Rock road. Mr. Haskell recalled the muddy roads cf ten years ago and declared J the contrast of the present so sfar! tling fhar he could hardly Tealize that ! the Boone of today is the same in | location as the one he visited ten years ago. He remarked upon Ihe 1 expansion of the town, of its new business buildings, and declared that, hi his opinion, Boone is now one of the most attractive places in the mountains. )CR A ;st North Carolina 0->i Wins Legion Honor | (j . g ; | i "t ! jS!; LI.OVD 5. ISAACS J', Boo tic business man who was ap- j fjJ pointed district commander ,f the j v., - American L?iyj)n at its Moreceiid j dp] City meeting last week. cm1 LLOYD SJSAACS" I IS CHOSEN STATE .= LEGION OFFICER r Boone Business Man Now Command- iu ?r of X7th District, Following Action of MorehfinH Convention. Inj jv Charge of Five Counties. \oh:jc oncl Girti^i-ich at State Meeting i yy Local Post Meets Friday. tVjl ? :> Lloyd S. Isaacs, prominent busuies? oJf irian of Boone, was elected district ! an commander of the Seventeenth l)is- |.n TOtct at the .State Convention of the vj, American Legion which wsis held in Korehead City last week. The tr.rritory assigned Mr. Isaacs includes w; Watauga .Caldwell, Burke, A,very co and Mitchell counties, and his dec- j.. tion ihfxrks the naming of the first ei, Watauga soldier as it ?tatc official J)C of the Legion- w Qk Mr. Isaacs has been engaged in XK] the mercantile business here since t-i: the cessation 01 bosto n u s. and hua been prominent in American Legion gj I circles ..s|ncc the formation of the ^ Watauga Post, having sewed in the capacity of commander and held otli- co isr offices in the organisation. lie is eminently fitted for the official po ef sition. and the appointment is 011 in- sp ligation of the worth of the- jpyal fr ma/: ss a Legionnaire. pc Henry C. Bourne, of Tarhorp, was ja named State Commander ;u\d Mrs.! Hugh Perry, of Louisbihg, will serve as Stale president of I he Legion Aux- , MiaSS W:hihh ;} eld iis sessions I wj lancoiiuly. Iwipo-rt*.:?.* Meetinr Friday iV Messrs. Charles u Yoiince and Bob .-y, Gir-grse.h were delegatesfvo>u Wataui T-\>sl^to the ^tSte Cohyentiob and; ^ it is announced (hat en Friday : 1 ir.>r an important meeting of the j local post will be hold a? which time j 5 those gentlemen will make a detailed; p} report of the proceedings from fifes t v I hand information. The cession will |jgj mm dt S-j^yO' t,C *j 1 ^oW f h>>:>v. g-rvd w?? g . ^ j J time <0 dispatch Ihe business and be j i able to attend the concert which ; ; , being given by the Hid Billies in the, aJ j eouthow'se at S:J.b. One-half of the j I proceeds of this encertainnieht will; ^ go into the loyal I.pgion treasury. | |j! and a full attendance of ex-set\*icir; j,, men and their friends is being urged, j,v Gasionia Editor Spends Vacation Period Here s 0. W. Adfcins. editor of The Ons-ihi | t orn a Gazette, with Mrs. Ad kins, is.| hj spending his summer vacation at thej^ 1 Council] home, and resting his body and mind amon^ the hills after a tfc hard year's work ai the helm of one is of North Carolina's finest daily news- c*c papers. fc This is the lirst time Editor Ad- w j khis has made a stop-ever of conse- sr 1 qnence in Boone, and he is pleas- - lo jantlv surprised at the growth of Wa-j I tauga's metropolis. However, he finds; as I his greatest pleasure in the short]11-* j trips he and Mrs. Adkins are enjoy-! & ling into the rural sections, and sees]a5 great promise in the truck farming j-di ! which is. just now coming into com- j m j mercial significance in these parts. I B I The journalist can't entirely get; oi HTT2V fronf the feel of tho tynowrhprl j keys, however, and is giving out somej tc ; vaiuaoie stories ot watauga to newspaper. Publicity of this character hasj done more than any other agency place Watauga County in her right-j ful position in the forefront of North? Carolina progress. ! Y' i ":v PERRY CHILD IMPROVED ; j Donald Perry, 1 1-months-ol'l s7>o $ of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Perry, of ? j Zionsville, who was severely burned t about the body a week ago, was suf- 11 ficiently improved last Saturday to permit his discharge from the Cald- sl well Hospital, where he was treated. Mr. Perry is f?i uieil.v of Lenoir and was employed at the Rcrnhavdt-Sea- E I gle Company,?News-Topic. [ A T S1.5U PER YEAR EN. SUMMMALL SPENDS SUMMER AT VALLE CRL'fJS irraw Commander ?n Chief of the American Armies Adopts Watawga Village as Permanent Summer Home Following Retirement Last Spring. One of the Most Colorful Figures of World War Period. General Charles P. ?uromevail, who a - ,<f; m m a nde i*n - e\jief of the nievicon atTtnes last Ma v. after a ilitary career covering a p? rlbu of most tv.-o-vcoro years, has been entente the vast thirty tiny a at alio Cruois gehooh &vl \?j}\ rerun*:: Watauga Cov'r.ty dttrinp- the 07ith ot AugnsL Geneva! Samipevh who is an Episcopalian and dorr t churchman, vyps leaving Miami, } a... for northern point* sotne weeks re when an acquaintance who is :t.vc meiy interested in the Vaile ucis Sehoo1 su.gp.es: *d to hiju that should, "drive hy*r and UOle the >iulemil work be: mr done by the noir.insrUcMini Tha.J3lil& al made the proposed n Iteration in - itinerary, ar.nl v.'hen lie had held the heautk ; of the "Vale of e Cross" he v, as so forcibly inicssec! that he artmediately decided remain for sixty days, and furermove gave out the information at he had adopted that region as s permanent summer home . He is com pan ie it by i is wife General Sunimer.^11 was fine of c- three American military loaders hlch were desciibed by General invanjstfiy, imr: servfrc: lh dir.tinriiori during the World nr. when hi- was successively a ember of the Military < omtnsssion En&lafid and France, commander the 07th Field Artillery Brigade, t1. later of the First Artillery Bride, commander of the First 111don A. E. F? the Fifth Army ups, the Ninth Army Corps ar.d e. Fourth Army Corps. Hjs service th the Air erl curt armies in France vend the period from October*. '17. to SepicciT'.c-r. 10I'd. and inrded various Special missions, memrship in the Inter Ailiod Mi'itary immission at Finmo ar.d service it.h the American Mission to Ncgoile Peace:, y|g. ; Open his ret->U!$^So the United ntes he was assigned canimajfd of ? First Division at Catiu Taylor, y., and rv'ns later eenimissiupeo as ainiiindei-in-chief of the army. Oeneva! Snmmernll was yradnatl from West Point in lSflf. t: f.ap caddy through the various (trades oiti second lieutenant to .he hifrhert si within tlie gift cti t'r.e American nil forces. oone a Model Town. Says Neve Resident > the Editor of The V'eaioc.vr.v: After rending the letter puMithen li e issue of e.iy Hub of nt! iucal pav>ei\ i?--eai>r;ot rofvtftti t - <:?i au^^c:) i;:ij .til. D. . bilges. and V hope., this answer jftay : published v.- your ne^5?uio. 2?&K caine to this' tdthr? last April to ok arpur.d for a fonr days ar.d xmd it;--fuiv-uiyScif il_;<'.'vi " " . 'id as some people had whispered. ijtuily .expected to see nioohshlVroi^s 3d revenue officers; shoot mg if ??ut; Iliad hoard of the Section trdeble. :e. ) was iiidc^d T^ieasahtiy prised. I-feumi a normal town. r. fine >tel, modem stores, good roads ami or.derful scenery., and a very friendpeople, a very quiet people, and )0ve the average town in the mo r.n t o t-\ religions, activities yt; nave traveled evcv the United tates quite hJ oh since bur prohiii on law become effective add the st three years I have tr?ye|ed pv<q* orth Carolina p. great deal. Every $t?i?n in the United Smtes is one or more bootlegger??there very likely one here in Boone beinse Boone is a normal town. If >lks stopped buying liquor there ould be no more made and no more Id. 1 have never heard of a 'contggcr forcing a man to drink. The officers in Rome seem to be ; competent as the officers in any >ifnal town. 1 believe they are as nc as anv town would expect. I ?ree with Mr. Hedges when be calls runkenr.es? a disgraceful thing ?-it lost certainly is, but why blame cone; why bt ashamed to tell anyne vou are from Ik>on??. After all. does i; help .this fine?# ?wi? to go away and hang your head r.d whisper the fact that you came from Boone"? I iather think that it hurts the wn more than the bootleggers dp. . Boost your town, boost your offi- : I ?rs, boost your civic clubs, boost our own merchants, and tell the orM what a wonderful place Boone T*i! the world of your climate, our encry, your fine churches, ouy line people, and you will be elping more to push the undesirule crKzen into the background. Shout "Boone." For heaven's sake, top whispering. Jlist a "Temporary citizen.** A. F: SWIFT. oone. N. C. ugust 1st, 1931.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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