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VOLUME XLIII, NO. 10
EHRINGHAUS SEES j
VICTORY FOR THE
I DEMOCRATS IN'32
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HK Candidate for Governorship Visits
Boone Monday. Sees Tariff as the
Main issue of National Campaign
in 1932. Governor Roosevelt Will
Likely Be Nominee for Presidency.
Prohibition Issue Overshadowed.
J. C. B. Ehringhau?, well-known
Elizabeth City attorney, and one of
the most potent contenders for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
B in next year's primary, spent a few
Bra hours in Boone Monday, meeting old
raw friends and making new acquaintaces
and generally familiarizing himself
with the "lay of the land" as
Bs regards political fortunes in the north
j|jH west. He came to Boor.e from Blowing
Rock, where his wife and childrcn
had been vacationing for sevjffi
era! days, leaving Tuesday morning
for High Point where he was schedt::c
! to deliver an address that eve- '
ms ? f iiow iiiji jus recenro announcement j
which outlined a "program of projg
B ress" for the State, the Ehringhau3 I
cause has gained widespread favor,
?8 and the Eastern banister believes
B that he will he the winner when the (
B ballots l ave been tabulated. However.
he is void of extreme optimism,
and makes his calculations from a
B safe and ,-ane survey of the reaction
B to hi; announcement in the different
sections of the State. lie does not
B underestimate the ability of his op-|
B ponents, and frankly admits that it's (
a "horse race'' to the fin;sh line. In {
B his opinion, the announcement of j
B Hon. A. I. Maxwell finishes the list .
Bfr of entranls. t
Mr. Ehringlinus, who gained wide ]
favor by his brilliant defense of Hern- t
nominees in the 1028 election,
? has been a potent factor in State ^
jf* politics for 25 years. The weight of ,
his influence and the power of his j
eloquence have been felt throughout ;
the commonwealth since he was ad- i
j& mitted to the practice of law in 1903. s
& If nominated he will be the first ,
Bfc Governor to come from Northeast?
ern North Carolina in 105 years. In (
MjL" that region, it is noted, was born
Bp the first white chiid in America, the
first religious services were held, and ?
|t| the first schools constructed?tiuly ^
ffc the cradle of American civilization. (
Mr. Ehvinghaus 3_cep. the prospect j
fOBSf of Ijpmorv.itip virtim*
country next year and believes that (
iat the present time Governor Roose- .
I velt of New York is likely ahead as t
regards delegations to the next national
convention. He thinks that the
issues of the national campaign will j!
be parnmounted by the tariff, and
that the prohibition question will be j
largely overshadowed in both party ,
platforms. ^ c
Ht feels that the chief weapon 01!
the Democrats lies in fke Ha\vley-|:
Smoot Tariff Act, "which through j 1
retaliatory acts passed by different \
foreign powers, piactically drove our 4
commerce from the seas and paralyzed
the commerce of the world."
Captains of industry, he says, who '
hitherto have fought for a high tar- *
iff, have been converted to a down- *
ward revision, following the closing A
> down of their factories, when their <
trade area was restricted to the bor- *
ders of this nation, and thousands of 1
men gainfully employed were turned
loose on the charities of the country, i
"Jollies of 1931" to Be
Given Friday-Saturday 1
'"The Jollies of 1931" will hold the
boards at the Courthouse Auditorium
Friday and Saturday nights, September
11th and 12th, at 8 p. m. Re- )
hearsals have been carried out with '
a vim for the past ten days and the <
cast have their respective parts let- '
tcr perfect. <
This show has plenty of pep ar.e
variety, bringing in everything from '
grand opera to ragitme and back
again. The first act or minstrel first
I part is the regular minstrel scene
with six blackface comedians and the c
second act, "In Radioland," with 20
of Boone's most attractive young ladies
in clever dancing ensembles. If I
you like good chorus singing, snappy <
dancing, funny jokes, you will like
"Jollies of 1931."
This production is sponsored by >
IVutauga Post, American Legion, and
HX is under the direction of Fred RudiB
sill of Charlotte. Following are the
|H names of the cast: Misses Inez Gragg,
Lucile Hopkins, Elizabeth Brown,
Virginia Greer, Martha Hardin, Jean
Little, Wilma Little, Vivian Cook,
Geneva Cook, Elaine Greer, June Lee
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Critcher. The men ere: Charles L.
Younce, Prof. C. B. Woltz, Hill Hagaman,
Roy Haines, Spencer Miller,
jgK Reece Harris, Dallas Cottrell, Raleigh
Cottrell, Howard Cottrell, Ray
Js Brendall, Bob GingTich, "Bus" Crowell,
Bill Casey, Hoy Gragg, Prank
2 Hagaman, Frank Wyke, Irving Nor3
ton, John Critcher, Boone Mott and
Jiinmie Johnston.
Berlin.?Thirty yachts anchored
jB ?n ^a^es 'n the vicinity of Berlin were
overturned by winds Tuesday night.
Jj Trees were snapped off in the streets
ar,d parks of the city.
MAI
A Non-Partisan N>
BOONF
Blowing Rock School
To Open Next Monday
The Blowing Rock High School will j
open Monday morning-, September
1-Hh. at 0 o'clock. Smith Kagaman,
County Superintendent, and Dr. B.
B. Dougherty nave been invited to
be present and both are expected to
make talks.
Mr. G. E. Tester, who has taught
for a number of years in tne Blowing
Rock School, will be principal for the
coming year, and he states that a
record attendance is expected in both
the high and elementary schools.
The faculty of the high school is
composed of G. E. Tester, Mrs. G. E.1
Tester and Paul Bingham.
The faculty of the elementary
school is made up of the following:
Mrs. R. H. Askew, seventh grade;
Mrs. John Her ton, sixth grade; Mis.
Jean Sforie, Fifth Grade; Russell
HenSpn, fourth grade; Mrs. William
Leiicz? second and third grades; Miss
Mabel Henson, first grade.
PORTRAIT 01' FIRST
PRESIDENT WILL BE1
GIVEN TO SCHOOLS
3onr;ressi"nan Robert L. Bousrhton
to Place Picture of Washington in
Every Schoolroom in His District.
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luanui^iuii in'.ciucmuai
tion to Be Held at Washington ir.
1932. Literature Furnished.
Announcement has been made by
Congressman Robert L. Doughton
that every schoolroom of every school
n his district will, within a few weeks
lfter the opening of the new school
erm, receive a beautiful portrait poster
of George Washington, executed
in colors.
The portrait is to be used in those
josters is a reproduction of the fanous
Gilbert Stuart Athenaeum
>ainting and v/ill be 22 inches by 28
nches in size. This poster was seeded
after a good deal of study,
tnd is considered the finest example
>f poster making available.
The poster - pictures featuring
ieorge Washington are being distriblfced
by Congressman Doughton in
;o-operalion with the United States
leorge Washington Bicentennial
Commission of Washington, I). C.. in
>rder to stimulate interest among the
.housands of school children of his
listricfc in the coming nine month.-:
celebration of the Two Hundredth
Ynniversary. of the birth of _ the Fabier
of Our Country.
Congressman Doughton is in contain,
touch with the activities of the
leorge Washington Commission that
vas created by Congress to formuate
and execute plans for the great
elebralion in 1032.
The United States Commission is
dyeing a good deal of emphasis oh
he co-oncration of the school cjmiren
of America in this historic, event.
Phisp poster picture is just one fee.
urc of its work.
Congressman Doughton announced
;hat he will see to it that the schools
dubs, churches and fraternal and nairiotic
organizations in his district
will be adequately supplied with literature
to be issued by the United
States George Washington Biccntenlial
Commission.
The George Washington Bicentennial
Celebration will begin on February
22, 1932, and last until the
following Thanksgiving Day.
William T. Watson Dies
In Statesville Hospital
William T. Watson, 80-year-old
resident of the Laxon community,
lied at a Statesville Hospital Monday,
where he was taken about two
.veeks ago, suffering from a complication
of disabilities, which made
necessary the perfarmanjc of three j
operations. He had beer, ill for aj
long time previous to his entry intoj
ini1 nub[inni.
Funeral services are to be conducted
today (Wednesday) from the
Laurel Springs Baptist Church, by
the pastor, Rev. Payne, and interment
will be in the family graveyard
on Gap Cieok.
Surviving arc the widow and ten
children: Albeit Watson, Boor.e; Andrew
Watson, Marion, Va.; Mesdames
Lizzie Poe and Ruth Grogan of Virginia;
Mrs. Jeremy Greene, Laxon;
Mrs. Bessie Jordan, Stony Fork;
Roosevelt Watson, Ohio; Russell
Watson, Laurel Springs; and Misses
Maude and Sophie Watson, who reside
at the old home place near
Laxon.
Mr Wntsnn was a native of Watauga
County, where he spent his en-i
tire life, the greater part of which!
was devoted to farming enterprises. I
He was a member of the Baptist
church of long standing, and was
well known as a fine and honorable
citizen.
MAYOR'S COURT
Mayor Moretz has heard only one
case since the last issue of the Democrat,
that of the Town of Boone
against dim Brown of Adams, for
drunkenness nnd possession. The defendant
was bound over to the fall
term of Superior Court.
ewspaper, Devoted to the
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA
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pus by J. Hampton Rich, of the 3
Standing by the marker are Profe:
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Johnson Gets
Death of Nu
Suit is Settle*
I.enoir, N. C.? Convicted of invo^
notary manslaughter of Miss Dolly
Greene, formerly of Watauga, on
January Sth, A. B. (Dick) Johnson,
North Wilkesboro business man, last
Saturday was sentenced to jail for
four months, fined $500 and costs,
approximately $1,000. .fudge Walter
E. Moore, fo Sylva, who brought the
case to a close, authorized the hiring
of Johnson as a laborer, and
Floyd O. Forester, of North Wilkesboro,
obtained the defendant's release.
Judge Moore weighed carefully the j
pleas of Johnson's attorneys audi
when it appeared to the court thai j
Johnson had agreed to pay $17,500to
the estate of Miss Greene the
sentence was passed.
Attorneys for Johnson failed in
their efforts to avoid placing the
stigma of a felon upon the defendant
when Judge Moore overruled a
motion that the verdict be set aside
and a sentence for assault with a
deadly weapon be imposed. "The
statute is definite/* said Judge Moore
as he inflicted the minimum punishment
for involuntary manslaughter.
"I am not enthusiastic about settling
a criminal case on a civil basis,"
the jurist sa^ when he was informed
that the $75,000 civil action
against 1^1 r. Johnson had been con:
promised at $17,500. He stated that'
in view of the jury's request for;
mercy he would impose the minimum:
of four month in jail with privilege'
to be hired out by the county com* |
missioners.
Chairman R. M. Smith of t he j
Board of Commissioners hired the!
prisoner to Mr. Forester, and Mr. j
Johnson spent not one minute in jail.
The judgment was passed Satur-1
day afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, almost 1
21 hours alter the jury returned its
verdict of "guilty, with the mercy
of tho court." The jury deliberatei!
for four hours before reaching a decision.
Mr. Johnson was indicted and tried
for the death of Miss Greene, whose
body was found lying in the snownear
his wrecked automobile. It was
perhaps the most sensational case
ever heard in Caldwell County, and
the prominence of the defendant, a
well-to-do business executive, filled
the courtroom each day of the four
days of testimony.
Solicitor L. S. Spurling prosecat|
ed the case vigorously and was ably
assisted by \V. R. LoviU of Boone.
| Judge Tam Bowie of West Jefferson.
Ed Bingham of Boone and Baxter
I.inney of Lenoir.
The defendant had as his counsel
1 Governor W. C. New land and Folger
I/. Townsena of Lenoir, Hayden
Burke and Harold Burke of Tayiorsville
and Julius Rousseau of North
Wilkesboro.
EARLIER REPORTS
Lenoir, N. C.?A. B. (Dick) Johnson,
North Wilkesboro business man,
took the witness stand in his own
. ...
Best Interests of Northwe
JIOLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
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itiy erected on the A. S. T. C. camBoone
Trail Memorial Association,
ssor T. Edgar Story (left) Princi*
J. D. Rankin of the State College.
> 4 Months in
rse; Damage
1 for $17,000
defense Tuesday afternoon in the
manslaughter case which charges him
I with the death of Miss Dolly Greene,
former Wataugu girl, on the. night
of January 8th. He swore that she
was driving the car at the time of
the accident and that a blow he received
on the head as the car turned
over rendered him unconscious until 1
some time the next day.
All through a vigorous cross examination
by Judge Tam C. Bowie,
which continued into Wednesday,
Johnson steadfastly maintained that
he knew nothing of the affair after
the wreck.
Three witnesses for the State, for-j
rner State Highway Patrolman K. B. i
Mann, Chief of Police*Fred Dover,'
and Officer Fons McDade of Lenoir,
swore earlier in the afternoon that
when they visited Johnson in a Statesville
hospital on the night of the ac(Please
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Ministerial Association
Names New Officers
Monday, September 7th, the Watauga
Ministerial Association met in
regular session, and the following
officers were elected for the coming
year : Itev, II. M; \V oilman, president,
and Kev. a. T. Greene, secretary.
Besides the newly-elected officers,
Rev. r. A. Hicks, Rev. J. A. McKaughan
and Rev. J. A. Yount were
present for-the n.-aeting. The association
extends ap imitation to all
ministers of Watauga County to be
present at its monthly meetings. The
regular date ii the Monday following
the first Sunday in each month.
J. & E. STORE CLOSES OUT
STOCK TO WILLIAM SHORES
The J. E. Self-Service Store, for
many yeais one of the leading grocery
establishments of this section,
i has closed out its entire stock {o Mr.
I W. W Shore, and the merchandise is
to be moved into the Cecil Miller
building in the eastern'limits of the
town, where ? store will be opened.
The owner, T. M. Greer, who entered
the grocery business here as manager
for the Carolina Stores, had decided
to return to his former position and
it is understood has been accorded
I the managership of a Carolina Store
j in Shelby.
| REV. JEFFCOAT SERIOUSLY
ILL AT BURLINGTON, N. C.
Rev. H. W. Jeffcoat, former pastor
of Watauga Parish, is seriously
ill at Burlington, according to reports
reaching Boone Tuesday. He
was stricken while visiting his sons
Dr's. William C. and George H. Jeffcoat,
in that city. His daughter, Miss
Cora Jeffcoat, parish worker of Watauga
pastorate, has been called to
his bedside. A very slight change has
been reported in his condition. i
3CRA
si North Carolina
10, 3 031
Public Schools of Counfcj
Have Large Attendance
t v Superintendent Smith Ha-S
ijaman reports that the public schools'*
of the county are all open with the?
exception of Blowing Hock, and that ;*
the attendance is the largest in the)
history of Watauga.
Boone Demonstration and High it
schools opened Tuesday with a great-1?
ly increased enrolment. The facul-j
ties of the two institutions are the:
same as last year 'with the exception,
of two or three new teachers.
Superintendent Hagaroan is of thc|
opinion thai the new school law is,
v> yxKuun; ana win, us most. insrances, .
be satisfactory when fully under- i
stood- He states that the teachers j
aie very gracefully accepting the ten]
per cent, cut in salaries, and adds j
that all teachers in the county, with !
the exception of one, has been OX-j
ceedingly patient and co-operative .
under the stress of the times with'
reference to their delayed salaries I
for the past year.
ENROLLMENT AT !
STATE TEACHERS
COLLEGE LARGE
Total for Summer Terms, 1,300. Fail j
Term Attended by 700. Number
Enrolled Loads Faculty. Officials ;
Lock for Most Successful Year in ;
History of Institution. Increase in !
Student Body Over Last Year.
During the summer terms jusfj
closed. Appalachian State Teachers
College enrolled over 1,300 st'.der.ts,
and according to reports, the largest
number of teacheis in the State was
enrolled here. There were only two |
institutions, says the registrar, who '
had more students than Appalachia.
These were Duke and the University I
of North Carolina. i
The fall term, which opened Sop- 1
tember 1st, has thus far enrolled A
700, which is J10 more than at this ?
date last fall, and indications are that '
the number will greatly increase 1
within the next few months. The 1
number already enrolled is said to x
be large enough to heavily load the *
present faculty of the. institution.
Officials arO looking forward to 1
the most successful year's work in
fhe history of the college. j
Deputy Wardens Named
For the Coming Year
Game Warden K. Grady Farthing '
has appointed the following nun as
deputy wardens and license salesmen
for the coming years: J
A. E. South, Boone; G. C. Harmon, |
Peoria; W. W. Mast, Valle Orucis; j
Carroll Trivett, Beech Creek; Lewis j
Norris. Recce; Will Austin, Shulls!
Mills Route I; C. A. Underdown,| t
Blowing Rock; Watt Greene, Boone I;
R. F. D.; Harrison Baker, Boone R. '
F. D.; Carl Davis, Todd; .John JV\
Ward, Leander; Will Wilson, Reece;
Lee Carender, Matney; Jim Brown,
Meat Camp; W. M. Shirley, Deep
Gap; Maston Trivett, Romingev; Joe
Teague, Shulls Mills P.. F. D.; Floyd
Tate, Boone R. F. D.; Eller McNeil
Rutherwood; Horace Morqtz, Zionville
R. F. D.; Edward Mast, Adams;
Bleiiri Coffey, Boone R. F. D.; Ira
Critcher, Bamboo; Omar Beard, Sugar
Grove; J. S. Ward, Sugar Grove;
G. C. Ward, Sugar Grove Route 1;
Lloyd Winebarger, Meat Camp; Dayton
Winebargcr. Meat Camp; Ruth
Cottrell, Boone; C. C. Carroll, Deep
Gap; Horace Cook, Blowing Rock;
Henry Greene, Hodges Gap; L. L.
Gragg, Shulls Mills R. F. D.; Walter
Winebarger, Meat Camp; Floyd
Greene, Zionsville; Everett Fox, Banner
Elk; Randall Foster, Blowing
Rock; Ed Harbin, Shulls Mills; day
nodges, Triplett; Don J. Horton, Vilas;
Tom Broyhill, Bamboo; Roby
Winebarger, Boone; Ronald Ragan,
Zionv.lle; Niley Cook, Blowing Rock
R. F. D.
The squirrel season opened on the
first, and local sportsmen state that ;
there is an abundance of the ani-j
mals in the county this year.
Heaton Man Killed Withj
Bat After Hot Arerument 1
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According to meagre reports com-j
ing from Heaton Monday, Guerney
Cannon, 25, of that place was instantly
killed Sunday evening when struck
over the head with a baseball bat in
the hands of Tine Franklin. 20, another
resident of the community. The
tragedy is said to have occurred in
the yard of the Christian church
where the two had engaged in a bitter
argument over the outcome of a
recent baseball game. Franklin is said
to have been arrested immediately
and remanded to Newland jail for
trial at the next term of Avery Superior
Court.
RESIGNS FROM COMM1TTE
John E. Brown tendered to the
Board of Education his resignation
from the school committee at Boone,
at the regular session on Monday.
There was no announcement of an
appointment to Till the vacancy.
$1.50 PER YEAR
iandfatherTT
; being shorn by
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?? *th Slope of BcAUtiful Mountain
J" aid Bare. Plank R^ads Lead Al'
to Summit. Korett Fires Will
Likely Fellow Wholesale Slaughter
of Balsam and Tamarack Groves.
Roy M. Brown Indignant.
Grandfather Mountain, long talked
of a3 a possible State park, is again
feeling the sting of the woodsman's
axe. This time the- north slope of
the "oldest mountain in America" is
being stripped of balsam and tamarack.
A pulp mil! in Western North
Carolina is c onverting the timber into
paper. Roy \I. Brown of the Institute
for Research in Social Science,
University of North Cnrolinri Inu^r
of nature and former Spitaugk citizen,
has sent to The Democrat a statement
regarding the wholesale destruction
which foilnv/6:
"lii its account of the celebration
b'f the ' oi!Vpietir:n of State Highway
No. GO from North Wilkesbo.ro co
the Tennessee line. The Democrat ;n
the issue of September third says
that Dr. B. P. Dougherty closed his
of welcome with a tribute
to Grandfather Mountain, which he
declared to be nature's masterpiece.
T hope/ he is quoted as saying, 'to
see a highway reaching to the top
of Grandfather, so that all may travel
there and appreciate its beauties.' At
the moment he was speaking, excellent,
if more or less temporary, roads
had been, constructed almost to the
very summit of this majestic mountain
and motor cars were running
up and down the side of the mountain
on roads smooth as the new
nigh way whose completion was being
celebrated.
"At that moment, one could travel
iv automobile within a few yards of
ho top?provided he could secure
;he permission of the few individuals
vho have assumed that this, the finist
of all the peaks in Western North
Carolina, is theirs to do as they please
jjritfc. But he who climbed the mountain
on that day would go not to 'appreciate
its beauties' but to witness
:be near completion of the destruction
of the bcautv of the Grandfather.
"Several years ago a lumber company
was Permitted to strip the forT
est from the ca&ieux end of the
mountain sue to complete" the destruction
by allowing fire to escape
into the debris. Now the destruction
of the beautiful forest on the north
done to the summit <?f *V?/? mntrUoi..
is almost complete. A small forest of S
spruce (tamarack 1 and balsam remains
on the south side of the moun-lSj rBgaa
Lain, but this perhaps too is- soon to
i>e sacrificed uy the pwiier ^oiSa fe^r.
paltry dolllgs, to supply pulp wood
for a paper fiber mill.
".Make r. State park of the Grand- p
father, Mr. Jeffress suggested. If the
State should take over the mountain
tomorrow and protect it from the fire
that is very liable to follow in the
wake &f the present, destruction, the
grandchildren of the child born today
might live to see a beauty approaching
that which still remained when
I tramped the whole length of the
mountain on the Fourth of July,
1930. If fire follows the present
slaughter, the 'balsam groves are destroyed
perhaps forever.
"The beauty of the mountains is
the greatest asset of this section, we
say glibly; hut we do not believe what
we say. If we did, we would not stand
idly by and see this asset destroyed
for the profit of a few individuals
without raising our voices in protest.
"Lovers of the Grandfather have
never been particularly, if at all. interested
in a road to the top of the ; mountain.
Most of those who Lalk
about such a road^fT7 suspect, have '*;
never stood on the top of its lordly g
peaks. The few to whom the mouri-rA
tain has almost been a shrine viii be
less than ever interested In roads or
trails. The wounds of the mountain
must have many years to heal before
they will want to climb it again."
the Weather
Weather report for week ending
September 5, 1931, as compiled by
the co-operative station at Appalachian
State Teachers College, 5. T. C.
\Vlight, observer:
Average maximum temperature,
77 degrees.
Average minimum temperature, 51
degrees.
Average temperature, 64 degrees.
Average daily range in temperature,
25 degrees. r-y
Greatest daily range in temperature,
33 degrees; date, August 31.
Average temperature at 6 p. m.
(time of observation), 70 degrees.
Highest temperature reached, 80
degrees; date. August 31.
Lowest temperature reached, 45
degrees: date, August 30.
Number inches of rainfall ({Deluding
melted snow), 1.62.
Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 1.14;
date, Sept- 3.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or
more rainfall, 2.
Number of clear days, 4.
Number of cloudy days, 1.
Number of partly cloudy days, 2.
Direction of prevailing wind, west- g
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