? VOLUME XL11I, NO. 11 a.Tt.c. football OAT T A TT PA1MDI rTTO IU1HILL11M initial training First Week Taken With Calisthsnic Drills, Punting, Passing, and Signals. Practice Game Shov/s Stronp Reserve Forces. Opening Game of Season With 'Campbell College Here Saturday Afternoon. The first week of practice for the A. S. T. C. Mountaineers consio'ed of ''blackboard work" in the mornings, which the afternoon practice consisted of punting, passing, signal drill, and calisthenics. The calisthcnic drills were given by Phil Utley, track coach at Wake Forest and special friend of Coach Johnny Johnston. The second week of practice consisted of real work, with the squad out on the field every afternoon. The first part of the week was given over wholly to running signals and "dummy scrimmages.*' Two scrimmages were held the latter part of the week, the last being between the letter men and the last year reserves and newcomers. The reserves showed up well against the letter men, the latter being able to shove over only one touchdown. Kanamaker, who has been showing up well in practice, sustaincu a leg injury but diagnosis showed no ! fracture of the bone, as was first suspected. He is getting: along nice~y and will be out for practice again in a few days. Prospects are good for a winning team, in view of the number of letter men and reserves from last year's team back in harness. The letter men out for their positions are: Coins, Pyatte, Hooper, ends; Smith. Mahoiiey. Westenburg, tackles; MacDonaid, McKinney, Workman, .guards; I Captain Harris, Walker, Triplctl, Bauconi, halfback; H&llyburtcn, quarterback. A number of reserves, including Davis, Loy, Johnson, Reeves. Cook, Franklin, Lackey, Dotson, Troll and Harding, have been looking good in practice. The following first year f men are showing up exceptionally well: Knnamaker, Moore, Fitzgerald, Lewis, Sullivan, Boland, Weaver, Chil1 dress, Morrison and Walker. The Mountaineers open the season with Campbell College here Saturday, Sept. 1&, on College Field. Nothing is known of Campbell's strength, but they are rated as one of the best junior colleges in the State. On the Friday night foUewing^tfeft Local gridders meet Lonoir-Rhyne at Hickory in the first conference game. Appalachian faces one of the hardl est football schedules in its history. Winners Announced in Legion Prize Contest I Considerable interest was manifest-1 r ea in tne advertising contest conducted by the Watauga Post American Legion through the columns of the Watauga Democrat last week; and two of those who filled in the blank \ spaces with correct firm names and slogans were so uniformly adept, that the five-dollar prize was divived equally between Billy Mack Ilardin 5 and Mira Julia Mabrey- A. W. Smith, Itiil Hngaman and Jim Rivers acted as judges and the. results of the a civet tising contest was announced Saturday evening at the final presentation of the "jollies of 1931," a minstrel sponsored by the Legion post. The local business houses co-oper| -Citing with the Legion in the slogim contest were: Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Carolina Stores, J. B. Dick Company, Central Tire Company, Farmers Hardware Company, Watauga Motor Company, Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Highland Dry j Cleaners, Boone Feed Company, Fiveto Five Stove. Daniel Boone Hotel,! Boone Drug Company, Isaacs Department Store, Walkers Jewelry Store, Spainhours, Watauga County Bank, Watauga Democrat, Watauga Building & Loan Association, Harris Brothers Department Store. Tlie minclvttl f Vin />ocf L.T?>I wtifili was locally selected, proved to be exceedingly popular and a. considerable sum was realized to be used for Legion purposes. The cast was trained under the direction of Mr. rrcd Ru-i disjll, of Charlotte. Erect Large Traffic Sign At Highway Junction Tfce Lions elub of North Wilkesboro has erected a large sign at the junction of the Boone Trail?U. S. No. 421?and state highways 16 and 18 between the Wilkesboros. This sign is put up for the purpose of directing the tourist travel over the Boone Trail, the shortest and best route to points of interest in western North Carolina. The sign gives the distance to Boone, Blowing Rock and other scenic centers in the mountain section, showing that the shortest route is by the national highway. Although the purpose of erecting the sign is to give a service to the traveling public, it will direct, the tourists through North Wilkesboro and give publicity to the Boone Trail which is destined to become one of the Nation's main arteries of motor travel.?Wilkes Journal. /ATA1 A Non-Partisan N< BOONE "Jim Ham" Abioad -Kle c t Lewis oi" Illinois is visiting in Berlin. Folks arc talking of Jim Ham for vice-presidential candidate. LEimAEjiiNHi |COLLEGE OPENED i AM t ACT Tin TO on A V IVL1 Li/lOl HlUllC51J!iI Dr. Robert Yoit, of Kint? Coltegfe, Addrca*es Student Body. College Department Ha* Sevcaty-iix Enrolled. Boy* Dormitories Greatly improved. "Gel Acquainted" Social* Held Saturday, i Banner Elk, N. C,?Loes-McEae College held its formal opening or. Thursday with Dr. Robert iost of King College, Bristol, conducting the chapel exercises, taking as hij subject "The Things That We Have." The college department, entering i?s third year, numbers 76, thirty-one seniors and foriv-five freshmen, with fifteen signed up for the course in mountain farming under Air. E. T. Eriekson. On Sunday Dr. Yost was again the speaker, conducting the morning service at the Banner Elk Presbyterian Church, preaching from the text. "? Wil?." A violin solo was rendered by Miss Esther CarHn from Grandfather Orphanage, and a duet, "Today," was sung by Marlin Tate and Anita Ciyrion, Sunday evening vesper?, were :;eld on the lawn, conducted by Miss Kathleen O'Neal, director of rtd:gio*,;.t activities, with Miss Jane Hall of Wilmington as speaker. Saturday evening the "get acquainted" socials Vere held in the lobbies of the Ten u?Asaa. *VtrgiiW^^^initm-hBk- ^ - The bfeb are rejoicing in" the improvements to their dormitory which is in charge of two members of the faculty, Air. E. T. Lofferty of Rome, Gn., chemistry department, and Mr. Glenn C. Poole, Columbia, S. C., de ^ItblllCUt (IlllLUtllllitLiC^. 1UI5, relia Chestnut, of Point Fjau ;ant, W. Va.. house mother, is another ncwi'oraor, with Miss .lohnsie Sue Freeman, assistant dietician. Winston-Salem Editor At Baptist Church Sun. ? Editor Santford Martin, of The Winston-Salem .Journal, will be in Boone Sunday and will beach Mr. I. ft. Greer'* Berean , C'laan at the Baptist! C-hnreh at 10 o'clock. Mr. U;cer :ni turn gobs to Wmston-Salom where! he will speak to Mr. Martin's class! at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church. At the 11 o'clock hour, Mr. j Masfcin will occupy the pulpit at the j local church and will lecture iioiv,j the subject. '"The Man and Hisi Church." 294 Students Enrolled Blowing Rock School The Blowing Rock School opened j Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. j Buchannan of the Presbyterian! Church conducted the devotional and| made a short and inspiring talk to! the student body. Superintendent i Bugaman was also present and gavei an interesting address on education, i Many patrons and visitors were present. and the auditorium was filica. Eighty-eight students were enrolled | :n tne nign srnooi and zuo in inc elementary school, making a total of 296. Mrs. K. H. Askew, formerly Mfe Hattie Greer, returned recently from Seattle, Wash., where she anil her husband attended summer school at the University of Washington. Mrs. Askew has returned to resume her position as a teacher in the Blowing Rock school. Mr. Askew is continuing his study at a Western university. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Story and Dewey Story returned Friday from Cleveland, Ohic, they have been visiting relatives for ten days. The Storys were in Cleveland during the week of the international air races and attended some of the events. Many of the people who spent the summer in cottages in Blowing Rock have returned to their winter homes. The hotels had good crowds stopping for the week-end for this late in the season. Mr. W. S. Whiting of Butler, Tcnn., was a business visitor to Boone on Wednesday morning. i" JGA iwspaper, Devoted to th< WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C PRINCE W1LBURN AM ATTD A PTIfkM itii mm/ibiiuii AT LOCAL FAIR West African Native WiJl Contribute to Entertainment at Cove Creel Event Which Baffin* Pvidai V Mnm ing. Usual Agricultural Exhibit! and Varied Contest* Make Occa ion of Standard Proportion*. Saturday evening at the Cqv< Creak High School, Prince Wilburn of Gold Coast. West Africa, will de liver a varied musical program, a; the closing event of the Cove Creel Fair, which begins Friday morning A .small admission fee will be chargec | which will be used for the benefi! of the school. The African prince is known as one of the world's greatesl pianists ,and is a vocalist, composer comedian and lecturer. He has wof favor in the courts of many of the crowned heads of Europe, and ii known as the "Prince of Music." One unique feature of his program is his ability to play the same number oil two pianos at the same time, a feat that lias rarely been successfully accomplished. He is not only a mastet pianist., but a composer as well. Marig of the best known numbers todaj were composed by Prince Wilburn. The nuisiciile comes as a finale ic the Cove Creek Fair for Wataugfi County and indications are that Iher? will be a record attendance both Frij ?oj wmj uai.UAUUj UtIU K'Ut tut CAf hibits will be varied. Frizes ar*i awarded ir: alt the various ciasse? of agricultural endeavor, and a pr?xi gran; of entertainment ami conies^ has been worked out which will con# tribute much to the merriment l grading and structures. The grading if the bid is approved, is expected b he completed by the first of the year and concrete will probably be laid n ;the early spring. GRADUATES OF TEACHERS COL1JEGE BEGIN N>EW WORK The opening of the public school: in the state has taken away a num her of recent graduates from Stati Teachers College: Miss Mildred Mc Dade has taken charge of the Seventh Grade in Troutman schools; Mis Gladys Swift the Fourth Grade, Cor nclins schools; Mr. Conrad CllllhOi to Science and Athletics, Kannapoli schools; Mr. Kermit Hinson, Y. M. C A., Kannapolis, and Mr. Elmer Ran kin to Mathematics and Physics, Kan napolis Schools. CIRCUS NOT COMING The Democrat is in receipt of wire from the Walter L. Mains Cii eus which was advertised last wee for appearance here on the 21st, tha owing to a change in the routing, th tented attraction will not play Boon this season. DEM< i Best Interests of Northwe AP.OLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER !fall termcourt] Apr\ic A V. i j V/l JUIIO 1!1 VIII/ A 5 I moore presides! s Solicitor L. S. Spurting Will Proser cute Docket for Fir?! Time. Chat Stone Face* Trial for Murder of > Mat tie Bentley. Seventy Cases Appear on Criminal Docket. Moat of Them Minor Infraction*. ) The fall term of Watauga Supe, rlor Court will convene next Monday - for a one-week session, with Judge ? Walter E. Moore presiding, and So: hcitor L. S. Spurning of Lenoir will . prosecute the docket for the first I time under the re-districting act of t the last Legislature. 5 Of chief concern is the cast against t Clint Stone, who is charged with hav, irig shot to death Mattic Bentley, i resident of the Deep Gap section, ? the cragedy having occurred on a > mountain top near the Ashc?-Watuusrr: i line on last April 30th. There were i no witnesses to the shooting but when i Coroner J. B. Hagaman held an in quest over the shot-riddled body of, the woman, enough evidence was forthcoming to warrant Stone's at:f rest, and he was placed m jail, and I arraigned or: May 4th before Justice of the Peace E. N. Hv.hn, at which > time Deputy Sheriff Clint Noiris, i who incarcerated Stone, testified ine \ prisoner had made a complet: cdni fessicn of the sordid crime, tie stat ed that he "had become enraged when : trie, decrasvd had written letters de( maridinjr sums of money. how he bc. tame "madder! and madder" ar.d "de} cided to get her out of the way." Tie told the deputy of the meeting on the mountainside, and the heatet* ar gument which precipitated the fatal 1 shouting. His confession indicated 1 that He didn't remember the fu'mg i of s second shot, but "guessed he i did." A few day? later, it is recalled, t Stone swore out a warrant for William Watson of Deep Gap, charging that he had been a party to the murder and fired one of the shots. When Mr. Watson was brought before the justice, however, Stone refused to testify, stating thai his mind was in no condition to answer the court's | questions, and was returned to jail. ; and Mr. Watson was released. The law firm of Bingham, Lipney , Jb Bingham will assist the State in the prosecution while the defendant , ijka efcaployed Trivette and HolshousA.p'r to coiadtwrl his defense. On the criminal docket are about seventy cases, mGst of them being as a result of minor infractions of the prohibition laWs. only one or two cases of manufacturing having been reported. Thirty-four cases have been calendared for trial on the civil docket, which, it is said, are brought for motions, judgments; etc.. most of the important actions having been slated for trial at the special civil term of court which will convene on November 2nd. Largf- Enrollment at Boone High School Boone High School tttStmei1 on {Tuesday, September St:i, v.ith an en-j jYollment of 292/students. This nura-i ( her has beer, rained fca ?04 during ithe f'rst week, I?very possible effort! lis being made to provide sufficientj accommodations for the student body., Reverend P. A. Hicks; pastor oil Boone Baptist Church, opened the new school year with devotional e::' ercises. Superintendent Smith Iiaga man made a short tail: to the school. 1 Mr. Hagaman emphasized the importance of co-operation-?co-operation among the teachers, students and parents. Coach Gorley and his football! squad will get down to bard training ! during this: week. Singing Convention to i Be Held October 4th The. Watauga County Singing Con vention will convene at the court1 house in Boone oh Sunday, October 4th, according to an announcement , mane inunuay oy Clilurmnn J. K. Isaacs. Choir leaders cf the c nnty , are urged to bring their cl isses and i make this the greatest singing ol' all time. QUICK THINKING OF DRIVER L AVERTS FATAL ACCIDENT ? 5 A brand new sedan, driven by R. - L. Teague was completely wrecked i Monday afternoon near the intersec tion of Routes 60 and 17 in the east era part of town. Teague was driving s bis car east on No. 60, when a car - driven by a Mr. Triplett suddenly emerged from the Rlowinc Rock road s and blocked his path. Realizing that . if he struck the car, which was load ed with women and children, certain - death would ensue for membere of the party, Mr. Teague swung his car into a telephone pole. The vehicle was badly damaged by the impact, a three wheels being torn completely - from their axles. K t Mr. Tom Cushing. who has been e quite ill for several days at the Dane iol Boone Hotel, is reported as somewhat improved. DCRA st North Carolina 17, 1031 ^ = T" Another Candidate }>1 jj r Hon. A. J. Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue, who announced hi* f candidacy for the Democratic nom- 1 ination for Governor last week. t COUNCILL DAIRY I BARN RAZED BY ; FLAMES MONDAY: t Fire of Unknown Origin Inflicts Big Loss When Modern Plant la Dc- c stroyed. Two Silos and One Calf Included in the Destruction. Siloa ' n*. R~k.,:u .. r? *-? vu? r Total; No Insurance Carried. The large and modern barn of J Mr. Tracy Councill, which had been ^ used for housing the fine dairy herd ji which supplies practically all the milk j for the town of Boone, was corn- V pletely destroyed by five shortly aft- \ er noon on last Monday. No figures as to the amount of the loss have J been made, however it is understood ' that the building was one of the most j modem over constructed in this re- _ gion, and at the time of the conflagration housed a quantity of dairy feed and various tools, as wcl a;*- ^ electric motors and feed cutters. One . fouv-duy-old calf was included in liu "J loss and two nearby silos were de- j stroyed. A milk house was saved by the local volunteer fire department* . It is said that the loss was complete, 1 there having been no insurance in 1 force. The smoke from the building was ! first sighted, it is said, not more than J thirty minutes after Mr. Councill arid others had visited the burn, and it seems that the blaze hail its origin | ir, the, hay loft, and it was believed j that a short, circuit in the electric; wiring had supplied the spark. How- 1 ever, examination of fuses by an el* j ctriciafs after the fire indicate*! that, . 'they,Weve not blown, as would iiavV ! been the case had the short existed. No other theory has been advanced. J Mr. Councill is now engaged in the -i work of having other silos construct- ' "d in order that his corn crop, grown for ensilage;, may be raved, and is ronremulating the rebuilding of the i barn r.t d,spot nearer the- highway. I If tentative pirn< are carried out, the row structure will be of either stone i cr brick. 1 1 Local Civitans Present Charter to New Club ! Messrs. W. IT. Gyngg, Tti D. Hodges, C XT \T -I J T |-- r v?. iv. iuuosi; anu x. m vxicv-i, mvrogj hers of the Boone Civitan Club, went to Marshal, N. C., Thursday bight of , last week, and presented a charter . to the newly formed Civitan organization there. During: the ceremonies, which were held in the New Cafe, Civitan Moose; who is Governor of the Carolina?, District, delivered a talk on "The Curbing of Crime," which was well received by the more than thirty new 1 members. Mr. Gragg, president of , the local club, brought greetings from Boone, and extended an invitation to j the Marshal group to pay this city , a visit in the near future. . President Rudisill presided at the ' meeting. Special Church Meeting To Be Held Sunday Eve. 1. G. Greer, moderator of the Tlrrce Forks Baptist Association announces that there will be an impor- . tant meeting at the Baptist Church in Boone next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which time matters of I vital significance to the association! will be discussed. All pastors, Suit- j utty School supcriTiteiidents. inembers \ of the executive board and other church leaders are urged to he present. INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Bill Casey, of Boone, received painful facial injuries Monday afternoon when the steering wheel of a "skeeter" which he was driving came loose and the vehicle ovci'tumed in the eastern part of the city. Oscar Brown, who Was with young Casey, escaped injury. 'HI rj^ SI.50 1'EK YEAS ^ORKPSRSi PAST ON WATAUGA IA ?&Tm a * nt Tit iMwrn 1U -TlALttUiLMWi Jric. Vrork Completed to Second F ? Building to Be Enclosed by tl rirst of November. May Be C-'iS pied in February. Superint je :nf Coffey Pushes Work. Bids C; & quipmcnt to Be Received Soon. t3 i brick work on Watauga Hoslifcjf las been completed to the secand a large force of men s now engaged in pouring the reinorced concrete floor. The brick vork is of mingled design, the winlow sills are of Indiana limestone, md the building, when completed, is xpected to be one of the most im)Q3ing structures in the city. Robert F. Coffey, engineer in barge of construction, stated Wednesday morning that he contemplates laving the building inclosed by the Civet- (if Vfti-omK/.i- A ?..... ...Jk 1/4. .1V/11IIIUV.I. icating plant will be installed by hat time, and work will proceed luring the winter months; It is hoped hat the hospital will be ready for ccupancy by the first of February. The first fioor of the building will ontain laboratory rooms, X-ray ooms, a clinic room, and a three-bed ward for negro patients. The second loor will be devoted entirely to i'ards, while the third floor will conain operating rooms and wards, Jix of the private rooms are to have onnecting baths, and the seven cards, three containing three beds, trid two containing four beds, will >e large arid well Ventilated; Ornamental terra colta and stone m be delivered next week, and the ontract for equipment is expected o he let within the next thirty days. The only wood being used in the itiildihgr is in the window frames and loors. It will be the first absolutely ireprcof structure ever erected in loone. The approaches to the hoslit&l as laid out by engineers are aid to be very beautiful, and wilt it'oyide a one-way drive for ambtiances and other cars entering the rounds. The college will have the privilege >f using the hospital as an infirmary, Kit patients will, of course, be subret to charges the same as outsiders, t is understood thiit an infirmary ee will he charged each student up)ri registration, the funds derived n this way to take care of short-time latients. ' 'Watauga* -HcspttjitMsf located in a prove of beautiful pines, and the ,\vo-Hc?e of ground embodied in the tact which was recently transferred o the institution by the state is ex>eeted to be improved to a high de~ ;ree following the completion <.;f the luilding- Details as to the mortagene nt of the hospital have not been vorked out by the board of trustees. ?ut selection oi* a staff is expected to it? mude within the next, few weeks. fdeaton Man Confined in S'ewlartd Jail for Murder New land, N. C.?Clino Franklin, ,vhr? is charged wiht the killing of Minnie Canhoii Sunday, September 18$ near He.aton w>th a baseball bat, arsis? given a preliminary hearing at Elk Park lasr Thursday before Ja-.tice of the Peace Tom Miller rin: Magistrate Kay of New land. The . ase was carried to October term of court and young* Cannon was put under $10,000 bond, but not being able to furnish bond was taken back to Newland jail. Number Local Students Exceeds Population City Few towns, it is believed, if any, have a body of school folks iri excess I of the number of the inhabitants' of the town. Boone has how envolleif in its three institutions of learning about 1,7S9 students, or more lhan three hundvnd nhnv^ thr* ?wvVfc?vr?mnnT ? - census of the city, which credits Boone with 1,398 souls. The college leads with 719, the graded school conies in for second honors with ibout 700, and the high school has registered 292. CONVINCING PROOF Convincing proof that Boone is the "biggest little city in the world" has been produced. An Atlantic Graybound special bus passed through the city the other day, and op the side of the huge coach, appeared the names of the following cities: New fork. Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, Bristol. Boone, Winston-Salem, Augusta, Savannah, Jacksonville and Miami. A bystander was heard to remark: "Boone might not be a city, but she sure keeps big company." . . SUFFERS STROKE PARALYSIS Mr. Marion Harmon, highly respected resident of the Lower Cove Creek section, suffered a stroke oi paralysis last Saturday morning, and Wednesday noon his condition was said to be gradually failing. No hope is entertained for his recovery. Miss Mary Frances Linney left for Winston-Salem last week where she was enrolled as a student in Salem College for the ensuing term. ' ? . / I a Kai'j ; ',