North Carolina Newspapers

b0? ?g:. hmk Bgpfl ? VOLUME XLIII, NO. 17 leeTKaeIeadv for home coming j saturday oct. 31 Notable Speaker.-* to Appear on Day'* Program. Conqre??man Balwinlde io Deliver Main Addrcw. Barbecue ~ i. _ i>.'?r^.iR.it < - in Afternoon. Exhibit cf Avery County Farm Products. Banner Elk.?Plans have been perfected for Home Coniing I)oy at LcwfMcRae College on Saturday, October 31st, The clay's program wili begin with a buckwheat breakfast for the trustees and guests of the college. At 8 o'clock the regular college ctybpel exercises will be held, conducted by Fred Dicker son. Lees-McRae '31, who is coming with the delegation from Davidson College where he is sv junior and member of the football &: squad;, At ten there will be a meeting of the trustees of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association in the library. At ion-shirty representatives from the Grandfather Orphanage and student societies and activities will give a litem:: ry program in the college auditorium. Music will be furnished by the College Glee Club. At 12 noon, the address of the day will be delivered by Major Alfred L. Buhvinkle. of Gastonia. Concrress :un!i of (ho Ninth Congressional District. Following the address, a barbecue and basket picnic will ho hold in the Maple Grove, to which everyone is invited to living his own basket, the barbecue being furnished free by the college. At throe the day's activities will be brought to a close by the football game between Loes-Mcttae and Weaver Junior colleges. This should prove of great interest as both teams have been playing good bull und the results will have an important bearing On the Junior College State Championship. in addition to the formal program there will be a "Live at Home" exhibit. in the Tennessee Lobby, showing the variety of crops grown on the school farm and also from Avery County at large. This exhibit is being arranged by the class in Mountain Farming. The various hnjldings ir. csnnecliun with the Work of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association will be open for inspection and President Edgar H. Tufts and his associates are hoping for a large attendance of alumni and friends of the school not cn!y in this vicinity but from a distance as well. Bowie Makes Race for Long and Short Terms V -''i1 W&- "- .-1, : -ytg^cr. \ > Raleigh, N. C.?Judge T.'O. Bowie f who same time ago qualified as an j early bird by filing and paying nla fee for the primary for the United States Senate, Tuesday filed for the second time, and David P. Bellinger, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has obtained a blank on which to file with the avowed purpose of paying his fee. \ When Judge Tfowie first filed and r sc-nt his check for $50 it was called to his attention that Senator Cameron Morrison's appointment from the Governor expires with the next general election, instead of March 4th, is'.;:!, the end of the term for which the late Senator Lee S. Overman was elected. Accordingly, a United States Senator must he elected for botli the short and the long terms. Judge Bowie was asked which term he sought. He replaced his $50 check with one for $100 and filed for boih. HIGHWAY SHOPS EAST OF BOONE NEARLY COMPLETED The District Highway shops at Winkler siding just east of the city limits, are almost completed, Mr. Carl MIS Winkler having done the work. The Ig buildings consist of one large tool and repair shop, four garages, and V douhlc offices for the officials ol 3f the commission. They, combined, V have a very pretty appearance from i, Highway 17. only a short distance :i away. THE WEATHER Weather report for week ending 2 October 24, 1931, as compiled by the ? Co-operative Station at Appalacliiar State Teachers College: Average maximum temperature 5 71 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 3S 5 degrees. Average temperature, 51 degrees Average daily range in tempera tuve, 3G degrees. Greatest daily range in tempera lure, 45 degrees; dates, 19th, 20th 22nd. Average temperature at C p. m (time of observation), 57 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 7! degrees; date, 22nd. Lowest temperature reached, 2'. degrees; date, 19th. Number inches of rainfall, 0. Number of clear days, 6. Number of partly cloudy days, 1. Direction of prevailing wind, west Dates of heavy frost, 19th. 20tlu Dates of light frost, 18th, 23rd 24lh. /ATAi A Non-Partisan Is B001> Washington's Successor 1 - - - ???^ - . J John R. Voorhia^Grand Sacfcesttof Tammany Hall at IM. ii to be made Great Grand Sachem, an honor I'reaMe?U .Washington alone bat held, OPINION iS GIVEN II' GUY-WHITING CASI Commissioner Wilson Awards Stnal Compensation to Beneficiaries of Deceased Man. Case First Heard Last April. An opinion hnnded down by T. A Wilson of the Industrial Commission in the ease of W. E. Guy, deceased Mrs. W. E. Guy. widow, and Lon: Guy vs. Whiting: Lumber Company wherein the plaintiffs so. ;{ht to es tablish that W. E. Guy came to hi dcatii a? a result of injuries suffered while in the employ of the defendan company, awards compensation to th heirs of deceased at S8.10 a wee] for a period of two weeks, and stipu Intes that the defendant compan; shall pay the medical and surgica cost due to the accident of Septcmbe 1G, 1930. Bach party will pay its owi costs. This case first came up for hoarinj last April, was reopened for addi tional evidence in July, and was late moved to Abingdon, Vn., where i was referred to the Virginia Commis sion. Mr. Guy was injured in 192! while at work in that state, later en ?tercd the employ of the Whiting com ) pany, and while working on Beecl Croek received a second injury to th horut from which he; suffered for ; period of three weeks. He later re turned to his work, but died of apo plexy some two months later. Th burden of proof, according to Wil son's opinion, was upon the plaint! fl and in this case the Gcmmission fel that the plaintiff had not sustains this burden. Therefore, it was nec essai-y to dismiss the death claim. However, compensation was award ed for a period of two weeks, as th deceased was temporarily arid total ly disabled for" three weeks, the firs t wuciv. ueiii^ cue wu it my perioa. _____ Rutabagas Grown Here Finding Ready Marke Rutabagas should take their plac along with the leaders in Watoug County cash crops, in the opinion o L. S. Jones, manager of the loc: A. & P. Store, which concern ho been providing a market for a cor sideiable quantity of the produce Single orders have been placed wit local growers for as many as 1,00 pounds, and the quality is pronounce as very fine. A. & P. officials stat they are anxious to use as much Wr tnuga produce as possible and tin theTO is a possibility of their bein abie to use the rutabagas and oth? vegetables in enormous quantitie should the trial orders prove as sati: factory as is anticipated. Four Receive injuries In Auto Collision Sal A near fatal collision occurrc Saturday on Highway 60 one mi west of the city- limits when a ci [ driven n Miss Mary Kidd collide with a truck operated by Rosco Ho lar. In the car with Miss Kidd wei 1 her mother, Mrs. E. R. Kidd, an : Miss Virginia Spencer of Charlctt All three of the ladies receive braises and cuts, Mrs. Kidd sustaii ing injuries to her back which ha\ keep Iter in bed 3ince the wreck. M * j Hollar suffered a broken nose, a dee cut over the eye and bruises. Bo1 1 vehicles were badly damaged. Freaks of Nature Seen In Deep Gap Sectio A rose bash in full bloom at tl home of L. A. Watson, a cherry tri - covered with blossoms in the yai , of Alfred Watson, and a ehestni tree bearing its second bloom of tl . year, are freaks of nature report! from the Deep Gap section of W i tauga County. Superstitious individuals of tl 2 community give varied opinions to the omen borne by these unusu happenings. Some predict that diss tc-r will follow; others believe th this year of plenty will be follow. - by famine; but the casual observe opine that Mother Nature picked o I . eastern Watauga as a spot where to break open her "bag of tricks.' Newspaper, Devoted to the E ifcl, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAR SPEAKERSHIP OF H J NEXT HOUSE !S I STILL UNDECIDED!/ Independents Show Disapproval of j I-1 2 ? nson ana ooen. may name wn ; ! Candidate. Five vacancies to Be-1 Filled in November. Governor of j Nc* Jersey Secka to Have Lavrc j Chamjed So a* to Permit Balloting, j Washington, IX C.?An indepen-| dent's assertion, that the outstanding j cd candidates for the. Republican speak-1 ti exship nomination were not satis?ac-?M tory to his group added to the un-jar. certainty today over which party will IG1 control the next House. <>* Representative C'hristgau of Min- T! no:;ota, averted that neither Tilson pi of Connecticut nor Snell of New (York, suited the ide pendents j>r oth- at er members from the West. & Calling upon the independents to | tii ' assert their leadership/' the Minne-j'o I sola member said thai unless either |ai the Republican or Democratic parties jB; adopted a constructive legislative of [I program, his faction would offer a ai candidate for the speakership. h< Five of the vacancies are to be tilled at; special elections November J3rd. Three vacancies are normally th . republican districts and two demo- K i cratic. If the Democrats fail to car- nc . rv the usually Republican First Ohio he a and the Eighth Michigan districts, as u) ,|ln? cjvrvrtof ill I Oli! Y i- s?ats. s Governor Larson, of New Jersey,}3^ d has called the Legislature into sea- Ml I sion Monday to change the laws ho e an election may be held to fill the k vacancy in the First District created itr - by the death of Representative Br-1 y nest R. Ackerman last Sunday. |th .1 Governor Winant, of New Hamp-l r shire, is expected to decide upon a If i special election next week, after the burial of Representative Hale at La-1 r coma Sunday. 7n the meantime, quiet campaigns r are being made among the Repub- to t licans in behalf of Tilson. the party af - floor leader, and Snell, for six years gi 3 chairman of the rules committee. ri e\ h Seeks Aid for Home ^ l For Crippled Children Miss Florence E. Boyd, of Lenoir, e was in Boone last week, visiting hur|_ riedly with friends and outlining tc _ ? thern her plans for taking cave of ir t crippled children of the mountain re- j,"( ^ gion. She issues the following statcment, addressed to the people of Wa- (n tauga, relative to the work she is car- V( !. rying forward: t[ e "After a number of years cxpe n( rtouce in welfare work I became jj V deeply interested in crippled children, f( and saw a great need for a home tj where these children could be taken ^ and given special care, and at the m same lime given an education and vocational training. Very often after V( t they have had treatment in a hospital 'c< they go back to homes in isolated w e sections of our mountains where they | a are unable to walk the distance to jj f school and cope with normal chil- ,* it dren. J,-, s "Nearly five years ago I took a ja i- crippled child into my home in Lenoir a'' t. slid since that, time 1 have cared fori h twenty-three, from Caldwell, Burke, |ai 0 Ashe, Haywood, Wilkes, Yancey and |( d Watauga counties, five coming from Cl e Watauga. i- "I am now planning to enlarge my it activities along these lines. I am J g trying to erect suitable buildings heir tvreer. Blowiiig Eock and LinvBle, on s, the Yonahlossee road. T am asking s- the people everywhere to help. The citizens in the neighborhood are aid- r ing me nicely. Wc can utilize labor, d lumber, cabbage, potatoes, apples and b almost anything that people eat. Wc ti L are planning for a storage room in:o " Boone. Supplies can be brought to j b ! Boone and we will receive them there. -C d | People who are wi'linr to work will i 10 have an opportunity to do so. We ii lr can furnish living rooms and meals. | f We shall greatly appreciate any help;C from any one." jt! ld Near-fatal Knife Wound c e. i v d Result of Sunday Brawl d ? Ambrose McLean of Banner Blk v ' R. F. D., was stabbed in the hack a h ''-7 '*awrence Griffcn Sunday afternoon, following an argnment. which J is said to have been precipitated by jealousy. The injured mar. was brought to Boone where medical examination by Dr. J. B. Hagaman disR closed that the blade had pierced a n large blood vessel near- the left ii le shoulder blade. He was in a weakened ! c ic state due to the loss of blood, but t rd was able to go to his home after ii st the wound had been dressed. o se Griffin, who is an employee of the a id Champion Fiber Company, was lodged! f a- in jail Monday. No date has yet been I set for preliminary hearing. ( no - d as ATTEND FRATERNAL MEET i al a is- The District Meeting of the Junat ior Order was held in Morganton last ed Tuesday evening and a number of t re local members attended the sessions, 1 ut including Messrs W. O. Robertson,! c in W. M. Hodges, Luther Clav and 11 " ! Clyde R. Greene. " Ii demc Jest Interests of Northwest OLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2'J, 1 iinn mAnff n?T?? * ?nn r iims. rum rniLurs l )ROPS ALIENATION . ACTION SATURDAY j enoir Woman Make* "Satisfactory" Settlement With RU& Charlotte Widow. Judge Walter Mcore Signs " Order 'Dismissing Case. Suit Outgrowth of Death of Thomas Phil lips on 'July 20th. Lenoir. X. C.?Private settlement | the SHO.OOO alienation of uffee- | !.: suit filed two months a#o by ? rs. Beatrice Phillips of Lenoir | fainst Mrs. Charlotte Youct of p harlotte, was reported at the Clerk a the Court's office here Saturday. "* be sum reached through the comomise was not made oublic. Judge Walter E. Moore, presiding . the Lincoln term of Superior riurfc, signed the order dismissing /"'I c case when Spurting and Meekms, \ji cul attorneys for the firm, sighed . \ agreement to the plaintiff, and S aiiey Patrick and W. B. Councill, ' ' a Hickory lav. firm, signed an ijreement to the "satisfaction of siK, kth the plaintiff and defendant." a Mrs. Phillips, wife of the late T. Phillips, entered suit shortly after te tragic death of her husband at ing's Mountain on July 20. A coro- i jr's inquest returned a verdict that i met his death at the hands of an cjay akiioWTi person, although Mrs. hunt testified that he had threat- sjrij ted suicide. She was the only per- cn,j in with Phillips at the time of the acti HRedy. rail The suit was based on allegations rj long-standing friendship, love cuh ysts, letters and expensive gifts cst Mrs. Yount. It was filed here in ^0ll e superior court in August. ancj Far lollege Girls Go A. W. Sen O. L. and Visit Town of 1 as In celebration of Appalachians vie- Sen rv over Catawba College Saturday wit! ternoon, more than two hundred bert rls from the institution's dormitocs went A. W. O. L. in the early ?*. oning hours and visited the business strict en masse. Garbed in pajamas In : chameleon hues, barelegged and ireherdedv yeliing ?t the. top cf their ^ >ices, happy and carefree, this horde ^rQ, [ feminine loveliness took the town erai ,* storm. Bringing up the rear were >me two dozen male students, wor- Iggs f written deep on their faces, try- car ig to keep puce with the girls, and sgging to be let in on the secret. e But on they came! Halting at a cu? isy street intersection, they gave ^|a ?nt to a rousing yell that went some- ?' ling like this: "Arc we sail, h 'lVur. j; nre we happy, h yes! Rah: ,A. ah! Rah!" Ami happy they were, , ?r hadn't the Appalachian Moun- jlc? lineers just a few hours previously ;.on eaten the Catawba Indians hv a t>|C. ntRin of one point? n^e! Following their visit uptown the ; an> sung ladies made whoopee for a j tj)<1 tuple of hours 011 the campus, still' earing their bedtime habiliments, jrio .ill raring to go placer- and see mu lings. Cut despite the beauty of the .(| ight, the forbearing matrons finally ^ ln, id their way, and the cuddlesomc unbs were ushered to their rooms. ^ II of them happy, "h yes." Those of the citizenry who possess 1 jsthetic emotions were not in the ast offended hy the visit of these ; >llege girls, "H no!" sui "ive Negroes Hailed ts?t Before Mayor :"Craps" an ? ev< Five Boorie colored boys were ar- Mc aigned before Mayor Moretz Mon- pis ay morning on a charge of gam-fbn1 ling, after a crap game in which j of ?ey participated in the furnace room t res i the Watauga Jjank bmtaing had ttu: ecn brought Lo an abrupt halt byjwc Iffieer Norris. Those who enjoyed iah", he uncertain capers of the "gallop-}7"! ig dominoes" w ere Will Folk, George j riw Irimes, Ksco Wright, John Henryjfoi iriines and Mislior Detain. Each of! do: he defendants was fined one dollar. 5for Joe Robinson v.-s ? arraigned j if. harged with an affray and assessed j die ith the cost. : on< Hearst Hodges, charged with! runkenncss and resisting an officer, :rp ras adjudged guilty and fined $1.05 j nd the costs. second Oil Treatment Being Given Highway lili Sc Forces of the State Highway Com- dei lission are now engaged in oil tre&t- al ng the Boone Trail Highway, west th< >f Miller's Creek, for the second an ime, according to information com- tio ng to the Wilkes Journal. The first j il treatment was given a year ago tht nd it is stated the second one is in pr 'reparation for the winter months. Mi t is necessary, according to the en- toi jineers, that the surface be renered absolutely waterproof, to min- W mize the danger of water freezing nd causing the roadway to buckle. Jo Tom L. CroWell Jr. leaves Boone wr lext week for Venice, Calif., where an le will make his hme with his broth- at :r, Alexander, and attend school at ea lie University of Southern Calif or- ne 11a. re lM|^pyil )CRA North Carolina 931 \X/? vrinrr ^St-nr?f^T "" S f The ni-ovu is the fnn esllrry i^o? jgraph of William E. Borah that j ' as been taken in many years. ! ^ vu /wtdt w(\ [ii ML tUUlli IV f CONVENE MONDAY j a cy-*Tx Cases Docketed for Trial t t Special Term. Judge McRac ii to Preside. Bodonhammer Cases on Calendar. k |]j ho special term of Watauga Su- a or Court will convene next Mon- h for a two-weeks session, with r i. Cameron F. McRae. judge pro- f ng. Sixty-six cases have been cal- ared for trial, all of them civil s ons, and no State cases will he t ed. -J 'ho damage suits which are calited to draw considerable inter- <' are those brought by W. A. Bo- 1 ham or, against C. H. M. Tulbort c son, Reno Tulbcrl; and W. I). I tiling, administrator, against the i board Airline Railroad, on ac- a nt of the death of F. M. Maltha t 3oone. The first named suit came t a result of the fatal injury of c est Bodenhamcv, in a collision v i a car driven by the junior Tul 1 )Id-Bearing Ore Found Zionville Community MB p -y? Ir. D. M. "Wilson cf Zionville has 13 ght to the Democrat office sev- 1 I specimens of gold-bearing rock, e toved from his farm by laborers v Je cutting a drain ditch. TheTorc 1 rio'j a quantity of qUa'rtx and is kcd with iron. lincc the discovery Mr. Wilson has several lateral ditches and finds t the vein if of unusual width. . has traced it for more than two ' idred j art's. Tin; Vein is covered ( h :i blanket of slate and black ' eh which sparkles in the sunlight ' underneath. Specimens have been t to an assay office to determine | ] exact content of the precious' :al, and friends of Mr. Wilson are! riousiy awaiting the outcome of I analysis. file farm is just one inile from . nviile postoffiee on a good road, j I Ihe owner is anxious, for visitors , come and view the strange forma- ( t- I :rious Water Shortage i Reported from College ! Reports coming; fvom the State aehers College indicate that the 1 >ply of water owned by the instill.n has rapidly failed during the uonged""dry weather, and officials] i urging dormitory students to use j *ry effort to conserve the supply, mntime city water mains are sup-1 ing the deficiency at the college, j t simultaneously comes the report | threaten de shortage in municipal j ervoirs. Total absence of rains in j s section for a period of many ; eks. has weakened the normal; lhdnnt supply, and consumers are rncd against useless drain on the indling reserve. Use of hydrants JMUVTA? tvr.outilt; liua MUCH C?UAII- I icd, and excessive use of water I other uurposes is being curtailed j an effort to bridge over the fall | >?srht without absolute iuconveni- \ :e to consumers. . E. Story Named as Official of Association Professor T. E. Story, native Walgan and for many years superindent of the Wilkesboro High hook has been named vice-presint of the Northwestern Education-! Association, which honor came to I ; educator at the close of the ninth nua! convention of the organizan in Winston- Salem Friday. Guy B. Phillips, superintendent of i Greensboro schools, was named esident of the Association, and ss Ella Rae Carroll, of Burlingi, secretary. OMAN FOUND DEAD HANGING FROM LIMB Hickory, N. C.?The body of Mrs. sephinc Teague Braokshire, 51,' is found hanging from a limb of apple tree at the Teague home Petric Mills, near Dudley Shoals, rly Monday morning. At the Conor's inquest a verdict of suicide was ndered. $1.50 PER YEAB FOHN JENKINS TO FACE CHARGES OF FEDER'L ROBBERY uhc County Man AiTcated for Breaking Into McNeil Store at RutSterwaad, Hailed Before State Court and Turned Over to Federal Authorities on Account of Fostoffice Boinif Involved in Robbery. John Jenkins, Ashe County citizen ho for sown months has been inolved in the -courts on charges of assing Worthless checks and forgery, "as atrain taken into custody about week ag*> by Sheriff Wilson of efferson, thus time on a warrant failed by EVier McNeil of RutheiWood, baring him with store-breaking. It 'ill be remembered that last spring everal hundred dollars worth of iiorcbundise iVaa taken from the McCeil store-, located seven miles east f Boone, the entrance having been ffected from beneath an elevated kortion of the storeroom flooring, uguvs having been used to cut the imbers. The postoffice was located 11 the same building and some of he moneys incident thereto were then along with several hundred dolus worth of merchandise. No clues s to the identity of the robbers were :ift, however, when Jenkins was arcsted at a later date, articles were ound ir. his home which Mr. McNeil believed were taken from his tore. He is said to have found furher evidence which would implicate Tonkins. Following his arrest 011 minor barges, Jenkins had filled bond and lad been at liberty until the papers barging store-breaking were served, lie was hailed before Judge Oglesby n Ashe Superior Court last week nri turned over to the Federal auhorities to be tided at the November erni of court in Wilkesboro on a harge of entering a building in /hich a postoffice was located. -ederal Seed Agent Has A Big Day in Watauga F. B. Benson, federal seed agent, & pent ?? Thursday ir? Boone looKing '*?' tfter the collection of drought relief O.oneys borrowed by Watauga farmsrs. During the day ho. conferred vith twenty-seven debtors, collecting diirteoxi full payments and fourteen partial payvnenW ahd received in rash $1,725.87. Numerous borrowers save mare, their remittances direct to Washington. Mr. Qenson states that Watauga ? shewing up fine in her payments, and that Thursday was the biggest lay he has had in his district, which comprises five counties. Prominent Cattleman Makes Assignment Arlie W. Brown, well known livestock dealer of the Laxoh communty. has made un assignment, and the necessary papers were filed with Clerk of the Court Austin E. South last Wednesday. According to the official statement, the assets would probably reach about $18,000 which included notes and accounts to the imount of $6,990, two farms totaling 20S acres, and known as the N. C. Brown and Proffitt lands; 62 head of livestock, including a saddle horse; one motor truck and one automobile. I ne liabilities are reckoned at from ?60,000 to $75,000, growing out of the buying and selling of beef cattle. Large herds are said to have been bought last year on a falling - arket, and sold on the lowest marKet of many years. Smith Hagaman was named as trustee, but states that he is not acting in that capacity. Whether or not ^ another hs been appointed to administer has not been learned. Reports that bankruptcy petitions have been filed by creditors in the Federal Courts are unconfirmed. Meat Market Added to Lower Carolina Store A modern meaT, market has been opened in connection "with Carolina Store No. 25. in the Hahn TimlSS^ ar.<l tin; virions cuts of both western and native meats are now being offered the public. Large electric refrigerators and display case3 have been installed, and Mr. G. J. Womack, expert meat cutter of Bessemer City, is in charge. An advertisement, carried in The Democrat today gives detailed information. COLONEL HARRIS A VISITOR Colonel Wade H. Hams, editor of The Charlotte Observer, accompanied by Mrs. Harris and daughter, Miss Cora, spent Sunday and Monday as guests at the Daniel Boone Hotel, leaving for their home TuesIday morning. Colonel Harris, always ian ardent admirer of the Blue Ridge I hills, made this trip especially in orI der to enjoy a peep at the frosttinted woodlands, and thinks it probable that in r^tore years he will occupy his own summer home in Boone.