VOLUME XLIII, NO. 18
CHAIRMAN RIVERS
| ISSUES CALL FOR
Den forvco nnniT
11EJ7 taUiX) tfRlYCi
& Roll Call Campaign Begitu Armistice
& Day and Continues Until Thanks?
giving. Watauga People Urged to
h'. Respond. Record of National Organization
Cited in Statement I?sued
Wednesday.
& R. C. Rivers, chairman of Watauga
Chapter, American Red Cross, today
issued the following call for the membership
drive which begins on Armistice
Day, November 11th, and closes
on Thanksgiving Day, November
26th:
"Again the American people are
given the privilege of lending their
- aid to the greatest of all humanitarian
causes, the Red Cross. Beginning
*3| next Wednesday and continuing un'y
til Thanksgiving Day, workers will
make rounds of the county soliciting
memberships in the organization, and
y receiving such donations as may be
offered by our generous people.
"During the great struggle of
& 1914-18, when -wOc swept like a demon
of destruction over Europe and
enveloped a majoritv of the countries
3 of the civilized world, the Red Cross
V played one of its most important
roles. On every battle field workers!
bearing its inspiring insignia labored
gj? faithfully, giving relief to the wound-1
\,l ed, sharing sorrows with the down.-i
cast, and bringing comfort to the dying.
The work rendered by these cruv
saders of a godly cause will forever
: flame on the pages of history.
"The war passed, and other probe
lems faced the organization. Thou2
sands of families were left destitute
by the human sacrifices made during
that period of terror. But the Red
Cross began its work, and through
economical practices and careful expenditure
of funds waged a successful
fight for the rehabilitation of
war-torn homes, proving itself equally
as great in peace times as on the
battle front.
"And when during last year flood
and drought simultaneously visited
large areas of the American continent
and brought with them famine and
pestilence, the Red Cross came to
the rescue. Food was provided the
hungry, medical treatment given the
sick, and order brought out of chaos.
Another victory was won.
"Today the American people face
the. winter with, fear ^pd trembling.
Millions of unemployed men are
walking the streets of the great industrial
cities, a horde of helpless
women and children cry aloud for
aid. The Red Cross is arraying itself
for battle. Thousands nf ivorlfura a
hurrying to the field. And the dollar
you give during the roll call drive
will enable them to carry forward
their humanitarian labors, and may
be the cause of saving a human life.
"Fifty cents out of each dollar
will be kept here at home for local
relief needs, and during days gone
by this fund has been a ministering
angel to many a destitute Wataugan.
Our citizens have always done their
part in times of emergency, and I
feel sure that they can again be depended
upon. We today probably
have less suffering than any section
of the country. Our farmers were
blessed with bountiful crops, and
even though the general business depression
has been keenly felt within
our borders, Watauga people should
concern themselves with the dire
needs of other regions and do their
bit tovtfard hringing comfort and
cheer to the poverty-stricken. If a
worker fails to call on you during the
roll call drive, you may leave your
dollar at The Democrat office.
Again I urge the individual who has
enjoyed even a slight degree of prosperity
during the past year to think
twice before he refuses."
Jurors Are Drawn
For Federal Court
Deputy Clerk Linville Bumgarner,
who is in charge of the Wilkesboro
office, has released for publication
ihe list of jurors for the November
term of court which will convene at
kof XT 1 tn
>nai, tjiuvc uii luMuuajr, ituvcuiuer iu,
with Hon. Johnson J. Hayes, Middle
Distinct jurist, presiding.
The list of jurors drawn from Watauga
County follows:
Robert C. Rivera Jr., Boone; Richard
Shore, Tamarack; H. C. Eggers,
Vilas; L. Greer, Zionville; Clifford
Shook, Banner Elk; I. W. Hartley,
Shulls Mills; Conley Hagaman, Leander;
W. Hardin Brown, Vilas;
Thomas Miller, Blowing Rock; John
Shoemaker, Matney; Henry J. Hardin,
Boone; J. V, Smilherman, Peoria.
Delegates Named to
Bapt*>i Convention
Messrs. Smi Hagaman, I. G.
Greer, Clyde F. Greene, Rev. P. A.
Hicks and Mrs. W. S. Miller have
beep elected as delegates from the
Boone church to the Baptist State
Convention which will hold its sessions
in Winst Salem on Tuesday,
Wednesday an bursday, November
10-11-12. Wad own is being sent
as a delegate f the Blowing Rock
Church.
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?ATA\
A N on-Partisan Ni
BOONE
installation of Pastor
At Blowing Rock Church
Rev. C. Sexton Buchanan will be
installed as pastor of the Blowing
Rock Church at a service to be held
I nptfr Rnnjiotr ?i~ ?. H .on A
??_?%.?ung av ? .ov. n cvuimittee
from the Holston Presbytery
will have charge of the service, which
consists of Dr. H. H. Thompson, of
Bristol; Rev. John Martin, of Johnson
City, and Elder J. D. Faucette
of Bristol.
Rev. Buchanan has been carrying
forward the work at Blowing Rock
since early summer, acting in the capacity
of a supply, and during his
pastorate a beautiful manse has been
erected on a lot adjoining the church.
The structure is of rock in keeping
with the architecture of the church
building, presents an attractive appearance
and will soon be ready for
occupancy.
BROOKS MAY MAKE
RACE FOR SENATE
Greensboro Man Expects to Decide
on Entering Contest Around the
First of January. Is Waiting
on the People.
Greensboro, N. C.?Aubrey L.
Rrnnl-L- *V - I 1
^. v/U.?o, xov jvui.) out u? ?uc icaueia
of Democracy in North Carolina, is
still giving serious consideration to
entering the race for the Democratic
nomination fr the United States Senate.
"I am, in the words of Wilson,
laying my mind on the table," said
I Mr. Brooks. "I'm trying to find out
just what sort of a man the people
of North Carolina want in the Senlatc,
whether they want an old-line ,
| politician or whether they prefer to
have a liberal-minded man intent upop
doing something about this terrific J
economic distress in which we find
ourselves. I belong to the liberal
group and take my Jefferson-Jackson-Wilson
brand o f democracy
straight. I have no machine or organization
with which to promote any
candidacy. I don't know what I shall
do, but I am still giving the matter
my very serious consideration."
Mr. Brooks declared that if he
decides to enter the primary race,
which will be settled either in the
first primary early next June or in
the second primary about a month
later, he will in all prpbability make
k.i.3^^nnoun c e m e n t "ataut the. first \
of the year."
"Loose thinking and loud talking !
will not solve any of our problems," .
said Mr. Brooks. He said that in his 1
opinion "our people are feeling so c
terrifically distressed over economic ?
conditions, are so busy trying to find
out how they can secure money with J
which to pay their obligations and
live on during the winter, how to 1(
keep the banks open and business 1
going, that they are just now think- s
ing about politics now."
He repeated that he was at a loss
to know at the present time just
what "sort of man the people want
for Senator.
"As soon as the pot starts boiling,
though," said he, "we will know what
the people have in mind. It won't
take long to discover whether they
want a new deal or not."
Reminded that the best way to
find out whether the people want
him as their next Senator would he
to enter the race, Mr. Brooks replied.
"And I might do just that."
Mountaineers Win One
And Lose One in Va.
The Mountaineers of Appalachian
ran into a Tartar at Langley Field
in their second engagement in two
days tc lose by the score of G-S, the
first loss of the season. Naval Apprentice
was defeated handily by the
mountaineers 011 the night previous
by a score of 25-12, but the Soldiers
of Langley Field presented a great
defensive line and secondary, and the
Mountaineers were unable, to tally ?
by the touchdown route. In the third
period after repeated gains had car- |
iicu hic umi lu liiu 40-jarfl line,
Fitsgerald, Mountaineer quarterback,
dropped back to send the oval spinning
over the goal for a three-point
margin.
The Soldiers began a drive that '
ended on the twelve-yard line, when 1
they fumbled. After an exchange of c
kicks and with about three minutes
to end the game, the Soldiers threw
a pass that was apparently knocked
down, but it deflected into the hands j
of a Langley back who ran 12 yards
for a touchdown. The extra point was .
blocked when place kick was attempted.
The Mountaineers attempted an
open running and passing attack but ,
the Langley defense was alert to the ,
threat. The game ended with Lang- (
ley in possession of the ball in mid- ,
field. Score by quarters: J
Langley Field 0 0 0 6?6
Appalachian State 0 0 3 0?3
The Mountaineers meet Maryville i
College at Maryville next Saturday 1
afternoon in what is expected to be i
one of the toughest games of the entire
schedule. i
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Jennings Long of Henderson coun- ;
ty sold $61.50 worth of snap beans
from one-half acre project at a to- 1
tal cash outlay of $5.
JGA
ewspaper, Devoted to the
, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C/
| World's Longest"!
The George Washington Bridge a
October 24, is two-thirds of a u
$60,000,000 and took four years to b
by tolls, after which it will be free
and Northern New Jersey.
FIRE DAMAGES 3
ROOMS AT BOONE
SCHOOL BUILDING
Several Hundred Dollars Lots as Fira
Spreads from Boiler Rooms at the
Demonstration School. Five Hundred
Students Made Orderly Exodus.
Teachers Praised for Prompt
Emptying of Building.
A fire which originated in the boilsr
room last Friday morning seriousy.dammttd
three rooms at the Deny i
lustration School, and threatened
he complete destruction of the buildng
in which about five hundred chiliren
were housed. Through the efficient
work of the regular staff of
eachers, the children filed from the
various rooms in orderly fashion, and i
here were no injuries. Fearing lest <
>ne of the students had failed to
each safety, the teachers made a
econd inspection of the various class i
ooms, while the flames crackled in
he south section of the building.
Member? of the volunteer fire de- :
>artment were on hand in an incredhlv
shnrt limn 1*1-.-^. -'??
irought under control, practically the <
mtire damage having taken place in '
;he three rooms occupied by the pri- :
nary classes of Mrs. Lather Clay,
rhe exact origin of the fire is un- i
mown other than that it was first i
ibscrved near the door in the boiler
room, directly beneath Mrs. Clay's
lepartment. The joists supporting tie
'loots, as well as the floor itself, was
>adly damaged and the flames made
lead way. within the plastered walk,
furniture, plaster and windows comprise
the principal loss thus far uncovered,
which has been estimated
it from five hundred to a thousand
lollars. The damaged rooms were discarded
following the fire, and repair
vork will not begin until after the
nsurance adjustors have arrived and
rhecked the losses, which are fully
lovered.
The members of the faculty are
icing congratulated upon their pre3- 1
mce of mind in getting the children
:o safety, and preventing a fatal
itampede, following the alarm. <
[vy Ridge School
Building Is Burned
The frame structure, which housed
he Ivy Ridffe School, in the Beaver
'am section of the county was re:ently
destroyed by fire, according to
reports reaching. Boone which indi:ate
that the loss was complete, representing
about a thousand dollars.
\To insurance was in force.
The school was being- taught by
Mr. John Harman and 35 to 40 stuients
were in attendance when the
flames broke out. No definite information
of the origin of the fire is
forthcoming, other than a rumor that
i lighted match was dropped through
% hole in the wall, which had been
jsed by the children as a repository
for waste paper. Members of the
student body have been accused in
this connection, however officials
fiave been unable to verify the rumor.
A nearby store building is being
used in which to finish out the term
of school, but it is stated that next
year the students will likely be divided
between the schools at Cove
Creek and at Bethel, and will be
nveyed to and fro by bus.
: Best Interests of North
iKOUNA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBEI
Suspension Bridge j
cross the Hudson River, opened on
?Se long between spans. It cost
mhlMt is expected to pay for itself
to tcrfftc between New York City
" \X-:'
greer-critcIer
damage case is
given to jury
$25,000 Damage Suit Occupies Most
of Time of Civil Term for First
Three Days. Goes to Jury Wednesday
Noon. Suit Result of Automobile
Injuries Received Three Years
Ago. Prominent Lawyers in Case.
Superior Court convened Monday
morning for the trial of civil cases,
toitha3mdge/Mc\Rae presiding, and little
headway has been made toward
clearing away a docket of about 70
wuovai (;iuv;ucaiiy an of me lime up
to Wednesday noon having been taken
in the presentation of evidence
in the suit brought by Grady Greer
against Homer Critcher and C. M.
Critcher, in which the plaintiff seeks
to recover $25,000 damages for injuries
received three years ago in
an automobile accidentAttorneys
for Greer based their
contentions on evidence tending to
show that their client had been permanently
disabled as the result of
the collision of the car he operated
with one driven by Homer Critcher,
while lawyers for the latter charge
speeding and undue negligence on
the part of Greer as the cause of
the accident. Greer suffered severe
injuries to one hand and a hip.
Arguments were concluded Wednesday
morning and the cake went
to the jury at noon. Suddrcth and
Bcwie are employed by Greer while
Trivette & Holshouser and W. RCovill
represent the Critchers.
Can't Spare Democrat
To Send to Absent Son
Mr. John Hartley called at the
Democrat office Wednesday morning,
his particular business being to
enter a subscription in the name of
his son, John Jr., who is lieutenant
commander of the battleship Medusa,
now cruising in Pacific waters. Mr.
Hartley stated that since the junior
John's subscription expired some
time ago, it had been his practice
to hold his copy of the Democrat until
Saturday and remail it to the west
coast, so that his son might enjoy
reading the news front back home.
"This plan just won't work right,"
Mr. Hartley said, "for the Democrat
is a necssitv in the home and iust
as certain as I mail my copy away,
something turns up during the next
week that makes me need the old
copy for reference. We just need it
all the time, and decided the only
way to have things just right was
to enter another subscription."
Mr. Hartley is one of the Democrat's
finest friends, and always
brings the printers a word of encouragement
He says that his son
John has been in the United States
Novy for fifteen years, that there is
only one superior officer aboard the
boat. He will be entitled to retirement
on pay in 1935, and of course
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley are in hopes
he will return to his native soil at
that time.
Water consumers of the city are
urged to look after leaky faucets,
valves, etc., and conserve as closely
as possible the dwindling supply
which remains in the reservoirs. Dry
weather continues, and unless rain
falls soon the town will face a crisis.
'
Government Seed Agent
Reports Good Collection
On Thursday of last week Spe&jV
Seed Agent F. B. Benson, wbofev-'
making weekly rounds of tbe
counties comprising this district, <|b?|}
lected $1,335 from Watauga
ers who last spring took ad van tamp
of drought relief fund3. Twelve Iggj
the twenty payments made were |?j?
full, and eight partial. Mr. Bens^S
states that many of the largest
rowers in the county have made tW|g
payments direct to Washington amt?
while he has had no report on th?|
amount, he believes local borrowers
ar^ meeting theii- obligations in regular
manner. All loans in this section
mature on November 30th
Mr. Benson is using the office of
S. C. Eggers in the Watauga Bank
building, and can be seen there each
Thursday.
OCTOBER WEATHES!
REPORT SCRAPPY
High and Low Temperatures Feature
Report of Observer Wright. A
Minimum Rainfall Report
i r o - .
cu. irace jdow on .3 I r I.
Temperatures ranging from 80 degrees
to 22, heavy frosts and light ,
frosts, snow, fog and scanty rainfall !
feature the weather report for the
month of October prepared by J. T.
C. Wright at the local bureau. Which
follows:
Average maximum temperature, j
70 degrees. I|
Average minimum temperature, 40 |
degrees.
Average temperature, 55 degrees.
Average daily range in tempera- \
ture, 80 degrees. j
Greatest daily range n temperature,
48 degrees; date, 27th. i
Average temperature at 6 p. m. 1
(time of observation), 57 degrees. j
Highest temperature reached, 80 ^
degrees; date 5tli.
Lowest temperature reached 22 de- .
giees; date, 19th. 1
Number inches of rainfall (inchid- i
ing melted snow), 0.64.
Number inches of snowfall, trace.
Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.40;
date, 29th. ,
Number of days with 0.01 inch or ,
more rainfall, 4. ,
Number of clear days, 5.
Number of cloudy days, 9.
Number of partly cloudy days, 17.
Direction of prevailing wind, west. I \
Dates of heavy, frost, 19th, 20th.
Dates of liirht frost. 1st. 2nd Tftrh L
j 23rd, 24th.
Dates of fogs, 9th, 10th.
Other phenomena described as ?t>l -
lows: Solar halo on 21th, lunar halo
oil 27th, first ice on 19th, first snow |
on 31st. I
Popular Blowing Rock
Lady Dies in Tennessee
;
Miss Ethel Greene, 22 years old,j<
died in an Elizabethton, Term., hospital
on the 24th inst., typhoid fever
having been assigned as the direct
cause of her demise. Funeral services
were conducted from the Blowing
Rock Baptist Church, of which deceased
was a member, and interment '
was in the cemetery there. Rev. P. J
A. Hicks, the pastor, conducted the 1
services which were attended by a i
large crowd of friends both from 1
her home community and from Elizabethton,
where she had held a responsible
position with the Bemberg
Corporation for a number of years. {
Several officials of the company
were present and the profuse floral
offering contained many beautiful
pieces, which came from the former
employers of deceased.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Greene, of Blowing Rock,
and ten brothers and sisters.
Miss Greene was born and reared
in Blowing Rock, and was extremely
popular with a wide circle of friends.
| She was a devout Christian and for
[many years had been particularly active
in church affairs. Her death
brings sorrow to the community in
which she lived.
Wataugans Heed Call
Crippled Children Home
Miss Florence Boyd of I.enoir was
in the county again Monday soliciting
food supplies for the maintenance
of the seven crippled children
who have taken up their abode in
her home there. Plans are under way
for the erection of a permanent home
for these unfortunate children of the
western counties to be erected from
public sobscrintifim of. . mint K?n.
midway between Blowing Eock andl
Linville on the Yonahlossee Road.
A number of citizens of the county
have rallied to the request Xot food
supplies for the children during the
winter, says Miss Boyd, and indications
are that the pantries will be
well filled with mountain provender
before the coming of extremely cold
weather. It is desired that all those
who have apples, potatoes or other
products which would be relished by
hungry children to bring them to
Boone, communicate with the Watauga
Democrat and storage space will
ibe arranged until such time as the
supplies may he moved to Lenoir. I
$] 50 FEK YEAR
DEMOCRATS MAKE
SWEEPING GAINS IN
TUESDAY ELECTION
EigblK Michigan District, Republican
for Thirty-seven Years, Elects i*
Democratic Representative. House
Control Slips from G. O. P. as Re|
tnrus At? Tabulated. Republican
Defeated for Governor of N. J.
' Washington. D. C.? Democratic
Rapture of the much-wanted Eighth
Michigan District was conceded
quickly last night ir. the opposition
ranks, giving rise to expectation that
the Republicans will lose control of
the House of Representatives.
Much weight had been given the
outcome of this vote, along with that
for the First Ohio District seat held
for a quarter of a century by the late
Nicholas Longwortli. Early returns
ill Ohio indicated the Republican
forces were more than holding their
own.
Meanwhile, the contests in the
Second Pennsylvania, f he Seventh
New York and the Twentieth Ohio
went as had generally been expected
named won by a Republican,
and the latter two practically
certain to stay Democratic. On
this bains, the House line-up stood
lit 216 Democratic seats and 214 Republican.
After the elections just a year
ago, the Republicans held 218 seats
in the House as against 216 for the
Democrats.
Even the Democrats in Michigan
were amazed by the lead rapidly
rolled up the in Eighth District for
Michael J. Hart, opposed by Foss 0.
Eld red. It was former Governor
Green, a leader for Eldrcd, who conceded
the defeat of the Republican.
The headway realized by John B.
Rollister in the initial returns from
the First Ohio was such as to lead
the Republicans to take success for
granted.
At the capital the latest news of
the standing was watclied by the
kVhite House and party headquarters.
Many members cf Congress personlily
inquired about the standings.
While major interest was in the
Congressional races oollectively, !iti
went as well with the gubernatorial
elections in New Jersey and Kentucky,
and the reforestation amendment
voted on in New York.
A scattered few returns favored
A. Harry Moore to become Democratic
governor of New Jersey, instead
of David Baird Jr., Republican.
Kentucky, by law, did not count
until Wednesday, and no returns
h&Vfs been received.
The New York electorate, on the
j as is of sparse returns, was favoring
be proposition to insert a reforestation
amendment in the State constitution.
This had been advocated by
Governor Franklin Roosevelt and objected
to strenuously by former Governor?
Alfred E. Smith.
Local Dealers Meet
ac v^nevroiet Banquet
Officials of tlie Boone Chevrolet^
Company, together with the office
and mechanical forces, went to Charlotte
last Thursday, where they were
guests at the annual meeting of
Chevrolet dealers in the State. Those
going from Boone included: Messrs.
W; Ralph Winkler, O. J. I-Iarman,
W: T. Payne, L. J.. Bingham. C. H.
Blackburn, Stuart Winkler, Ralph
Church. Ray Brendall and J. C. McConnell.
Ten members of the Chevrolet organization
at West Jefferson also
went as, guests of the Boone dealers.
Former Boone Citizen
Editor Wall St. Journal
Harley Brendall, associate editor
of The Wall Street Journal, was in
Brevard for a short visit to relatives,
a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Wikc. He left Tuesday for Pinehurst,
where he is stationed during
the winter season, keeping in touch
with the men of affairs who spend
vacations at that popular resortMr.
Brendall has been on The
"Wall Street Journal for the past'ten
years. He is a native of this State,
being the son of Rev. Dr. Brendall,
Greensboro. He would not commit
t: w 1 > > .
niiiir.cn on cue prouaDie outcome OI
President Hoover's recent move toward
dispelling the depression, but
did say that The Journal believed
that Mr. Hoover would be renominated
and re-elected.?Brevard News.
(Editor's Note?Mr. Brendali will
be remembered by many in this region,
having been a citizen here
through the residence of his father
as pastor of the Boone Methodist
Church.)
BACK FROM NORTHERN TRIP
Dr. W. A. Deaton, of the Meat
Camp section, and his son, Lewis,
have returned from a two-weeks trip
into the northern states, going as
far as Buffalo, where a daughter and
sister was visited, and making a delightful
side trip across into Canada.
Sons of the well-known minister were
visited in Philadelphia? and Richmond
on the return trip.
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