North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 2 PAV1NGT0 BEGINON1 BOONE TRAIL LINK AT AN EARLY DATE; Stone Now Being Crushed at Cran- j berry for Closing of Link of Road Between Boone and New River. Work Will Start When Sufficient Rock Has Been Delivered. Surfacing utruiR Dune Oil Coiiuiy Read?. The rock crushers at the Crsnbcrrv mines began Monday morning' co crush the stone necessary to mix the concrete for paving the link ol the Bouiic Trail Ilighwav between Roone and New River, and the contractors in charge of the project are ready to begin operations as soon as a suf^ ficient quantity of the stone shall have been delivered to the railway yard here. The Guilford Construe- | tion Company has the contract for ' paving the 1.9 miles of road, and machinery was held in readiness here, after the completion of the paving of five miles east of New River last year. It is expected that work may begin this week. Work on County Roads In the meantime, states Resident < Engineer James H. Council!, work is going forward rapidly on the Beaver Dam road, wnerc a stone surface is by.ng laid for a distance of about five miles, giving the people of that section the first staisfactorv all-thcyear-round outlet they have ever enjoyed. It is also stated that a gravel ( surface is being placed on three miles ; of road in Meat Camp township, running east from Sands postoffiec. c Printer on Watauga's First Paper a Visitor , Mr. Charlie Logan, of Welch, W. Va.t called on The Democrat last j, week, and he and R. C. Rivers met c for the first time in 14 years, at v which time they were employed in *he j publication of The Enterprise, Boone's ( first newspaper, and the official or- < (ran of t.hr- Ronnhlirnn nortu Tht? late Thomas Bingham was editor of j the paper, which was conducted dur- ' Ing the campaign of i???, when Ben- s jams* TtawisoR overwhelmsneiv defeated Grover Cleveland for the Presidency, ami Nonn (jaiunim r^gi3tvrcu i^ -Moxonie -gantm -iwv^tiat .? ft,.-?,. The'j ' paper was published in the Blackburn , store building, and Jo'-n S. Williams t was succeeded as publisher by R. C. Rivers, ami it was during Rivers' tenure that Mr. Logan was employed. < Kit Itivers became publisher of The _ Watauga Democrat the following year which post he is still holding. Mr. Logan is the son of the late John F. Logan of Jefferson, anil al- , though he has visited Ashe County ( infrequently since his career as a Boor.e newspaperman was completed, ( he had never since until last week f set foot on Boone soil. Mr. Logan j is a traveling man of many years' t standing and has succeeded. t MITCHELL VETERAN MAKES \ TWO SUICIDE FAILURES t " Bakersville.?Tuesday morning, a t man by the name of Clarence White, said to be a World War veteran, at- ] pi) to take bis own life at Toe car.e, by swallowing a quantity of j iodine. A local doctor was called from Bakersvillt and administered to the would-be suicide, and ordered the man sent to a Johnson City hospital. It was said last Sunday White, at the home of a relative near Toccane, broke a small mirror and ale a quantity of the glass. He is said to have ] suffered greatly from eating the glass and Tuesday morning he attempted ' to finish the job by swallowing iodineHe was rushed to Johnson City, Tenn. and after reaching the hospital, soon regained consciousness. His only explanation was that he was worried j and tired of living and thought he would end all his troubles. THE WEATHER Weather report for week ending July 9, 1932, n* compiled by the Cooperative Station at Appalachian State Teachers College: Average maximum temperature, 78 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 74 degrees. Average daily range in temperature, 18 degrees. !; Greatest daily range in temperalure, 29 degrees; date, 3rd. Average temperature at 6 p. m. Iliime oi ooservacion/, i?. uegrees. Highest temperature reached, 82 degrees; date, 5th. Lowest temperature reached, 46 degrees: date. 3rd. Number inches of rainfall (including melted snow), 1.02. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.34; date, 5th. Number of day? with 0.01 inch or more rainfall, 5. Number of clear day3, 4. I Number of cloudy days, 2. Number of partly cloudy days, 1. Direction of prevailing wind, west. S. L. Kiser, of Bessemer City, reports that limestone is the best fertilizer he has used on his farm after reviewing bis results this season. Ik >> /A.TA A Non-Partisan BCK Travels from Texas to Boone on Pocket Chan; Fred Hodges, IS, son of the la Holland Hodges, of Faris, Texa arrived in Boone last week for i extended visit with his uncle, R. 1 Hodges, and other relatives in W: tauga. The young man had "liitcl hiked*'' from the Lone Star Stal to this city in throe days, had mac excellent connections and had spei only $1.35. Mr. Hodges is now getting 1: first view of the mountains, and carried away with their beauty, j well as the delightful climate ar the unsurpassed hospitality of \V; tauga people. He will probably r main here during the month < July. EiiliEi HE WILL OPPOSi GOV. ROOSEVEL Considers Him Outspoken Enemy I 8th Amendment." He May Be f Hoover. Says President's Last I terance on Subject Set Him Agaii Repeal. Democracy Is Scored Poiitically-mindcd Bishop. Lake Junaluska.?Bishop Jair rannon Jr., who called the dry e< [erenee which le^L to the organ iz inti-Smith movement of 1928. in ated here Sunday that he would ( >ose the election of Franklin Roo: rlt, the Democratic presidential no nee. After reading- the report of t ?oard of temperance and social sei i*e of the Methodist Episcopal churc South, which said "our people s'nor ote for men and women who belie imbibition should be the law," Bish Gannon described Roosevelt as outspoken enemy of the 18th amen nent," and said President Hoove ast statement on the subject reeoi <1 him as opposed to repeal of t intendment, "Tht: "Methedist-in t mditorium of his church's assemt grounds here. h? Tire xepbrt nice and social service was writt >y him as its president. Sunday School Revival To Begin Next Sunda The second annual Sunday Schi evival of the Three Forks Associ ion will open Sunday afternoon, 2: dclock, at Boone Baptist Church, iresent fifteen churches have ask or wm Kers. i nc pastors aiid sup< ntendents are requested to be his meeting and secure workers hey car. get to the church where th ire to work. Officials of the assoe ion are anxious to have twenty-fi ihuvches in this work, and hope t'r ither churches will yet decide to : ure a worker. These revivals are promoted by t Baptist Sunday School Board and s indcr the direction of Mr. Perry Mi ran, State Sunday School secretary. IACOB COXEY NOMINATED BY FARMER-LABOR PARI Omaha, N?li.?Members of the i rcutive committee of ihe farmer-la! aarty Sunday night chose Jacob Coxcy of Massilon, Ohio, as th presidential candidate to replace C Prank E. Webb of San Francisco a Washington, who was disqualified the committee several weeks ago. Roy M. Harrop of Coucil Bluf Iowa, chairman of the committee, ; nounced the vice-presidential can date will be selected from among 1 following, among others: Walter W. Waters, of Portia' Oregon, commander-in-chief of 1 bonus expeditionary forces n rampprf in Washington, demandi immediate payment of a cash bonu Robert L. McLcndon of Vossbu Miss., prominent in southern acti ties of the party. Harrop explained the vice-prj dcntial candidate will be selected mail vote of the full committee me bership. NUDIST COLONY ON NEUSE RIVER FALLS THROUI Raleigh.?Wake County nudist < ony on the Neuse River bank has i lapsed. It w-as found in magistra court that two of the three girls rested were clothed in Lathing SS a little the worse for wear, to sure, at two tents and in comp: with four young men. While th had hppn complaint about the can no evidence of nudism or immora Was presented. The magistrate, h ever, gave the two girls short sentences, explaining it was on somewhat unsavory reputations t have established, not on the camp isode. One of the young men was under bond on another charge, having a drink or two of iutoxicj in his tent. S aiTTBffrJj^. Vt~~ i" JL ' UGA Newspaper, Devoted to the JNE. WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA: -HODGES AWARDED ' BRICK CONTRACT S ON COLLEGE GYM S.I Work on Three-story Building Exa pectea to Start by 25th, and Will rl~ Be Completed in About Forty-five be Working Days. Boca! Contractor le Places Low Bid, and All Home Lait Lnr Will R- IJ?*d. Sever. Bid-. is j W. B. Hodges, Boone contractor, ?3 j was awarded the contract for raising x *3 i the three-story brick walls lor the * d new gymnasium on the college cam- 3 a- 'pus Tuesday, when Engineer R. F. ( e- J Coffey received seven bids on the >f 'project from contractors locatc-d in different parts of the State. The ] ? amount of money involved in the low w bid was not given out, } J Mr. Hodges states that he expects J 3 [to start work on the Walls by the : i 25th. and that the handsome strucEjture will be finished in so far as the brick work is concerned in about <15 Ti working days. Only local labor will 1 be employed, he said. ' The structure will be three stories 1 high, with dimensions of 112x77 feet, ^ of and will contain about 275,000 brick, t cr It will represent one of the finest * it- gymnasiums in the State, and will c be equipped to thoroughly take care by of the college in this respect for years t io come. It i.-* staled that th^ cor.tracts for electric wiring, plumbing, } iesj heating and plastering will not likely t >n-' be let before the walls shall have been t C(j | completed. s t REYNOLDS WIDOW i ? " LEAVES WINSTON he _ ,v Broadway's Favorite Blues Singer f ^ Bids Farewell to Scene of Fatal Tragedy. Mystery of Husband's Death Unsolved. ve Winston-Salem. ? Libby liolman, ^ who six weeks ago arrived here- as the t p>g hride of Smith Reynolds, tobacco for- e .j tune heir, and mistress of the pala- Y tial family estate, stumbled to the f ! clone i\f-a clniv mcinno'dr Lvnin Yi 01 . hpj Tuesday afternoon and began h 10 1-2 r (|v: hour journey Lo ner ?Inc;j;na*i hor.?Sr T a. v/idp'.v subbing her grief before r. i small ernwei of curious spectatocs. en Meanwhile from htSGiiiceinine j imposing granite-block courthouse, c Sheriff Transou Scott made formal f announcement that his investigation <3 of the mysterious pistol death last r j Wednesday of the 20-ycar-old Smith s y Reynolds was hot closed. A coroner's a j-jury Inst night attributed the death, j l0|lwhich came after a gay party, to per- j a. I sons unknown. ( 30 No members of the Reynolds family accompanied the widow, Broad-! o ecj way's favorite singer of blues songs, U ,r_ to the railway station. |j. Mrs. Reynolds' departure from I q so Winston-Salem followed days of in-i ey! vestigations into the circumstances'j [a_! surrounding the death of her hus-U vei:band. Smith Reynolds, heir to the ^ at-R. J. Reynolds tobacco millions. 5e. Young Reynolds died from the ef-;.j fcr*s of a pistol ball fired into the'}, he head early last Wednesday morning, c irc after numerous friends had been en- r tertained in his home. Evidence introduced tended to show that he had t had suicidal intent for some time,jj .was melancholy at periods, and com-1* PY plained on occasion oi trouble with] his head. There were no wtinessesj. iX_ examined who were eye-witnesses to i *qF the firing of the fatal shot, and the j ^ ? investigations will continue. eir ol. RECEIVES SERIOUS INJURY nd WHEN MOTOR TRUCK WRECKS by Mr. Olus Mast, of Sugar Grove, was j fs, badly injured Tuesday evening as he j in- was returning to his home at Sugar ( di- Grove from a business trip to Boone, t -he The motor truck in which he was rid- ] ing turned over, it was stated, near j nd, the John Hodges home west of town, j -he and both bones of the right arm were j oW broken near the wrist, and the hand t ng seriously cut. Mr. Mast was brought l s. , immediately to the offices of Dr. ; \ Perry in Boone, where the bones were ? vi- set and the cuts dressed. There were no ether injuries of consequence. ( ;si by EDUCATOR'S BODY POUND m" Estes Park, Colo.?Disappearance i of the Rev. Thornton R. Sampson, ] Austin, Texas, educator and friend of Woodrow Wilson, on a fishing ; trip seventeen year3 ago was believed ! solved Sunday with the finding of a :o'~ skeleton at the foot of a cliff near j :0J" Odessa Lake. te s The skeleton was found by Weldar" rum Loucks, a member of a trail crew in the Rocky Mountain National ,e Park. iny Edmund B. Rogers, park superere Jntendent, said an examination of 'P3' personal effects lying nearby con>ity vinced him the skeleton was that of ovi' Dr. Sampson. Among the effects was Jail a diary in which the last notation was made September, 1915. hey Park officials said it was apparent eP" the educator had fallen over the cliff, put Haywood County sheep growers ints pooled 4,800 pounds of wool and shipped it to Elkin recently. MSWHglWBII^WiWlWHMi Stealt.% .. -JH' I DEM? Best Interests of Northw ROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1 COLLEGE CLOSES' FIRST SUMMER TERM ON FRIDAT Second Six Week* Term to Begin or Tuesday. 814 Student* Have Taker Training, and Many of Them Wil Stay for Second Term. Inquiries and Reservations Pouring Into tb? Registrar's Office. The f;vst six-weeks term of the Ap Stafp Toarhprs College sum ruer school will come to a close Fri lay noon, and a new group of stu Jcnts will arrive over the week-enc :o register for the second term whicl ,vill begin next Tuesday. Reservation; ire being made, and inquiries arc louring into the college offices ir irifeat numbers, it is explained, whicl strengthens the belief thai the next ,srm will be quite as fully attended is those of former years. By a strange coincidence the num>ejr enrolled this summer, 814, is the dentical number which was registered it the beginning of the summer work ast year. Practically seven-eights of he student body are ladies, coining Torn six states ami representing S 1 :ounties. UOJiege officials point with pride o the accomplishments of the pasl sbfc=v,reeks, state that hi tensive v.-niL ias been done on the part of the edcher-studenis, and that their atti ude toward the college has peer .piendid. PRIMARY RESULT GIVEN BY BOARD lobcrt R. Reynolds and John C. B. Etringhftus Declared Victors in Run-off. Biggs May Resign from Election Board. Raleigh.?The State Board of Elecions Tuesday formally declared Robert &ice Reynolds, Ashevillc* anti-prodbitionist, the Democratic nominee or the United States Senate to suceed' Senator Cameron Morrison and iamjS& John G. -B. Ehrintrhaus of -r~kcr^atorini r.crr.i ReyrroWs 227,864 votes in the Uiy -nd primary xVjr the V?5* iU{ on:pared with 120,428 for Morrison, or the long term Reynolds got 221, 69 votes and Morrison 116,012. Reylolds had a nmjority in 93 of the: hate's 100 counties and his lead set new primary icCO~d. Ehringhaus got 182,000 votes and 'ountain got 168,917. The Elizabeth 'ity man carried 58 counties. A. L. Fletcher of Raleigh got 184,:03 votes for commissioner of labor o become the nominee over Clarence 5. Mitchell of Raleigh, who got 114, 72. Fletcher carried 83 counties. During the meeting of the boarti t developed that Judge .F. Crawford Siggs, the chairman, is under the impression he must resign as he is elecor-at-?arge from the State, and Geo, dcNeill of Fayettcville mus^ resigr because of his nomination to the Stat* senate. Neither submitted his resig mtion Tuesday. MRS/HARTLEY IS DEAD AT AGE OF 91 )no of Counijr\ Oldest L*die; Die: at Horn; in Bamboo Section. Funeral by Rev. Eggers. Nine Children Survive. Mrs. Nancy Hartley, who hat .. A i-U ? 1-?U 1 ^ C O' cawucu iuc icuiat&uuic ui .? . ears, and was one of the oldest la lies known to have been living ii ;hi? county, died at her home in th< damhoo section last Sunday, aftc; xn illness developing from the infirm ties of her great age. Funeral sew ices were conducted Monday fron the Mount Vernon Baptist Chun.) i>v her pastor, Rev. R. C. Kggers ir.d interment was in the nearby cem itery. Mrs. Hartley had been a menihe of the Baptist denomination since sh was 22 years old. having first beei affiliated with the olu Thvee Fork Church, and during her active year had been an important figure in th works of the church. She was \vei and favorably known and her com munity is saddened by her demise. Mrs. Hartley was the widow of th late John Hartley, and of the twciv children born to the couple, nine sui vive. establish livestock marke Messrs. V. L. Hamilton and R. C Carter, of Bristol, Va., were in tow Monday looking after the interesl of the Farmers Livestock Marke which they have recently establish* in their city. Cattle and sheep of a grades, and in any quantity, are sol by them each Saturday on a straigl commission basis at the highest ma: ket prices. An advertisement carrie today gives the results of the sail iasl week, and these gentlemen r< spectfully solicit the inquiries of li cal breeders. > est North Carolina 932 It- ~ Wins Chairmansh' j | James A. Farley, New York City, was rewarded for the winning fight he made as,, prc-convention manager (or Roojicvolt bv being elected Chairman ot the Democratic National Committee to conduct the party campaign. jcALVLN C. TIKMR 1 PASSES SUDDENLY Was One of W*tauga'? Last Soldiers of Union Army. Funeral Wed| nc.'day at Pilot Mountain. Widow Survives. Calvin C. Tucker, 81, one of Wa- | tauga's Inst survivors of the Union j army, died suddenly at his Brown- , wooil home on Tuesday of last week. { He had been in rather poor health for several months, but was thought to have been somewhat improved when a fatal heart attack occurred. Funeral services were conducted on , I Wednesday afternoon at Pilot Mounjtain Baptist Church, Rev. \V. M.jj j Winkler, paster, presiding, and bur-i, U-i * ?. ? i.. ? . ! I lai iuui\ uiai-c ... ..... v iiuiv.ii , itcri'. A. limrc rongeurs^ of friend?! |and relatives were present for thej j ricee. | Surviving are the widow, one! I daughter, Mrs. Ettie Rominger, who ! lives at Mataey; two step-daughters,. 'Mrs. R. F. yannoy and Mrs. Roe \ jGreer, and one- sister, Mrs. Maggie . Huffman-, of Norfolk* V... Mr. Tucker was horn and reared . in Watauga, and had spent his entire life near the place where he died. He enlisted in the Union army during the War Between the States, andserved under General Kirk ir. Southern wing. Immediately follow-; ing: the surrender, he returned toj J Watauga, where he took tip the occu- j pation of a farmer! j,| ! The deceased man had been a faith-j ful member of the Pilot Mountain | Church for more than fifty years, and was one of its most generous( : supporters. He was a good neighbor j and commanded the respect of a wide j circle of friends. R. F. C. Lends to 141 North Carolina Firms j Washington.?A report of the op-j ? erations of the Reconsfcruictyii?. Fi-' nance Corporation from its formation 1 last February to June 30th, this year, issued Monday, shows that a total of 141 borrowers from North Carolina 1-took advantage of the corporation's * loan facilities. Of these, 83 were - banks and trust companies, 52 were "* building and loan associations, four - j were insurance companies, one was a joint stock land bank, and one a rail road. The rules and regulations of the: I corporation do not permit it to speII eifically name the borrowers, or to i give the amounts lent to each bor " t rower. { i !* ' e] Baltimore Couple Are "j Married at B. Rock SI 0j Miss Dean Lindau and Dr. Allan U.Roos, of New York, were quietly raari ried at the home of Miss landau's ! aunt. Mrs. Moses II. Cone, last Thurse! day at high noon. c' Edwin N. Hahit, Rnone justice of _ i the peace, performed the ceremony, j After (the ceremony, whicl, was witnessed by the immediate family T only. Dr. and Mrs. Roos left for Ber' tmuda. T'nev will make tkeir home in n ' Baltimore, "where Dr. Loos is connectts ed with Johns Hopkins. t, a TWO FOR ONE SALE 11 d The Watauga Drug Company it makes announcement today of its r- semi-annual two-for-one sale, which d begins Thursday and continues for is ten days. During this period the Nyal ?- line will feature the displays and 3- medicines and toiletries will be sold at two for the regular price of one. rp l! 1,1 - " ? $1.50 PER YEAH TRIALOFELECTION CASES SET FOR AUG. 22 AT WILKESP.ORO "I Mirty-ninc WaU\vga Deiciidrtuir tv Receive Hearing Before Judge Johnson Hayes at Special Tern1 of Federal Court. Charges of Fraud Grew Out of 1930 Election. Judge Jackson Assists in Gathering Data. The Watauga County election fraud CAoCS, ir. which *13 defendants were indicted by llie Federal gtand jury ir? June last year, have been set for trial at a special term of Federal court which will be convened in Wilkesboro on August 22nd by Judge Johnson J. Hayes, it was announced in Greensboro last week. It was indicated by officials that the cases will be tried before jurors drawn from the Greensboro and Winston-Salem divisions of the district, but no order to this effect has been signed by Judge Hayes. In January, after trial of the cases had been set for Wilkesbbro in March, u war said that a special venire ot 150 men would be ordered from the two divisions. Four bills of indictment against the 43 Watauga County residents, alleging infractions of the election laws, were returned by the Federal grand julv in June, l :.'oi , uiiu trial of cases was transferred to Wilkesboro upon motion of the defense counsel. The indictments charge the defendants with irregularities in the 1930 elections in Laurel Creek, Boone. Stony Fork and Cove Creek townships. Thirty-nine Watauga County officials are indicted among the defendants. Trial of the cases will probably be prolonged. The government is said to have issued subpoenas for seventyfive witnesses, while the defense counsel have indicated that they will suupeena approximately ll)U witnesses for their clients. Continuance of the so-called election fraud cases to an indefinite date was ordered by Judge Hayes at the conclusion of a hearing held in Greensboro cn March 15. The continuance was ordered after the court hnd denied a nrior petition of the defense for a postp.oneroent of the t Hals. \Vl.en had uccr, ~ IT. sse-w?jBBsi.---4?. M?T.T--;:nry of this year. it vtx* stipulated that the cases would he called at a special form of coiiri at W'ilkesboro <fari8jj~ March. However, another continuance to an undetermined date was ordered by Judge Hayes for the convenience of defense cousel. 5JH'dge Dan M. Jackson, specially assigned by the department of Justice to assist in the cases, spent several weeks in North Carolina conducting ii thorough investigation in Watauga County and in preparation of the government's case in the office of the district attorney at Greensboro. Gentlemen of Faculty Entertain the Ladies On Monday evening the gentlemen of the faculty of Appalachian State resellers ronege enteriainea tneir wives, children, and the lady members of the faculty with a picnic supper on Green Hill at Blowing Rock. The unusual feature of the occasion was that the men did aii the work. Tiie.\ bought the provisions, provided transportation, planned, cooked and served the supper. While the picnic was being spread. Dr. Dougherty entertained the ladies with negro stories. ? The guests voted the occasion a great success. About fifty men, women and children were in attendance. GILLETTE, MAN WHO MADE SHAVING SAFE, DIES AT 87 Los Angeles.?King C. Gillette, the man who invented the safety razor and whose picture was known in every country of the world, passed away at his ranch home at 3 a. m. Sunday. He was 87 years old. His wife, formerly Aianta E. Gaines, of Ohio., and his son, King C. Gillette Jr., were with him when he died. More than 35 years ago Gillette , conceived the idea that was to make him a multi-millionaire and famous throughout the world. A salesman for a bottle stopper company at that time, he was riding on a swaying railway train and trying to shave with an old-style razor when he was seized will, ^ determination to invent a razor that could be used satisfactorily under all conditions. In 1901, six years after the incident on the swaying railway tram, the first safety razor ever manufactured appeared on the marke The invention did not, however, Samediate favor with the then b. male population of the world. Oitry; fifty razors were sold that year. The following year, however, 90,000 of the new razors were sold and with them went 100,000 blades. From then on sales increased rapidly and in 1930 the Gillette factory turned out razor number 115,272,539.