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? VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 11 Republicans Siroiig Tick* Dulin Addr< Critcher Nominatted for S Legislature. Orators Dri tions of Principles Are i + The Republicans of Watauga County gathered in convention at the courthouse here Saturday afternoon, and nomiuated a complete slate of candidates for county offices and a candidate for the General Assembly. A large and enthusiastic crowd was in attendance, and harmony prevailed throughout the meeting. George F. Robbins, of Shulls Mills, presided as chairman. J. E. (Peck) Holshouser, young RoniiP nt.tornpv rcf?oivn.i ! tion for the Legislature on the first ballot- C. M. Critcher, Boone merchant and former sheriff, was picked from a field of six for sheriff. Fred! Cooke of Deep Gap was named forj register of deeds, Dr. W. O. Bingham for coroner, and Iredell Bumgarner of Vilas for surveyor. Fifteen names were brought before the convention for county commissioners and from them, after several ballots, were selected A. G. Miller, Deep Gap merchant; Alfred Thomas, Cove Creek farmer, and Ben Farthing, Valle Crucis merchant. All of the nominations were made unanimous by the convention. W. D. Farthing of Boone, W. F. Sherwood of Sugar Grove, and D. F. Coffey of Blowing Rock were endorsed by the convention for the Board of Education. Preceding the convention, addresses were made by Phil P. Dulin of Statesville, candidate for Congress in the Ninth District, and II. S. Williams, of Concord, candidate lor Attorney General. - V* ?Hnitw Hw Democratic administration in North Carolina for "extravagance. in the expenditure of public funds," used campnign utterances of Dick Fountain as a cudgel with which to sink His uttterances, and directed shafts of criticism at the !-.:g:wey-?'lUHleVi.i tie "jJjUwtldirtd" oa -lintt |>K Wall Street was willing to-f-wcaieivah. Attaeln State Adialuiitration "Economy should be stressed in North Carolnn." the speaker stated. "Notwithstanding hard times, the expense of Governor Gardner's office has increased, the expense of the public school system has increased, ann inn ft? ~trhf* hiffhwsiv pnni mission and public health service has increased. Various commissions which have been brought into being by the Democratic party arc squandering tens of thousands of dollars of the , taxpayers' money. Yet they tell you they are giving you an economical government!" Mr. Dulin attacked the University of North Carolina as "an institution for the upper classes," and declared that State appropriations should be withheld from it until it offered equal advantages to the "one-gallused man." He denounced the State highway patrol as a '"'useless organization" and the Historical Commission as a "needless burden on the taxpayers." Failure of the 1931 General Assembly to bring about a revaluation of property in the State was scored by the speaker, who declared that each member who voted for a postponement of the law had violated his oath of office. Farmer Bob Doughton, his incumbent opponent in the Congressional contest, was blamed for not having taken an active part in the efA fort to cause a revaluation. Referring to the 1930 election in Watauga and the alleged conspiracy of Democratic election officials to deprive voters of a free exercise of the franchise, the Congressional aspirant said: "moss who are crooked in elections are crookyd through and through. The man who corrupts the ballot is a traitor to his country. . . . The Democratic party, not only in your county, but in the State of North Carolina, is rotten from the lowest to the highest." Mr. Dulin confined his remarks to State affair , and did not discuss the national campaign. In closing he told the audience that he favored a high protective tariff, immediate payment of the soldier bonus, and retention of the Eighteenth Amendment. Mr. Williams Speaks Mr. Williams, who in 1916 opposed; Congrtepaman Doughton in the old1 Eighth District, was introduced by Mr. Dulin. The Concord man spoke in humorous vein, and drew round after round of applause as he "waded" into the State election laws, the judicial system nnd the educational lay-out of Tarheelia. The school systtem he described as a "system wherein the kids are taught to vote the Democratic ticket," and declared that unless a (Continued on Page 8) /ATAJ A Nnn^Partican 1S1 BOON Nominate a nM_ Vf / * 11 ? n i uiaiilS, ess Gathering heriff, Holshouser for the aw Applause and Resolu\ciopted. Local Merchants Pleaded With Advertising Results Mr. C. W. Teal, vrho with Mr. G. G. Stephens opened the dcors of the Boone Department Store to the public on Monday morning of last week, believes that the opening sale \ a. ? - yvi die most largely attended of any similar event staged in this section in rcxent years. Long before the doors opened, stated Mr. Teal, the crowds were milling about out front, and when the key was turned, the large store room was so completely filled with buyers that it was necessary to reiock the doors until those who had entered could be waited upon. Two trips were made to the markets during the week to replenish the dwindling stock, and trade continues fiood this week. Fifteen extra sales people were kept busy during the opening days. The sales event was heralded by a full page ad in the Watauga Democrat, and the owners show no hesitancy in giving the local newspaper credit for a lion's share of their success. "Democrat advertising pays," say Messrs. Tea! and Stephens, and those who had a glimpse of the crowds which blocked the sidewalks the first of the week, will agree that good merchandise. low prices, and intelligent newspaper advertising will go out and get the business, depression or r?o depression. HONOR CAREER OF Vr.i r,m mm. ? v . , . A Large Urease Tablet Erected ?t Che Wade Harris Bridge in Honor of Charlotte Editor for Whom the Structure Was Named. On last Thursday a large bronze tablet designating the Wade Hands bridge on the Boone Trail Highway near the Wilkes County line, and at the same time honoring the venerable Charlotte editor, for whom the handsome structure was named, was set on one of the approaches by the State Highway Commission, replacing the small plate which was originally used Mr. Clarence Kuester, secretary of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, life-long friend of Mr. Harris, made the request for the enlarged tablet, which was promptly furnished by the State Highway Commission and which carries the following inscription: "This bridge was dedicated August 31, 1931, in honor of Wade Hampton Harris, Editor of the Charlotte Observer for over half a century, advocate of the -North Carolina mountains and a life-long friend of the mountain people. "The tablet was placed by the North Carolina State Highway Com mission as a tribute to the life-long endeavors of Editor Harris in development of the natural resources of i.- v- r? T.f/---. ? wic sialic. c>. u. .jchiicj, lion man; T. L. Bland, Charles A. Cannon, Jas H. Clarke, W. W. Neal, James L. Mc Nair, Leland Kitchen." Escaped Convict Caughi Manufacturing Whiskey Daniel Crump, 30 years old, and native resident of the Woodruff settlement of Avery County, who had escaped from the road camps five months age where he was serving ? sentence for blockading, again fell in to the hands of the law last week and was returned to the chain-ganf Sunday by Deputy Abernethy. Crump was captured up under th< crags of Grandfather Mountains b; Officers Harrison Byrd, Fred Halle; and J. W. Coffey, where he was spen ding his furlough in producing sugar head liquor from a 60-gallon gasolim barrel still. The officers spent fou jdays and nights on the trail of thi j violator, thirty hours of this tinn ] having passed without food. Crum] i had apparently occupied an impreg I nahle position near the summit o | the lofty peak, hut official eye i watched him as he went about hi ; illicit occupation. When his road sen j tence is completed, it is said he wil ' Vin Virnnrrlrf Konlc tA Rnann tA fOi1 | charges of manufacturing and trans j porting. UGA ] Uwcrvanof Hovnfpr] fn f"Kp R ' - ? j[-?T ?- " - ? E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAKl ALL SCHOOLS OF V COUNTY ARE OPEN; L LIST OF TEACHERS Boone Schools Opened Tuesday, Other Institutions Already in Session, increased Enrollments Reported, and Successful Terms Visualized. Complete Roster of the Teaching Force in County. With the opening* of the high school ar..j the grades in Bcenc T-?toaday the various schools of the county are now in session, and reports comJ ing to the office of the Board of f Education arc to the effect that in, | creased enrollments are apparent, and j that indications are the accomplishJmenta this year will be more marked. I Following is a list of the teaching 1 force in the Watauga Schools. In each instance the first named is the principal of the school: Boone?Guy H. Hill, R. IE Herman, Grady Moretz, Giaude Pyatte, Miss Grace Graybeal, Mrs. Baxter Linney, Miss Edna Holtzclaw, Miss Annie German. E C. Christenberry, Charles Farthing, Miss Eula Todd, Vf..- t? r /-* 1 ^ * ? juna. i\. u. viay, John nowelJ, Mrs. I John Ilcvrell Ulsz Ethel Miss Gladys Bolt, Miss Jane Eiiason, Miss Mildred Richardson, Miss Estelle Pye. . Oak Grove?John Perry, Miss W2lametta Rowe. Howards Creek?M. J. Willi a me. Miss 01 i i i Eller. Ruthervvooii?Miss Kola CairC'S, Mrs. Mary Horton Duncan. Poplar Grove?Miss Floy Cannon* Liberty Hill?Cieve Gross, Mrs. Linncy Walker. Brushy Fork?rTom Moody, Mrjs. Reatha Hat-roan Wilson. Blowing Rock?Grady E. Testejr, Paul Bingham, Mrs. Norma Brov/n Gragg, Mr?. Ralph Askew, Miss Mabel Henson, Russell Henson, Mrs. Emma Story, Mrs. Sarah Banner Horton, Mrs. Elizabeth Suddreth Lentz. Cool Springs?Dewey Mitchell. , Bamboo?Mrs. Ralph Estes, Mi?s Grace Edmiaten. * Aho?Arthur Thomas, Mbia LuCJ* Henson. Hrnd?ha\v?Miss Grace Bingham, : g Ponley?Miss Maude Perry. , 1 Cook?Mrs. Gladys Glenn Mast. \ Timbered Ridge?Mrs. Lucy Wilson, Mi=s Npftin Wilson. ' J .iJethek^Haiph-^--Wjpvnnwu-.rTvjlS^r" VStft unucrwood, Rmph G*??ithermae, Herbert Farthing, Miss Ona Farthing, ^ Mrs; Lcota Norris. D. Forest Grove?Mrs. Ruth Holt Matheson, Mrs. Minnie Johnson. Reese?Lewis Reese, Mrs. Lewis Reese. j River view?Tom Jackson. Castle?A. E. Moretz. ] Silvcrsttone?Kimp Wilson, Miss Ce Xva Dean Wilson, Miss Betty Ruth Sti Greer. car Mabel?Mrs. Nettie Scott Swift, ten Miss Pearl Must, Miss Lucy Glenn. cor North Fork?Mrs. Hazel Norris cor Church. Su Zionvillc?-Miss Effie Wincbarger. hai Cove Creek?S. F. Horton, W. Y. Bo Perry, Paul Allison, Miss Constance of Shoun, Mrs. Grace Mast, Mrs. Mary his Wiley Bostickf W. H. Walker, Miss Annie Dougherty, Dean Swift, Mrs. J. Hattic Johnson, Mi's. Ruth Bingham Go Mast, Miss Winnie Thornberg, Mrs. for Mae Reeves Payne, Miss Blanche O. Stokes, Miss Anna Mae Sherwood. Bo Elk?Newton Cook, D. I.. Ring- Sti ham, Miss Ola Triplett. otl Kellerville?Miss Cloyce Harnian, to Mrs. Bernice Trevill. fic Ivy Ridge?Roby Vines. wh Windy Gap?Miss Ruby Mast. go< ; Rominger?George Harman, Rom- cal . inger; Miss Ada Banner. ce] - Presnell, Marshal Ward. Miller?M. K. Norris, Miss Alice Re - Taylor. sp< Green Valley?C. G. Hodges, Mrs. bei . Thelma Horton. pa Winebarger-?Alex Tugman, Miss ed Eleanor Moretz. an Chestnut Grove?Ralph Greene, i lot Miss Rubye Farthing. pe Rich Mountain?Mrs. Blanche Wil- oc kinson, Miss Beatrice Culler. foi Tracy?Miss Ruby Arnold. op Potter Town?O. G. Winebarger, | I Miss Gladys Winebarger. Deep Gap?Arthur Ruppc, Mrs. ga I Arthur Ruppe, Mrs. Leona Moretz, o'c . Miss Earl Payne. ini i Meadow Creek?Mrs. Ruth Phillips er . Howell. rai > Stony Fork?Mrs. Lola Thompson be , Moretz, Miss Essie Henson. of Mt. Paron?Miss Earl Henson. sic Cool Springs?Miss Dessie Mae Re . Triplett. fli '. Valley Mountain, Ernie Triplett, pa ^ Miss Mary Luna Carrender. Le Valle Crucis?Miss Lola Rowe, gr a Miss Pearl Payne, Edward Dula. wi " Clarks Creek?Mrs. Hazel Fox aii , Mast. " Dutch Creek?Oscar Brown. po 5 Shulls Mills?Z. T. Greene, Mrs. at : i Gladys Bingham. ou j. Foscoe?Clyde Henson, Mrs. Clyde by Henson. by Grandfather?Ford Henson. Miss co I Effie L. Fox. 1 Colored Schools e I Boone?P. F. Johnson. ar -| Laurel Creek?Robert Johnson. R: ; n?m?Rehula McQueen. to demc est Interests of Northwest )LVNA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15 Opens His Can ijggm BnontK.^ SH ROBERT R. (BOB) Victory Rally Opening Bob CamriaioT! H .l-fe ": r -... m5r- -*r ^ arbecue and Band Concert ?i o i ingnaus, Daney, uarcner a Expected to Be Present, f Hon. Robert K. Reynolds, colorful off mocraiic candidate lor the United gh: ites Senate, will officially open liis npaign ill Boone on Saturday, Sep- prat aber 24th, it wa3 revealed to a'da; npnny of Watauga Democrats who \ tio: iferreu with the Ashevillc attorney ing nday, and since their return plans j tioi re been inaugurated whereby J est one is on that day to bo the scene ing the greatest political rally in the! fiv tory of Western North Carolina. i p>; Invitations have been extended toj C. B. Elu-ir.gbaus, candidate for pp verr.or; A. H. Graham, candidate I ;s Lieutenant-Governor; Governor > at Max Gardner, Senator Josiah W. the iley, Congressman R. L. Doughton, wj, it? Chairman J. W. Winborne, and (|ri ler leading Democratic statesmen r0j attend the Victory Rally, and of- he ials of the local Democratic Club, dp ich is sponsoring the event, have ar< ?d reasons to believe that practi- att ly all the invitations will be seated. ryi In addition to the address of Mr. f ynolds, which is to be the high it of the program by virtue of its I ing his opening gun in the camign for ballots, remarks are expectto be made by other candidates ^ d office holders and the slate of :al Democratic nominees is cxcted to be present in a body and rnpy seats on the speakers' platrm, which will be erected in the en' ca< Parade to Form at Slowing Rook The tentative program calls for the q.(, thering with Mr. Reynolds at 10 j 4 dock at Blowing Rock, of Mr. Ehr- .: thai:?, Senator Bailey arid the oth- ^ Democratic chieftain ,, and a pa- .' Is will he formed, entering Boone hind the Lenoir High School Band sixty pieces, the most superb mu- uj al organization in the State. Mr. , ynolds, driving his battle-scarred vver, will follow the band in comny with the other candidates. The y noir band will intersperse the proam, according to present plans, th campaign music and patriotic ^ rs. A barbecue of extraordinary prortions is scheduled as a principal K j traction, which will he served with t cost, and is to be supplemented Watauga basket dinners donated the housewives of Boone and the ?r unt-v" da Not a Local Event j0 Watauga County Democrats who Ch e laying the plans for the Victory ha illy insist that the gathering is not tw be understood as strictly a local gii )CRA North Carolina ? 1932 ipaign Here ' R| | ; REYNOLDS J to Feature ' Reynolds' , ere on 24th I SZ_ISSfi .".Z/5g';f:; jggtis-gg' s Being Arranged; Ehr-1 [ md Other Notables Are i ? Jarade to Be Feature. c f\ nsHnraMj s air. Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, Alio- t my and Avery counties are invited v I urged to Srcird Democratic dele- e ions, and be the guests for the 0 7 of the local partisans. Informal- f a is already coming daily indicat- h that the neighboring organizaris expect to co-operate to the full- c extent, and preparations are be- <] made to take care of no less than t 0 thousand people. t it&ilcd Program to Be Announced V The Young Peoples Democratic a ib, who sponsor the rally and which c to be staged by all Democrats of s ! county regardless, will meet in t 1 courthouse Thursday evening a en a definite program will he j V ifted. At this time it is urged that | s iresentatives from each township i present to join in working out the < tails of the rally, plans for which 2 on a vaster scale than hitherto ] empted in this region. 5 CASE^WILL BE TRIED NEXT WEEK i ] ther Heavy Docket for Superior ' > un_;i ?* ' 1 uun n men vunvenn monday. ' Sinclair Will Prciide. Must Cases 1 Are for Misdemeanors. 1 Between seventy-five and eighty ' ies will have been docketed for I a! when the regular fall terra of ' perior Court convenes next Mony morning. Judge N. A. Sinclair 1 11 preside, and the term will be i mpleted during the week, there be- 1 ; no provision for an extension. Noil HI ca=es will be called. i1 Practically all of the cases sched-li >d for trial are of a minor nature,1 ceny and violations of the prohibi-j m laws predominating, with a j rinkling of other misdemeanors., ck Hodges, Boone youth is to face j manslaughter charge growing out the death of Glenn Wyke at. May-! ;w Manor this summer, but there | e no more homicide charges. iVIVAL SERVICES TO BEGIN AT VALLE CRUCIS SEPT. 18 Revival services will begin at ValTe ucis Methodist Church next Suny, September 18th. Rev. T. C. rdon, of the Wilkesboro Methodist lurch, will assist Rev. G. C. Grain, the pastor. Servicse will be held ice daily. A cordial invitation is i ."en all to the services. T _ $1.50 PER YEAR HALPH ROBBINS DIES AS RESULT OF AUTO WRECK Resident of Poplar Grove Section Succumbs to 2njuries Saturday in Banner Elk Hospital. Accident Occurred Near Boone. No Eye Witnesses. Funeral at Piney Grove on Sunday. Parents Among Survivors. Balph Bobbins, 25 years old. naive Wntmigan but for the most of lis adult life a resident of Caldweii bounty, died in the Grace Hospital it Banner Elk Saturday night from injuries received in 9" auto accident >n the previous Friday. Concussion >f the brain was given as the immeliato cause of his death. There were no eye witnesses to the tccident which occurred on the sharp :urve at the Hines Graveyard one nile west of town. The machine which tras believed to have been traveling i. a high rate of speed. failed to ound the curve and crashed into a eneb. Young Robbins, who was unccompanied, received a long fracture ?f the skull, and never regained conciousness. Passersby picked him up oon after the accident was thought o have occurred and urougr.t him o Boone physicians who in turn adused sending him to the hospital, vhcre physicians hold out no nope or his recovery. Funeral services were conducted rom the Piney Grove Church in the >oplar Grove section Sunday afterloon ana inlet meat was i?r the ccmnunity cemetery. Besides the father nd mother, several brothers and sisers survive. Deceased was born and spent his toyhood in Watauga County, but ince a child resided in Caldwell. He *ar. a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Robins who recently returned to this ounty, and the family has many rienda throughout this region. JOUGHTON WILL ADDRESS VOTERS )tlt= faiitreitmfiu Makes Hi* First Public Appearance Here Monday Noon. To Present Issues of Campaign During Court Recess SSSiSiE 3p won. Robert L, T>dughton, member f Congress f rom the old Eighth iiisrict for twenty years, is scheduled i> deliver a campaign address at the ourthouse during the noon recess of ourt next Monday, according to anronncement coming from J. Wil :n, chairman of the Watauga Counv Democratic Executive Committee, r*ho is extending an invitation to votrs of both pert:as to hoar the Issues f the campaign discussed for the irst time since a'l iocal candidates ave been placed in the field. For many years it has been the ustom of Congressman Doughton to ieliyer his first speech in this secion at the fall term of court, and his year Chairman Wilson and other catling Democrats believe that his ppearahce will draw even increased rowds in view of the intensified isuts of the present campaign. Tentaive plans call for the installation of m amplifying system in the courtlouse. so that those who cannot be iceommodated in the building may be kble to hear the deliverance from the >utside. East Tenn. Bus Line Inaugurates New Service The E. T. & W. N. C. Motor Transportition Company is now operating the bus line fom Boone to Blowing Rock, Lenoir and Hickory. Twenty passenger buses are being used and these are run through from Johnson City to Hickory. This line now offers :he very best and fastest service from Boono to Charlotte, Stattesvillc, Salisbury and other Central North Caroina points. Its schedule from Boone :o Charlotte is almost an hour faster :hnn anv other route. In addition to service to North Carolina points, the E. T. & W. N. C. tiso has excellent service to Johnson City, Elizabeth ton, Bristol and other points and to all Western and Northern points. It has hard surfaced roads all the way. Ballou & Bingham Style of Law Firm Mr. B 1 Rallou of Jefferson and John H. Bingham of Sugar Grove have formed a law partnership and are now opening offices in the Blackburn building across from the courthouse. Mr. Ballou has made his home in the west for the past five years, where he recuperated from serious injuries sustained in an auto accident, but is well known throughout this section where he practiced law for about twenty-five years. Mr. Bingham is known by all Wataugans and has had a successful legal career covering more than twenty years.
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