BOONE SKETCHES By J. C, R. WE RECEIVE A l.ETTEK! 'By an erroneous slip of good Mother Nature" . . . Ibis "degenerated. detested, despised, nasty and lousy" scribe is again permitted to dish up his weekly batch of slimy, sickly, putrid nonsense! Being called names like the above is a wonderful experience, even when they fall from the uncultured lips of an ignorant yokel . . . but absolutely delightful, yea, entrancing, when they trickle from the learned chops of the intelligentsia. ft began last week, when this column commented briefly or. the conduct of a certain group of college ii.en who en frequent occasions have been known to indulge in the uncouth sport of gate-crashing, made famous many years ago by One-Eyed Connelly, and developed d.uring recent times into a common practice by those who'd rather not pay admission fees, even if they had the cash! Here's what a "Spectator," who allegedly represents the student body of Boone's one and only college, lias to say . . . and we guess he's right: "We the students of Appalachian State Teachers College must give vent to our feelings toward the person who so unjustly criticized the entire student-body and all its sacred parents because a few students rushed the portals of the local theatre. "A romantic night. Glimmering lights. Hot pictures, Flappers giggling, Bald men and grey women munching peanuts and popcorn? BAH?What is that in comparison to the dishonor which one thoughtless and uncouth mammal would bring upon a school that has so majestically created for him a village so that he might build a kennel and live and have his being? This is directed at none other than the impudent writer who has endeavored to make a mountain out of a mole hlU upon learning off the glorious adventure (rushing the show) of the beloved sons of Newland, Justice and uptown Caro Jean. "Our hearts must needs wax sore for those dear ones who are compelled, by an erroneous slip of good Mother Nature's handiwork, to associate with a would-be educated man whose feet are so deep in the clay, and whose mind and attitude has degenerated to a degree which makes huu uiibecor^lng itnd ed and despised?Yea! even nasty and lousy." Even an Ignorant, would-be educated bumpkin . , . even an uncouth mammal . . . evei\ an impudent, measly country scribe . . . can and does recognize literary ability ... so we're passing our "Spectator" friend a nosegay of American Beauties in recognition of his tsier>.t?"1 denunciations and classic damnations. Humble we feel under the. mountainous weight of his caustic criticism . . . but from an undernourished and infertile brain we draw a few conclusions and a very few weakly apologies. The write]- had no desire to create a mountain from the proverbial molehill; he had no intention of castigating those hundreds and hundreds of Appalachians glorious sons and daughters who respect the rights of ethers and lead the normal lives of normal students ... he merely referred to a small gi-oup of roughnecks who, incidentally, seem to be bosom pals of our friend the Spectator. And it's a fair gues3 that Duke or State or Carolina or Davidson could furnish a hundred of the same breed and type: The Sketch Man matte his appearance in the village of Boone .. an abridged edition, of course . . . shortly before Appalachian birth. He dwelt for years and years in a "kennel" provided by a father whose livelihood did NOT tome r, from the State of North Carolina. And this highly-respected sire of ours taught his unworthy son a lesson which the "Spectator" should try to find space for In his overstuffed brain: . . . "II you have something to say in print, sign your name to It!" Jim Rivers is the { author of these passages . . . but the who and the what and the why of our indignant correspondent remains a dark secret. So . . . nerts to you, professor! Biggest, fish story of the season: Paul Coffey, angling in Watauga River, lands twenty-four-pound horny head after a forty-minute battle. He was assisted by a small son of Cap Honcycutt! ?>mith Motor Sales Reopen Local Agency The Smith Motor Sales Companj of Lenoir has opened an agency foi the. new Ford cars and trucks at On Boone Trail Garage, and Messrs. G G. Brown and William Hoishouscr o: Blowing Rock are in charge of tin agency. Some of the new Mode) V-l cars are now on the showroom floo: and indications are that the improve* motor vehicles are to win widesprea* approval in this territory. There ha been no agency for the Ford oar k Boone during the winter months. At tention is called to an advertisemen for the new concern appearing ii The Democrat today. WA1 An Ii VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 42 REGISTRARS AND ! JUDGES NAMED FOR ELECTIONS Board Meets Saturday Afternoon and Appoints Workers lor June and November Contests. List Given. Nomination of Democratic Candidate for Solicitor Only Figbt of Interest to Local Partisans. At a meeting of the County Board of Elections; held here Saturday afternoon, registrars and judges for the June primary and November election were named. The list of appointj ments follows, the first named being I the registrar, the second the Demo| cratic judge, and the third the Rel publican judge. ! Bald Mountain: Glenn Howell, Wade Miller, W. F. Norris. Beaver Dam: D. C. Hagaman. John W. Ward, C. T. Comett. Blowing Rock: Donald J. Boydcn, R. L. Greene. Georse T. Robhins i Blue Ridge: Floyd Tate, G. J. Keller. Boone: W. G. Hartzog, L. L. Bingham, C. M. Criteher. Cove Creek: Don Horton. A. N. Mast, M. F. Thomas. Elk: Miss Pearl Randall, John Johnson, V. C. Cox. Laurel Creek. Edgar Edmistcn, Olus Mast, Marshal Ward. Meat Camp No. 1: Charles Hodges, j B. H. Gross, Charles G. Lewis. Meat Camp No. 2: L E. Beach, Jim j McNeil, Wayne Miller. North Fork, Walter South, Sam j South, J. M. May. Shawneehaw: Lloyd Welch, J. L. Triplctt, W. C. Smith. I Stony Fork: Joe Luther, Ralph Moretz. Joe Coffey, j Watauga: Boger Cole, D. P. Wyke, |o. J. Coffey. Watauga, being exempt from the j State-wide primary law, will take j part in only two of the June contests. Solicitor L. S. Spurling is opposed for the Democratic nomination by Theodore Cummings, Hickory attorney. Two candidates for the Republican nomination for Utilities Commissioner have filed with the State Board of Elections, thus providing the other contest in which local people will' take part. Class Day Exercises To Be Held Saturday j Instead of having its annual Class ! pay exercises on Monday night, Ap[ hi 1 -1 c r.UAPir.llcln unn.'.nnnml *-V?? Senior Clans of Boone High School will hold these exercises on Saturday afternoon, April 21st, at 3:3U in the College Auditorium. The commencemnet sermon will be preached in the Methodist Church by the Reverend J. A. Vount on Sunday night, April 22, at 8 o'clock. The final meeting of the parents and teachers of Boone High School will be held on Tuesday evening, April 24, at 7:30. The topic for discussion will be a health clinic, projected for the month of May. To all of the above meetings the public is most cordially invited. RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO BE HELD DURING COURT WEEK lteligious services have been scheduled for the court house during the session of Superior CourL -which con venes Monday ot next veelj. The enterprise is being' sponsored by the Watauga Ministerial Association. The purpose is to have a sermon and some music and singing during each noon recess from Monday until l<"riday, and the public is cordially invited to attend and take paid) in the services. The following appointments are announced: Monday, service to be in charge of Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boone. Tuesday, service in charge of Rev. J. A. McKaughan, pastor of Cove Creek Baptist Church. Wednesday, service in charge of Rev. G. C. Graham, pastor of Watauga Charge Methodist churches. Thursday, service in charge of Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of Boone Methodist Church. Friday, service in charge of Rev. J. A. Yount, pastor of Boone Lutheran Church. If the ses; sion of court continues a second week, , other ministers will be requested to j hold services. BANQUET IS GIVEN TN WAXHAW HONORING CHARLES NORTON The following dispatch from Waxhaw. N. C.. will be of interest to local people. ' "The young men's and young womf en's classes of the Methodist Church i entertained with a banquet in honor . of Charles Norton, president of the E young people's division and teacher s of the young men's class Thursday 1 night in the Methodist Church baser raent. The banquet was given in api preciation of the splendid work Mr. 1 Norton ha3 rendered the past year. 3 Miss Myna Rodman was toastmisl tress. A musical program under the - direction of Miss Frances Niven, Sara t Lynn Nisbet and Mary Lee Privett a was a feature of the evening. Around 50 young people were present. AUG. ldependenfc Weekly Newsj BOONE, WATAUGA COl In Treasury Dep't BBi nK| Washington, D. C.?Thomas Jefferson Oootidgc (above), Boston banker, photographed at his desk tvhp.i hcv tnnJr TT c ^ ..w aper?Established in the IMTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THUKSI blomngrockIT confident a fine season is ahead Realtor Rents Mcbane Home to Julian Price. Three New Homes Completed and Others in Process of Erection. Prevett? Believes This Season Will Far Surpass Last. Three Hotels Arc Now Open. Blowing Rock is destined to have a bumper crop of tourists thi3 summer. in t'->?? mvSnioH P C ?... ?.? %. i'i v. o. rtcvruic, w uknown realtor, who by virtue of his business, keeps a finger on the pulse of the widely-heralded resort village. Mr. Frevette states that he has recently closed a dee I \ ith Julian Price, president, of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, for the rental of Greys tone Castle, home of the late Robert S. Meba/ie: that three new homes have been completed recently, and that Dr. McGuire of Plant City, Florida, has started erection of a modern summer home. Mr. Frevette states that inquiries are coming to his office 111 increasing numbers and that he has every reason to believe that this summer will be far better ou the mountain top than last, which, incidentally, was the best since the depression got in its work in the mountains. Hie Martin Cottage, Hob Nob Inn and Maplewood Inn are already open and cottagers are beginning to arrive, notwithstanding that the tourist season proper is not to be officially ushered in till about the first of June. Many Hog Contracts Are Being Signed Nineteen hog raisers of Watauga County have signed up the contracts for production reduction under the program of the Agricultural Adjustment A/lminiotrntinn H AY. APRIL 19, 1934 Lexington, K>\?Miss Kuby Dunn j (above), junior at the University i of Kentucky, is the most beautiful | co-ed at the Bluegrass school, so voted the editors and judges of the j annual year book. Charlotbe Editor to Speak At A. S. T. C. Finals The Appalachian State Teachers College has been most fortunate ir securing for its commencement speaker Dr Julian S- Miller, editor of thf Charlotte Observer. The address wil (be delivered in College Auditorium or Friday, May 4th, at 11 o'clock. Dr ! Miller is one of the most sougkt-foi j speakers in this part of the country (He will meet here a host cf friend* ' who look to the Observer to keep j them posted on current events. About 125 young men and young women will receive their Bachelor's degrees during the calendar year More than 80 of these, in cap and ! gown, will receive their diplomas at i Uie May commencement. Appalachian Defeats Western Teachers, 27-7 ( j Baseball came into its own at the j Appalachian State Teachers College ! last Monday when Coach Garbee'j ' nine slugged out a twenty-three tc I seven victory over the Western Car1 olina Teachers, at College ?r ; Boone. Trippany led the hitting foi I the locals with 4 for 5 times at hat ' Weaver hit a home run in the eighth ! iuiimg -wtts the fcMci- "fufi. 2KBsr 'starting pitcher for Appalachian | was slightly wild, and was soon re: lieved by Stines who was effective | for the remainder of the game. IA 3econd encounter w>th the Western Teachers, scheduled for Tue3daj . afternoon, was prevented by rain. Friday of this week High Poinl j meets the Appalachian boys on tin 1 local diamond at 1.30 and 3:30 j Blaine Miller, favorite local twirler J will be on the mound at the opening : of the first game, i Next Monday Lenoir-Rhyne and jAppalachia will clash at College Fieli I in what promises to be one. of th< i most exciting games of the 3eason 'The game starts at 2:30. i BLOWING ROCK SCHOOL TO PRKSKNT PROGKAA The elementary department of th> 1 Blowing Rock School will present it | annual ohildren's musical program oi I Pridftv AVPninc A nril OAi-Vi O o'oir.vi j at the school auditorium. The pro ,1 gram will consist of three parts a j follows: "Mother Goose Pageant.1 ! "Teddy Bear's Parade," and "A Colo 1 nial Minuet." There will also be strinj | music between the acts. The admis . \ sion price will be 10c for all schoc j j children and 20 cents for adults. Th public is invited tc come out and en joy and evening of wholesome enter , tainment. ZIONVTLLE NEWS > Mrs R. C. Eggers spent part c . last week visiting her sister, Mr: > Bessie Johnston, in Mountain Citi - Tenn. : G. C. Greer left Sunday for Sa 1 Bernardino, Calif., where he wi spend a few weeks visiting with hi sons who reside there. Mrs. Victoria Hodge and son, Ra\ [ attended the funeral of Mr3. Hodge: sister, Mrs. Nan Moretz, at Shoun: : Term., Sunday. Roby Trivett, who has been livin in Wilkes County for the past eigb months, while teaching school then , has moved his family back to thei ? home in Zionville. ? Mrs. J. A. Castle, and son, Frer ' visited relatives in Mabel Sunday. Mra. Martha Eggers is seriously i at the home of her brother, .1. C Jones, here. Those attending school exercises a Cove Creek Sunday night were Cai olyne Greer, Helma Warner, Hetti Greer and J. R. Webster. Tip Eggers has moved his famll to Dutch Creek and Mr. and Mr Charles Trivette are now occupyin the Eggers home. Packers and butchers want sprin lambs that have been docked an trimmed and will pay higher mark< prices for animals so handled, d clares I.. I. Case, animal husban< man at State College. HOMICIDE cIsE OF RUFUS LEWIS HOLDS SPOTLIGHT Trial of Boone Man for Slaying of . Police Chief Hugaraan Principal Case to Come Before Superior Court Next Week. John E. Brown Retained lor Defendant; LovUl and Zimmerman to Assist State. The trial of Rufus Lewis of Boone on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of Police Chief Hill Hagaman, is the outstanding case to come before Judge John M. Oglesby's term of Superior Court which convenes next Monday, for the trial J of both criminal and civil cases. ; Young Lewis has been in the couni ty jail since last September when the Jshot was fired which ended the life J of Officer Hagaman, who participated in the raid of a roadside refreshment stand in Boone which was bel ing operated by the defendant. Violet Adams, an occupant of the build> ing at the time, and wb.o was re< manded to jail after -preliminary tes? timoriy that she had told of handing i the automatic to Lewis, will also be - tried at this term, i John E. Brown, local attorney, has i oeen retained as attorney for the dei fcnse, while Lovill and Zimmerman will assist the State in the prosec.u" lion The case, which attracted wide interest last fall, will probably be the i first to come before the court, it is > 3aid, when the judge's charge has been made to the grand jury, and the : good behavior report cases disposed I of. t Other Minor Coses i Moat of tile other twenty-five cases on the State docket are of compara- - i tively minor nature, dealing largely with violations of the State dry taw, I some of them having come through appeals from the recorders court. Seventy-five oasc3 are docketed for trial on the civil docket, and largely , because of the homicide case, the . term is expected to last throughout , the two weeks. , Reemployment Office . Was Closed Tuesday i The National Reemployment .ofltyoe ' i/ui ? fn, iVttS'ioS rhiifcfe- IKGkiini .Wnlcb , hundreds of workers had been fur. ni3hcd for employment under the Civ: 11 Works Administration, was closed last Thursday, according to Manager R. S. Swift, who states that Ills un dcrstanding is that the affairs of the office will he carried on from North L Wilkcsboro ill the future. Mr. Swift ; j does not know whether or not he wit] | be further engaged in similar work, f jahd is holding his records pending xur- ^ r j ther departmental advice. i ANOTHER SCHOOL RECORD 1 Mr. Thomas Arant of Sugar Grove, 2 while calling on The Democrat the . other day, called attention to the fact that he has a nephew, Innvflle B. Norriia, fourteen years old, who is just graduating from the ninth I grade. Thus is not so unusual as the fact that the youth started school at a 5, and has attended for, nine terms s without missing a day. Incidentally, 1 he has made high grades in his studies. Young Norris is a student at I Bethel School. * SATS ADVERTISING PAYS Mr. W. E. Shipley, widely known y livestock raiser and farmer of Vilas, 3 inni'Hpfl o nnnrbr ftfl IHo offering a Hereford bull for sale. A deal was promptly made on the animal -.viLh an Alieghany County man, and the advertisement cancelled. Mr. Shipley in turn advertises sheep this week. Kc says The Democrat pro-, vides a certain means of disposing of livestock and other farm products, and says that its advertising has aiways brought him uniformly satis?" factorv results. r, THE WEATHER n Weather report for week ending " Apri. 14th, as compiled by the Co3 operative Station at Appalachian State Teachers College: ', Average maximum temperature, 57 )' degrees. i, Average minimum temperature, 37 degrees. g Average temperature, 47 degrees. ;t Average, daily range in temperature, 20 degrees, r Greatest daily range in tempera I ture, 33 degrees; date, 12th. j j Average temperature at 6 p. m. (time of observation), 48 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 67 ' degrees; date, 8th. Lowest temperature reached, 25 degrees; date, 12th, 13th. Total precipitation (in inches), 4.20. Greatest precipitation in 24 hours, e 3.85; date, 9th. Total snowfall in inches, 3. y Greatest snowfall in 24 hours in 9. inches, 2; date, 12th. g Number of clear days, 2. Number of partly cloudy days, J. Number of cloudy days. 4. g id Messrs. Leonard Roup, J. C. Fort.st ner and J. T. Jones, investigators for 5- the Federal Alcoholic Beverage Unit i- in this territory, transacted business in Boone Wednesday afternoon.