j&etfntfMCJKtjresgMappgMMpMM^^ I Iboone" SKETCHES By J. C. R. ; 1 5 LET'S HAVE A FESTIVAL! i Maurice Mattison, director of rnu- i sic at the University of South Carolina, who with his missus enjoyed a vacation period this summer in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Guy H. Hilt, Is just plain "nerts" about good old mountain music . . . and Maurice gathers the ancient ballads and folk songs of the hill people ... lie er.velgles the denizens of these hyar parts into humming their rustic melodies ... he puts 'em right down in black and white . . he has 'em published . . . and Brooklyn Jews and Joisey "Hunks" sing 'cm over radio . . . and thousands and thousands of folks other than Maurice go nerts J about 'em. His collection ranges in j s^iumeui, ur vvnut-ua-sL, Hum rviiLy f Wells" to something about "sleeping i in the pines with a railroad man" . . . j he's garnered from the coves and hoi lows of Northwest Caiolina a bun-; died or so verses about old "Black j Jack Davie" . . . even as the hill-billy. plucks huckleberries from the tnoun- j tain's top . . and, strange to say, I our South Carolina friend 3ays it's "hot stuff." Maurice has an idea ... a darned good one! He wants Bocne and Watauga County and lots of other coun- t ties to stage a folk festival next summer right here at the foot of Howard's Knob . . . an event similar to those conducted annually at White Top Mountain and Asheville . . and let the boys and girls, papas and p mamas, grandpas and grandmas of j,, this entire region do those dances,: f sing those hallad3 and massage those ,. fiddles . . . just like Columbus or ^ somebody did them 'way back yonder. Tile cost would he nominal, says Maurice, the crowds would be "great p throngs" . . . and we'd have more [j fun than a basket full of monkey n heads. We don't know how to pro- r, ceed with the festival's promotion' |; . . . we'll leave part of that tr, Mau- ? rice . . . but we're for it! | fj HAVE A DRINK? j i< A few observations on the rffeet ! ! Wl Ifl.UUIl-Mlllll' liCKCI ... (lit* IV11 HI | usually referred to by it's vendor . as "straight corn" . . . should not n lie bbjcfctionafale, if and when it 11 conies from one partially versed :l in the playful pranks of the flow- \ trig bowl . . . not a connoisseur, j vuinrl you . . . just a lowly pilgrim , f who on infrequent occasions has ; "detoured" along the primrose | pathway. I.icker-dnnUing, in the opinion of "us," is a gentleman's i game . . . not a very nice game, at P that ... a txlcltSy tittle diversion not indulged in by many ot the so- j called "gentlemen." A couple of j . 'Shots" kinda loosen the tongue, as it were . . . and a fellow sings ! ~ a little louder, brags on himself a j wee bit more . . . he takes another, j . and starts telling all he knows ... 11 about tiie end of the first short pint he imagines that he should be elect- ^ ed to Congress, gives advice on ^ national problems, knows more ( law than Gladstone, more Scripture than Munsey . . . and then, if he 1 isn't a gentleman, the dolty wo lit j#| begins ... he gets a little closer j to his girl friend or yours . . w whia- I ItAK kt?kl.. i ' ^ ii ?vii mi^iuj e:ii|i[U|rur wwniH j In her ear . . . maybe tickles her knees a couple of times . v . goes on j "* "the make" in dead earnest! Of | course there are exceptions . . . but ; the aforementioned rule works fair- i !y accurate In most cases ... in other words ... If you aren't a ' gentleman of the first water, just ! drink twelve ounces of North Care- \ lina sugar head and you'll be a | " jackass of the third water! So let's *' have a drink on you on him! f c c A MODEL PLANT t] Under the direction of Captain Os- t! car Pitts, superintendent of State Prison camps, workmen are now er- r ecting a model plant Just west of b Boone . . . a unit of the great chain ii of institutions where those who dls- I regard law and order pay their debt c to society. The local camp 1s sit- p uated on an upland farm, and Cap- b tair. Pitts, who has shown unusual p interest in its construction, is leaving nothing undone to' make it better. I than the best. The dining hall, cell blocks, laundry and guard houses are being arranged on an oblong plot of ground, and after the debris has been ? removed, gravel walks will be laid be- v tween the buildings, flowers and 0 shrubbery planted, the grounds land- c SCUped . . . Whv its' likelv tn reswviYi rble a farm-life school more than a t prison camp. Captain Hard Brown, ? who is superintendent, also draws a * great deal of satisfaction from his work, and proudly tells the visitor 1 of the farming program being car- 1 ried out by twenty-eight trusted men ? who are under his command. More ' than three thousand bushels of cer- , tified seed potatoes are almost ready ^ to harvest . . . three acres of cab- ; bage are producing more than enough j of that vegetable for several road , gangs . . . nine acres of corn bears J promise erf a record yield . . . and , there ara turnips and carrots and what-not growing in profusion. A t half-dozen hogs and a litter of pigs! 1 are in the stys . . . and mules, the; ( very best! Pitts and Brown know1 \ wa: An 'GLUME XLVI. NUMBER 8 designs Local Pasioratf KEV. P. A. JOCKS IEV. HICKS HANDS IN RESIGNATION ^opular Pastor of Boone Baptis Church for Past Seven Years, Will Enter Lfpon Duties at Belmont the First of October. Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor of til* toone Baptist Church, and one of Th lost popular ministers of this sec ion, resigned from the iocal pasto ate last Sunday and will enter upoi is new duties as pastor of a Be) lont church about October 1st. Messrs \V. D. Farthing, Herirai Iggers. Clyde R. Greene. J. A Wil aras and G. P. Kagainar. have beei arr.ed *u> a pulpit committee and wil mommend the successor to Mr licks. No suggestion has yet bcei mde as to who might be elected t< .11 the vacancy. Mr. Hicks has held the Boone pas irate for seven years, during whicl me he has acquired a wide circli f friends in the community and ii 10 county at large, on account of hi: linisterial powers and friendly de icar.or, and members of all denomi uiious regret tnju no nits dectcUK > enter upon ;t new field of service hundreds of Teachers To Secure Relief Jobs It is the purpose of the State De artuient of Education to emplo; :-ine J,300 teachers this year unde: tie emergency relief program of tin 'ederal government, it was learnet -om Professor Chappell Wilson tin rst of the week, and an Institut.i ir the training of these tutors in t< egin at the Demonstration Schoo 1 Boone on August 37th. ft is suggested that all teacher: bo would like to secure these po itions should get In touch with thei ounty superintendent of schools an< 'ith the relief administrators at once his applies not only to interests eachers in Watauga County, but t tic surrounding counties, as tH ioone institute is not confined to on ounty. It is expected that, perhap, lore than one hundred will take th. pecia! training being offered in till onnection. .inney and Wilson Dissolve Partnershif Tlie law partnership of Baxter M .inney and Max C. Wilson of Lenoi as been dissolved as a result of botl artner3 having been nominated a andidates for the solicitorship of th ta Id well recorders court?ianney oi he Republican ticket and Wilsor. oj he Democratic. The dissolution came about as i esult of the belief that it was no est for the association to contmu i view of the fact that the Stat tar Association prohibits the prose uting attorney having a partne racticing aL the same bar. One mem re of the former firm will be th rosecutor after November. IKOl'GHT SURVEY BLANKS MAILED OUT IN THE STAT1 Raleigh, N. C.?-North Carolina b? an us caeca touay in the nation fide drought survey with the maiiin >f 10.000 questionnaires to ever ounty in the State. Before the end of the week rep esentatives of the United States De artrnent of Agriculture expect an wers to be pouring into the office lere giving detailed information a o the number of livestock, quant ies of food on hand, and the geners :rop outlook in every township in th jtate. The survey, which wa3 schedule o start last Thursday and be con ileted for the entire nation withi 10 days, began late in North Can ina, ibut officials believe that wit irompt co-operation from townshi epresentatives the work ea 1 toe con ileted on time in this State. heir "ingems" and those who n member the old chain-gang shoui loubly appreciate the manner i vhich they run things. SHRHK rAUG Independent Weekly News BOONE, WATAUGA CO) =|ASKEW RETURNS; TELLS STORY OF BEING KIDNAPED Former Blowing Hock Teacher Returns to Wife at Goldsboro; Says lie Was Abducted by Three Men and Taken to Tennessee Capital. Highly Nervous Condition Prevents Ills Seeing Anyone at the Present. 1 R. H. Askew, 28-year-old 'Tour square" evangelist, former teacher in the Blowing Rock school, who turned up in Nashville. Tenn., with an account of being kidnaped by three men, faces the prospect of further tjuMiuuciiu^, ijy jyqjurtmeni oi justice agents, it was said Tuesday. Mr. | Askew returned Monday to Golds- j coro, where he and his wife, the former Miss Hat-tie Greer of Watauga County, have established their permanent home. Askew, who was questioned for j hours by department agents in Nasnj ville, who asked him if he had not ' imagined the whole story." w.fs ordered to bed by his physician upon t his return. Dr. Miller stated that the evangeist's highly nervous condition would prevent his seeing anyone for the next few days, and department , agents refrained from questioning him further at the present 2; Embraced Wife - j Askew left his train at Raleigh, -j embraced his wife, talked with her i a few moments and then was driven - to their home at GoMshoro where they have lived for the past year. i Jesse James, a member of Askew's - "four-square" congregation, who i drove him to Goldsboro from Rale*gh, 1 said the evangelist appeared to be - o a daze, and apparently had lost 1 about 15 po.nuls in the \v; Va he was > missing. Clad in overalls, Askew was seat ed in the waiting room of the union passenger station in Raleigh when 2 his wife arrived from Goklsboro to i meet kini. s "He was all bent over, his face in - his hands." James said. "1 doa't b Eight cases were tried in the Re. corders Court on Tuesday and the r judgments handed down were as foli lows: a Dewey Eggers, violating prohibition e law, not guilty. a Granville Triplett, driving automou.; bile while intoxicated, $50 and the j cost A John Johnson, public drunkenness, 11 assessed with cost. e| Burl Lowrance, public drunkenness; e' nol pros with leave. !-1 Beade Franklin, affray and public r, drunkenness; $5 and costs. Mack May, violation prohibition e laws: $10 and costs. C. L. Johnson, driving car while intoxicated, $50 and costs. W. O. Ledford, manufacturing liqE uor; not guilty. " Minister RaJlv Hurt In Fall from Truck y Rev. B. F. Wilcox of Shulls Mills is a patient at Grace Hospital. Banner Elk, suffering from a fractured skull, a broken shoulder, and broken "s ribs suffered a few days ago in a * fall from a motor truck in which he j was riding. The well-known minister's condition has been described as critical. d The accident occurred near Blowing Rock, when Mr. Wilcox was ridc ing the bed of a truck driven by Mr. j John Lewis of that place. The driver h did not know when the minister fell p from the vehicle, and when he was missed, returned to find him where he had been jostled to the roadway. _ Mr. Wilcox is the father of Mrs. e- , W. B. Hodges of Boone and has many Id friends here and in other parts of the in | county who are anxious over his con| dition. A DE paper?Established in the JNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THUKSO.Democratic Con^ District Meeting The first reverberations f?f politic ; cal thunder will bo heard ir. Watauga County on September 15th. it was 'earned Sunday, when the Dem- j ocrats of Watauga County will gather at the courthouse in Boone for the purpose at naming the county candidates, and Congressman Rob- j | ert L Dougiiton will officially open j ! his cunipngin for re-election at a j j district meeting of the .Democracy j I to be hold following the noniin&t- : ing session. I County Chairman J. L. Wilson I | has stated that the official call for I the county convention will be is- j sueti next week, that it will re held | at 10 o'clock on September 15, and ; that the district meeting, which j comes to Boone for the first time J in a great many years, will be call- | ed for 2 o'clock of the same day. ; It has not been given out as to | whether there will be a keynote j speaker for the county pow wow, | but ?t is definitely arranged for j Congressman Do ugh ton to hold the \ spotlight at the district session. State Chairman J. Wallace Winborne has signified his intention of being present, and other leaders in the State and district will be in- j vited. The chairmen of the execu- ' tive committees in the nine coun- i ties of the district are expected, and something like 1,500 visitors will likely come from the contiguous counties Mr. Doughton has j not told The Democrat the exact vein in which kis address will be j delivered, but it is expected that ;FALL OPENING AT 1 j A.S.T.C AUSPICIOUS | Women's Dormitories Already Filled I i and Reservations for Men Coming j < in at Kapid Rate. Enrollment for 1 Term May Pass Records. ; The reirular fall tcvm a I - -i | ian Slate Teachers College which he- j I Iffins next Tuesday, bids fair to break; ; j former records of the institution as; h I to enrollment, according to informn-11 j tips gathered by The Democrat on 1; Wednesday. With the rush of the last .1 few days yet to get under way it is t found that the. women's dormitories t are already reserved, that Justice Hal! for men is filled, and that a number j Of reservations have been made in ( other men's dormitories. As usual, ajp good number of teachers will reside! c in the town, and no definite figures j t can be obtained as to the probable j final enrollment, although it is fully j > expected that, it will he the largest 1 lima far experienced. 1 Freshman registration will begin Jo Tuesday morning, and after their jf placement tests nave been made, thej s new-eomers will enter upon classroom 11 duties and familiarize themselveswith 11 the campus before the upper classes' \ are enrolled. Students in the higher, s courses will register the first of the following week. j t POTATO GROWERS !? j TO MEET TUESDAY;; j I Visiting Speakers will Discuss Proh ! ability of Marketing Iuirge Quan- I1 tilies of Seed Potatoes in Eastern [' Carolina. Public Is Invited. 11County Agent P. M. Hanirick of j. Davidson County, with C. C. McKoin, j farm superintendent at Mill Home. , Thomasville, will meet with Watau- , ga County farmers in the courthouse in Boone next Tuesday evening at 8i o'clock. These gentlemen were ISO J centiy appointed by the farmers meeting in Raleigh on a special committee to investigate the possibilities of Eastern Carolina potato growers purchasing large quantities of 1 3eed potatoes from Watauga and the ' surrounding counties, and the primary ' aim of the meeting is to stimulate the " production of certified seed rather 1 than the table variety, thus vastly J increasing the locai farm income. This movement is in line with the ( purpose of the Tennessee Valley Au- ^ thority to construct potato warehous- , es throughout this section, enabling v me tarmers to store tneir tuDers un- ^ r til January, when eastern planting be- j j gins. Without warehouse facilities, it', is stated, the new market could not ( be satisfactorily developed, as pota- , tees must be free from sprouts when , purchased 'by the planters. '( Recent tests conducted in Eastern j Carolina indicate the Watauga grown seed produce as early potatoes and of as good quality as may be had from the northern plantings, and the mountain spuds are a great deal freer from disease. It Is hoped that all farmers interested in securing a better price for their potaotes may arrange to be present Tuesday evening to hear the important question discussed. MOC Year Eighteen Eighty-tig iY. AUGUST 23. .1.934 ention 15th; jj ? Oil Same Day he will devote considerable time to . a dear-cut analysis of. the new deE?;& legislation, and its far-reaching w1! .) fecta, at tin- same time asking f'?; CHAIRMAN" !. W. W INBORNE continued support from the electorate. Mr. Winbome will speak briefly and the chairmen of each county j committee will he introduced to the j audience. Political prognosticatcrs have been shy this year when it corries i to suggesting- a slate of Democratic j candidates, and consequently there [ (Continued on Page S) >REVETTE ASKS ; FOR JOINT DEBATE i republican Nominee Hands Out Chal~! leuge to Congressman Dbtigbton. j rreveil c \\ uulil yjn-t liuiiiniient :k l'tvrrv t'nim!> in Di'itrlei. ! Joseph M. Hi . VCtle of 0?ff?SOT>,.j EepybUcati candidate for Oitigress in j 'if Ninth District, has challenged; its opponent, RepreSfentaUvr RobertptniBhtoii. to a acilnn of join!, tic-; Mies in every county in the district,| coording t.u a letter received from j he Ashe County lawyer lie first of I he week. Tn the letter forwarded to Mr. i Ipiljfhtais. Mr Hrevcite says that "if | hero ever wus a time when the pen.-1 !e of the district should hear both I ar.rtld.Hes for Congress and learn i nest- views on the issues in the com-i [>g campaign, now is the time." The \ eim. utiler <>t the teller fitov.; "I realize the disadvantage I will' avo in debating national issues with, ne who has had nothing else to do' or the past 20 years but inform him- ! elf on national matters; however.: miens I am equal to the occasion to j lAVlOt o aomo *?.; HI- * oc.niw ?ii.?t juu aim can con- | hice the voters that my views on j iueh matters meet with their appro-) al, I do not deserve to represent j he finest class of people in the Unied States as their representative in t Congress Therefore, I take this op wumity to challange you to a joint' lobate on the issues of the day. we j o speak at least once in each county j n the district, and oftener is possi-, ,le. "T hereby agree to allow you to; ix the dates to suit yourself, except j >ur debate not to take place 011 days 1 ;*ht-n county conventions of either j ?arty are being held." Mr. Dough ton, as this is written, i las given no statement to the press! ndicating as to whether or not he I vill participate in the joint canvass; suggested. | VIany Visitors Are Registered at the Rock Blowing Rock, N. C.?The hotels Lnd inns here are enjoying the peak >f the season's business with large lumbers registered. A number of the irnaller Inns have been filled to ca>acity for several days, and Maydew Manor and Green Park Hotel i lave been filled almost to capacity, j TV* " 1 . nWii,^ auu tne .District of Columbia were represented in regisrations at the three larger hotels and hree of the larger inns. The States vere as follows: North Carolina, Teniessee. South Carolina, Virginia, Florda. New York, Connecticut, Arkanias, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ken.ucky, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Misnssippi, Indiana and Louisiana. North Carolina led the list with 225, Virginia coming second with 37, and Tennessee third, with 23. Hundreds of transient tourists are passing through here daily, many from northern states, on a tour of Western North Carolina, with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as their principal goal. Grease stains may be removed from leather most easily with either benzine or pure turpentine. 21_ M $1.50 PER Y?uAR REUEF CATTLE ARE NOW GRAZING ON COUNTY PASTURES jtf ore than Four Hundred Head of J Cattle from Drought Area Feeding . In Watauga. Viek Chemical Cora; jKiny Property Takes Care of 200; William Winkler Gets 100. Much S| Interest Shown in Underfed Cows. 15, - ?.. . 1 More than four hundred heal of ifev.'.-. shipped from the parched plains * the middle western drought area J re brought to Boone the last of fc'e week and turned on pastures of SLrai citizens as a part of the emergency relief program, and large crowds of citizens gathered to have a look at the impoverished herds. The Vick Chemical Company is pasturing- 200 head of the cattle, while William Winkler of Boone has placed 100 head or. his Rich Mountain grazing: lands. Mastin Sherwood of Cove Creek Township is furnishing the grazing for 50. while twenty-five are being grazed on the farm of Miss Gladys Taylor at Valle Crucis. Edgar Brown secured 30. 20 were taken to the L,. N. Perkins farm just outside the city limits, and 20 are on the Smith Haga. man farm at Siiverstone. Grazing rights are paid for by the Federal government at the rate of SI.00 per head per month. Shipped to Jefferson Sixty-nine oars of the drought cattle were shipped to Jefferson last week and distributed to Watauga, Ashe. Mitchell, Alleghany and Wilkes counties. According to the Skylpnd Post, the cattle were very tired when the cars came to a stop and showed signs of having suffered from lack of food and water. They were all tested for diseases and a small number were killed, it is said. A number of calves were born en route, it was learned. Ball Celebrates the Routing of Parkway Dill!, given oil ney; Keplars', Mrs. Zeb Dickson: Watauga Drug Co., Vivian Fox; Five to Five Store, Eva Kirkman; W. R. Chevrolet Company, Mattie Lou Harman; Spainhours. Ada Grace Red jmond; Johnson, Stuart Company, Geneva Cook; Boone Department Store, J Earl Payne; Boone Hardware Store, |Virginia Brown; Watauga Hardware j Co., Corinne Knight; A. .% P. Tea ! Company, Nell Trivette: Daniel Boone ; Hotel, Grace Mast; High Band Furniture Company. Edith Hamby; Rudemar Beauty Shop, Ruby Trivette; Boone Steam Laundry, Lorraine Miller; Smitheys, Louise Story; Hodges Tire Company, Loree O'Daniel. Ott's Place, M. & M. Motor Company and Pastime Theatre have the thanks of the Legionnaires for an entrance fee, but declined to enter any particular person. Doubtless a large crowd will attend the first beauty contest staged in Boone for nearly two years, a flat . admission charge of only ten cents ; being in force. - J I