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i I BOONE j SKETCHES By J. C. R. THE CAXDIDATK qlF.STION" 'A Corn is ripening in the fields, the pumpkins are putting on a coat of y a tier, the katydids are heralding the approach of Jack Frost . . . Maine has forecast (he trend of fall elections w tli a sympathy vote for the "profeasors"1 and a kick in the pants for ^ State prohibition, the Pelican State has renewed its faith in the integrity cC the loud-mouthed Kingfish, Colorado Democrats have chosen a petticoat as Gubernatorial nominee j and Watauga partisans arc priming | their muskets for a battle royal in ? defense of the "deer peepul." t * *> * ? ' r Democrats, Republicans, Social- j ^ ir i>ts, Communists, Farm Laborites, j > Liberty Leaguers . . , tliey all take L] themselves to be saviors of man- c kind . . . disciples of the Lord ... j y when they wrinkle their brows, } c dig deep in their dandruff with ! s nervous fingers, w e i g h "this" j s against "that" . . . and set those hopeful selections of theirs (caudi- j dates, if you please) on the road to victory ... or a honeyard up "Salt. c River." T ? ? ? c And there is something just a wee bit pitiful about a 'new-born" can- f did a to for public office . . . especial- a Iv those who seek the lesser posts . . . r respectable cussc3 who've been pay- t ing the preacher, kissing their own t wives, and getting along pretty tor- , able well. For tliev find themselves in [ a brand-new realm ... a dreary one, c with a thousand accusing fingers* <pointed in their direction, a thousand [ arrogant voices raised in ridicule. c * * t * They di?ln*t know that dear old grandpa "borrowed a. horse" and j forgot to return it away back dur- j Ing the war, that Aunt. Susie's John wronged a neighbor's Mary j and had to jine the Army, that Sis- ? fcer Susan had a wild fling with a * lightning-rod agent in the nine- j ties . . . that he, himself, is an ha- j. bitual imbiber of the demon rum, v a wife-beater, an agnostic, a iiur, a -v iimh, a uypueriie . . . nun [lis own daddy failed to support 11 bona-fide eandidnte of the dear party in an eh-.'tion about the torn of the eentnry. Yessirrec ... lie finds himself In what Is commonly and vulgarly known us a heUnvamess . . . lowered niuety-nlne degrees In his own estimation. * ? The martyred one gets good and mad, maybe cusses a little . . . but he smiles weakly, and shakes every voting hand in the county, and kisses hundreds and hundreds of babies, and ieils llieir m?rans that they are the finest he's seen since Hcck was a pup . . and murder and all sorts of things cavort around in his troubled mind as he runs and runs and runs. Heroes, all of them . . . they just naturally have to be . . or they wouldn't be very good candidates. N * * * Both of the maior narties will I have tickets nominated In just a few more days . . . and in just a , few more days there'll he a few ? more family skeletons carted out ^ of the closets ... a few more "authentic" family histories published . . . and the campaign will be in ^ full swing . . . and the country will be saved by somebody! ? * * * ENTIRELY DIFFERENT But there's one candidate who nev- | er grows stale with Watauga Countys' electorate . . . Congressman Bob j Doughton of Alleghany County, who opens his twelfth campaign for re- , election to the National House of Representatives on the courthouse ; lawn here Saturday afternoon. He's ( a candidate from away back yonder, when they grew 'em high, wide and feariess ... a dynamo of energy, an entertaining orator, a courageous leader, a shrewd business man, a loyal friend . . . the greatest Roman of them all . . . not always right, maybe; but never wrong. * ? * * Folks hereabouts are always glad to welcome Farmer Bob to the county, for he speaks the language of these hyar hills ... he seems Just like home-folks. As chairman of the powerful Ways and Means I Committee, Mr. Doughton has been I one of the closest associates or | President Roosevelt, and has borne a full share of the Administration's promising program of recovery. There'll be a lot of visitors here Saturday from the other eight counties of the Ninth District . . . who are expecting to hear the Congressman give a full accounting of the New Deal thus far . . . and Wataugans will be happy to have them. RETURN TO FLORIDA Mrs. Joe Conderman, son Billie, two nieces, Misses Mildred and "Tag" Bohnert, and Mr. Bohnert, left Wednesday for Miami after having spent the past seven weeks as Boone residents, guests at the home of Mrs. Belle Winkle* The Floridians are highly pleas-.d with Boone and environs and prospect is that they will make this community their regular summer vacation spot. Aii crops in Catawba County are reported In excellent condition with an abundant harvest forecast. WA1 An I OlAJJiE XL, VI, .VUiUBER 11 ML COFfEYiS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH SUNDAY Nephew of Booue People and Leading Citizen of North Wilkesboio, Goe? to Oeath with Three Others when Ship Plunges to Karth. Murph Ma uuu j^'sut ??oyu .-vtso ivuiru Boone Fftllfs Attend Funeral. Carl S. Coffey. 36 years old, nephw of M. P. Critcher and Miss .Ten lie Coffey of Boone, and widely enown aviator and business man ol jsorth Wilkesborc, was crushed tc leath late Sunday afternoon when his Itinson monoplane crashed to earth .ear Clingman, Wilkes county. Four >thers, passengers in the ill-fated hip, piloted by Mr. Coffey, were alo killed. They were: Murph Mathis. 43, farmer of Rcarng River. Robert Greene, 27, Clingman merbant. Lester Boyd, 26. automobile me:hanic of Yadkinville. There was one eye-witness to the atal crash of the four-passenger ship ln eleven year old girl living in that teighborhood. She said the plane was raveling south just after making o urn when suddenly the motor stop>ed. and the plane struck the ground, urning completely over. The bodies >f the four men were horribly man;ied and the ship practically demolshed. Evidently the ignition was cut iff by the pilot before the crash as he plane did not catch on fire. Nephew of Boone People Young Mr. Coffey was a son of nr. pa .Mrs. Unas. I). Coffey 01" N. Vilkesboro arid a nephew of Mr. M. \ Critcher of Boone, as well as a :ran;i-ncphew of Miss Jennie Coffey if this place A large number of his tin live in Watauga county where 10 was well known, having been callit here frequently on business. He vas a graduate of the University of forth Carolina nnil since graduation tad been active in business and civic iffairs in the Wilkesboros. He ir.troluced aviation into this region about icven years ago anil was largely rei pons Rile for his city securing an lirport. At the time of his death he vas associated with his father in the LUtomobile tire and petroleum tmsiicss. He was considered an expert airnan, having both private and transtort licenses and had made numerous lights over the southern states durng the past few years. Surviving are the parents, the wid>w, two children. Car! Gwyn and klargaret Blair. One brother, C. D. -olft-y, Jr., also survives. Greene is survived by a widow mil his mother, while Boyd was a ;on of the late Mr. and Mrs. J VV 3oyd of Ronda. Mathis leaver, a wid>w and six children. Neither of the liree were known in this section. Three of the four passengers were tilled instantly, their bodies being vuily crushed, while. Boyd died about :hree hours later in the hospital. Impressive Funeral. Most impressive funeral services .vere held for Mr. Coffey Monday line planes paying tribute to a fallei Mrnrade of the skyways as they circled in formation his late residene< ind the cemetery in which he was laid to rest. The services were conducted by Rev. Eugene Olive of the First Bap tist Church of which Mr. Coi'fcj was a member, and Rev. C. \V. Rob inson. pastor of the first Presbyter ian church. Interment was in tin Greenwood cemetery. Following .burial services severa nf the visiting aviators, gatherei from different parts of the state piloted their ships across the ceme tery and dropped flowers on the new made mound. Among those attending the scrvi ces from Boone were: Mr. and Mrs M. P. Critclier, Miss Louise Critchei Mr. Tracy CouncUl, Mr. Hortoi Gragg, Miss Carrie Coffey and per haps other mernhers of the Coffe; family in Watauga, Mr. and Mrs. Ec Hodges and Mr. H. W. Horton. DISTICTLEGION MEETING FRIDA1 Commander Chisholm to Be in Charg of Session for Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members. Officials, Old And New, Urged to Attend. District Commander Chisholm < Crossnore, will preside at Legion Ha Friday evening, at the district mee ing for the American Legion an Auxiliary. A special effort is bein made to have all officers presen both the outgoing and those recent elected, and the meeting promises 1 be more or lass of a red letter d? insofar as veterans are concerned. Officers of all posts In the distri are expected and local Legionnair are anxious that, in addition, eve veteran bring his wife. A feature of the evening will a food sale by the Auxiliary. rAUG independent Weekly News] BOONE. WATAUGA COU Asked to Leave Germany . ji ' : (i Dorothy Thompson, American magazine writer and wife of Sinclair Lewis, the novelist, who has been ordered oat ot Germany as a result of Iter writings concerning the Hitler governmental regime. j | a. s. t. c. student! is killedin crash; j James Banner Fatally Injured as? Car I Turns Turtle Near Southern Tines. ! Funeral Services Conducted Tuesday at Banner Elk. Jarr.es Banner, son of Mr. and Mrs. i G. A. Banner of Martinsville. Va., and a student of Appalachian State Teachers College. was fatally wounded as the ear in which he was riding overturned near Pir.ohiirst Sunday afternoon. Young Banner was taken to a PLnehurst hospital, where he died twelve hours later. The car was driven by Dan Cranfoivi, fellow student at Appalachian, who was uninjured m the wreck. According to reports, the driver of the car applied brakes too quickly as he approached a highway intersection, causing the car to skid to the side ditch and overturn. Banner suffered a punctured I ting and a dislocation of the heart. Howevery he re' rnauncd conscious up until his death early Monday morning. The dead youth registered as a first-year student here in the fail of 11)31. He remained for two consecutive years, staying out last year to work. He was popular among the student body.- conscientious, honest, find of noble character. Hia tmjfcyc death came as a severe shock'to fellow students, who join his family in mourning his loss. Young Banner was <born and reared at Banner Elk. and had numerous relatives in Watauga. He and his family! had resided at Martinsville for only a short time. Survivors include uie parents and two m-otncrs, Paul arid David Banner, of Martinsville; and a sister. Mrs. H. P. Morrow, of Albemarle. Funeral services and burial took 1 place at Banner Elk Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. Marion Murray : of Charlotte officiating. Pail bearers 1 were: John B. Morris. Eugene MiL chael, Ed Hambrick, Edgar Tufts, J. P. Denipsey Jr. and Robert Banner. Those attending from A. S. T. C. ! v.-ere the following faculty members and students: Mrs. D. D. Dougherty, 1 Prof. J. A. Williams, Prof. A. Anotor.akos. Mrs. Van Iliason, Mrs. Uilie Hardin, Miss Jennie Todd. Mrs. T. V. ' McConnell, Jimniie Fowlkes, Everett Toms, Culien .Tohnsoti, Eugene Michael, Dan Cranford, Edward Ham" brick, Guy Ahgell, Matthew Banna, ' Pauline Hohson, Katharine Morris, auoise i euon, lii^oya t^uinu, lihiu i Banner, Douglas Redmond, Edwin | Dougherty and Jesse Houck. Henson's Chapel Will Observe Circuit Day The Watauga Charge of the Methodist Church will observe Circuit Day Sunday at Henson's Chapel Church, \ with special .services, according to 1 announcement made by the pastor. Rev. G. C. Graham. J Presiding Eider A. C. Gibbs of the Mount Airy District will preach at the 11 o'clock hour and lunch is to be served on the church grounds. The afternoon session which begins at 2 o'clock is to bo featured by some special addresses. Mrs. J. L. Woltz, J secretary of the Mount Airy District i Womens' Missionary Society, has been invited to address the women of the e charge on the sifbject, "Missionary Activities and Organization." Dr. J. D. Rankin, dean of the Appalachian State Teachers College, will speak, his subject being "Christian Standards of Church Loyalty," and other U features are included in the tenta' tive program. Mr. Graham extends a cordial inld vitation to the general public and ig states that large delegations are ext, pected from Valle Crucis, Mabel and ly Salem Churches. to iy CALICO WAY KEl'NIOX ct j The annual Calloway reunion wil ^ I be held at Mitchells' Chapel four mile! j from Yadkinville on September 16th be j Members of the family in this sec j tion are urged to attend. V Dl saper?Established in tb TKTY, NORTH C.YROLLNA. THURS !!1EETINGTSHELD IN INTEREST OF LOCAL FARMERS -ienerai Welfare of Wafaiiga's ram Pojmhtion and Mean* of Prumot big Best Interests is Discussed 01 Thursday Evening:. Agricult irti Committee Will Be Named to rv Without Pay. Eleven townships were represent ea at a meeting held at the covrtluain luhrsday evening, for th? oslensihl purpose of discussing ways and mean o: promoting the better interests an general welfare of the farmers an of Watauga County generally, and t take such steps as necessary to ei tabiish an agricultural advisory boar repiosentiiig the thirteen township of the county. Attorney Wade E. Brown, acton as chairman, called the meeting t order and after briefly explaining tb purpose and aim of the gathering, ir troduced Mr. A. H. McKoin, manage 'ft the Mills Home Farm, who in tur, recited the advantages of organize action among the farmers and e: plained the steps by which such movement might gain momentum.. Mr. Aderholt, president of the fa roers organization of Davidson, di: cussed the possibilities of farm o: ganization and reported successfi action in his county. Mr. Phillip Hei drix. county agent for Davidsoi spoke further on farm problems ar gave practical ways in which orgai ization had worked to the interest < the farmers in other counties an communities. Representatives were present lroi the following townships: Beav* Dam. Boone, Blowing Rock, Cov Creek, Elk, Laurel Creek. Meat Cam] Stony Fork and Watauga. Following an open discussion < farm problems, it was the opinio that in the absence of a county agen an agricultural committee should i formed, and the following resolutic was adopted: 'That a committee consisting < Wade E. Brown and Newton Coc work out and present an agriculture committee, consisting of 28 farmer each township lc be represented t at least one member, and after a] proval of said committee by a pub I ?r tflUfetef n?. ?fvo Pormoi'o "?-1 Jnptted to the Board of County Con m'i3sionois for their official approve which said committee shall sen without pay ami shall bo recognize aa the "official representatives of tl fanners of Watauga County " Another farm meeting will be hcl upon the ca!l of the acting chairinai SUPERiORCOlJRT TO BEGIN MONDA1 Judge Hnrdnsg to Preside Over On Week Session. No M;ijor Trials Ar< Docketed. Few Civil Cases IJkely to Re Terminated. Judge W. F. Harding of Chariot will preside at the regular fall ter of Watauga Superior Court whi< will convene nexr. Monday, for c: week, there bring no provision for : extension. Hnlv fifKaiot n?Amif?sil aucas sii'f* i docket, states Clerk A. 5. South, \vJ expects the slate for the State to wiped clean by Wednesday noon. Fe j serious cases are to come up, tv i larceny actions involving enous money to place them Jn the felonio i category. Most of the other cases ha I to do with the violation of the Tn I lirigton Act. Court officials do nor believe th during the one-week term it will possible to clear the civil docket any appreciable amount, and there a growing sentiment for a spec term for the sole purpose of riddi the calendar of the constantly ac< mulating number of cases. Prosp< is that the Governor will be a si? for such a term within the near ; ture. Cove Creek School to Open Next Monds The Cove Creek and Valle Cru schools will open next Monday, i cording: to information coming: Jn the Board of Education yesterd; It i3 stated that the new buses ha not yet arrived, but that the old ' hicles will be temporarily used, that there may be no further del in providing schools in these cornn nities. BI.EASE LOSES IN" S. C. Cole L. Bleasc, veteran South C ' olina political warrior, former g ernor and United States Senal went down to defeat Tuesday as again sought Gubernatorial honors the Commonwealth to the south. C 1 D. Johnson, young Spartanburg li 5 yer, won handily in the run-off ] mary election. Late returns indie that Johnson has won by more tl " 30,000 votes over his politically-s soned adversary. LMOC] e \ ear Eighteen Eighty-Eig DAY, SEFTEMBEP. 13. 103'. Supported by Dc-^hton j * Imz, 1| ) j : li 'I Jp i ^1. >R Congressman Joseph VV. Byrns of | Tennessee, who is being supported t j by Congressman B. L. Houghton ? * for the Speakership of the House e j of Representatives, seems to have | l" 5 the lead in the raee for the coveted i ;r j position made vacant by the death j n j of lion. Henry W. Kainey. " DOUGHTON LOOKS"! ' FOR HUGE CROWD! r'i Jl j : Congressman Informs Newspaper rl J That No Bess Than I,'*00 Political Ki leaders Will Be Present in Boone j for Opening of His Campaign. >f j (J j In a telephone conversation with The Democrat Tuesday Congressman j n I Robert L. Doughton stated that.; ;r| Boone should look for no less than j 'ft I 1,200 people from the other counties } lot' his district, when he appears here ': Saturday afternoon for the opening | of his thirteenth consecutive camnai2"n for the Natimim Hnnso t , An open-air mooting has boon ar- j ranged for the courthouse lawn, since j in ; in the opinion of the arrangements ! i committee; no building in town would j ,t- lake care of those coming, j. Stale Chairman J W. Winborne i, will be present and will speak briefs ly after Mr. Doughton has fired his | opening gun, and the chairmen of the I 0_ various county committees will be in-1 jc ' trodnced to the assemblage. | Music will be furnished for the oct casion by the Wlscasset High School ,1 ! Band of Stanly County, and s gala ie j event is predicted by lecal Xiemocrat1(j! ie leaders, who are insisting on a le (large crowd j Mr. Doughton has not announced (lj i the subject of his discourse, but local p [opinion is that he will devote considerable time to the legislation as i passed by the hrsf. Congress, and defend the New Deal in every detail. ' Mr. Doughton, as head of the Ways if and Means Committee, lias stood hy j | the Administration on every question. Convention Same, Day The county convention meets also on Saturday at 10 o'clock, the precinct meetings being held Friday afternoon. Thus with the district mcet! ing, Saturday will be filled with poliliea! activity. Ih" RETURN FROM EXTENDED TRIP |lp Mi. and Slis. Aibert Watson, son u, i Lionel, and Mesdamos James Ragan : and Carrie Watson returned Tuesday )n ' from a visit of ten days with relatives i1() in Washington, D. C., and different ^,e points in Maryland and Pennsylva,w nia. The trip covered 1,500 miles and ; was described as a most enjoyable ,h one. While away they visited Mrs. j13 Claw-son's brother, Mr. Epsie Claw| son, who has been a patient at Johns ir_ j Hopkins Hospital for the past four I months. Although he has undergone a,' two or three serious operations, his VjC! friends in Watauga are informed that 1 he is at last recovering, and physi^' cians are hopeful that he may be disja, | -.nissed from the hospital in about I1?, J throe weeks. :u-i ^ JMew Deal Said to Be ru- Upheld in State of Maine Governor Louis J. Brann of Maine, Democrat, won the governorship for the second time in the election Monty ! day, the first time in the history of I the State a Democratic governor was c>-s | able to succeed himself. Late reports 5C"! indicate that Ill-arm's lead has passed 5m the 30.000 mark, while Senator Freddy erick Hale, Republican, is depending ive c.-n the slender lead of 1.23S to send "e- him back to the United States fo: s0 the fourth consecutive term. Demolay crats, at the same time, are claiming ju- | two of the three seats in the House of Representatives, near complete returns indicate. Since the "New Deal" was in th< forefront of the Maine campaign, fol ar- lowers of the present administratioi ov- over the country are using the result :or, as proof that the Rooseveltian poll he cies are still meeting with public ap i in proval. )lin At the same time the Maine elec iw- torate shattered another precedent i: 5ri- repealing the State's 50-year-old con ate stitutional prohibition amendment lan The final returns are expected to in lea- dicate a two-to-one victory' for th ropealists. RAT ;ht $1.50 PER Yt.AK [iO. P. CONVENTION MONDAY; MEEKINS TO BE KEYNOTER Hon. Joseph M. I'revctte, K< publican Candidate for Congress, Also to Speak as Watauga Republicans Slate County Ticket, Precinct Meetings Will Be Held Saturday Afternoon to Name Delegates. Pursuant to a call issued Wednesday morning by Russell D Hodges, county chairman, Watauga Republicans will gather at the court house in Boone next Monday evening, September 17th, at 7 o'clock, for Use purpose of nominating candidates for the various countv offices. Precinct chairmen have been notified to hold meetings in their respective precincts on Saturday, September 15th. at 1 p. m. for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention. Based on the vote cast for the Republican Gubernatorial nominee in 1932, the different townships are entitled to the numbers of delegates indicated below: Bald Mountain, 4; Beaver Dam, 5; Blowing Rock, S; Blue Ridge, 11; Boone, 21; Ccve Creek, 13; Meat Camp No. 1. 9; Meat Camp No. 2. 2; North Fork. 6; Shawneehaw, 7; Stony Fork, 14; Watauga, 18; Elk, 5; Laurel Creek, 10. Chairman Meekins to Speak Hon. W. C. Meekins, chairman of the Republican Stale Executive Committee, will speak at the convention as will Hon. Joseph M. Prevette, Republican candidate for Congress in the Ninth District, and the event will be filled with interest for partisans of this section. Mr. Meekins, son of Hon. Isaac M Meekins, Federal Judge for the Eastern North Carolina District, distinguished himself In political circles last April, when he "upset the dope" and defeated Hon. James S. Duncan, veteran G. O. P. leader, for the State chairmanship. He is a graduate of Harvard University, and soon after locating for the practice of law was elected judge of the CGlintv court, in Homier con rnnn ty. He is known as a young man of exceptional ability, and like his distinguished father, is said to be a platform orator of great ability. Mr. Prevette, who opposes Congressman R. L. Doughton for his seat ! in the National House of Represent-h&jj tatives, is a native Wilkes County man, and has enjoye<i success as a practicing attorney in Salisbury and in West Jefferson, where he now resides. He is regarded as a logical and fluent speaker, local Republicans feeling fortunate in having been able to present both he unit Mr. Meekins The Democrat today carries the ofj ficial convention call, and Chairman I Hodges believes that a record-breaking number will attend the meeting this year. An especial invitation is extended to both men and women voters to be present at the deliberations of the convention, and hear the issues of the day discussed from a Republican viewpoint by the widely known and able leaders. I | ASKEW BOUND TO U. 5. COUKI ; HLLS ! BOND OF $5,000.00 Goldsboro, N. C.?Rev. R. H. Askew was given a preliminary hearing Saturday on a charge of violating the "Lindbergh law" for his alleged kidnaping hoax and his trial set for November 5th in U. S. District Court at Raleigh. Wan and thin after several weeks illness, the 28-year-old evangelist and head of a four-square gospel group here, sat slumped in a chair beside his wife, the former Miss Hattie Greer of Watauga, during the brief proceedings and evidenced little interest in them. TJ. S. Commissioner L. E. Pearson fixed the amount of bond at 55,000. It was given later in the. day and .Askew was released. Sheriff Paul Garrison and C. A. Whitton, department of justice agent who signed the original warrant against the evangelist, were the only witnesses heard. Their testimony dealt principally with the purported oonfession by Askew that he himself wrote the I ransom demands received after his ! disappearance from Goldsboro on ; August 14th. Whitton revealed that in addition to the original letter to Mrs. Askew demanding 525,000 if she wished to : see ' your husband alive again" and - a telegram telling her to "have the i money ready Saturday," she also a received a telephone call from Knoxville, just before Askew made 'wS - his appearance in Nashville, asking If the money was available. Whit ton said Mrs. Askew told Federal n agents that she did not recognize the voice. i. Askew was allowed to return to i- Goldsboro, and the purported cone fession was made after he was questioned here. - '."y :
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