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By J. C. R. |
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STUDENTS "BEHAVING"
THE STRIKE at Appalachian College
was settled some three weeks
ago . . . st udents are now permitted to
mingle together, the male arid the female.
at athletic events . . . even allowed
to smile at each other as they
amble about the campus. Thu3 far
the experiment has been successful;
thus far practice has proven that the
insurrectionists were right in their
contentions; that boys and girls of
college age are endowed with enough
David Harum "hoss-sense" to conduct
themselves as ladies and gentlemen
under any and all circumstances!
A guy whose education was obtained
in a rustic elementary school where
the fount of knowledge oftentimes became
clogged with flying spit-balls,
has little right to express opinions on
matters appertaining to "higher larnin'
"... but we're forced to con- ,
elude that it just had to happen the ,
way it did . . . that in this era of ,
change, when pigs are taught birth- (
control .when farmers arc paid not to '
farm, when half of the population i
lives without work and governmental ,
practices older than Uncle Pinkney j
Baldwin are cast in the waste-basket j
. . . .you just naturally can t torce a
set of bewhiskered rulings ?rulings <
spawned away back in the nineties?
down the gullets of 1935-niodel col- ,
lege student! And . . . has anybody ,
seen Graybeal ? . . . we kinda want to 1
run HIM for Congress!
AN OBITUARY \
FOR FIVE YEARS and more Ott's <
Place ... an inconspicuous eating t
emporium devoted to the vending of t
hot-dogs, hamburgers, plate-lunches j
and the like . . . served as a sort of ?
clearing house ror opinio no hatched
in the proletariat mind. But Satur- i
day Ott's Place closed its doors . . . (
gave up the ghost, so to s^eak . . . and c
the frame structure which housed the ^
popular "ioint" today flaunts the in- 1
elegant sign of a shoe repair shop. (
EVEN AS A BROADWAY jour- 1
nalist bemoans the passing of such *
restaurants as Delmonico's, Proctor's 1
and other glittering establishments 1
where intellectual gourmets of the
Victorian era flocked for lavish worship
at the altar of Epicurus ... so i
this alleged columnist drops a tear at <
the bier of Ott's Place, which, dad- j
blame-it, has become just another >
pleasant memory. For Ott's Place had i
its traditions, just loads of them . . . 1
it was there that- good strong coffee t
lent its stimulating influence to the 1
current problems of town and county s
... it was there that a sandwich was
seasoned with argument on the pros
and con3 of New Dealism, . . . where .
the difficulties of married life, the
treatment of whooping cough, the
control of younguns, the merits and
6biuciii4 ui purjuc orric:ais, uie com- I
parative beauty of smouldering bru-1
nettes and Jean-Harlowish blondes,
the horror of death and the joy of H
resurrection, the rise of a local poli-1
tician, the fall of a neighbor girl . . .
yea, verily, where every matter of
consequence and inconsequence had
its inning! ?
FARMERS IN OVERALLS, print- 1
ers with dirty necks and inky hands, 1
masons fresh from the mortar board, '
carpenters with shavings still clinging
to their "jumpers," teachers and 1
preachers, lawyers and plain loafers '
. . . gathered on the high stools at 5
Ott's Place for food and conversation
. . . for coffee and "gab." Mrs. ]
Jim (Ott) Carter was the feminine '
major-domo of this House of Hamburg
... a kind-hearted soul who *
knew the exact specifications for 1
"building" those lowly croquettes of J
ground beef, etc. . . . who'd learned
in early life that "Java" could not
be brewed from water alone . . . who \
prepared stew-beef and potatoes, hog \
jowl and turnips after the manner of
long ago. And each serving of simple
food that she laid on that checkered ;
counter had an accompanying "sidedish"
of good cheer ... on the house!
THE PROBLEMS that confront we
ordinary people will never again be
settled in proper fashion . . . Ott's
Place is a thing of the past! Wars
and floods and famines will rage unabated
. . . for Bob Swift, Wilfred
Davis, Bern Hodges, Will Walker and
Linney, John Brown, J. C. R. and
other habitual patrons of Ott's Place
will have no way of stopping 'em!
Ranting, raving, red-eyed demagogues
will doubtless climb to positions of
power ... for the "sound doctrines"
hatched at the "council table" of Ott's
Place - have ceased to influence the
piiuub iiuiiu. ?
THE TRIBULATIONS that have
haunted the President's work-relief
bill as it sought to gain the approval
of an unsympathetic Senate furnish
headlines for daily newspapers . . . but
what about the closing of Ott's Place ?
The General Assembly frets and
fumes as it argues liquor and beer
and taxation and cheaper auto tags
. . . but Watauga's member of that
deliberative body hasn't yet introduced
a bill to re-establish Ott's
Place! Candktetcs for Congress are
springing up,?; every hand . . . but
where the "hopeful" who has included
in hL?platform a plank (or
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WA1
An
VOLUME XLVI, NUMBER 36
MORRISON SPEARS
TO JOINT SESSION
N. C. LEGISLATURE
Former Senator Does Not Mention
"Likkcr" as He Praises
Reign of Roosevelt.
SENATOR HILL OFFENDED
BY PRAYER OF MINISTER
Sponsor of Control Rill Replies tc
"Political Invocation."' Other News
from the State Capital.
By M. R. DUN NAG AN
(Special Correspondent)
RALEIGH, N. C.?Former Governor-Senator
Cameron Morrison, addressing
a joint session of the General
Assembly Wednesday night without
mentioning one time "likker," or
iyen local or State matters, and Rev.
W. L. Arnold, pastor of Johnson Memorial
Baptist Church, Raleigh, in the
opening prayer in the Senate Friday
pleading with the Senators not to
pass the liquor bill were two events
in striking contrast in. last week's session
of the General Assembly.
The joint address was Morrisonosque,
dealing with the achievements
of the New Deal in the nation, and
needed no answer. The minister's
prayer called for an answer, made
oy Senator John Sprunt Hill, of Duriam,
author of the liquor control bill.
.vith a rejoinder, breaking all precedent
and rules, from the minister,
:hat he received the inspiration late
:he preceding night and "I felt it was
ny duty as a minister of God to speak
ny heart."
The min.'st?!*? JmSwUed to the SenLtors
not to "sell our children's souls
'or revenue and force intoxicating liluors
down their throats." He did not
,vant this legislature to go down in
listory as one which caused North
Carolina to sin and that the children
lot go without bread and clothes
vhile mothers wail under the hand of
ntoxicated fathers." He read from
nanuscript.
The Kcply of Mr. Hill
Senator Hill, militant dry for many
rears, still politically and personally
iry, who proposed the control bill to
-aise revenue for relief and clfiarity
vork, and a deacon in tlie church, renamed
standing aa the otherl niemjers
sat down after the prayer. He
iddressed the president. "I cannot sit
lere and listen to such a political
ipeech without feeling an affront, and
(Continued on Page 4)
1,009 STUDENTS AT
nAAitn nn* *
BUUiNfc lULLMih
Largest Enrollment in History of
A. S. T. C. Registered for
Spring Quarter.
One thousand and nine students,
:oming from 68 North Carolina counLies
and thirteen other states, are enrolled
at A. S. T. C. for the spring
juarter, according to information released
yesterday by J. M. Downum,
registrar. This is said to be the largest
number ever enrolled during a
regular term at the college.
The Senior Class now contains 125
members; Junior, 185; Sophomore,
518, and Freshman, 371. Watauga,
vith 135 students heads the list oi
aunties in attendance; Lincoln comes
next with 48; Cleveland with 44; Forsyth,
40; Ashe, 38; Catawba, 38; Alleghany
31, and Iredell, 31.
States represented besides North
[Carolina are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Maryland
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
and West Virginia.
Six hundred and forty-eight girls
are registered; 361 boys. One hundred
and seventy four of the students
have attended other colleges.
Carmon Stuart Best
A & _i A O HP jr.
v/raiur ai O. 1 . L.,
Ashe County Student Wins Honor foi
Third Consecutive Year.
Carmon Stuart. Ashe County stu
dent, who is ' well and favorablj
known to the people of Boone as wel
as to the population of Appalachiar
campus, has, for the third year ii
succession won first nlace in an elim
ination contest to represent his col
lege in the oratorical finals of Un
South Atlantic Forensic Association
Mr. Stuart, who is a Senior, has wot
this honor every years except th<
first. His subject this time wai
"Since Live Lean Years." This yeaj
he is to meet colleges from this Stab
and from eight other Southern States
and for the second time is going ii
the double capacity of orator and dc
bater.
Attorney W. B.. Austin of Jeffer
son spent Monday afternoon ii
Boone, transacting legal business, an:
visiting briefly with friends.
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Independent Weekly New
BOONE. WATAUGA
Watauga's "Fir
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Pictured above arc the twcr
here Saturday afternoon. Will
an occasional father, and sever
bled formation ... so you'll I
jBABY SHOW DRAWS
26 LOCAL CHILDREN
Large Crowd Attends Event of
Comrades Class. Thirteen
Prizes Awarded.
A crowd estimated at more than
three hundred attended the Baby Contest,
sponsored by the Comrades Class
of Boone Methodist Church, at the
Daniel Boone Hotel Saturday afternoon.
Twenty-six babies,-rar.gjfcg m
age from a few weeks to four years,
were entered, and a continuous flow
of th.^ children's friends passed
through the hostelrys lobby during j
the afternoon.
Blue-eyed babies, black-eyed babies,I
laughing babies, crying babies?-ba- j
bies of every type and disposition;
were represented in the unusually j
large list of entries. Mrs. Collis Aus- j
tin with her two sets of twins, Mary]
and Martha, aged 4, and their seven-1
. months-old brothers, Clyde and Col- J
lis, furnished one of the principal at- j
tractions of the day. They, like all 1
Ot iiie uilicFa; -VrCrC j512t too Cllf.6 for J
words.
Frizes Awarded
Prize-winners, determined by the
number of votes received, were as
follows:
Group 1?Boys under one year: i
First, John Banner Horton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Horton of Blowing
Rock; second, Ralph Graydon Greer
II, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Greer,
i Boone.
Group 2?Girls under one year:
, First, Jane Keplar, daughter of Mr.
r and Mrs. Roy Keplar; second, Janet
t Greene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Greene.
Group 3?Boys 1 to 2% years: First
Bobby Hopkins Cook, son of Mr. and
i (Continued on Page S)
Hearing on Bus Route
Is Set for March 19th
1 Greyhound Lines Propose Direct Connection
to State Capital.
I
A hearing on a route for the Greyhound
Bus Line which would link
Watauga with Raleigh, has been postponed
until March 19th, according to
, officials of the company. The hear- \
ing before Commissioner Winborne
was set for Tuesday of this week,
r but had to be deferred on account of
illness.
The proposed route would give direct
connections to Raleigh, via
Greensboro and Chapel Hill, leaving
Boone about 8 o'clock, and arriving
Jin the capital city around 1:30 in the
j afternoon. A return trip would be
I possible the same day.
i A. iiujiiber of -Boone people have
been invited by the Greyhound comipany
to attend the meeting.
DEMOCRAT TO PUBLISH
HISTORY GREENE FAMILY
A history of the Greene family,
compiled by Rev. George Greene, late j
missionary to China, will be carried |
as a special feature in The Watauga
Democrat, beginning next week.
The history is writting in interest- j
- ing style, traces the lineage of local
1 members of the family back to old
2 England, and contains many colorful
incidents to add to its appeal.
A. DE
sPaper?Established in th
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
Lure Leaders" Sn
Bar JggL-'' "*" **% v
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ity-six Watauga County babies \v
* Uiem on the steps of the Daniel
al friends. lt?s impossible to list
lave to pick your own heir or hei
| COUNTY AGENT TO
BEGIN WORK SOON
Watauga's farm demonstration |
agent will assume Ills work here
arouiul March 15th, according to |
infortnation received from O. F. 1
McCrary, district agent, the first !
of the week.
Tlie County Commissioners, it is
understood, have asked State College
experts to select a mail for
this work who is thoroughly familiar
with the peculiarities of
Mountain agriculture, and thus far
are unable to say who will fill Che
position.
However, it is generally believed
that Agent Collins, who for a
number of years has served Alleghany
County, will be transferred
to Wataugn. He is looked on as
one of the leading agriculturists in
this section, and his appointment
to the newly-created post here
would be highly gratifying.
VETOWIl iT HER ATF
CONTROL OF BOOZE
Liquor Questions Furnishes Subject
for Joint Discussion at
Legion Hall on 15th.
Ex-service men of Watauga, their
wives and children are invited to attend
a joint debate, sponsored by the
local American Legion Posi, at Legion
Hall. Friday night, March 15th.
The query will be: "Resolved, That
the North Carolina Legislature should
legalize the sale of whiskey."
Upholding the affirmative will be
Rev. W. C. Greene, Ralph G. Greer
and Spencer Miller. The negative side
of the question is to be presented by
Charles S. Stevenson, Charlie You nee
and Lionoll Ward. C. W. Teal, post
adjutant, personally guarantees an
evening of rare fun to those who attend.
The Legion has recently contracted
with the Wayne P. Sewell Producing
Company of Atlanta for two presentations
of the Uixie Black Bird Minstrels,
April 19th and 20th, under the
joint sponsorship of the Legion and
Auxiliary.
Adjutant Teal states that it is very
important that all members of the
two organizations attend the meeting
on the 15th, at which time a number
of important matters are to be
discussed.
BULLETIN
Raleigh, N. C.?Representative
Swift's b?u to tax prepaid Building
and Loan stock was killed by the
Ilmiso CnmrniltAA nn Rnnliinor Ihiu
i (Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock
without a record vote. The opposition
to the measure was reported as
; unanimous. Mr. Swift appeared in
! the committee room and ably dej
fended his proposal,
j Senator John Sprunt Hill presentI
ed his views on State liquor coni
trol to the Senate this afternoon.
I Observers about the Capitol are of
i the opinion that Mr. Hill's bill is
| steadily gaining favor in the upper
j house, many predicting a tie when
| a vote Is taken !hun?uat> oi Triday.
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MOC
e Year Eighteen Eighty-E
THURSDAY UARCH 7 1Q.1S
sipped at Show
. y
m-* "'STbI
IImb^>\,*'Je"i"1 <kT'*t j
ho participated in the contest
Boone Hole! arc their mothers,
the youngsters, due to the jumrcss.?Photo
by Toms.
FARMERS DISCUSS
CHEESE INDUSTRY
Reports of Special Committee
Submitted to Mass Meeting
at Cove Creek School.
A m,oa itSntixn ' ?
I ers was held at the Cove Creek school
| Saturday afternoon, and optimistic
I reports were presented to the large
crowd by members of a special com|
mittee recently appointed to sounc
I out sentiment regarding revival ol
' the cheese-making industry in thif
icounty.
These reporls indicated increased
I interest in the project, one cpmmitI
teeman stating that 113 cows would
be available in early spring. A tola!
of 262 cows were reported by the
i members, and backers of the movement.
expressed a belief that a centra
collective cheese factory would likelj
! be built at Sugar Grove within the
near future. Chairman G. G. Farthing
continued the committee, and plan:
were laid for the holding of loca
j meetings in each of the sixteen dis
tricts during me coming necks.
Farnluim Discusses Trench Silos
A feature of the Saturday meeting
| was a talk by F. R. Farnham, ex ten
sion dairy specialist of Raleigh, or
j the advantages of the trench silo a'
| a means of furnishing cheap feed t<
J dairy cattle. Several local farmers ex
pressed intentions to build silos ol
j this type soon.
Rev. Mr. Butt, rector of Holy Cross
j Episcopal Mission, attended the meet
j ing and expressed keen interest in tht
projected cheese factory. lie v.ras ac
companied by Glovier, farm suj
perinter.dent at Valle Crucis School.
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAY BE ORGANIZED HERE
! An enthusiastic meeting of Boont
business men was held at the Danie
i Boone Hotel Tuesday evening for thi
purpose of organizing a chamber o
commerce, and the twenty citizen;
! present expressed themselves as high
ly in favor of the move. Committee;
i were named to draft by-laws an<
form a policy for the projected or
S ganization, and sentiment seemed i?
j be unanimous for the inclusion of al
j Watauga, business and professiona
| men who are interested in the devel
opment of their county.
Another meeting is scheduled t<
be held Friday evening at the Danie
Boone, when committees will offei
their reports. The public is invite<
i to attend.
Vl,I T AllFCJUTn
uuwuoiur ;'icjFJ I vi
A "Fellowship Zone Meeting5' wil
be held at Todd Methodist Churcl
next Sunday afternoon, 3 o'clock, ac
cord in j to announcement made Wed
Jnesday by Rev. P. L. Smith, pastor
Mr. W. H. Worth of Jefferson aistric
lay leader, will preside, while Dr. J
D. Rankin of Boone will be chie
speaker of the afternoon. Special mu
sic by students from A. S. T. C. i
also scheduled. The public is invited.
MR. MILLER IMPROVING
Mr. W. F. Miller, popular count
commissioner, remains seriously ill a
his home here, although attendin
| physicians believe his cc ndition i
| somewhat improved.
RAT
.lght
$1.50 PER YEAR
Tfc EVADERS OF
S pOL LAW ARE
1 J'lED TUESDAY
Dcff>{Mp its Charged with Violati<?fTTt
the Compulsory Attendance
Statute.
|JUDGMENT CONTINUED BY
RECORDER IN ALL CASES
Otus Watson, Curacy Smith and
George (.'rump Draw Kond Sentences
for Dry Law Offotises.
Charged with violation of the compulsory
education law, ten Watauga
County citizens were brought hefore
Jutfge John H. Bingham in Recorders
j Court Tuesday. Each, according to
: ctrrfTBirony suuinuxeo dv county SUIperintendent
Walker and other witnesses.
had allowed his children to
remain away from school for long periods
of time during the current session.
Only one case, that of Sherman
Greer of Elk Township, was completed,
he having been found guilty as
charged. A prayer for continuation of
judgment was accepted by the court.
The statute prescribes a penalty of
So fine or thirty days in jail for such
violations.
Other defendants, all of whom were
represented by Attorney W. R. Lovill.
received a sound lecture from Judge
Bingham and other members of the
bar. They were: Dock Cox of Elk,
Arthur Wheeler of Elk, Joe Presnell
of Valle Crucis, Emory Townsend of
Valle Crucis, Bob Hollars of Valle
Crucis, Jim McGuire of Vilas, El lard
Hollars, Emmett Townsend and Craft
Presnell, all of Valle Crucis.
Numerous Excuses Cited
vanoua were given f nonattendance
of school-age children by
the group of defendants: high water,
muddy roads, insufficient clothing and
what-not, but evidence presented by
' teachers tended to show that warnings
and offers of aid had been ignored,
and that, in one case, an eightyear-old
boy bad been present but fifteen
days and absent more than a
I hundred during the present school
year.
i Judge Bingham agreed to continue
- all of the cases, and in the mcanl
time promised to make a thorough
: personal investigation. He ordered the
i children returned to classrooms in all
schools not already closed, and
I warned parents to keep them there or
suffer the full penalty of the law.
1 This is the first lime that a "whole'
sale" effort has been made to enforce
' attendance laws in Watauga County.
| Liquor Men Fare Hard
T Other cases disposed of by the re %
eorder were as follows:
Otus Watson, violation prohibition
j laws, six months on the roads, terms
j of a suspended sentence having* been
invoked.
Gurney Smith and George Crump,
violating prohibition law, 6 months on
roaas.
r Fred Barnett and Mrs. Fred Bar
nett, violating" prohibition laws, not
1 guilty.
5 Capiases wore issued for J. F.
> Hodges and James Simmons, who
- were called and failed.
F In the absence of Solicitor Charles
T. Zimmerman, the docket was proa}
ecuted by Attorney Wade E. Brown.
: 1 Coker Triplett Leaves
For Spring Training
Local Baseball Player Signs Contract
, With Southern League Club.
Coker Triplett, local baseball star,
' left Tuesday for Tallahassee, Fla.,
where he will enter spring training
~ with he Nashville (Tenn.) club of
the Southern League.
3 Triplett, who plays centerfield,
finished last season with. Nashville,
3 made a splendid diamond record, having
performed in ten games. His batting
average was close to the .300
' I mark.
| As an athlete at Appalachian State
Teachers College, Triplett was twice
" j given a position on the mythical AllI
State gridiron squad. Since entering
j me ranKs oi organized baseball, he
I has shown unusual promise, ana fans
r \ around Boone confidently expect him
to "make his mark" in the game of
games.
Mrs. Triplett and small son will
remain in Boone for the present at
1 the home of her father, Mr. E. Ford
1 King.
; WINDY GAP SCHOOL CLOSES
t Mr. Cecil Glenn closed his school at
Windy Gap last Friday noon and, acf
cording to Ira Edmisten, one of the
l" committeemen of Cove Creek District,
s the term has been most successful.
| Mr. Glenn, who is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cohley Glenn of Vilas; entered
A. S. T. C. in Boone this week, where
y he will complete a four-year course of
t study. Patrons of Windy Gap school
g were anxious for the young man to
is,return next term, but his decision, to
re-enter college forestalled the offer.
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