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BOONE SKETCHES By J. C R. the doughton candidacy Politicians of the State, especially those who are in the habit of fnn." casting long-range possibilities, plac< Farmer Bob Doughton as aa insid< favoritefor the Dem ocra^c PTUbernatoria ^ And if their prog% nostications arc or | p the level, it's ar F* event which the av. J eragc* North Carolinr : J ian will contcmpluU fe JI wit^ pleasure . . P for we denizens oi 5 Sill ' Si tile ^ar an| Turpcn | ; tine domain ar | a little grain tired oi 'I ifflp i the bickerings, the i IfHnr -v petty feuds and fee. ble. decrepit com. it. promises which have characterized recent sessions of the General Assembly . . . we crave a lit tie leadership . . . the simon-pure 4 brand that could be expected from a man like Congressman Doughton. Some of the Ninth District representative's closest friends are advocating the Governorship as a sort of rest period for a man who has served long and faithfully in America's parliament . . . but those gentlemen are talking through their derbies . . . Mr. Doughton as Governor would have plenty on his hands . . and if past performance is a criterion cf future accomplishments, he's got all that's necessary to take care of the arduous duties of the State's highest office. Charitable of disposition, courageous in his convictions, schooled in the intricacies of Democratic government . . . the Alleghanian would carry to the Capitol a satchelful of glorious possibilities for a Commonwealth which has in recent years, bad as we hate to admit it, lapsed into a sort of Rip van Winkle lethargy. An educational syetem put on crutches by inadequate budgets . . . penal institutions constantly beclouded by scandal ... a criminal population which is increasing by leaps and bounds . . . highway workers of a less than the prevailing wage . . . thousands of citizens raving and ranting against the sales tax levy . . . and a Legislature which, apparently is afraid to move forward . . . unconsciously or maybe consciously finds itself backing away from badly-needed reforms. These are just a few of the things that Governor Doughton would face ... if he becomes Governor! North Carolina, allegedly Democratic, has strayed from jeffersonian pastures . . . that's what we think ... and Farmer Bob's election as Chief Executive would assure a speedy return to the fold , . . a return to doctrines espoused by Tarheella's makers of history. Easy job? ... In a pig's eye . . . it's a atudendous undertaking ... a task to be shunned by weaklings . . . task "tailor-made" for a man of Mr. Dough ton's brain, and brawn. But North Carolina voters are temperamental . . . it'd be just like 'em to overlook a man of such exemplary qualifications, and nominate a demagogic bag-pipe, a political two-by-four! Who can tell? BIG NEWS Monday was a day of major im pertancfi ill-tne WA nt u_ rnnnrru lour, nalist . . . from early morning to late twilight startling news happenings paraded before the Sketch Man. Here are a few of them: Watt H. Gragg. potential candidate for Congress on the Republican ticket, issued & statement endorsing the recovery plans of President Roosevelt, and declared himself in favor of currency inflation. A telegram from Raleigh stated that the Hill liquor bill had passed both Houses of the General Assembly, minus the local option clause. A subsequent message stated that Dr J fit. Rankin and Clyde R. Greene had obtained a permit to operate a dispensary on College Street near the A. S. T. C. The local FERA office received a petition from seven hundred relief families demanding that they be given dollar-a-day jobs or dropped forever from administration rolls. Hundreds of cans of ground bull, hundred.' of pounds of fat back, bundles of blankets and bath towels, as well as several thousand dollars in cash, lie idlt as "work strikers" prepare mountair fields for planting. On Tuesday mor ning only three clients, one too ole for assistance, showed up at the re . .. lief office for hand-outs. Case work era, greatly agitated, chewed at shlnj fingernails. The Watauga Democrat will carrj an exclusive story in next Sunday'! edition which outlines a recent con fescion by Colonel Pinkney Erastui Baldwin ... a confession that he (th< Colonel) is only one hundred ant - - - " ?T/V1 tv/eive years old . . . mat ne wna xw* present when George Washington "ac cidentally killed himself" . . . that lu didn't come to this country until tin Mayflower docked at Hoboken ii 1492. Followers of Colonel Baldwii will read this informative article wit! great interest. Rfcaded by local capitalist, thirty five holders of Boone bonds marche* to City Hail and, in the presence o a large assemblage of fiac waving citizens, burned one hiindrei thousand dollars worth of the city', municipal securities . . . just becaus they loved us so! (Wall Street Jour nai, please copy.) Lyles Harris and C. W. Teai, main tainlng the Sphinx-like silence whic] has characterized their promotion o the Boone's Fork subsistence farr project, refused to comment on th studendous proposal when approach? by a Democrat reporter. Watauga rout, American Dcgicr through its commander, J. Wilso Norris, Monday evening forwarded petition to Washington, signed by e\ ery member, denouncing payment c i WA1 I An VOLUME XLVI, NUMBER 40 Figures In Ohi f !KI ~ ?^ ~ " Federal Relief Admin: i Causes Shake-up COLUMBUS, OHIO.?Above Heft) Ohio, to whom Harry 1. Hopkins, F"i davits in support of his charges oi " 1 administration of unemployment reli? man, FERA regional officer, who, u kins hai talrnn At'ur OViiV I?A,in?ni ? SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES APR. 22 Judge Phillips Will Preside for ruai JLmi?... ChCCCH For Two-weeks Term. The regular spring term of Watauga Superior Court will convene on April 22nd, with Judge Donald Phillips of Lumherton, presiding. This is Judge Phillips' first term of court In this county, he having defeated Judge A. M. Stack in the primaries of last year. Following are those chosen for jury service during the two weeks term: First Week: C. N. Howell, Glenn Howell, Thomas Arncttc, C. A. Clay, D. H. Eggers. Dewey Mitchell, R. T. Greer, Ira W. BoUck, Walter Hampton, James F. Carter, J. E. Cullers, W. M. Cook, Cecli Miller, Fred Greer, A W. Greene, Bynum Greene, J. M. Burkett, G. H. Norris, J. B. Horton, J. S. Flanncry, Charles Simmons, Coiiley Waters, E. Y. Edmistcn, A. B. Harmon, Henry Hagaman, W. M. Winebarger, 1. E. Beach, Noah Winebarger, C. G. Hodges, Troy Norrts, Battle Norris, A. N. Thomas. L. D. Rupard, Noah Mitchell, Dee Carender, Elbert S. Norris. S. H. Miller, Coy Love, E. L. Wails. Second Week: D. J. Boyden, A. N. Church, O. G. Danner, Will Sudderth, Lewis Johnson, David Hodges, J. S. Winkler, Ira Scott. James A. Hodges, Howard V. Gragg, E. F. Sherwood, W. S. Davis, Greene Brown, W. B. Recce, C. A. Critcher, V. M. Presnell, Walter L. Cook, W. B. Hodges Jr., J. M May. Belk's Store May Be Opened by April 15th I Carpenters are pushing the remodeling work on the Jones Building, which is to be used for Belk's Depart. ment Store, and they may be . through and ready for the paper nan. gers and decorators by the end of the week. Both the large store rooms have , been thrown together and the build; ing will be ideally suited to the re. quirements of the store. Some goods . are already arriving, and the opening . date is tentatively set for April 15. , The Democrat will carry further an. r?ounc?ment later giving details of the . opening of Boone's newest concern. i LEGION POST TO PRESENT j BLACKFACE MINSTRELS The Dixie Blackbird Minstrel, spon, sored by Watauga Post, American Legion, will be presented at the courtr house in Boone on Friday and Sat; urday nights, April 10-20. A local cast . of characters is being trained by an s expert director from the Wayne P. ; Sewell Producing Company, 01 At j lanta, Ga.. and two nights of fun are -'""-J L/voo u-hrt altAnH > BIRTHDAY DINNER ; Sunday, March 31st, was a glad i surprise for Mr, Joseph C. Hodge; \ of Adams. His family invited the i community and his friends and relatives from the various sections ol - the county, to come and have dinner i with him on his sixty-fifth birthday f and despite the threatening weather - the large lawn of his home was al1 most fiiied with visitors. At twelve 9 they were invited to a long tabie e loaded with good things to eat, suet . as you seldom see, and while thej helped themselves they looked at th< - large cake ir. the center of the tabl< ii wearing its sixty-five candles ant f seemed to wish with the large crowc ii of feasting friends, "Many more hap e py birthdays for you, Uncle Joe!"? J One Present. k the soldier bonus In any form, n Yes. Monday was a day of gree a and momentous happenings . . . BUi - MONDAY WAS ALSO THE FIRS'! f DAY OF APRIL! AUG Independent Weekly New BOONE. WATAUGA lo Relief Probe istrator Harry Hopkins in Buckeye State. I is attorney-General John Bricker, of I Moral R??1inf A.lminlcfrofn. corrupt political interferences ' in the j ef in Ohio. On the right is C. C. Still pon the order of Administrator Hop- I elief. DANIEL ASSUMES" T V A. POST HERE Assistant. Farm Agent Arrives Tuesday, Report of Farm Meetings Given. E. R. Daniel of Raleigh arrived in town Tuesday and entered upon his duties as assistant under the Tennessee Valley Authority to County Agent W. B. Collins. He will maintain his offices in the courthouse with Mr. Collins. Mr. Daniel, a native ot Nash County, is a graduate of State College, and recently lias been engaged in extension work, and in corn-hog assoeiational work in Eastern Carolina. Meetings Held At the T. V. A. meeting hetd at the Cove Creek High School on Monday night the following committeemen were elected fcr selecting the T. V. A. demonstration farms in their communities: For Cove Creek Township and the Tracy section of North Fork Township the committeemen are: Don J. jllorton, Vilas; Ode Wilson, Viias, ami I A. N. Thomas. Trade. Tenn. For the eastern half of Laurel! Creek Township and the Valle Crucis section of Watauga Township the following committeemen were elected. W. W. Mast, Valle Crucis; W. J. Farthing, Sugar Grove, and W. H. Mast, Sugar Grove. At the T.-Vi A. meeting: held at Boone on Tuesday night the following men were elected to select the T. V. A. demonstration farm in Boone Township: A. J. Edmisten, Boone;' William Winkler, Boone, and Conncliy Glenn, Boone. These meetings were well attended and the farmers showed much interest in the T. V. A. and extension programs. Agent Collins requests farmers in these townships who would like to have their farms considered for the > T. V. A. demonstrations to notify their committeemen bv Monday, April Kth. taxIlsting is now in progress Supervisor Greer Urges Prompt Action to Save Penalties. Names of Listers. Tax listing began In Watauga County on April 1st, and County Tax Supervisor E. G. Greer Is anxious that the people attend to this duty promptly and within the time prescribed by law in order that it may not be necessary for him to impose addition" i penalties. The listers who i are now engaged in their work in the different townships are as follows: Bald Mountain, W. S. Miller: Beaver Dams, Dudley Greene: Blue Ridge, I Nile Cook; Blowing Rock, D. J. Boyi den; Boone, A. L. Edmisten; Cove ; Creek, Scott Swift; Elkrf P. G. Car roll: Laurel Creek, J. L. Shull; Meat ' Camp, J. B. Clavson; North Fork, Walter South; Stony Fork, Hag , Greene; Shawneehaw, George Cau dill; Watauga, Fred Edmisten. ! ENTERTAINMENT POSTPONED ' The entertainment of the Ladies i Missionary Society, scheduled for r Thursday evening at the Methodist : Episcopal Church, has been postponed ! on account of many illnesses about 1 the city. 'The new date will probably i be announced in next week's Demo crat. BIG PAINT JOB Wilson Brothers and Vannoy, loca painters, are now engaged in paintt log the Cone mansion at Blowing r Rock. About three montns are to t, r required for the complete refinishlng of the exterior of the large building. A DE SDanpr RcfaK11 qV>prl in fR - COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Sc. ASSEMBLY MAY ADJOURN IN NEXT TWO WEEKS Anti-Sales Taxers May Fut Up Slifi Fight in the ScnateAgainst Levy. PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND REMAINS UNCHANGED Total Appropriations for AH Purposes Stands at $64,809,949 for the Coming Biennlum. Hill Liquor Bill May Be Tied With Revenue. By M. R. DUNNAGAN (Special Correspondent) I RALEIGH, N. C.?Adjournment of I the 3 935 session of the General As-1 sembly of North Carolina is possible | within two or three weks, now that I the House of Representatives has passed both the Revenue bill and the i Appropriations bill, unless unexpected. though possible, snags are struck | by those two bills in the Senate, or : trouble is found in other measures under way. Indications ore that anti-sales tax legislators will put up a 3tiff fight in the Senate to remove, reduce to two per cent or put back the exemptions in, the three per cent sales tax. Belief is from an imperfect poll of I the members of the Senate that the | Revenue bill will be passed by that , body in almost the form in which it was passed by the House, and the | same may be said of the Appropriaj tions bill. The Senate is expected to spend most of th;3 week, or ail of it, on the Revenue measure, taking up the Appropriations bill when it finishes, the latter part of this week or next week. The Appropriations bill was successfully piloted through the House in two days last week by Chairman Victor Bryant, Durham, of the Appropriations committee, in what is agreed was a masterful fashion and an unusual achievement. He proposed two amendments which were adopted, and only two others offered from the floor were included. The vocational education fund was increased $84,000 and the Library Commission fund $3,- j 000 over hist recommendations. The; 1 others proposed by him and adopted jwere $3,000 for Morgan ton Hospital land $15,000 for W. C. T. C. at Cullo| whee. Educational Appropriation The public school fund remains at $20,035,000 the first and $20,900,000 (Continued on Page 8) LARGE TOURIST BUSINESS SEEN Blowing Rock Makes Ready for What May Be a RecordBreaking Summer. That Blowing Rock may enjoy the largest tourist business within its resort history this year, is entirely possible. according to C. S. Prevelte, Chamber of Commerce bocrctary and real estate broker, who was a visitor in Boone Tuesday. OnniJnn ..n .... 11. Ikn i-TiJJUCa, WlJfO 1U1 . A 1 tVXllC, Lilt prospect of settled weather conditions earlier this spring is calculated to prolong the tourist season for several weeks, and inestimable valuable publicity has come to the Rock on account of the Park-to-Park Highway project. An increasing number of inquiries as to the purchase of tourist property have come to Mr. Prevette's office throughout the winter, and trading is starting ahead of time. The popular realtor always keeps an ear close to the ground for sounds of increasing tourist travel, and when he says the season is going to be the best ever, folks on the mountain top begin to place things in order for a greatly increased throng. Mr. Prevette says that several cottagers will already have occupied their summer abodes within the next few days, while the height of the season does not ordinarily come until after the first of June. Chamber of Commerce In Informal Meeting Twenty-two members of the Boone Chamber of Commerce met in informal session at the Baptist Church or Tuesday evening, at which time a supper Woo nerved by ladies of the town and a general good time en joyed. Mr. Cartwright, of the R. F. C? was the guest speaker, and his brief remarks were contered about sociability, as it applies to community development. Mr. Cartwright frankly stated that he did not believe the people of Boone were generally as friendlj by comparison as residents of other towns he had visited, and stressec the importance of friendliness, especially where strangers are involved. i in egagirisg schoot, Mr. Richard E. Kelley, for the past I several months in charge of the Reins : Sturd'.vant Funeral Parlors in thi: ' city, left inst week for Nashville Tenn., where he will take specia courses in embalming and funeral di rection at the Gupton-Jones Schoo of Embalming. Mr. Kelley will retun I after six months and will resume hi - work with the local mortuary. * ???? i Caldwell County farm club mem r bers set 425 black walnut seeming in early March. MOCl e Year Eighteen Eighty-Ei THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1935 Signally Honored ~~ 1 Kyi ,*** "wfc ] ^ ^' 'i''' I I AMES BROWN COVECREEKBOY ! IS ESSAY WINNER James Brown Wins District and State Prizes for Paper on Farm Question. | The facility and student body atl; {Cove Creek High School, and more particularly the students of Vocational Agriculture, are extending enthusiastic congratulations to Mr. James ' Brown, sophomore in that institution, who was recently notified that his es- : say on "The Importance of the Rarer ; Elements in Crop Production and in Animai Nutrition" had won a district I prize of 515.00 and aiso first prize of 1 S25.G0 for the entire State. The contest in which young Mr. J Brown was so signally successful is i | sponsored each year by the North ^ I Carolina Division of Vocational Edu- 1 j cation through the co-operation of * | the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bu- < reau, Inc. All bona fide agricultural ? students ir. the white high schools of ' the State are eligible to compete in < the contest, all essays being judged 1 on subject matter presented, manner of presenting subject matter and or- t iginality. 1 Purpose of Contest ' The purpose of this annual contest 1 is to create interest among students of vocational agriculture in animal 1 nutrition' and proper fertilization of different crops, especially the part i that elements other than nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium j play in plant and animal growth and development. In winning first place in the entire State as well as the district, Mr. Brown has won a great honor for himself and the Cove Creek Department of Vocational Agriculture an honor of which both he and the school may be justly proud. Seed Loan Applications Now Being Received Applications for seed loans arc now ucing received at the offices of S. C Eggers in the Watauga Bank building, and it is stated that the applications this year will likely run from 500 to 700. Exactly 728 applied for this kind of loan in Watauga County last year. it is to De rememDerea uiat seea loans are made expressly for the purposes of buying seed and fertilizer, and that money for other purposes cannot be secured through this channel. RETURNS FROM NORTH Mr. E. S. Quails returned Tuesday from a trip to Philadelphia and other Northern cities where he made targe purchases of used furniture and household goods for his father's basement store in the Quails building. REVIVAL MEETING AT M. F, CHURCH Rev. L. B. Abernethy to Fill Pulpit in Series Which Begins Next Sunday Morning. A series of evangelistic services s will begin at the Methodist Church next Sunday and continue until Easi ter Sunday. Dr. L. B. Abernethy, the l Missionary Secretary of the Western : North Carolina Conference, and one of the best known and loved ministers of the Methodist conference, will , do the preaching. Dr. Abernethy has jnuea some 01 ine strongest appoint merits in the Western Carolina Con ference. His last pastorate was at Elkin where he served for nine years, s He is largely responsible for the r erection and maintenance of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital at Ell kin. Dr. Abernethy will preach at both * morning and evening services next j Sunday. The morning worship will be I at eleven and the evening service at t 7:30. The Sunday School will meet at a 9:45. The annual Church School Day . will be observed. A special program l is being prepared fur the occasion. - Dr. J. D. Rankin, the general super1 intendent, will be in charge and will i be assisted by the superintendents of 3 the different departments. The Epworth League will meet as usual at 6:30. The young people's choir, direct cd by Professor Van B. Hinson, will a render special music at the evening service. RAT ght $1.50 PER YEAR IMDER OF DRUG S! )RE BURGLERS IpOUGHT CAUGHT PftiS?.rator of Local Robberies ISiieved to Be Held in E Buncombe Jail. EDS OF DOLLARS IN DOPfe AND PENS IS TAKEN Entrance Forced to Both Boone Pharmacies. I.ocal Detective Given Aid by Federal Investigators in Nabbing Dope Leader. Believed to be the head of a thoroughly organized dope peddling ring, % man held in Asheville jail is credited with having been the leader in a series of drug store robberies throughout this sPf.Hnn *???> ??* ...V.t v-uiiuniaiLU IcUiL Friday night in the entrance to both Boone's pharmaceutical establishments and the subsequent loss of something like thirteen hundred dollars worth of narcotics and fountain pens. The Asheville arrest came about through the diligence of a local detective. who asks that The Democrat withold both his and the incarcerated mans' name in confidence, who was assisted in his investigations by representatives of the Federal Narcotics Bureau. According to the information, Lhe arrest marks the beginning of the end of a desperate band, which almost simultaneously effected similar robberies in Eikin, North Wilkesboro. Sparta and Boone. Rhyne Loses $1,200 The Watauga Drug Store took the te&viest local loss, estimated by Maniger C. L. Rhyne at something more :han 51,200. Entrance to his bulldng was gained by jimmying e. rear window, the narcotic case was in turn ?roken into, and all contents removed kxvc a auiau amuuia u? .r-v ixtra large case containing some hunireds of high grade fountain pens .vas rifled, only a few, which had been iropped on the floor, being salvaged the owner. The Boone Drug Company was en:ered by prying open a basement door. Put. no loss of merchandise other than ibout forty dollars worth of morphine was noted by Manager G. K. Moose. Three or four dollars in currency was taken. It is believed that there will be further developments in the investigations being conducted within the next few days. FISHING SEASON TO OPEN ON 15TH Licenses Now on Sale in Different Sections of County. Warden Urges Adherence. ine open season ior uie taxing or all kinds of fish by hook and line starts this year on the 15th of April, according to County Game Warden Edwin Mast, who insists that all anglers provide themselves with licenses before that time. The regular county license costs $1.10, State $2.10; nonresident $5.10, while non-resident daily permits may be purchased for 60 cents a day, and county permits at 50 cents. Licenses have been placed on sale at the following places in the county: J. A. Mullins, Watauga Hardware Store, Farmers Hardware and Supply Company, Boone; R. L. Greene. Blowing Rock; C. T. Billings, Vilas; Victor Ward, Conley Trivett, Sugar Grove; John Isaacs, Mabel; W. W. Mast, Yalle Cracis; Fd Harbin, Shulls Mills; Roby Greene, R. F. 13., Boone; Clyde S. Jackson, Laxon, and Roby Penley, Penley. Ford Agency to Open In the City Building The Daniel Boone Motor Company, Inc., is the firm name of the new Ford agency which is open this week in the city hall building, and Mr. M. C. Woodie of North Wilkesboro is the manager of the new enterprise. The latest model V-Ss will be on display there during the week, delivered straight from the local railway yards, the first to be delivered by rail here ? !?,,,> tUn i ui a lung nine. A repair department and body and paint shop will be operated in connection with the salesrooms, competent men will be in charge of both departments, special tools have been installed, and genuine Ford parts will be handled. The columns of The Democrat will later contain more detailed announcement of the new Ford values. ATTORNEY PDLUAM INJURED Attorney Robert W. Pulliam srffered a flesh injury last week when struck in the forearm by a misdile from a shotgun charge. Mr. Pulliam was driving along the highway not far from his home -in Pcrkinsrilie, and the stray shot was fired by Mr. Cecil Miller from a nearby field. The injury was not serious and was a purely accidental one. CHANGES IN SERVICE HOCKS Rev. J. A. Yount states that the hour for the Vesper services at the Lutheran Church has been changed to 8 p. m. on the second and fourth 'Sundays and that the Luther League Will henceforth meet at 7 o'clock.