I Kk a f | BOONE SKETCHES By J. C. R. A SIMPLE SUGGESTION With the exception of Dr. Henry B. Perry, who has warmed an aldermanic seat for a number of years, brandnew laces will hover about the city's council table after gpMSPSpl Mayor of former exW iwii P^-ience will deco rate the gilded ped--'TPl estal lately occupied by Honorable Tracy 1 t: Jj Councili. This was K | 3 ^he judgment handec* down by a small rf -f World War veterans and their n vives ever held in this district, took q dace at Legion Hail jn Boone Tues- t' lay evening. t District . v:r"-tv?rti|jjenrier Wlle^ ? Pickens of Lir.calhtorr, -District Cbnf nander Aubrey Cntahoim or Cross- r: tore; Mr3. M. H. Shumway. State o Auxiliary president of Lexington, and V rfrs. H. G. Smith of Lenoir, district n !ommitteewoman, were among those h vho were heard by the large gather- p ng of veterans. Many interesting n alks were made by representatives k >f the other posts of the district, and b l picnic lunch! was served following fc he business session. e Auxiliary Meeting ? Tuesday afternoon the Legion Aux- 11 nary met ir. regular cemi s.nn?>?i nca- 3 lion at Daniel Boone Hotel, the meet- * rig being in charge of Mrs. H. G. Smith of Lenoir, district committee- g voman. Mr3. C. W. Teal, president of v :he local Auxiliary, made the wel- t :oming address, and the response was c oy Miss Aurelia Adams of Lexington. 5 tfiss Annie Dougherty sang several c beautiful selections, accompanied by ilrs. W. B. Stallings. The department F ) rest dent, Mrs. Shunrs?ay, =*noke as ^ iid Miss Bertha Wright of Troy and e Mrs. Charles Younce of Boone. A gift from the Auxiliary was pie- ( lented to Mrs. Shumway. Many visitors from other units of the Seven:eenth district were present. rwenty Justices Named i, By Representative Swift I h RALEIGH, N. C.?The omnibus a justice of the peace bill, introduced a n the House of Representatives some 0 lime ago. is waiting for such changes r ao ma-y i/c mauc utuuic it 1a euocicu ui 3y the General Assembly. This is one \ the controverted bills, local squab- j s sles reaching: the floor in the naming c >f the justices. Terms are for six pears, unless otherwise specified, and \ those named are required to qualify c .vithin 60 days after April 1st. s Watauga County men recommend- ] *d by Representative Swift and in- r eluded in the list follow: t Bald Mountain, J. A. Wall, R. F. f Vannoy; Beaver Dam, Perry Far- r thing; Blowing Rock, J. T. Miller; r Boone, A. J. Edmisten; Blue Ridge, f J. M. Bradshaw; Cove Creek, O. B. c Moody; Elk, C. C. Triplett; Laurel ? Creek, Claude Edmisten, G. C. Ward; f Meat Camp, C. G. Hodges, Cabel t Winebarger, Harmon McNeil; North Fork, ?5. R. South; Srmwiict-iiaw, Fred Edminsten, Earnie Triplett; Stony Fork, W. S. Moretz, E. B. Hardin; j Watauga, E. B. Fox, Arthur Mast. t BLOWING ROCK WINS BALL ) GAME FROM BOONE HIGH < i Blowing Rock High School was sue- 1 ccssful last Tuesday In defeating the ! boya of Boone High by a score of 2 < to 1. Beach, Boone pitcher, allowed 1 five hits and struck out one man. < Lentz for Blowing Rock allowed three . hits and struck out thirteen men. i AUG ndependent Weekly New BOONE, WATAUGA [OTHER FOR 1935 ngton, N. Y., Selected as Typii Rule Committee. a t >man with sparkling dark blue eyes he Golden Rule Mother's Day Comr for 1925. She is Mrs. Fletcher M. , shown above vith one of her thirof six children. ESCAPES) NEGROES ARE RECAPTURED Jorlii Wilkcsboro Officers Nab Two Convicts One Hour After They Leave Boone Camp. 4 Two negroes, long,term prisoners at he State Prison camp near Boone, rade a daring get-away front their ; uartcrs Friday night, only to ba^cap- ; ured Just about an hour later through he diligence of police officer^ at ram the site of the camp by use of ne of the highway trucks, the North Vilkcabono police were immediately otlfied by telephone, and within an our a chase ensued as the truck occu;? k,? .i? ? ? - - ivw ?J uit. *1 tgioca ciucrcil U1C ctghboring city. They were ovcrta:cn by the law at the lower Yadkin ridge, but it was necessary to puncure the tires with bullets before the scapces could be stopped. The truck verturned but the occupants were iot badly hurt. Prison camp officials rrived shortly and carried them back o Boone. James Green, 44, one of the neroes, a native of Winston-Salem, .as a preacher before he was aenenced to a ten-year st retell for mnrler. Eugene Wilson, 28, was from fount Airy and is serving a five to ight-year sentence for robbery. Captain W. H. Brown, camp buicrintendent, highly commended the Vilkes officers for their swift and ffective co-operation. n n n 1 jiven run raraon A Month After Death RALEIGH. N. C.-Govemor Ehrnghaus extended a full pardon last /eek to a man who could not accept t, because he was dead. Joe Home, :illed by another prisoner at the Kennsville convict camp in March, was bsolved of complicity in the robbery if the Bank of Denton, Davidson bounty, in September, 1932, but it vas found he had nothing to do with t. The parole is to clear his name ind for the benefit of the members >f his family. Pardoned also were Sylvan Palmer, Valter Bridgeman and Victor Fowler, onvicted along with Home, and all lentenced to fifteen years in prison. Sen Lowe, serving a term for autonobile larceny in Guilford County, old Solicitor H. L. Koontz that he ind four others committed the bank obbery and the four convicted had lothing to do with it. Mike Stefan off. oreigner, and Lester Green were two >f his companions, Lowe said. Stefinoff and Green were electrocuted or killing the cashier in a bank rob>ery at Taylorsville. LuTiiESAno 3EKVE iiliiiiLii On Monday evening the congregaion of Grace Lutheran Church served i dinner, as is their custom occasionilly, in the basement of the church, lonoring the following, whose birthlays are this week and during the nonth: Miss Lona Moretz, Miss Amy Louise Fisher. Miss Katie Lyon and Mrs. A. R. Smith, who was a spejiaily invited guest. Others present 'rom out of town were: Mrs. Clarke >f Greensboro, who is visiting in the ieffcoat home. Miss Rash of Hickory ind Mr. Ford of Penland. A. DE spaper?Established in tl COUNTY. NORTH CAROf.TNA STORE BREAKERS GETSENTENCES OF FROM 2 TO 5 YEARS Case Growing Out of Robbery of Criteher Store Tried by Judge Phillips. NEGRO CONVICTS GIVEN YEAR FOR LIFTING CAR t inal Docket. Trial of Civil Cases Other Remaining Judgments 011 Crlni1 Now Going Forward. Term to Last Through Next Week. Ralph Gilley and Grady Hartley, residents of the Bamboo section were given sentences of 3 to t years and 2 to 3 years, respectively, by Judge Don Phillips in Superior Court Tuesday, after they had offered a last minute plea of guilty in connection With the robbery of the T. L?. Critclier store at Bamboo. Their confine ment is to be in the State Prison, and Judge Phillips specified that they were to be engaged at "hard labor." The case attracted considerable attention due to the fact that a safe containing several hundreds of dollars was taken from the store and was not located for several weeks. Diligence of local officers finally connected Giliey and Hartley with the burglary. Convicts Given Sentences lames Green and Eugene Wilson, negro convicts at the local prison camp, who escaped from their confinement last Friday night and appropriated ft State truck to carry them down the mountains to swift I capture, were arraigned, and given | twelve months each for the larceny j OX Uic Veiliuic, i.nc bcutcntic t.O uC^T.". ( at the expiration of the term3 they are how serving. The case charging \John Church v/ith seduction was dismissed. Henry Miller, reckless driving, dismissed. Perry Moody, larceny, 6 months sentence, suspended on payment of goal and $50 to prosecuting witness. <5X> make report to court for two >\i!) Folk Ipense. The matter, however, has nc yet been laid before the Board c Commissioners. [Fathers tin joy Banquet With Future Farmer On the evening of April 17th tt Cove Creek Chapter of FXiture Farn ers had one of its outstanding evenl of the 3'ear, the annual Father an Son Banquet. Every member of th Agricultural Club invited his fath? to meet the group at the Cove Cree School. A large number of the fat* ers came. The program for the ev? ning opened with indoor baseball i which the fathers showed they coul still hold the bat over their sons. Aft er the game the group was serve (with a nice dinner prepared by th Home Economics girls and agricultt ral boys, under the supervision c Miss Annie Dougherty. Music for the occasion was fui nished by Hard Thomas and his banc Interesting speeches on agricultui were made by Superintendent W. I Walker, Wade E. Brown, T. V. J ' Agent Davids, County Agent Collin and State Horticulture Supervisor I R. Niswonger. The club has elected as officers fc the year 1935-36 the following: President, James Brown; vice-pres dent, Glen Anderson; secretary, Jam* Sherwood; treasurer, Ben Horton; r< porter, Paul Fox; conductors, Robei Lewis and Clint Elliot; watch doj Shelton Dugger. IMPROVED SHOWING MADE BY INSURANCE CONCER! i Mr. Frank M. Payne of Boone, gei eral agent for the Security Life ar Trust Company, on his return fro the Home Office in Winston-Sale Tuesday stated that the insurant IuuSiHcoo m really good and gcttli better. Records of his company sho a 90 per cent increase in new bus ncss the first half of April as cor pared to the same period last yea while paid for business is ahead H per cent. The company expects tl biggest month in its history and tl agents are being congratulated f having made possible this fine sho\ ing. Incidentally, a series of Instruct! i advertisements for Mr. Payne's age i cy is beginning in The Democr today. ? RAT Eight Sl-50 PER YEAR ~COTTRELL NAMED FOR BOONE MAYOR; | BOARD [- CHANGED J ~3H? Twenty-six ukskt in Municipal XominatiKg Convention at Cj 5 house. OLD BOAR??| IFEATED EXCEfpj&ONE MEMBER Dr. Perry OnIv\ffiprn?yii ltenomlnated by Poople^^or Counclll Defeated by Four Votes. Election to Be Held May ttth. D. Jones Coctrell is the Democratic j candidate fcr Mayor of Boone, as a j result of a second-ballot decision of Hie nominating- convention held in the courthouse Tuesday evening at which time twenty-six citizens of mixed political allegiance participated in the routine business of the meeting. Dr. H. B. Perry, a veteran member of the Board of Aldermen, was the only incumbent to receive a vote of approval, and his running mates are to be Charles Rogers and L. T. Tatllli.. Hr .1 r> PuuDin * - pal&chian College. was a runner-up in the aldcrmanic balloting. Mayor Tracy Council! in the final . voting received 11 votes arc compared L to 15 for I>. J. Cottrell. The vote for aldermen was as follows: Dr. Perry, 23: Charle3 Rogers, 18; D. T. Tatum, 20; J. D. Rankin, 10 T. E. Moore was chairman of the convention, while " ! Wade E. Brown acted as secretary. Cottrell Has Served Before Mr Cottrell, who Is one of Boone's n oldest active business men, has served acceptably as mayor in previous adpablc executive. The new members of t the board, Messrs. Rogers and Tatum, are successful business men of the town, but have not previously seen public service. These nominations are tantamount - to election, since Republicans do not c offer a ticket in this overwhelmingly d Democratic municipality, and there is t no indication Wednesday morning of if any independent nominations. The t- election is to be held May 6th, and a i- new registration of voters is going i- forward at City Hall with Mrs. Frank Williams as registrar. However, it is is reported at the office that aurpriaif ingly few voters have become eligible e for the franchise since the reglstrae tion books have been open, t p Rev. Canipe to Speak at ? District Meeting Juniors On Wednesday. May 1st, 1935, the >t spring meeting of District Number 3, >f Junior Order, United American Mechanics, will be held with Elk Park Council No. 88 at Elk Park, N. C. ITliciv will uc a business session at 4 o'clock p. m., at which time the diaO I trint rlocrrno airill * " ' s . ?. 0 win iic wmcireu on new members arid district officers will be elected for the ensuing year. ie At 7:30 p. m. a public meeting will 1_ be held at which time the following ? program will be given: ^ Song, -'America," by the audience; e Scripture, by Rev. LeRoy Gentry of !r Elk Park; invocation, by Rev. Mr, k Lee of Elk Park; address of welcome t- hy \'r Wallace Gentiy of Elk Park; 5r response to address of welcome by 11 Prof. Teague of Newland; presenta^ tion of award to council making the best progress during past year, by d Clyde R. Greene of Boone; acceptance e of award; address, ' The Present Challenge," by Rev. J. C. Canipe of Boone; ^ benediction. Special music by a string band will r" enliven the program. The Third District is composed of "e Avery, Mitchell and Watauga coun* ties. There are six councils in this district with a membership of 315. s? All councils are expected to have large delegations in attendance. Clyde R. Greene of Boone is deputy for this >r district. C. W. Snyder, Ficid Secretary, and pnasibly some other State i- i officers will be in attendance. ? 5- 5 n? ? ? -t ^tieritt Captures Man Wanted in Wilkes ; Early Speaks (Sanders), wanted In ^ Wilkes County to answer charges of assault, was arrested last week by a. Sheriff Howell and deputies near ,d Rutherwood and held for the officers m in the neighboring county. Speaks m was wanted in Wilkes, it is 3aid, on Je charges of cutting a man with a knife .- and for cursing and abusing and w threatening the lives of twe women. ,i- This is the sixtieth man that Shern_ iff Howell has arrested for other states and counties since he went injp to office. tie tie C.RADUATION EXERCISES or v- Seventh grade graduation exercises for Blowing Rock Elementary School ve will be given Wednesday evening, May n- 1st, 8 o'clock, in the auditorium of at' that institution. The public is invited to attend.