I RftftMfl
' SKETCHES
By J. C, R.
SKETCHED AT RANDOM
rj * irceen minutes till press time . . .
the lilG MAN screaming for type . . .
no time to lay the finger on the pub
lie pulse ... no time
.JMHI to sort out those
sweet, trifling, injr
% consequential bits of
IS gossip ... no time
: S to ilelve into the
more serious aspects
L... ^ ||J of life and living . . .
ft'' no tirne for nothing
?" ajjpfc t but a few random
sketches of Boone's
p% J&fa. good and gracious
I _ _ population?its love.
,. Iv girls, its dimpled
"Jim ;.
babies, fat gentlemen.
scheming politicians, its Methodists,
Baptists, Republicans, Democrats
and scalawags . . .
? *
rm. ?_ ? *
iiicica one oia ienow in town that
tlie panic couldn't handle ... a 73year-oldster,
native or" Pennsylvania,
citizen for the past half-century of
the world at large ... an affable,
congenial gentleman who's got plenty
of guts . . . with pleasure, and with
the old bald spot exposed to the rays
of Sol, we introduce "Dad" Delaney.
who can be .seen moat any time hetween
the hours of 4 a. m. and 8 p.
m., peddling tires along the streets
of Boone. What's the brand of the
"rubber" he sells? . . . frankly we
don't know! . . . that's not the point,
anyway . . . "Dad" Delaney, shipwrecked
on ?, desert isle, would trade
beacl3 for cannibal gewgaws, would
cultivate a crop of maisc. would build
a boat, or wrestle a tiger or rope a
star before he'd lay down and quit.
Seventy-three years old ... an alleged
panic keeping millions away
from the lathe and the work-bench
and the plow-handles . . . millions of
big strapping Americans in the soup
lines and glad of it . . . untold thousands
fooling around "privy-building"
projects of the New Deal . . . moral
fibre worn to a frazzle and laziness
accompanied oy cussedness springing
up like weeds amongst the young
bucks . . . but "Dad" Delaney, who
never called a doctor or "inhaled" a
spoonful of his medicine walks brisk
ly utuiig uie sirpet, eyeing Uie clings
on every parked car . .'politely
yet determinedly asking almost
every motorist . . . "How about some
rubber tor that automobile?" And
he sells an occasional tire, and he
pockets an occasional dollar, and he
has everything he wants, and he's
happy as a coon-dog . . . for "Dad"
is still standing on his own legs . . .
legs that are not as 3trong as they
once were . . . but legs that held up
a MAN! And we wonder, in the confusion
of this press-time moment,
just how many people would be on
Federal relief if they were all constructed
of the stern material that
went into the malting of "Dad" Delaney
?
George K. Moose, local druggist and
member of the city council, expresses
the opinion that Frank Roosevelt
and Hamilton Fish, though differing
somewhat politically, are ju3t about
the same sort of guys . . . "just rich
play-boys, philandde.in' around, willing
to try any sort of a 1001 experiment!"
. . . and the doctor laughs
that sarcastic haw-haw-haw! . .
Watt Gragg and Billy Cook are building
furniture down at the Novelty
Shop from native white birch ... tables,
benches and the finest sort of
rucKing cnairs . . . rocking chairs for
outdoor use that fit the hindmost
portions of man in the most soothing
sort of fashion . . . they've got a
fine display of them down at the
. Quails building. . . . There are lots
of singing people in Boone . . . folks
who. like the whip-poor-will, lend
their voices to the post-midnight atmosphere
with greatest enthusiasm
... a group of them stood near a
parked 'Ford down on Main Street
... a lady fair shimmied about in
high glee, singin' something about
"He done vne wrong!" ... a fattish
sort of fellow joined in with "Down
By the Old Mill Stream" ... a couple
of lean guys threw in their vocal
wares with "Please Don't Talk About
Me When I'm Gone!" ... a window
in the Caro-Jean Inn was bange.l upward
... a lady yelled "scram," and
they scrammed! ... A fellow sat dejectedly
on the high stool of a local
tavern ... a fellow with six years
of marital bliss behind him . . . sobs
shook his manly form ... a friend
urged him to make public his great
sorrow . . . "Oh, I do-o-o so-o-o want
a little curly-headed girl baby like
Jim's got!" . . . and Jim didn't know
what to say!
* * *
There's your column . . . we'll b<
seein' ycu again some time!
! An
I VOLUME XLVIL NUMBER 5
NEW U. S. DREADN.A
i
: Navy Prepares to Test Largest
for Service in U
ji
SEATTLE, WASH.?The largest
States, powered by four 700 h. p. n
hour, has been tuned up here for n
flight over the summit of Mt. Rair
BAPTISTS MAKE
LARGE DONATIONS
i
{Members of Watauga Churches
Send $2,000 in Canned Goods
To Mills Orphanage.
| Members of the Baptist Churches
j in Watauga County contributed all
most $2,000 in canned goods and proi
cluce of various kinds to Mills Home
during the past year, a survey given
in Charity and Children shows. The
churches of the Stony Fork Association
contributed to the extent of
$168.93, while those of the Three
Forks Association sent a value of
$1,765.98 to the Thomasvllle Orphanage.
The child-rearing institution extends
deep appreciation to the members
of the denomination in Watauga
who so freely aided. The names of
the churches and the amounts contributed
by each follows:
Stony Fork Association: Laurel
Fork, $37.13; Mt. Vernon. $97.00; Mt.
Ephriain, $28.80; Rock View, S6.00;
total, $168.93.
Three Forks Association: Antioch,
$4.50; Bethel, 51.75, Beaver Dam,
$42.00; Brushy Fork, $80.93; Boone,
$54.60; Cove Creek, $154.00; Cool
Springs, $7.50; Forest Grove, $6.00;
Gap Creek, $6.00; Howard's Creek,
t,: IVI T flll.Al Cnnnoo w.
Camp, $52.97; Middle Fork, $9.7.90;
Mt. Calvary, $77.63; Mt. Gilead, $29;
Mt. Lebanon, $33.25: Ooak Grove,
$22 50; Pleasant Grove, $214.13; Poplar
Grove, $70.75; Proffitt's Grove,
$23.39; Rich Mountain, $13.20; Shulls
Mills, $69.60; South Fork. $43.20;'
Stony Fork, $117.75; Three Forks,
$33.45; Timbered Ridge, $79.50; UnI
ion, $30.60; Willowdalt, $36.75; Zioaivillc,
$195.38; Zion Hill, $45.00: toItal.
$1,765.98.
Critcher and Loy
Property to Be Sold
Two land auction sales, the first
conducted in this community since
the depression got under way, are
scheduled to be held in Boone next
week On Monday the H. M. Loy property
located east or Daniel Buone
Park will be offered, and represents
some of the best residential lots in
the town. On Tuesday the Critcher
Hotel property wiil be of feted to the
highest bidder, the property having
been sub-divided into iots facing on
King and Depot streets. This is decidedly
the ljest business frontage in
town. The Critcher Hotel building
will be sold separately, as will some
certain fixtures, say the owners
j Messrs. Roby and Grauy Greer.
Thomas Brothers of Greensborc
are in charge of the sales, and attention
is directed to an ad appear
ing in The Democrat today.
QCADItTj PI-ETS HEBE FRIDAY
Tiie famed Keys Quadruplets, ol
Hollis, Okla., are to appear in th<
courthouse in Boone on Friday eve
1 ning at 8 o'clock as ha3 previously
i been announced, under the sponsor
I ship of the Woman's Missionary So
; ciely of the Methodist Church. Con
siderable interest has attached to th<
, tour of the "quads" and at Shelby
the other day 1,800 people attendci
one of their entertainments. The pro
gram will consist of songs, saxoplion
numbers and readings, and an ad
- mission of 15c and 25c will be use<
for ciiuroh purposes.
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nivi^CJilUCUiu W CCAi^ 1XCM
BOONE, WATAUGA
UGHT OF THE SKIES
Bombing Airplane Ever Built
ncle Sam's Army.
air bomber ever built in the United
lotofs with a speed of 200 miles per
laidon test trials which include a
lier for altitude ability.
DISTRICT HEALTH
OFFICER NAMED
Dr. C. II. White of Duplin to
Serve Counties of Wataugn,
Avery and Yancey.
The boards of health of Avery. Watauga
and Yancey counties have utffiriimousiy
elected Dr. C. H. White of
Kenansville, Duplin County, as Pis4trict
Health Officer, it was le^trned
Tuesday Troin Dr. William P. Richardson,
State Board of Health representative
who lias been in the .district
directing U).e health department
since its organization In.April.'i ^
" Dr. White, in addition to haVflig
completed a year's special training in
public health at the Harvard School
of Public Health in Boston, has served
with distinction as health officer in
Vance County and, more recently, in
Duplin County, and comes with highest
endorsement from tire State Board
of Health, fie wiii assume his duties
at once.
In giving this announcement, Dr.
Richardson staled that he wished to
express his deep appreciation for the
splendid co-operation which the physicians,
officials and citizens of Watauga
have accorded him in his work,
and to bespeak their continued co-operation
for Dr. White and the members
of his staff who will work in
the county "It is onty through such
co-operation." he stated, "that a public
health program can be most effective
for the welfare of the people,
and the fact that such co-operation
is being given by the folks here
assures. I think, that Watauga County
will derive the largest benefits
from the work of our department."
Five Resort Hotels
Form Organization
BLOWING ROCK, N. C.?Three resort
hotels here, one at Binville and
another at Banner Elk Friday announced
the formation of an organization
known as "Grandfather Mountain
Resorts." Although there are
many resort hotels in this, section,
where the average elevation is 4.000
feet and the average summer temi
perature is 67 degrees, this is one of
the first attempts of hotel men to
organize for the purpose of attract:
ing visitors to this section.
The hotels which became charter
; members of the organization are the
Mayview Manor, the Blowing Rock
i Hotel and the Green Park Hotel, of
r Blowing RilP.lr- tho Pooortln Tnn rvf5
> I Linville, and the Pinnacle Inn, of
,(Banner Elk.
SANDWICH BOX SOI.I)
Mr. Ed Davis of North Wilkesbore
Monday purchased The Sandwich
Box on Main Street, a cafe owned
and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Raiph
Davis for the past year. The new
E proprietor took immediate charge cl
: | the business and will move his fam-lily
here within the near future. Mr
r and Mr3. Davis will spend severa
- weeks in the mountains before seek
ing a permanent location.
; ODD FELLOWS TO REORGANIZE
i Members of the Odd Fellows Lodg<
1 will meet at the court house in Beon<
- on Saturday afternoon, August 10th
5 2:S0 o'clock, for the purpose of or
- ganizing a county-wide unit. W. A
1 Watson, secretary of the Deep Ga]
(Lodge, urges a targe attendance.
rspaper?Established in th
l COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
TEACHERS TO GET I
20 PER CENT PAY I
INCREASE IN N. C,|
Getting Folks to Work So They
Can Support Their Families
Is Care of Coau.
WATAUGANS ARE DRIVING
1.050 AUTOS AND TRUCKS
l: :v-i
Deeds to Park to "'ark Kaute Given j
to Ickrs; Privy Program Disapproved.
A Concise Review of
the News About Raleigh.
By M. P., DUNN-AG AN
(Special Correspondent)
RAI.EIGH. N. C.?Teachers in the;
public schools of the State will get ;
the fuli 20 per cent increase in sal-!
aries next year, in addition to in- !
creases from earned increments and 1
advanced certificates, for the first
seven months and as much as is
available for salaries the eighth
month, the State School Commission ]
has decided, a decision approved by
the State Board of Education.
The commission found that it will
not have money enough in the appropriation
to make full individual
20 per cent increases for the entire (
year, due to a larger than usual num- i
ber of teachers who raised their cer- 1
I tif icates by work during the sum- I
mers and also Hup tn fJhof.-i
practically all new teachers entering' 1
the profession are college granuates 1
and therefore start as grade A teachers,
even though without experience. <
The shortage of a full 20 per cent .
increase, in addition to increments, I
will not exceed one per cent of the'i
total by much, and will not exceed I:
$230,000 on the more than $16,000,000
going to teacher salaries. Esti- i
mates Rre that if no additional funds i
are available, the teachers may have <
to take a 10 to 15 per cent cut on the j
last month. However, all savings possible
are being made on other school
items, and some of the big-jump in- c
eremenls will be pared down, so no
teacher will get more than a 36 per
cent increase. This, with possibility I
of funds from other sources, may re- '
Suit in the fuii increase for ail of the eight
months. Average increases will
be abent "2 per cent.
The commission meets again Aug- j
ust 9th to plan for fall school open- i
ings.
NEW PAROLE BOARD
Governor Ehringhaus called his
newly-appointed Board of Paroles together
to be sworn in and began activities
ir. his office at 11 o'clock last
Wednesday. He will explain the start
that has been made 'n revising the
parole system and will seek the approval
of the board on action taken.
The board ha3 nothing to do with is- ;
suing paroles, but merely serves to
advise the Governor and Commissioner
of Paroles Edwin Gill on parole
and pardon policies.
The appointed members are former
Judge T. D. Bryscn, now of Duke
University; former Solicitor JU S.
Spruill, Lexington, and R E. Sentell,
South port, co-author of the act creating
the board. Ex-officio members
are Highway Chairman Capus Waynlnlr
AOn?a,. /->? 1 1 A " ? 1
, . ? ... , * V,J uciindi n. ft r . O<'ft |
well and Mrs. W. T. Bost, commis- j
sioner of public welfare.
The office will get complete records
of all prisoners from the time |
they first gee into court, and as mucn
before that as possible, for files in
the office, so the information will be
complete and convenient.
NO "UTILE HOUSES"'.'
Quite a -tir has been caused in this j
section by the refusal of Philip Whit- i
ley. director of the State Works Progress
Administration for District No.
3, headquarters in Raleigh, to approve
a program of privy construc.
tion in the thirteen counties of his
district to cost $1,041,000, of which
$275,000 would be paid for labor, the
property owners paying the balance. |
, The program was presented by the
j State health officials, and programs
; for four other districts have already
been approved and gone to Washington.
Whitley said he was "no rubber
stamp" when asked to approve the
progTam. "A million dollars for privies!"
he exclaimed. "That's outrageous."
(Continued on Page S)
I
j REPRESENTATIVE OF TJ. S.
CHAMBER COMMERCE HERE
I Charles E. Ader. a special repre-jsentative
of the United States Chami
1 -*
i uci ox commerce wiin neaaquarters
. in Washington, is spending the week
[ at the Daniel Boone Hotel. He is ac.
coinpanied by Mrs. Ader.
For p. number of years Mr. Ader
v.-as circulation manager of the Win;
ston-Salem Journal, and during the
> I administration of United States Mar;
shal Watt H. Gragg served as an of,
fice deputy. For the past several
. months he lias toured the South com.
piling data on industrial recovery,
i and states that conditions are gradually
becoming normal.
MOC]
e /ear Eighteen Eighty-E
THURSDAY. AUGUST 1. 1935^
Optimistic Candidate j
;
A. H. (SANDY) GRAHAM
SANDY GRAHAM IS
VISITOR IN CITY|
I
Lieutenant Governor Feels His
Chances for Governorship
Are Very Good.
Lieutenant Governor A. H. (Sandy)
3raham was a visitor in Boone for a
few hours Monday, meeting old
Friends and making preliminary contacts
looking to an active campaign
For the Gubernatorial nomination in'
the Democratic primaries next sum- j i
ner. j'
Mr Graham recently announced his:
'audi'lacy on a platform calling, |
linong other things, for the elimina- 11
Lion of the sales tax, particularly ash
ipplics to the necessities of life, and |
for a uniform State-wide system of i
liquor control. He states that reports i
loming to him from all sections of
Liu: State indicate he has a fine chance
3f occupying the Governor's mansion
after the next election. Mr. Graham 3
has been in legislative halls since
1921, and is recognized as somewhat ;
af a governmental authority. He
promises to be in Boone again, after
the first of tne year, at which time
tie will outline the detailed points of
his campaign. Hon. Clyde Hocy of
Shelby is Mr. Graham's most formidable
opponent at this time.
Accompanying Mr. Graham to!
Boone was Letioy Martin, secretary
of the State Board of Equalization, j
Employable Relief Cases j
Must Register for Work1;
Every employable person how on I
the rolls of the Emergency Relief\
Administration, who intends to work
antler any other government works
program, must register at the Federal
Re-employment office.
Regardless of the number of persons
in a family, each one, who plans
to secure jobs on government work
projects, must register individually
if he is to be considered after the
end of the month. There will be no
one employed on any project who has
not registered, say officials.
This practice is to be carried on
throughout the State and will be the
ir?ean3 of unemployed people securing
work. Each district and each unit
in the district is to have its own registering
posts.
Employing people under the new
method will enable tho3e most de
ovr*ii'?5 tn receive iirst p^forari^ nn i
work projects. The number of applications
will be scanned carefully and
work given people needing it most.
By September 1, It is generally believed
that the Works Progress Administration.
latest of the Government
"alphabets," will be functioning
properly and wilt be employing
persons on work projects. It is for
this reason that the registration i3
being carried out in such a systematized
fashion.
The local re-employment office is
located in the courthouse.
WINS FOOTBALL CONTEST
Bob Dams, local sports authority,
has won second place in a State-wide
football contest sponsored by The
Charlotte Observer, according to an
announcement carried in last Sunday's
paper.
\ a .. T ,. -1 ? i? it- -> ?
... < . OLll^l.e,-l LC11 OI < lie ciev'
en members of an all-star gridiron
aggregation to play the Chicago
Bears next month. A reward for his
almost perfect guess came in the
form of eight tickets to any games
in North Carolina he may choose to
attend this fall.
I
WOOD KING?DAVIS
Married on Sunday afternoon at the
home of Justice of the Peace Nahani
Winebarger on Meat Camp, Miss
Grace Woodring and Mr. Carl Davis,
Justice Winebarger performing the
ceremony. Miss Woodring is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodring;
Mr. Davis a son of Mr. -.ml Mrs. Will
Davis. Both are residents of the Meat
'Camp section where they have a wids
.circle of friends.
V;|
RAT
,ight
$1.50 PER YEAR
WATAUGAPLACED
IN LOWEST WPA
CLASS OF WAGES
Sixtyrci* Counties Will Receive
Wages in Fcde&Sjlfc
Works Program.
El ATE ^i'AY TO RANGE
FROil !) to $27 MONTHLY
North C'a^&L'fe Placed In lowest Category
olfcs ges of Any .State in
NatiEtgj .ocal Conditionst
Allowances.
Watauga County has been placed
in the lowest wage classification set
ip in the nation by the Works Progress
Administration, according to
ivage scales computed by the State
Work Progress Administration.
r.ne rate or pay ir. this county and
in sixty-five others of the State will
range from the national minimum of
$19 per month for unskilled la'oor to
$27 for intermediate labor, $35 for
skilled labor, and $39 for professional
and technical service.
Twenty-seven counties in the State
are included in the group for which
wages will range from $22 to $46;
two in the group with a scale from
S25 to S55, and five in the group
with rates from $27 to S64. By virtue
of the President's order fixing
VVPA wage scales. North Carolina
was placed in region IV?the lowest
wage area in the nation. These rates
lire supposed to provide subsistence
wages in the various localities.
$228 a Year for Ijibor
Yearly pay accordingly in North
'Carolina then will range from $228
for unskilled labor in the lowest
group to $76S for professional technical
workers in the. highest classification.
The wage rates in the various counties
of tlie State have heen determined
according to the population of
the largest city in each county.
No definite information has been
given out as to when the various administrative
units of PWA wiil be.
set up a.id the works program institute.'!,
but it is thought likely that an
organization may be completed during
the month of September.
Dr. J. H. Wolfe Attends
Conference in Nashville
Frcf. J. H. Wolfe, teacher of history
and sociology in A. S. T. C.# is
attending the conference in Nashville,
Tenn., sponsored by the Conference
on Education and Race Relations.
Twenty-six teachers from eleven
states make up the group. They are
studying the relations of the various
racial groups that make up the
American population, particularly
that of the South. The conference is
held on the campus of George Peabody
College for Teachers and will
last for approximately five weeks, j
Prof. Wolfe was offered a fellowship
by the Carnegie Foundation
through the recommendation of the
Commission on Inter-Racial Co-operation.
Upon receipt of the invitation
to attend the conference, the administration
of A. S. T. C. granted Prof.
V.'olfe a leave of absence during the
second term of the summer scholo.
Ho will return to Boone about August
23rd.
STATE DENTIST TO SPEND
TIME IN WAl'AtHiA COCtiTi'
Dr. J. F. Pringle, dentist with the
State Board ot Health, arrived on
Monday to begin a month health program
for Watauga County school
children as a part of the program of
! the District Health Department.. Dr.
Pringle is working this week at Stony
Fork School. His schedule for the
next few weeks will probably be completed
?t>v publication next week.
Most of next week will be spent at
Elk School, Triplett, for the children
of Elk and Dower Elk schools. Parents
are urged tc see Dr. Pringle on
Monday and make an appointment for
I their children.
j Dr. Pringle will examine all school
children through tne age of twelve
years, and will make dental correc|
tions for all those not amply able to
I pay. The value of this work can har
j dly be overestimated, since it has
.been shown, that a large number of
school failures are due to bad conI
dicions of the mouth ant! teeth. It. is
I also known that a large number of
disease conditions can be traced to
the teeth. In addition to the actual
correction of defects. Dr. Pringle will
instruct the children in the necessity
and methods of taking care of the
teeth.
LEGION MEETING
The American Legion will meet on
Friday evening at the partially conjstructcd
hut in legion Park, and a
i full attendance of ex-service men is
desired on this occasion.
, | Alfalfa produces the highest quality
j of hay that can be grown in North
1 Carolina, says livestock experts.