TODAY and
IDEALS . . . the approach
I find no essential difference between
the avowed objectives of alt
the different groups which are striving
to put their ideas into effect, ali
over the world. All are actuated by
the same ideal, that of remaking the
social and economic order so that
life will be easier, or at least more
bearable for everybody.
I am certain, however, that not all
of the methods by which nations are
striving to reach that goal can be
right. Leaving personal and party ambitions,
jealousies and hatreds out of
the question, some of the plans must
be wrong.
My feeling is that every plan to
make the world over will fail unless
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itual problem. Politics cannot instill
the spirit of fair play and tolerance;
still less can war make for brotherly
love. But social justice and economic
security will be idle words, signifying
nothing, until those spiritual
ideals rule the world.
MONEY . . . changes
Money and customs concerning
money are constantly changing. 1
don't know how many local names
there are for the sum represented by
12 cents. In my boyhood it used to
be called a "York shilling," and not
many years ago I still heard rural
residents of New York calculating in
terms of shillings?eight to the dollar.
Our "New England Shilling," on
the other hand, was a sixth of a dollar?1G
2-3 cents.
In the South, as far north as Virginia,
I used to hear 12 'A cent3 called
a "Levy." I do not know whether
the term is stil! in use or not. But I
hear western friends refer to a quarter
as "two bits."
I can remember when no actual
coin smaller than a five-cent piece I
circulated on the Pacific Coast or in j
the Deep South. Newspapers all sold
for a nickel, and all the store prices
were in multiples of five cents. A
San Franciscu merchant ncarlv caused I
" I
a riot by bringing in a few tons of!
pennies and marking goods in oddcent
prices.
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COINS . . . proposed
The Treasury in proposing to issue
new kinds of money. Half-cent pieces,
of copper, and. one mill?a tenth
of a cent?coins of aluminum, may
soon come Into use. The need for these
coins arises from the sales taxes in
many states.
The suggestion of the .new coins
takes me back to boyhood, when
many coins were common which have
long since vanished. The big copper
half-cents were often seen, but commoner
was the two-cent piece, made
of bronze and somewhat larger than
the one-cent piece. Then we had two
kinds of three-cent pieces, one of nickel,
about the size of a dime, and one
very much smaller, made of silver.
Silver five-cent pieces were ir. common
use in the l870's. We also used
to see twenty-cent silver coins, about
the size of a nickel.
It seems to me that the one new
coin that is most needed is a 2lucent
piece. It would find a variety
of uses, especially in buying items
now sold "two for a quarter."
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FORESTRY ... up our way
Early the ether morning I heard
the sound of woodsmen's axes, followed
by the crashing of a falling
tree. In the clear mountain air the
sounds carried for a long distance.
What I heard was an echo, reflected
from the steep side of Stockbridge
Mountain, The choppers were at work
two miles away, in one of Noble Turner's
pine lots, on U.c ziopc of
Bali Mountain.
Next morning I heard the strident
song of a buzz-saw. Will Seeley had
set up his portable sawmill and was
slicing the pines into boards almost
Jig fast, as iVlf? nvpmpn rnul/1 mif fV?am
down.
Noble Turner tells me that the
most profitable of all crops is trees.
He owns several thousand acres of
mountain pines, and gets a comfortable
income with little labor.
I don't own any pine land. 1 wish i
I did!
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MULES . . . war steeds
The preparations for war in East
Africa have sent up the price of
American mules!
Even in these days of mechanized
transport, you can't get men, guns
and supplies across African deserts
and mountains without the aid of
the mule. So Mussolini, I learn from j
a friend who has been busy buying j
up Missouri's most famous livestock j
fiuuuui, ja wut:i:ung muies troiTi all |
over the world.
I remember in the last important i
African war, between the British and!
the Boers, another friends who made:
a comfortable fortune by sending
several shiploads of Missouri mules
to South Africa and selling them to
the British army.
War anywhere in the world affects
all the rest of the world.
FAMTLY REUNION
A reunion of the family of David
and Mrs. Greene was held at the
home in the Blue Ridge section Sunday.
Two brothers and two sisters of
Mr. Greene and others to the' nunlber
of 27 partook of a sumptuous
dinner.
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VOLUME XL.VII, NUMBER 6
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LAKE GEORGE, N. Y.?The ciesig
did a good job of it thirteen years t
Reis (left), and Anderson Bowers fr
can motor boat championship by w
for the third consecutive year. Phi
famous Gold Cup trophy.
No Arrests Yet A
Lynching of Eas
Raleigh, Aug'. 8.?Lips were sealed
as to the identity of the group of 25
or more men. some said to be negroes,
at the hearing hefore Judge Harris,
'Raleigh, us a comitting magistrate,
inquiring into who composed the
crowd that lynched Govan Ward, negro,
taken from Sheriff Moore and
two deputies in Frankiin county while
they were trying to spirit him away
for safe keeping.
The negro had knocked down his
sister with a rock, struck a white
iboy who came to her rescue with a
hntMa fl nrl lr?1 Aolrn/1 ii.tnnnontn.in ^
?H( aituwivvu uii\.vnoutuua VVUII
a rocK, then beheaded with an axe
Charles Stokes, 60, prominent Franklin
county farmer, who sought to
pacify the infuriated negro. Later he
broke up furniture and knocked over
a nurse in a doctor's office while being
examined.
The mob overtook the sheriff and
his deputies, took from them Ward,
strung him to a tree and filled his
body with bullets and shot.
At the hearing at which Solicitor
William Y. Bickett, assisted by Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell, examined
dozens of witnesses, not a
bit of direct evidence as to the identity
of the lynchers was secured, although
some of the evidence may be
of use later. The hearing was adtn
be resumed at the call of
Solicitor Biekett. Information may or
may not be disclosed meanwhile to
implicate those guilty of the crime.
SAN ITORIUM LOCATED
Location of the western North Carolina
tubercular sanitorium will be
on the old Buckner place, two miles
from Black Mountain and on both
sides of Route 10 in Buncombe county,
the site committee announces and
the board of director approves. Kemp
Revival Series to Begin
At Cove Creek Baptist
A series of evangelistic services
will begin at Cove Creek Baptist
Church on the third Sunday in August,
according to announcement made
yesueruay oy ncv. t'nilip u. Kielcncr,
pastor. Rev. Fletcher will do the
preaching, assisted by Miss Sara Funderburk
and Miss May Hine, returned
missionaries from the South China
Baptist Mission Field. The public is
(cordially invited to attend these services,
which will be held afternoon and
evening.
Rev. Fletcher, who recently assumed
the pastorate of the Cove
Creek Church, was for five years
pastor of the Second Baptist Church
of Johnson City, where he was superintendent
of Sunday school work
in the Holston Association. During
the past twelve months he was pasj
tor of the First Baptist Church oi
Davenport, Fla.
Recent rains in Nash county will
increase the tobacco yield by 100 tc
150 pounds an acre.
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K+'-r' $*??>
piers 01" the speed boat, "El Largarto
tgo. The old boat, with owner Georg
ight) in control, defended her Anieri
inning the annual Go'.d Cup Regatt
>to shows Reis and Bowers with CT
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dade i n Day tim;<
t Carolina Negri
D. Battle, chairman of the site cqi
mittee, and Senator Lee L. Grave
chairman of the directors, botui
Rooky Mount,' made the annoiui!
ment.
The old Buckner place contains 1
acres and cost $18,200, while dedu
tions of contributions made will r
duce the cost to $12,861. On the si
is a plateau suitable for buildin]
protected on the north by a ran;
of mountains and open on the oth
three sides. Asheville water and sei
er lines cross the property as do
the Southern railway, and it is ne
the mountain test farm, from whii
dairy products and vegetables may I
secured. The Asheville Chamber
Commerce will furnish water free f
| five years. The sanatorium was a
Ithorized by the 1935 General Asset
bly.
FARM AGENTS MEET
Meetings of farm agents and farr
ers In several counties will be he
with district farm agents of the sta
College extension service this we<
ana next for the purpose of formli
organizations of Soil Conscrvatii
Associations to promote soil erosi<
control work, John W. Goodman a
nounces. Members of the soil erosii
service will meet with the groups
121 point: to explain the aid that ci
be secured for farmers from the Er
ergency Conservation Workers cam
being established in several count!)
TOBACCO CONTRACTS
Flue cured tobacco growers of t
State will be offered this year a t
bacco adjustment contract coverii
the years 1936-39, inclusive, whi
any grower may terminate at the e
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Water Bills Must Be
Paid at the Town Ha
Mayor W. H. Gragg states th
there has been considerable dissat
| liicuon over tne methods previous
| used in sending men to the vario
homes of the town to collect wat
bills, a-"i wishes to eiaphatica
state that henceforth consumers a
required to call at the city hall 1
tween the first and tenth of ea
month and settle these obligations,
It is the desire of the administi
tion to save the expense of solicitc
going over the town, to make the
collections, and it is earnestly desii
that citizens co-operate in maki
, these payments promptly and at (
City Hall.
TO RECEIVE CHURCH EETTEI
Since the death of Dean Swi
clerk to the Three Forks Baptist i
sociation, it has been requested tl
I the churches mail their church 1
> ters to G. P. Hagaman, chairman
the executive committee, at Boone
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BOONE, WATA
AWARDED TROPHY
r-Old Racer, Again Winner of
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UGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLIN
"insurance firF
files answer to
- suitmrs.gaither
Massachusetts Protective A:>sociation
Contends Dr. Gaither
Caused Own Death.
SAYS HE MAIMED SELF TO
COLLECT ON DISABILITY
Answer Filed to Insurance Claim of
Mrs. Sarah Bagicy Gaither in DIs!
trlet Court Monday. Ten Thousand
Dollars Involved.
I
I GREENSBORO, N. C.?Allegation
j that the late Dr. Joseph M. Gaither,
j Boone dentist, last October "with the
! express purpose of realizing the total
and permanent disability provisions
in his said policies of insurance, voluntarily
and deliberately maimed
himself by shooting himself in the left
Meg, just above the ankle, and that
j as a result of said wound, voluntar]
ily inflicted as aforesaid, the inI
surcd died on or about October 27th,
11934," is embraced in an answer filed
in United States District Court here
Monday by the Massachusetts Protective
Association, incorporated.
In the instrument mentioned the association
answers the complaint of
Mrs. Sarah Bagley Gaither, of Watauga
County, in her suit against the
corporation, an action in which she.
is undertaking to recover $10,000 declared
by the plaintiff to be due under
two life insurance policies issued
to the late Dr. Joseph M. Gaither by
" the defendant.
e In the complaint it is averred that
! - Dr. Gaither's death was "a result of
11 bodily injuries effected directly and
e independently of all other causes by
aceidentel means, to-wit: by reason of
the accidental discharge of a shotgun."
It was October 2G, 1934, that
the dentist, 34 years of age, was
C wounded, and he died the next day.
The plaintiff alleges that she is en_
titled to recover a combined princiU
pal totai of $10,000 on two $5,000 life
insurance policies issued to Dr. Gaither
by the association.
A- In addition to the allegation that
ly, Dr. Gaither's death was not due to
of accidental causes and that he shot
*e- himself deliberately with a view to
procurement of the total and perma76
nent disability benefits in the insur,c
ance policies the defendant avers that
e- the two policies were obtained by
te "misrepresentations of material
rvg facts" oil the part 01 the dentist when
jre he was applying for tile insurance,
er It is alleged by the association that
V- at the time he had a large amount
es of health and accident insurance not
ar disclosed by him in his application.
2h Upon "learning" that certain anbe
swcrs given by the insured to quesof
tions propounded to him when he
or applied for the insurance were "unu
true," it is alleged in the answer of
n- the association, the defendant "elected
to cancel and rescind" those two
policies. The defendant now tenders
to the plaintiff, through the court,
$56 on one policy and $28 on another
by way of return of premiums paid,
together with the interest, and asks
that the court dec.laic both policies
* void.
IPr
? In the answer is an averment to the
effort that Dr. Gaither had "accumulated
insurance on his life amount~
ing to approximately $80,000." The
defendant asks for dismissal of the
suit.
in
n_ Originally the litigation was filed
pS m Watauga. Superior Court, t?<t it
,s was transferred to United States District
Court upon petX3on of the defendant
and order of A. E. South, Superior
Court Clerk in Watauga.
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islinsnector of Weights and
nd!.M easures Makes Report
j O. L. Yates, inspector of weights
| and measures. North Carolina De,
partmcnt of Agriculture, spent TuesIS;>*n.v
a.. Ttf-.l S
*.* ; <*' <1 *v i-.ir.L'saay i:. tjoone, cnecK.
ing up on gas tanks, scales and liquid
.' measures. He was accompanied by
j Mrs. Yates,
is-*
j An inspection throughout the city
'*>'! revealed that 33 1-3 per cent of all
us gas pumps were giving short measer
urements up to a pint on the five
Uy gallons; that one half of the scales
in grocery establishments were out
ire of adjustment, mostly against cus)e"
tomers. and that forty per cent of
bh packaged merchandise carried in local
stores is weighed short,
"a- Inspector Yates stated, however,
>rs that Boone stores are average or
^ above in this respect, and that most
'ed establishments have been in error due
DS to minor needed adjustments on their
scales and tanks. No fault was found
with liquid measures here.
The green seal of the Department
tS of Agriculture has been placed or
ift, grocery scales weighing accurately;
ts- white seals have been attached tc
rat gas pumps giving full measurement
et- while red tags have been displayed
of on pumps found to be out of adjustment.
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lie Year Eighteen Eighty-I
A, THURSDAY. AUGUST 8. II
State Commander
j Josephus Daniels -Tr. (above),
I son of the Ambassador to Mexico
and war-time Secretary of the
i -- ?
x^itvy, who Tuesday was named
commander of the. North Carolina
Department of the American Legion.
Mr. Daniels served during the
World War with the 13th Marines
and was an aide to General Smedley
Butler. He is now business manager
of the Raleigh News and Observer.
MRS. L.T TATL'M
PASSES FRIDAY
Popular Watauga Woman Succumbs
to Long Illness. Funeral
Held Saturday.
Mrs. L. T. Tatum, 35 years old,
I prominent Boone resident, died at
her home Friday morning after a
long period of failing health. Her illness
had been pronounced for the
past two months, but the day before
death came she was described as being
in excellent spirits and was going
away the following day for rest
and treatment in Tennessee.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Boone Baptist Church Saturday
afternoon by the Rev. J. C.
Canipe and interment was in the local
cemetery. A large crowd gathered
to pay their respects at the bier
of the popfilar lady and the profuse
flora) offerings evidenced the esteem
in which she was held.
ouivivmg 13 Lilt; llliMUHIKI, LWO 111 a It
children, John and Ruth; the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L Quails of
Boone; two brothers, Archie and Ed
Quails, both of Boone.
Mrs. Tatum was born in Tennessee,
but for the past sixteen years
had made her home in Boone where
she had established herself amidst a
wide circle of friends. For 23 years
she had been a member of the Baptist
Church and was consistent in
her religious beliefs. Site had been
prominently identified with different
organizations within the church, and
was a Christian lady of especial usefulness
in the community.
Tax Rate to Be Set
At Special Meeting
The Board of County Commissioners
will determine the tax rate for
I the year 1935 at a special meeting to
[ be held on the 15th, it has been
learned. Action in this matter could
not be taken at the designated time,
due to the fact that large numbers
of citizens had delayed listing their
taxes, making it impossible for the
commissioners to make estimates until
the lists were more nearly complete.
Mr. and Mrs. Teal
Honoi'sd by Legion
Mr. and Mrs. C. \V. Teal received
recognition at the American Legion
convention in Fayeltevilie this week,
Mr. eTal having been designated as
. commander of the Seventh District,
while Mrs. Teal was elected district
president of the Legion Auxiliary.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Teal, J. Wil
(ouJ iwina, juuai cvmiiianuer, attendled
the State convention.
DR. WHITENEK RETURNS
Dr. D. J. Whitener of Appalachian
State Teachers College, has returned
to his home here from Ann Arbor,
Mich., where for the past five weeks
he had studied at the University ol
Michigan. Dr. Whitener was one oi
fifty college men in the United States
to be invited to the University by the
Carnegie Foundation to make a studj
of international law.
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
I A car operated by Frank Teagu<
of Boone turned turtle on the Boon*
. Trail east of Rutherwood Sunday aft
! ernoon as it attempted to pass an
: other machine, and was seriousl;
, damaged. Teague was 3aid to havi
escaped practically uninjured whil
I Tommy Osborne, one of the passen
.'gers, sustained severe cuts from fly
dng glass.
RAX
Light
935 $1.50 PER YEAR
COUNTY SCHOOL
OPENINGS WILL
BE AUGUST 29TH
Boa^' x' Education Approves
Corii*.: lets at Regular Meet?
Last Monday.
BOONii nd three others
not 5 -| )open until sept.
Tbursd;? g jienlng 011 Account Textbook
atlon. Difference Made
in C u nksglvlng Holidays.
!.i 2 f Teachers Named.
The schools of Watauga County are
I bv uj^ca uil IllUJdUay, rtll^USl Ziflil,
witli four exceptions, it was learned
following the regular meeting of the
Board of Education Monday, at which
time the contracts for the new school
\ year were approved.
Those schools opening on the 29th
will include all units in the county
except Boone, Green Valley, ^filler
and Beep Gap?these will not open
until Tuesday morning, September 3,
and are not scheduled to have any
holiday at Thanksgiving time. Those
opening on the 29th of August will
have a two-day holiday at Thanksgiving.
County Superintendent Howard
Walker states that Thursday was set
as the opening date for the schools
in order that Saturday might be set
aside for the clarification of the textbook
situation.
The names of the schools in the
county, together with the names of
the teachers who have been employed
are as follows:
List of Teachers
Boone High School: Roy Dotson,
principal; E. P ~"hristenbury, Mrs. E.
S. Christenbur^, Mrs. Claude Pyatte,
Miss Lucille Miller, Robert Shipley,
Miss Ruin B. Kujuw Miss Martha
Lee Mickle.
Boone Demonstration School: John
T. Howell, Mrs. John T. Howell, Miss
Eula Todd, Mrs. R. L. Clay, Miss Ella
Mae Austin, Miss Ruth Robinson,
Miss Jane G. Eliason, Miss Mary Reed
Moore. Miss Helen Fleming. Miss
Clvdo M:u> Hnnrlman
Oak Grove: Cleve Gross and Mrs.
Linney Walker.
Rutfcerwood: Mrs. Mack Cowles and
Mrs. Joe Crawford.
Liberty Hill: Sam Austin and Miss
Cleo- Walker.
Miller: Dale Norria and Mrs. Eula
Cowles.
Green Valley: Alex Tugman, Tom
Jackson, Miss Floy Cannon and Misa
Alice Taylor.
Winebarger: Olen G. Winebarger,
Mrs. Eleanor Moretz.
(Continued on Page 8)
Large Crowd Attends
Auction of Realty
A large number of people came to
town for the auction sales of the Critcher
Hotel and Loy properties Monday
and Tuesday. The Critcher property
in the heart of town averaged
bringing more than 5100 per fro..',
foot, the corner lot going at 5142 per
foot, however, only one sale was confirmed,
25 feet next the Boone Drug
Store to W. R. Winkler. The Critcher
hotel building is being torn down and
the lumber will be sold privately.
About half of the lots in the Loy
subdivision were sold, but the sale
was stopped and there were few confirmations.
|
; Thirty-four Farmers Lo
Receive AAA Checks
Thirty-four Watauga farmers will
receive their 1935 corn-hog rentai
l and benefit payments this week. The
! total values of the first payments
I amounts to 54S0.30. The second pay;
j ment will be due sometime in January
of 1936, and will be approximately
i the same as the first, minus adminj
istrativc expenses. The total payI
ments called for in the corn-hog coni
tracts will be made in the two in|
staUmcnts.
j The 1935 co-operative farmers have
i ha.,n J H- - -
?vwi uuiaicu uiai Luey c<tn receive
these payments at the County
Agent's office.
A! Pearson Succumbs
After a Brief illness
i Ai Pearson of North Wilkesboro,
member of a prominent Wilkes Counr
ty family, and brother of Frank
Pearson, local merchant, died at a
Statesville hospital Tuesday after an
llness of only a few days, but fu5
neral arrangements had not been
i completed as The Democrat went to
- press.
Mr. Pearson was the son of the
f late R. H. Pearson, leading business
5 man of the Wilkesboros, and a meme
ber of the firm of Pearson brothers.
- Deceased had frequently visited with
- his brother in Boone and was quite
well known in this community.