North Carolina Newspapers

| BOONE I SKETCHES Bv J. C. R. GLEANINGS Ij.xw uftvo, woj nignc, son Dreozes, I white moon, twit-fling stars . . . funny little things, interesting little episodes being staged on every hand . . . MRps and here's just a P? ; few small bubbles & from the warm curfl rents of Boone life, and maybe a few obB with a well V " :ilj worn batch of water 4 > bills high-gearing it j&L along main street, pjl ,f?K^S one of which he po; ~ ~ ~ litely laid before our "Jim fading blue eyes . . . and we gave him one of our very best promises. . . Grandson of a | prominent dry advocate rides up town ; on brewery truck, looking kinda out | of place. . . . John E. Brown, well- | ripened cucumber in right hand, ex- j plains and demonstrates the cail of j a buck rabbit in early spring. . . . i Cullud girl sporting a pair of sheer j white silk hose . . . and the effect j wasn't so hot. . . . Sheriff Hodges1 telling sonic good yarns down in front of High Land Furniture Store. r-1 * 1 . . . 1- i^ukui iyciuvv,iaL jJUSlllJig up extra copies of AsheviJle Citizen so he can do a lot of "straw-voting" for president Ruosevvil. . . . 2>i Faith Sherwood very sweetly explaining that her name is not Miss Grace Sherwood. . . . One of the Oleson boys from Valle Crucis demonstrating the "castor oil ball" to a bunch of hangers on at Vic Abernethy'a bowling alley. And sometimes we think . . . not i seriously, of course . . . just figure out a few little things for the fun of j it . . . for instance . . . thut Ruby' Trivette, good-looking without argu-1 mcnt, kinda reminds one of dear old j Hepburn. . . . That men, seeking hon- j esty, would find out more by watch-] ing the wag of a dog's tail than the', smile of a politician. . . . That Boone consumers of water and electric energy are in a funny pickle, with the school using most of the town's water, and the town using most of the school's "juice." . . . That Senator W. P. Horton, who visited in town last week-end is likely to be Governor Sandy Graham's lieutenant (?)... PThat Lyles Harris, seeking to establish a Federal farm colony on Boone's Fork, has made more figures and compiled more data during the past six months than a full-fledged braintrustcr . . . That tourists from the lowlands, nice and sweet as they are, look on a mountaineer with a wee bit of pity . . . That wine, beer and ale of high voltage are being dispensed in the city . . . thus proving that those promised "nappy days" may be here most any time! OUT OF THE WAY, ROMEO! T3 romance dead ? . . . what a silly question, Gertrude, . . . what a silly question; . . . Just the other nierht We ran smack rinh inta n litrlo convincing evidence that right here in Boone dwell Romeos of the redhot variety ... ardent in their wooings, crafty in their pursuits . . . ladiesmen after a lady's heart. A scrap of paper lay on the sidewalk . . . and we picked it up. thinking it might be a food order. Beneath a street light the missive was unfolded . . . and a glowing assortment of love-words, elmost every-one of them dripping honey, fairly screamed their message in our ears. Don't tell anyone . . . but this is what it said: "My Own Little Sweetheart: "To tell you that I love you is just repeating the words that have been whispered to you so many times. But, somehow, that's all I can think of, all that I ever want to think of; yes, I love you better than anyone In the whole world. Your husband, apparently, doesn't feel so kindly toward me. I saw him up at Doc Rhyne's drug store a few hours ago, and he looked holes through me. Has he found out about our affair? X had been looking forward to seeing you this evening, in fact I had made all arrangements to be away from home for the night. Thought we would go to the dance at Mayview, later catch a little air out the Yonahlossee road. 1 have worlds of things to tell you, honey; plans for our future have to be made. X can't go on, month in and month out, loving you, thinking of no one, nothing, but you, while that in sipid husband of yours holds you in' his amis, kissing the lips that should^ belong to me. Let me hear from you] at once. I'm lonely, honey; and I do love you." Yes, there are Romeos in Boone? hot ones! If any reader desires, he may properly identify his or her mail,; take it home, sit down on the porch: and drink in -its contents . . . and ] i - . "iff* -. \ f WA1 An VOLUME XLVII. NUMBER 7 PRINCIPALS IN MU Mandcville W. Zcnge. Cantor, ish Slaying of Dr. CHICAGO, ILL..?Left above is a young carpenter of Cantor, Mo., wl murder of Dr Walter J. Bauer (rij Louise Schaffncr Bauer (right. ab< Zenge ' had been keeping company" from Ann Arbor, Mich., and forced 1 with a pen knife took place and fr( Says Prospecls Are Of Rural Indus trie Mr. Gyles Harris returned from Greensboro and Raleigh Wednesday of last week where he met with State and Federal land settlement officials relative to the establishment of a large rural industrial colony in Watauga County. Mr. Harris reports that tlie proposition was very favorably received. The brief he submitted, covering in detail the many angles of the project, was highly complimented by the officials. It has been sent to the proper authorities at Washington where, according to latest reports, it is being given priority consideration. This matter lias been up before the FIDDLERS MEET THIS WEEK END Friday and Saturday Mark Legion's Annual Event. Many Good Bands Coming. The annual Fiddlers Convention, given yearly under the auspices of Watauga Post American Ijegion, and which is to be held at the courthouse here Friday and Saturday evenings, is expected to draw an even larger attendance this year than previously, according to its sponsors. As is usual, big cash prizes are being offered for siring bands, fiddlers, 5uuai jyia.y ci o anu uuiiju while those who can handle the light fantastic a la Charleston will have a look-in on the money. Buck-and-wing dancers will also be privileged to enter the competition. A number of good bands and a 'ot of stringed musicians have indicated their- intention of entering the competition. An admission charge of 25 cents will be in force and the entire proceeds will be applied to uie completion of the Legion Hut. As a special inducement children, accompanied by their parents, will be admitted free Friday night. Fish Fry to Be Held Thursday, August 22 Mr. R. A. Oisen, president of the Watauga River Fishing Club, announces a fish fry and gala entertainment at the Rutherwood Fist" Hatchery on the evening of Augusl 22nd, the proceeds to be used for the Club's fish propagation program ir the Watauga River. Hard Thomas and his renowned Aristocrats of Ragtime will furnist entertainment during the outdooi festivities, and plenty of fish, friec lu uic 1" upci uKgrcK ui cnspness, anc with all the fixings on the side, will adorn the outdoor tables. A charge of 50 cents will be made. CHECKS SCHOOL BUS KOCTJS Prof. S. F. Horton of Sugar Grove is spending a week in Caldwell County, checking over bus routes, schedules, etc., of the school bus opera tions, preparatory to the opening ol the new school term. He is employee for this work in several counties bj the State School Commission. we sincerely hope that he or she en joys it fully as well as we did, dowi 'rieath the street light. PAUG. Independent Weekly News BOONE, WATAUGi T1LATION MURDER ! Mo,, Carpenter, Held for Fiend Walter J. Bauer. c:osse-up of Mandeville W. Zenge, a j' io is charged with the mutilation 11 5ht, below) newlv-wed h? <?hnn/1 nf ! >ve), a young woman with wiioiii ? for seven years. Bauer wa3 kidnaped \ to drive here where the "operation" < >m which he died. s < Bright for Approval , il Colony in Watauga ; Federal bureau for some time, but 1 ; definite action has been delayed ow| Ing to the slow perfection of the President's land use plans and orgarii ization, All county and city organii zations, officials and leading citizens t ! have endorsed the project. Watauga ; ! Post of the American Iregion has . been and is actively working in lis i behalf. i Prospects for the establishment of ' tliis colony in Watauga are most * gratifying, says Mr. Harris. It is the 5 belief of those actively engaged in * the project that very shortly therej. will come a definite action from the ' Washington officials concerned. 1 NEW WAREHOUSE AT LOCAL PLANT i Modern Stone Building Included in Expansion Program of i: Kraut Factory. t _____ v a A new buiiding to be used for slor- ~ age purposes is iapid',y being completed at the plant of the North v State Canning Company here. The j structure is of native stone through- j out, is 25x75 feet, and is two stories j high. j The new building will be a valuable asset to the rapidly expanding in- i dustry, whose principal product is ' saner kraut, which will be transferred by elevator directly from the canning quarters in the old factory, to tlie storage space on the second floor of the building. Trucks will C drive directly underneath and load- "5 ing will be by the simplest possible 5 method. > At the same time the factory build- ' ing is being treated to a thon ugh ex- e udiui J T,T. Miller stales that next spring it is purposed 1 to partially reconstruct the present ' factory. r Cabbage cutting is expected to begin at the plant next week and an * estimated yield of something like one . thousand tons of the product has al- t ready been contracted for conversion into kraut. Stanbury Lands Will ] \ Be Offered at Auction * i An arrangement has been completed whereby Mr. S. C. Eggers will of- j I fer for sale at public auction within i the next few days the properties be longing to the late John S. Stanbury I within the eastern limits of the town, I and announcement as to date of 3ale j I and other details will be made j through The Democrat next week. ( It is the belief of Mr. Eggers that I the demand for this property will be < active. It consists of some 25 acres which will be divided into perhaps l forty units, and is particularly desir- c able in view of the fact that it faces i the college campus and is the only j property now available near that in- I stitution. The Stanbury home, a mod- 1 ' ern structure, and one of the best in I the community, will be included in 1 " the auction, and the detailed an- < nour.cement next week will be of spe- ( i cial interest to the investor or the i home seeker. ( \ DE _ jpaper?Established in tht \ COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, PREFERS ROAD TERM TO FINE Defendant in Recorders Court Makes Decision. Several Cases Are Heard. Tried in Recorders Court Tuesday jr. a charge of carrying a concealed weapon, Mark Whoeier chose what he sleeted to be the lesser of two evils, ivhen he decided against payment of x $50 fine in favor of a 30-day road sentence. When Judge Bingham passed sentence, the order provided its suspension on payment of $50 and half the cost. The defendant, doubtless making a quick mental calculation, decided that $1 6(1 saved each lay was worth looking after, and took lis medicine straight. Ban Sjtuhbs Jr.. tried for simple issault, was fined $50 and the cost. Clyde Roberts, bigamy, nol pros vith leave. William Chew, driving while drunk, r ined S50 and one-half the cost. ' Lee Moody and Jennie Moody, treslass, not guilty. Claude Teague, assault, assessed vith one-half the cost and turned >ver to the American Legion for hos- , numzauon. 11 Harsford Lunsford, abandoninent, | lot guilty. , Fred Barnes, abandonment. Prayer 'or judgment continued on payment >f $7.50 per month to family. one civil action was tried. fb?t of >' .he Mortgage Service Company vs. 3 L. Rhyne and Mrs. C. L. Rhyne, ' mil judgment was returned in favor '' )f the defendant. t o SERGEANT JONES I EXPERT RIFLEMAN h Brother of the I .ate Dr. J. \V. Jones a Makes Excellent Record on b Range at Wakefield. a WAKEFIELD, MASS.?Back at lie site of his past shooting perform- ' snnes, Gunnery Sergeant Thomas J. s tones, of Scottville, N. C., returned s .0 his old tricks of winning rifle c hatches when lie topped 60 entries 3 n the 26th Division Match with a 3 icore of 98 out of a possible 100. His F score included 6 consecutive V's at 100 yards. ' His winning of the Divisional match virtually assures Sergeant Jones ajj ilace on. the Marine Corps rifle and ; i jistol team which entrains for Camp; ^ ry, Ohio, where they will compete n the'Natlonai Matches next month. Thus far tlie leathernecks have won very Important match open to them . n the New England Matches, which ire held here annually. Sergeant Jones won his first im-1 portant match here 14 years agoi chert he won the Campbell's Match i o 1921. That same year he won many j j, dgh places at this range anil then 0 vent on to Camp Perry where he gave j., mjn, or ins prowess i \\ rlth the service rifle. c Sergeant Jones was born at Scott- v lllc, Alleghany County, and resided here with hi3 mother, Mrs. Mary E. , ones, at the time he enlisted in the Jarine Corps. A brother, the late Dr. 1 . W. Jones, was a resident of Boone. ^ Large Numbers Attend < Advent Camp Meeting 1 L The Sunday meeting- of the Advent t Ihristian Assembly being held on the v ronahlossec Road near Grandfather fountain, was well attended, it hav- s ng been estimated that near one \ housand people from several differ- a nt states were present. F The meeting opened last week and s expecieu Lu elosc Sunday The big 0 ent meeting has drawn many emi-jn tent speakers, and during the day )f nany recreational features have been i irovided for the delegates and vistors. It is the first meeting held at i he assembly's new camp ground at f he foot of Grandfather. ? Representatives are attending the i neeting from West Virginia, North \ Carolina, * Florida, South Carolina, i Tennessee and Virginia, Rev. Wilkins r f Jacksonville, Fla., having delivered t he semon Sunday, at which time c nany Watauga people were in atendance. ( k Dr. Vance to Preach On the Bald Mountain Rev. Dr. James I. Vance will ? >reach out of doors on the Bald 1 fountain near the head of Meat 1 lamp, on Sunday morning, Septem- ^ >er 1st. Preaching will begin at 11 1 >'clock. 0 Dr. Vance is pastor of the First t ^resbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn. E tnd has been for many years a Blow- 1 ng Rock summer resident. He is con. e lidered one of the outstanding minis- * ers of the country. Every year, when 1 lis health permits, the veteran minis- s er rides horseback from his summer lome at Blowing Rock to preach out ( >f doors on the Bald Mountain to a i :ongregalion of folks from the sur- < winding country, all of whom are : lordially invited to come. 1 MOC i Year Eighteen Eighty-E , THURSDAY. AUGUST 15. 15; Solon Visits Here mm ;' ^?fe IQfl ^^^^hS?3R" -.- &&&!$ SENATOR VV. P. MORTON SENATOR HORTON A VISITOR HERE Taiididate for Lieutenant Governor Hopeful of Success of Candidacy. Hon. W. P. Korton. of PiUsboro. nember of the iast State Senate and I prominent figu.e in the political ifc of Eastern Carolina, was a weeknd visitor in Boone, and expressed limself as being highly optimistic Ever liis cliances of being nominated .s Democratic candidate for Lieutennt Governor in the primary of 93G. The Senator beiieves he is gong to succeed Sandy Graham, and andle the gavel when the next Sente convenes, and was here for a rief rest, at the same time keeping weather eye 011 the political horton. Senator Horton first went to the -egislature in 1928 and has since erved three terms in the Senate, has erved as State Democratic secretory, ounty attorney, and has established hi enviable record for efficiency and ibility ill his public relations. Many lolitical prognosticators share in the iclief that, he has the odds on iiis side II the primary race. HRSAMITCHER PASSES ON FRIDAY Slowing Rock Woman Victim of Long Illness. Funeral Held Sunday Afternoon. Mrs. l.aura E. Critcher, wife of A. I. Critcher and a well known citizen f Blowing Rock for many years, died t her home there Friday after a long llness, which had been seen as critial for the pusi several weeks. Shi /as 65 years old. Funeral services were conducted at he Reformed Church Sunday aflcrtoon, Reverends Buchanan and Wilenhouse being in charge. A large oncourse of friends gathered for the lies and the floral offerins were prouse. Interment was in the Church Deceased was born in Ashe Couny in Uie year 1S70, but lived in Waauga Coiinty for forty years. She ras married in 1893 to Anson M. Critcher, who with three children u'rvives: Mrs. Beulah E. Hewlett, of Vilmington, N. C.; Cecil A. Critcher, nd Mrs. Helen Cooper of Blowing lock. Five grandchildren survive as do no sister. Mrs. Sallie Graham of ?oJd, ?r>d four brothers, Joe, John, tobcrt and Charles Howell, all of ishe County. During the two score years which >lrs. Critcher had spent in Blowing lock, she had endeared herself to the ieople of this section and was surounded with a wide circle of friends, vith whom she was extremely popuar. She was highly esteemed for her nany fine Christian traits of characer and her passing has occasioned treat sorrow. Sunday School Class to Render Old-Time Music The Berean Class of the Baptist Sunday School, through its teacher, h-of. E. E. Garbee, has announced hat beginning next Sunday, only the lymns found in the Old Christian larmony, Southern Harmony and ither old shaped note books will be isen. for an indefinite period, it is aid, the men's class with spend at east thirty minutes of their opening ixercises in singing from the old >eoks, the vocalists to be led by dessrs. Roy Hagaman, George Willon and Slerritt Coffey. The singing will start at 9:45 ev:ry Sunday morning, ar.d the class neets in the old Baptist Church builling. All singers of the old hymns ire asked to bring their books with Jiem. RAT ,ight 55 YEAR VIRGINIA PART OF PARKWAY NOT TO ! STARyjNTIL 1936 | Old DomitHpr Officials Expect to Have igj,;. ts-of-way Prepared l*?:: ext Spring. WORK ON Nl~* HI CAROLINA SEGMENT C| BEGIN SOON Three Location * s Now Working. Grew StationefiC Boone. Last Step I*' f rTtiir ' - "*+ Now Being Taken. The National Park Service has little hope of starting construction on th" Scenic Parkway, as applies to the State of Virginia, before the spring of J936. it was indicated in dispatches coming from Washington i Tuesday. ! Assistant Director Towlson said at ! that time, however, that construction on the first North Carolina segment of the Parkway was expected to start soon. He said Virginia State Highway Commissioner Henry Shirley was working on the necessary rights-of-way in Virginia, but at the present indications are that clear title to sufficient land for the drive in Virginia would not be available for [construction until next spring, j On the other hand. Tolson said, "the } Park Service ?" ' the Bureau of Pubj lie Roads is ready to have conslruci Hon started on the first section in I North Carolina?a twelve and a halt mile stretch south from the VirgTnia line to Roaring Gap, N. C." Three Crews Working Three location crews of the Bureau of Public Roads are working in the State, centered at Sparta, Newland 'and Boone. The location woflt has (Continued on Page 8) i VITAL STATISTICS FIGURES ISSUED 440 Children Bivrti fti Watauga During Pas! Year; Deaths Number 83. Infant Mortality I<o\v. | RALEIGH, N. C.?Vital statistics for Watauga County for the year 1033 are shown in the annual report of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, the State Board of Health, just issued as follows: Births: Born in county 440, rate 28.4: county usual place of residence (<>f parents. 441, rate 28.4: whites horn in county 430. rate 28.2; usual residence of parenLs, 431, rate 28.3; colored, born in county, 10, rate 33.3; county usual residence of parents, 10, rate 33.3; percentage attended by physicians, white VI, colored 80; illegitimates born in county 8, while 7, colored 1; county usual place of residence of mother, horn S: white 7; colored 1 -^BeatSss: Number died in county 99. irate 0.3: white 91, rate 0.0; colored 18, rate 20.6; usual residence in coun1 ty, number 108, rate 7.0; white 100, rate 6.5; colored 8, rate 26.6. Infant mortality, deaths under one year of age, exclusive of stillbirths, and maternal deaths with rates per 1,000 live, births: infant deaths in county 30. rate 68.2; infant deaths of usual residents of county 30, rate 68. No report has been made of ma| ternal deaths in the county, i Births in the State of North Carolino nrnvn <1 .".rO C " I ?tv?c icwcr Liia.ii lor jlwiz, | and a decrease of one per cent in I rate from the preceding year. j30 Enrolled at High | School Summer Term I Thirty students were enrolled during the summer term of the Boone High School, closing last Saturday, and six of these finished the requirements for graduation. These wero Martha Winkler, Virginia Cook, Austin Moody, Bruce Farthing-, Estella Greene, Mary Bingham. Twenty-two cf the summer students came from the Boone section, while others were enrolled from Cove Creek, Booneville, Rutherfordton, Wingate and Marion, and there were three from the State of Florida. The school, which was established primarily for the purpose of allowing students to make up work and graduate or continue with their regular classes, has met with considerable local favor. Hay Weather Greets Watauga Farmers After a long showery period during which time meadows reached a high state of perfection, faimers of the county have been treated to a ! good many days of fine .sunshiny weather, during which hay-making has been the routine in all sections of the county. The crop is described as being the best in many years, and is expected to provide a big surplus over the amount needed for feeder |stock this winter.