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t Vs XOL. XL, NO. 18 THE SCHOOL ROW 4T Rl fUVINf, RftTK ? ? ? ' ? ? I Citizens in Mass Meeting Urge In- j vesiigation by State Department; ; Launch Attack on County Board! of Education I i Blowing Rock. June 12.?Resolu- j :,ions asking for an investigation by j the state department of education! to three branches of Watauga county school administration were parsed last Thursday night by a -ass meeting of citizens 01 the Blowing Rock consolidated school strict. The three investigation asked are : First, into the legality of the ap- ; pointment of the cotinty board of --hi cation. Second, into the disposition of thej Blow ing Rock school funds for the j j jipast seven years, i w Third, into the eligibility of v< i lembers recently appointed to the! local school committee. The mass meeting followed the j ejected Monday by the county board of education of a petition askir for the aimointmcnt of a nrom r> citizen of Blowing Rock on' local high school committee in "J ace of one of the two men to, nom the meeting objected These two appointees, th resolu?ns said, are ineligible, under a* 1 J. section 126, of the state school 'aw, requiring committeemen to he 'person? of intelligence, of good moral ehavacter and known to he favor of public education." Th * Visolutions charge that these ap mtments were made to defeat th. ill of the Blowing Rock school dis* ict. particularly in the matter of ^meeting a principal. To forestall .\c petition, th?* resolutions said, the 'r.ppotntments were made at a called eeting in advance of the regular meeting. It is charged that the county board of education was not nominated or elected according to seeSons 12 and K! of article 2 of the school law, covering such elections. It was charged that persons, whol itlscr county, and in opposition to 'He will of the local district, actually -clcctc.fi a principal for Iho school jind-twntuiw had been secured before any meet? .?; to elect teachers had been held X hi the local committee. ^ By such means, the rosolutoor.s say in closing, the Blowing Rock consolidated school district is denied a voice in the management of its own school. The resolutions are signed by D. P. Coffey, chairman, and Cameron Williams, secretary. Mistaken Report as to Avery Wool Deal The report Has beets circulated throughout Watauga county to the effect that the wool pool arranged by the county agent in Avery county it-suited in the loss of a good d^-al i money to sheep growers of that r fiction. This argument has been r.sed against the county agent movement here and should be corrected. ir. G; P. Hagaman is in receipt of r. letter from John W. Goodman, district agent, to the effect that the ' vooi has not been sold. Bids were redeivjaB- hot the eomroifrt>-<? reieeted 91 them as too low. 37 1: cents. He adds that the wool will Tritelyhe s-.'Ivl tit not lower than -10 rents, and that the committee .of wool producers pass upon all bids. "WATAUGA GETS $292.98 FROM MOTHER'S AID FUND County allotments l'ov the mothers' aid fund of $47,000 provided by the last jreneinl -assembly v.ere announced in Raleigh Saturday by Miss Lily E. Mitchell, director of nethers' aid for the state board cf d havities and public welfare. The fund was established to aid worthy mothers deprived of support t that they may rear their children properly and maintain their homes. The fund is divided on a per capita basis and the county allotments will be paid in monthly installments beginning July 1 to all counties that agree to match the amounts received fr&m the state. Watauga county's quota was an oounced at 5<2uz.u?. Jn setting up the fund the legislature provided that $10,000 of it .should be set aside for the exclusive benefit of families of prisoners. DR. WARMAN AT ADVENT CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING Dr. F. E. Warman, president of the Advent Christian Seminary, Bridgeport, Alabama, will be the speaker Sunday morning at the Ad.eel Christian church. Dr. Warman is one of the leading educators oi the denomination, and is an elo uent speaker. His message Sunday morning will be on a gripping and vital theme. The public is ineited to attend. /ATA? A Non-Partisan Ni B O UN K. Captain Roby Drown Died Last Saturday uapiauM oai nvi. roov orown, f> i years old. well-known veteran of the Civil war and leading citizen of Johnson county, died at his home near Shouns, Tcnn., last Saturday, after a prolonged illness covering a period of many months. Funeral services were conducted from the home Monday at 11 o'clock by Dr. Will O. Gordon and Rev. Worley, following which interment was in the family graveyard, not ta distant from the home of the deceased. Captain Crown enlisted under the banners of the Confederacy on August 10, 1801, and Served throughout the war. -He was captain in the GGth North Carolina regiment, which was attached to Colonel Folk's division and was a peerless Confed1 orate chieftain. Deceased was well known thrpughl out this section of North Carolina and perhaps more than a hundred Wataugans were present a: his 1 funeral. Messrs. John ?. Brown. J. B. Taylor. A. !?. Wilson, R. S. [.Swift, Dr. -J- C. Farthing. Miss Jen: nie Todd and Mrs. H. B. Bon y were anions those ?oing from Booi | In commenting on the death of this Beloved citizen, County Superintendent Snyth Hagaman had this, to say : "I knew hhn personally, hut more through my father, who was one of the hundred, mostly Watauga hoys. ! who made Up Captain Brown's cpfni pany of cavalry during the war be| Lweeh the states. "My father thought of him and 1 loved hint as one of the bravest men who ever faced an enemy on the batllefied?-brave with discretion, wise in planning ana directing? invincible in spirit. but loyal to his j country's flag when the conflict ; was over. "As a citizen, as 1 knew him. there ? was none greater. I always felt j when in his presence that I was in ! the presence of a superior mind, a ; rare personality, a citizen of unusui al worth. He bore himself with the dignity of a Washington, a Lee and a Tacksor., and like thein, too, with that gentle Christian spirit that makes all men akin. "As a business man, he was sue in s marvelous degree. He I accumulated a fortune, hut only by j square dealing with his fellow man. "East Tennessee ha s seen the j passing of one of its most distin' guished citizens, Western North j Carolina one of its most honored and beloved sons. But few remain j like" him." COVE CREEK NEWS Sugar Grove, June 11?Saturday ' afternoon a number of Cove Creek ! ladies met at. the home of Mrs. LuJ ther Bingham where they organized j a club consisting of twelve members, j The membership number twelve sugj gested an appropriate name for the ! Club, hence it is called the Cove Creek Dozen Club. The members arc Mrs. Charles Bingham, president a Mrs. Haitic Johnson, vice president; Mrs. John E. Combs, secretary; Mrs. j Scott Swift, treasurer, Mrs. Stanley Harris, Mrs; Don Horton, Mrs. Will j Gordon, Mrs. Maude Spainhour; Mrs. U. N. Brooks, Mrs. Luther Bingham, ] Misses Edna and Ruth Bingham and i Ruth Stokes. The first regular 1 meeting of the club will be held on 'Friday, June 28, Mrs. Luther Bingj ham being hostess. After a short visit with relatives 1 in WCft?"?T~! U < !- l?&r Mvc J R. A. Taylor and favmly have retuvnj ed to the parsonage. Miss Pearl Bingham, who has been j teaching in Johnson City, has re. turned to her home for the summer. Mrs. N. L. Mast is entertaining j Miss Edna Holtsclaw of Florida, who is being giver, a cordial welcome (by her many friends here. Miss Virginia Bingham of Wini s ton-Sal em is spending the summer j with relatives here. ROMINGER DOTS Rominger, June 11.?George Marj mun and Miss Ruth Tester were : married last week. Grady Trivett and family and M. j P. Trivett and family visited their : mother, Mrs. George Trivett of Vilas i last Sunday and helped to serve her J a birthday dinner. She was 68 I old on June i)th. All her children were present except two. The good lady has been an invalid for about 15 years. She enjoyed the dinner j and having her children with her. Mrs. Lizzie Trivett is sufferins j with measles at this time. I The recent heavy rains have done ' considerable damage to growing I crops in this section. ; Alas! alack! Our work on the roads in this part stopped by the time il ! got started, but we still are anxious J !y waiting. I Grover Johnson was in this vicini ! tv last week buying lambs. Edminsten Bros, are ready tr | manufacture lumber near here. Thej I" have purchased a large tract oi l3nd and are peeling the bark anc sawing the timber Iiu inaikeu * ewspaper. Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CA. GROWING CABBAGE FOR MAKING KR AUT Plant Here Being Enlarged to Take Care of 1,000 Ton? of Cabbage This Year; Mean? $12,000 to Farmer? of Couni> By F. H. JETER The kraut factory at Boone in j Watauga county, is being renovatedj ' and enlarged to take ca?*c of 1.000! j tons of cabbage to be- produced by I farmers of thai county this season. "This factory has had ten vats holding 25 tons each of raw eab! hage and the new owners have added j five other vats with a capacity of 50 tons each, which gives the factory a total capacity of 500 tons of :aw product." says H R. N'iswonger. ! extension horticulturist at State! f'oliafiir-. "F:ivm.e.vs r.f ihr? i have been asked to pledge them-! selves to grow 1,000 tons of cabbage! | for use at the kraut factory this sea- j ! son and 70 men have already signed 1 up to grow the vegetable at a c6n-J | tract price of $12 per ton. Mr. Niswonger says the growers | are using a variety known as Erik? ; huizen. With proper cultural moth- i ? Otis, this variety will produce 20 ; tons per acre and it is not impos-j jsible to produce 25 tons as >yas done: by M. P. r.iivbe,'. The farmers Kave become interested in growing I ; the cabbage since they realize that; j 1.000 tons at $12 a ton will mean i | $12,000 for the county this year. The new owners are also plan- < ] nir.g to add other improved maehinj cry so as to lower the cost of prod1 action to the point where best prices may be paid for the raw cabbage. It j is expected that snap beans, spinach I and other products will be canned j when the plant IS not being used id ; the manufacture of kraut and kraut ; juice. j The permanent establishment of jlhis new market in the mountain re! gioii will depend on how it is sup! ported by nearby farmers, says Mr. j Niswonger. A constant supply of j vegetables must be produced so that the may be operated throughout the year. Indications are that the venture will be well supported and another source of cash will be provided for th"fc landowners of that section. i LEGION AUXILIARY OFFICIALS ! j ARE VISITORS TO BOONE! Following an executive meeting j in Winston-Salem last Thursday, the members of the executive committee of the state department of the American Legion Auxiliary motored i to Boone and spent a delightful week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Iiarry F|J Vass of Winston-Salem, at the Dani iel Boone Hotel. pfi The guests .greatly enjoyed thei ; delightful hospitality of Mr. and Mrs Vass and Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn. , hosts of the hotel, bridge games,! motoring, fishing, hiking and visit-1 I irig homes where beautiful articles j 1 are woven on the old-time looms. The party included the following:! Mrs. George Isley, department] j president, and Mrs. Isley, of Raleigh; 1 Mrs. Hairy Vass, national ccmmit; tc-ewoman, and Mr. Vass, Winston-; I Salem; Miss Annie Lee of Monroe.! j past department president; 'Mrs. j Reverdy .1- Miller of Charlotte, v:re pQiresiden^and chairman of national' I defense, and Mr. Miiier; Mrs^a^ii^ ! Fletcher, Raleigh, depaitment his \ torian; Airs. R. S. ;McGertchyJ:?* Kin-! i ston, chairman of finance and second \ : district committeewoman; Mrs. Sam Lee, Monroe; member of the finance! J committee; Mrs. G. P. Pritchard. j i Asheboro, seventh district commit- ! teewoman ; Miss Mary Pembdrl^r.,: j Concord, eighth district committee- i ! woman; Mrs. E. C. Judd, Raleigh.! chairman of legislation; Mrs. Charles | Young, Lexington, chairman of con-; Istitution; Mrs. Frank Petway, Hick-; I orpoppy chairman; Mrs. Waiter* Craven. Charlotte, chairman of trophies and awards; Miss Julia Mc-J Neill, St. Pauls, chairman of rnem- j ; bership. and Miss Irma Deaton, Ra! ieigh. chairman of publicity. The party disbanded Monday, most of the guests leaving for their {home on that day. MORRISON ADVOCATES YOUNG FOR PRESIDENT Greensboro, June 9?Declaring I himself "earnestly in favor of the ; | nomination of Owen D. Young forj i the president of the United States' i in 1932" and referring to the im-| : poitance of efforts "to unite the I i Democratic party under new leader- i ; I ship," iormer Governor Cameron j - Morrison in an interview with a rep-' ; resentative of the Daily News yes-! i tcrday proclaimed his intention to -1 give his "hearty support to move j ment to nominate Colonel Young" i as the Democratic presidential candi* date. He considers the suggested i nominee "a great moral and intell lectual leader upon whom all Demo j waU can unite." UEM< Best Interests of N'ortb^ -? ? ? KOLUNA, THURSDAY. JUNT D, D. Doug! |g of Normal Co + Dr. D. D Dougherty, [mm treasurer and business man- I ager of the Appalachian I j State Teachers* College and j one of the founders of the institution, died at his horn,- H| early Monday afternoon, after an illness of about EgMSgN three months, brought about jtfM | largely by heart affection. SBjBgfi He had taken treatment at SBq* a Statesvillc hospital this SfHEfl spring and apparently had regained con siderabie strength stince his return, therefore his friends had believed him to be out of wPffijjKnjj immediate danger when the PjyjfTe-il end came. I March 11, 1.S69 arid was the son of the lato Daniei BttgS Boone and Ellen Bavtlctt Dougherty. il brother, Dr. B. B. Dough- 8i?f? erty, president of the Tea*h ers' College, and one sister; Mrs. R. M. Greene* of thl- + city. He was nun-nod hi 189(3 to. Miss Lillie B. Shull of Butler,- Tenn.. Mul the w .fe and four children stir-; Vive: Mrs. 0. L. Brown of Greensboro; Miss Annie I.. F)oughevt\ of Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., and Brenard and Edwin, who are in school at Boone. Mv. Dougherty received his first educational training in the public school at Globe Academy under Professors Patton. Spainhour and Marshall, and received his A. B. degree* from Wake Forest College :n 1892, and was professor of matheftfatiesand sciencev Troiiy Springs College, 1892-99. Shortly after this time he and his brother conceived the idea of building a great educational institution amid the scenes of their childhood. Accordingly, money was received from private subscription largely with which to construct a frame building, which was known as the Watauga Academy, and which still stands amid its more imposing fellows on the campus of th^ Appalachian State Teachers' Coliese as a monument to the genius of its builders. In 1903 the state foo^k' over the school under the name of'the Appalachian Training School and appropriated money for its sustenance. Year by year the fame of the institution has spread until at the time of the death of its cofounder, the properties are rated ar more than a million dollars, and the school has grown into a four-year college, the last legislature having changed its name to the Appalachian State Teachers* College. "Professor Dolph" as he was familiarly known, was a scholar of the deepest type and his life's work centered about the cause of education. He did not aspire to public preferment, but served his county ii'i <i uumiTi yca:a ui a imi J.-VI of the board of education, going out of office during the past winter, only because of ill health. He did not, however, allow the cares of his daily life to interfere witfi his manifold duties to his community. He was an organizer, Sunday school worker and teacher, Sunday school superintendent ar.d a well-loved Christian gentleman and in his going, Watauga covnty and the state at large have sustained a loss which seems irreparable. Funeral services were conducted yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the Baptist church, preceding which the bod;? had laid for one hoar in the auditorium of the administration buiidmg ci the college, to which the lamented educator had given the best years of his life. Services were in charge of the pastor, Rev. P. A. Hicks, and brief talks were made by the following visiting ministers, who had been intimate with the deceased in years gone: Revs. F. M. Huggins. M. A. Adams and W. R. tvradshaw. Interment was in the Boone cemetery. Those named as active pallbearers were: B. J. Council!. W. Ft. Lovill, J. D. Councill, J. F. Hardin, J. S. Winkler, -J. L. Winkler. R. C. Rivers and J. M. Moretz. 175 STILLS IN NORTH CAROLINA WRECKED Richmond. Va.t Jane 11.?The monuiiy report 01 it. Merr.tK. prohibition administrator for Virginia, North and Soutli Carolina, today showed 175 illicit distilleries were seized and destroyed in North Carolina last month as compared with 90 in Virginia and 71 in South Carolina. HARDWARE MEN IN MEET AT BLOWING ROCK Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Hodges and family of Alva, Ky., are guests of Dr. Hodges father. Dr. J. M. Hodges here >CRA .^orth Carolina Haas r, Co-Founder jg Ml I). [ . DOUGHERTY V i A Tribute Prof. D. i). Dougherty, who had! | for five months been weiring a los-} ing fight against a malady that is at the present day making such large \ j inroads into human Hie?heart disease?succumbed to the malady i Monday afternoon at G o'clock. It has been my good foitune to intimately know him for long years, and for a number c? years to be ??-! sociatcd with him in the school work of our county. Prof. Dougherty was one of the few Watauga boys of his early day? ! whose good fortune it was to go to college. He and his brother, Dr. B. | li. Dougherty, president of the Appalachian State Teachers' College, after a long and difficult struggle for j an education, returned to their na tive county and with am' will and faith three themselves into the task of building a school for the | boys and girls of the mountains. To this task, Prof. Dougherty gave his life. To write of this would be to write the history of the growth and I development, of the Appalachian | State Teachers' College, one of the state's greatest educational instituI tions. Every great man possesses some j outstanding characteristic that makes him unlike his fellows?some one thing, some another. It was always easy for those who knew his inner life to see- these"dialinguishiiig characteristics of Prof. Dougherty, Here it is* while others thought and moved in the usual tenor of life, he was planning ways arid means where.I by he could help and encourage those who needed it most?to make life a little happier and sweeter for the other fellow. Re was one "of the. most generous men I ever knew. Without show, he was always displaying charity wherever he could relieve suffering or want. Just five days before he died, as his last act on earth, he called his wife ro his bedside and directed her to write a check which "iie fniI mediately sent to me to bo used in 1 alleviating some case of distress of which he had hoard so many on first Mondays in the office of the county ? welfare superintendent. j Pref. Dougherty was an .exceed 1 insrly busy man, but he made a large place in his life for his religious activities. A Sunday school teacher j of rare ability and power, a mem bev of the executive board of the Three Forks Baptist Association, he j gave much time and thought to the development of the churches of the county. Each Christmas he mailed a check to the preachers of the county. Realizing that ue might not live to the next Christmas, he mailed usual check to the preachers two months ago. The last time I saw him in life was when he with his wife, and L-otherj signed a deed conveying to Boone Baptist church the valuable i?t on which the new church builang i.? being erected and with a radianceakin to the other side, he smiled and jsaid: "1 am glad to give it." SMITH HAtiAMAM. TAX SALES Sheriff Farthing said yesterday that between $13,000 aiul pflthhfin worth of real estate v.as sold by hint last Saturday to satisfy -a: < for ; the year 1928. The sheriff his paid over to the county t>-?n u?-e: more than $100,000 out < ' rosvb'.e $180,000. which is not had. considering the fact that :ncnry at t'nis time is very scarce The she"iff will begin on .Joiy 1st to on I personal propevty for unpaid taxes. - ?? m 9?Ep$i& ' > SB . . ===== FIVE CENTS A COPY G. P. IIAGAMAN HEADS HVITAN Officers and Directors for Year Were Elected at La&t Week's Meeting; Monthly Business Session of Club This E\ening Gec?rjp P. Hagantan. cashier of the Watauga County Ba?ik. was elected president o? the Boone Civitan Club at its weekly luncheon. last Tifiiauay. Mr. ITzi^air.blV ?Livvecu? -Dr. G. K. Moose who has served the organization ve ry efficiently during the past year. Other officers elected last week are a- loilow-: Vice president. Hus-seli D. Hodges. Secretary, Austin E. South, reelected. Treasurer. Howard \V. Mast. Directors: D. Cottreii, C. M. Critcher. Dr. -I. ? !. Gaither, \V. H. Grnggr and Uf^. P. A. Hicks. At the monthly business session at the Daniel Boone Hotel this Gi'hursdayl evening. Mr. Hagaman will announce committees for the new club year. Retiring President Moose, in turning over the duties of the presidency to Mr. Hagamarg thanked the mem beta "t the club for the- splendid cooperation they had given his administration and expressed the hope that it would continue during the the next administration. The meeting tonight will be at T :30. with the board of directors meeting thirty minutes earlier. Harris Dept. Store to Open Saturday Announcement is made today of the forma! opening of the Harris Brothers Department store in the building formerly occupied by Spain hours' Inc.. which is to take place next Saturday. Messrs. L. E. and | Conley A. Harris have been in town j for several clays looking after the new stocks which are now rapidly j arrb ng and getting all in readiness I for the opening day. j The store room has been thor _1. 1 ? S? ; ougmy rcmoaeiea, a new type front 1 installed. the interior refinished and i alui Itie building is how mtnuleiy CtLj tod for department store require} ments. . J The H Arris Department stwe have i been in operation in North Wilkes' IVoro for about three years and have ,enjoyed a remarkahlo buaiixes^. The Hrm was attracted here by the reI ntarkable j^'bwth of Boone during | the past few years, and expect to conduct an ultra modern establish5 merit. Men's and ladies' wearing apparel will feature the big stock ; which is expected to be complete for the opening day. Mr. Copley A. Harris, formerly with the Tate; Brown Clothing Co.. of Charlotte, j and Mr. Orrin Gaither, Who has. i been employed with the Harris stoves {at North Wilkesboro, will oe in charge of the local store, while L. E. and D. A. Harris will spend most of their time at the North Wilkesboro store. ' kB? 'V- *~?l The Harris brothers have had j years of experience in the dry goods ; business and may be expected to succeed well with their new store : Here. j Dunn. -Tune 0?Hannibal L. Goodwin. 55, former congressman from ] the Sixth North Carolina district, j serving from 1P07 to 1921, and for i a long time prominent ?r? legal andjg political affairs m on of the state, died ai his home here this ; morning. His death followed several 1 weeks of illness, most of which was spent in the hospital. Ripon. Wis.. June S?Bipon's feat ; three quarters of a century ago in o*?vir??T t.* , r. . . ...d iV.uVj'VIIC >IC|)UUSI\ail (Jat ?." ty was bailed by Secretary of War ; James \Y. Good today as a ''product of inspiration." No other name; be ; declared In his address at the diamond jubilee celebration, could have summoned so tit any who stood ready to give support or prejudiced I so few who were yet inclined to i misgiving. Secretary Good's ad- aS&fc ! dress was the main event of a day of ? -monies and meetings, at| tended by thousands of ra&sons from sections of the nation, in comi OT'mcr&tion of the birth of the Re jblfcsn party 75 year? ago. BFN SHARPE, DEPUTY PROHI ADMINISTRATOR, iS DEAD StatesviUo. June 10.?Ben 0. Sharpe of Charlotte, deputy federal prohibition administrator for western North Carolina, died tonight in Long's sanitarium here following illness of a few days. He was 60 years of age. RASCOB WILL NOT RESIGN Washington, June 10.?.John J. Rascob. chairman of the Democratic I national committee, told the party leaders gathered here tonight a', a ' banquet honoring Jouett Shouse, ! the new chairman of the executive ! committee, that he had no intention | of resigning.