V VOLUME XL1, NO. 22. Today and Tomorrow By FRANK P. STOCKBRIDGE Detectives. The greatest detective system ii the world is the famous Scotlanc Yard, which is the crime-hunting sec tion of?th? British Government. Am the best detectives of Scotland Yard its high officials say, were born an< roared on the farm. There are several reasons why tin farm boys make good detectives, aft er proper training. Robust health anc physical vigor count heavily. Farn boys grow up with the habit of ob serving little things, and most crim inals are caught because of litth clues which they did not notice. Tin habit of patient, hard work, without expectation of instant, results, is in W' grained in the boy on Ihe farm Catching crook* is mostly a job ol patient, hard work. Most of all. farm boys grow ui with respect for law and hatred o] crime, where the city hoy, observing pettv infractions of the laws all about him, tends to become tolerant ol crime and criminals. Cats Cats on the Isle of Man are fa mous because they have no tails Somebody imported long-tailed cat* and the tailless breed is disappear ing. Manxmen have begun a cam paign to revive the old Manx strail by selective breeding. Every farmei knows how this is done. Eugenists say the same process ol breeding up to higher standard; should be applied to the human race. Slave owners used to do that. Hut even if free men consented to external control of their matings, whc would set the standards to be bver to? The authorities in charge would quarrel over that. Each group woulc insist that its own standards were best. Nature is gradually mixing the human race. A million years from now nerhaps sooner, as international barriers break down more rapidly, al! mankind will be as homogeneous a; the Chinese are today. Then it will he time to consider breeding up tc standards upon which all can agree. Robots "Robot" is the name coined by a Bohemian playwright for a mechanicar lnuji who could.d*. ..v- . . ' .'nVTP * A Non-Partisan N BOON Blowing Rock ParentTeachers Give Program The Blowing Rock Parent-Teacher Association gave ?n excellent program in the school auditorium last Wednesday night, November 15, to a large number of the patrons and friends of the school. After "America" was sung by the audience. Principal F. C. Nye led in i grayer. The meeting wa.s i>icSiu?d ll over by Mrs. Howard Holshouser, the - president. The subject for the evei nine was "School Attendance." Mrs. . Addic Sale discussed the statistics in \ the United States showing the percentage of attendance. Mr. Grady a Tester showed some leading reasons . for non-attendance, out of date maI tcrinl used as subject matter, the ef\ tort to teach too many things, and . lack of making the subject matter . interesting on the part ol' the teachL ers. Mr. George Sudderth discussed j some remedies for keeping the at{\ tendance, by stressing the necessity . for making the school interesting and . going out and keeping in touch wtih [ the parents and making a desperate effui't to keep the children school. ) After the program, refreshments I were served in the library by lady : members of the organization. The b association will hold its regular meett ings on Tuesday night after the second Sunday ir. each month. Thanks are especially due to Mrs. Grady Tester and her fourth grade children for their excellent rendition " of a number of scenes of "Mother Goose Rhymes" before the regular j5 program was taken up. fV H i... ' -n - 1 a&i i nc irtav ^iuuc, qnetaea oy airs. { Sale, had charge of the exercise in . the auditorium Friday morning. The exercises were greatly enjoyed by the school and visitors. ; The Sidney Lanier Literary SocieI ty rendered a one-act play Friday afternoon which Was greatly enjoyed . 1 bv the high school. The high school , is divided into two sections, the Ed| gar Allen Poe and the Sidney Lanier [ Literary societies. They alternate on I the programs each week. Last week . the Poes held a mock trial in which kum Poolittle was tried for stealing . a cow from the pasture of Mr. Jefi , Brown. The second and third grades will I give a Thanksgiving program on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. ' under the direction of Mrs. Gene ' Story. The fifth, sixth and seventh grades under the direction of Misses Floy Cannon and II attic Greer, held their regular literary society meeting on 1 Friday ultevnoon and had a fine program. ! J. D. LOIIZEAUX IN ClVl'l'AN TALK '' Local Organization Honored by : Luncheon Address by New Jcrsian. I Gives Side Lights on Recent Wall Street Upheaval. -[ Local Civiiiiri members ami visi. tors. numbering more than thirty, | a < re present at the weekly luncheon : j of the organization held at the Daniel I Eoono Hotel Thursday noon, at which time Mr. .7. D, Louizoaux, prominent business chieftain of Plainfieltl, N. J., spoke entertainingly and constructively to the assemblage. Mr. Louizeaux in former years was I interested in the lumber business in . Watauga County and since that time ! has made annual visits to Boone, and no trip to this section is considered I by his friends to have been complet' ed unless the well-loved gentleman is permitted to make one of his cbarm1 ing talks to the citizenry. This time ' (Jivitan was the fortunate group. The remarks of Mr. Lauizeaux inI eluded a brief summary of the.causes . and effects of the recent ups and . downs on Wall Street, hp reminded i his hearers that not all investments . made on The Street are bad, illegiti, mate or speculative, but that many . stocks are good investments and those who buy help operate the railroads . and manufacturing industries of the ( Nation. The remainder of his address . was devoted to a discussion of Citizenship, and while referring in a serious vein to the conditions existing throughout the country, he centered his remarks about the responsibilities resting upon the citizens of Boone and Watauga County, discussed local j problems anil offered timely sugges, tions. Mr. Louizeaux's address was 5 enthusiastically received. Boone High School Loses I Game to Wilkesboro Hi Wilkesboro High School football team won from Boone High School ' in the Wilkes capital on Friday afternoon by a 3Core of 13 to 0. The j game was played on a wet and muddy * fields and neither team was able to display its best work. Snow fell dur_ ing the greater part of the game. Barlv in the second nnnrter : Wilkesboro, by a fake play, put the 1 ball across for the first touchdown and gained an extra point because of a Boone player being off-side. , Prom then until the final quarter neither team made any appreciable ' gains and only once was the ball within scoring distance and that when Wilkesboro carried the pigskin to the Boone 10-yard line. They were held for downs and Boone kieked out f of danger. Late in the last quarter, Wilkes boro, on a series of end runs and t line plunges, carried the ball from a their opponents' 30-yard line across e for their second touchdown. Try fot extra point failed. _ __ I > 'JCjA ewspaper, Devoted to th< IE, WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH * ; Mountaineer! Football < " ~ Scrappy Captain! ^ mrt JHH ** ijWBg Captain "Red" O'Hare, whose spectacular kicking wa* a high spot in last Saturday's game with Soiling Springs. O'Hare is a first-year man at the Appalachian State College. He is a native of Syracuse, N. Y., and is a most brilliant gridiron general. Caldwell Man Tells of Livestock Successei Mr. Dynum Dobbin of Ledgei wood, was in town Friday and whil making: a business call with the Dcm ocrat told of a herd of 90 two-yea. old steers, which had been practi cally all bought and grazed in Wa tauga county and which were plac ed on the market at a lump pric of $10,000. The average price re ceived was $110 per head or $4 more than cost. 04 of the steer were owned by Mr. Dobbin and fatb er while The remainder 'were, til property of the Patterson Scftoo Mr. Dobbin is one of the foremos livestock enthusiasts of this regio and is owner of a large boundary o grazing in the western par; ol tlr county. He tells of having recentl added to his holdings by the puvchas of the fine farm, known us the Ai thur Cowles place, in the llapp; Valley and expects to engage i farming to an even greater exteni He now has si-x purebred Herefor and Short Horn bulls, in the purchas of which he thinks Watauga farn ers will likely be interested. Mr. Dobbin says Jie keeps a floe of 100 sheep. aniTfs aMe to realiz a profit therefrom of $1000 pe year Mr. Dobbin sayg that Almond E Chapman & sons of Rockv.ouu, Mid who began the raising of sheep o a shave basis in this county last yea still have a large flock on the Finle Bald, which Was leased for the put pose, but that he assisted them i disposing of their cattle. Grand I pctnrai i is With the Local Lodge; Mr. W. K. Kdvards, Grand Lcc turer ol* the Masonic Lodge of Nort Carolina is giving daily lectures a Snow Lodge, Sugar Grove, all thi week, in the evenings. Many Boon Masons are visiting with the siste lodge, and next week, when Mr. Ed wards comes to Boone, it is hope that representative groups from a the neighboring lodges will visit her* The lectures in Boone will be hear at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and in the evenings throughout nex week. By growing turkeys on land wher poultry had not been confined, Mrs E. E. McRae, cf Anson County, mad 0 cnr/?i?iQ nf tHr. YdT,tiife this season. 1 "The Wa "What strange power has Hruc Barton?" That question is asked sooner or later by everyone \vh< falls under the spell of'his won derful inspiration More than fif- jmBmsB teen million pco- UH pie read his writings every week. Beginning Noveiu marvelous oppor- /3S tunity to read the ,_1fc fswork of the man Wh who is not only i one,of the two or fl three highest-paid writers in America hut a 1 m o s t prophet in the quality of his ar- ' " ticles. . Bruce Barton is Barton gifted in making writ his readers feel Born * count themselves his per- f? e n?* onI . sonal friends. He ,?*d1er> bul,.0' never "preaches." heulate odito ! rtn p.pvor hnoe icountry. W*f | be inspiring. Yet wVtJiT** *Der his is a pen of ir- 8 I resistible power j and eloquence. Whatever b I touches gleams with interest, l_.ii ; tie everyday happenings of lifi i familiar to us all, he makes fasc j nating with the rich stores of ai .. ,iJBSMlSfflS3SK2?S?B3?58BRSiS ; Best Interests of Northwes CAROLINA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER s Win Last Same of Year 1 Mountaineer* Put Over Winning! 1 Touchdown in Last Two Minutes . 1 of Play on Field Covered With, 1 Snow and Slush. ; 1 ! j E field, Appala-j, chian Slate Teachers College deieai- t e ' Boiling Springs College by a mar-! -in of one touchdown, 0 to 0. Thej Mountaineers outplayed their rivals ] iiiroughout" the whole mtor. but! Boiling Springs put. ub a scrappy re-j sistance, holding whenever their goal ; line was in danger. j if n the first period the Mountaineers carried the ball to the twelve-1 yard line, but the big red team braced1 and held for downs and kicked out; I of danger. The second period wasi about even, but featured with a kick*' I ing duel between Captain O'Hare and' j Eanes, with a margin in favor of | the Mountaineers. Play in the third period was mostly in mid-field, nei[_! thee team being able to make head wav toward tire goal. I Ir> the fourth norinrl Uowig turned a punt for fifteen yards, plac- ' ing the ball in midfield. A pass, O'-j Hare to Walker, resulted in a thirty-] yard grain. Harris made eight yards j ~ off tackle and Hinson three through } ' the line. Waters carried the ball to j the twelve-yard line and Hinson made! g it first down on the eight-yard line, i Boiling .Springs braced, but. a pass. I j O'Hare to Walker, was completed for! a touchdown. Try for extra point! e failed. j ~ Robinson. Cole and Cheat! y played; . a fine defensive game for Boiling! " Springs. For the Mountaineers, the] work of Fulkerson, Canipe, PyatteJ ~ and MaoDonald in the line was of! ?. high order, while the brunt of the! a offensive work behind the line wai carried by Harris, Hinson and Wa-| ters. O'Hare did some fine kicking, l~ averaging about forty yards. Only | e one first down was registered by j '* Boiling Springs. ; The line-up: n ... . j Appalachia Position B. Springs] e Pyatte R. E._ Kelly, y Canipe -_R. T. Coble, e Dabbs -11. G Moore, - Fulkerson ?C. Robinson y MacDonald L. G Vaughn I n Coins, J.__ ?L. T Caldwell , U' Walker L?. E Cecil j d O'Hare - - O. B Cheatty e Harris L. H __ Stroud i- Williams R H Boney Hinson, C. F. B Eanes k Score by periods: e Appalachian State '.,-0 0 0 0?0 I'f O rx .? /, rv - 3ST. u u u u; .Scoring touchdowns, Walker; point J j k after touchdown, pass failed. Substi-; ' i- lutions: A. S. T. C ? Waters for Wil-| n liams; Williams for Waters. Spiting j j r Springs?.Jones for Moore; LangstonjJ y for Boney; Moore for Jones. Referee, SiVev (University of Ten-! < n nessce); umpire, Haskew (University of Tennessee); end linesman, Simmons (Tennessee State). r "Broadway Babies" on 4 Local Theatre Program t _? 11 : "S ' 5 h Next Monday and Tuesday the bil'.J 1 t at the Pastime Theatre will tie head- j * s lined with "Broadway Babies" a J e snappy talking, singing and dancing j I story of the Great White Way, which J I- stars the popular Alice White. The d stovy fellows the experiences of three J II young dancing girls from the board- * ing house to the theatre, the night d clubs and finally intp a gang war.' ( 7 The plot is replete both with laugh-f J t ter and pathos. i * "On With the Show" a 100 per j cent natural color picture of back- i e stage life closes a three day run this ( ;. evening and the production has been ( e enthusiastically acclaimed by the j throngs who have attended. ?!?;?: ! "..~~r":77 i I < T ?/_?) ly oi i-/iie i 2 ecdote and philosophy ho draws 1 ff upon in illustrating thorn, o Ho was born a poor country i - boy, the son of a country parson. ?Yet now, in h..; i early forties, he t stands in the < front rank among 1 America's husi- i ness leaders as i well as being one i of the greatset writers. < Bruce Barton < is perhaps best ' know n for his < books on Christ i and religion. He felt that people ] were not getting enough out of religion. Contrary to the advice of : r..; 1_ ?- - * - ? menus, ne ae- | 1 I, one of the high- terminod to write tor* in America. a book on the ry boy be be. be- SZFOUri, W W n y a great bu?ine?i , Ve T, an ^?" ne of the mo.t ar- bod>" Knows" ap.rial Toice. in the P?ared, it lmme:cb for his weekly d"*tely leaped inartic'e ir. The to the ranks of nocrat. the "est sellers and stayed there. , , So did his next ie two books on religion. Bruce Bart ton's weekly article will appear in b, this paper, beginning next week, i- | under the title "The Way of Life." l- i Look for it, and read it. - 28, 1929. Fiituikogiving Turkeys are Gifts to Employees Mr. J. D. Loizcaux, financier, philmthropist and whole-souled Christian gentleman of Plainfield, N. J. visited asi v.cck at the hcpt? of ids good p friend, Mr. W. H. Gragg and while j lerc, as has been his custom for ma- ? ly years, he shipped turkeys in sufficient quantity to grace the table! r af every man or woman in his em-i cloy on Thanksgiving day. 253 of . ' hese lowis, purchased for rar. Lc-ui- , seaux by J. D. Horton of Vilas, were ' -.hipped the last of the week to Plain- ? " field where they were expected to . vp on Monday night. Tuesday _ running they were to have been dis,iibuted carefully among the em- <:{j? aloyees, the size of the turkey pre- ?"13 scnted varying according to the sizei 's >f the family to partake. A single j ror person, living at a boarding house I receives a turkey just the same arid| ^vpl all workers have as good a dinner }Vr* in Thanksgiving as may be procured, v, Mr. LouizeauK paid about 31100 for! j.or he drove of turkeys, plus freight! tloli and took great delight in contem-j nai] plating the pleasure which would re- ^ iult from the offering. ! tivc On his rpjnrn Mr. Louizeaux was like accompanied by Miss Pearl Gragg, r.'ho will make her home with the stal, family, and act as companion to the tioi true 01 rne esteemed gentleman. I as I pai "Farmer Bob" Again to I sC Run for Representative1 Robert L. Doughton, "Farmer; SsLJ, Bob," who has represented the i Sighib North Carolina district in I < Congress for many years, expects to j ic a candidate again next year, and ^;s iocs not expect opposition within the i ^jOI party, he intimated while on a visit] ma| n Raleigh recently to his brother, R.ufus A. Doughton, chairman of the ; State Highway Commission. ; j)ol Congressman Doughton has been 5 a u trying for several years to retire! *>a] from public life and devote his time i 0pj, ;o his extensive farming interests in ! S|)e \lleghany County, and is inclined to | a v Teel that way about it this time. He JCg ias been urged, however, to become! cl-^ i candidate to succeed himself, 011 j 0j'e< he ground that there would be trou- ,ijst lie if he should retire. He had his] , listrict in good shape until last fall. vKen his majority was cut considera- ^ 4 ily. W Because of this situation, he feels] hat it might look like ubittimr if he I in^ should retire at the enil of this term., tr.1. Ie hupes to set the district hack in rood shape next time, then, if he still 95 wants to retire at the end of that, lun term, ho could do so without criti- j :ism from any source.?Ashe County Journal. CONTRACT LET FOR ! HUGE BRIDGE ON 60 s | has jiant Steel and Concrete Structure1 lha to Be Built Near Wilkes-Watauga ; Line. One of Largest ill This High-i way District. j mr^ Contract has he en awarded to E. j *?t1E \. "Woods and Company, of Andrews,] for the construction of a highway " to be located on Highway '10, etwecn North Wilkesbo/o and Deep ; -0,j 3ap, near the W i\kes-\Yataugn Icou n- J :y line, which will cost approximate- L v $o0,000, says a recent dispatch to .he Winston-Salem Journal. It will )c the longest and most elaborate * bridge in the Seventh Highway Disvict. ^ The bridge will he of steel and oncrete construction, 290 feet long, P*e nd wi!i bridge one of the deepest ica torges in thai rugged mountain sec- Hi .ion, and will ids., shorten the dis- His a nee between North Wiikeshorn and lloone by about six mile:.. It will be in the new portion of Highway 60 "1' :hut leaves the old route near Mil- aK? ers Creek and runs almost on a ?'ie itraight line to Deep Gap. rai i. he work of- euil^lructicr. ".'.'ill be- t rill immediately and 110 days will ' ic required to complete it. The span vili be twenty feet in width except 1 it the ends, which will flare out o make both entrances 27 feet wide. 1'he plans were drawn by the engi- \V leering department of the State Highway Department at Raleigh. There will be 173,000 pounds of steel n the structure. The bridge will be 106 feet high (,;11 n the center, the deepest part of ' Con :hc gorge, and there will be a big i era icnler arch of 160 feet in length, > \\e Tom pier to pier, and in this center: As! section will be 19 arch piers. On! ^on ach side of the center arch will o;ic four spans, two of them being anc 10 feet wide and two will be wide j j mo ugh to provide walkways for pe-l (Jlj; iestrians and there will be a hand- j-n^ rail on each side. The flares at each v.q,i :nd will also be protected with heavy ga fencing- for some distance. car ? ! Aol PARENT-TEACHERS SPONSOR has ENTERTAINMENT PROGR-AM res t yet A "Kitchen Orchestra," sponsored nes and produced by the Boone Paiert- J Teacher Association, will give an en- ret tertainmcnt program in the audito- wlr rium of the Demonstration School' cor r.n Monday, December 2, 7 o'clock p. m. "Popular, experienced and en- J ST ergetic artists" will perform and a| most enjoyable evening is truaranteod I all those who attend. An admission 1 charge of 35 cents for adults and pal 13 cents for children wiii be made.. hei Proceeds from the sale of tickets! the will be used for the school. I gal twi Mr. J. Prank Robbins, of the Wild-; i wood Nurseries, returned home last ; Pn Friday from a business trip of more ! vie than three weeks i:> New York City' boi and other Eastern points. Or Ier boosted for congress a! Educator Mentioned in State 'spcr as Likc'y Republican Cindilate for Representative in Eighth >istrict. Has Strong Following. Professor 1. G. Greer, of Boone, ently mentioned in The Greenso News as a likely Republican canate for Congress iu the Eighth trict, is being enthusiastically sted by G. O. P. leaders throughthis section. 'rcfcESor Ov#*e.r. who holds_. the | ir of Citizenship in the Appaiain State Teachers College here, well known throughout the state his lectures on question? pertainto citizenship, and his research *k in Southern Appalachian folk?. He led the Republican State Let last election in his campaign Superintendent of Public Ins true l, and is considered a very staunch ty man. Yhen interviewed by a representsi of The Democrat concerning: the dihond of his entering: the Conssiorial race, the Boone educator ted that he had no political aspirais, was contented with his work ati instructor, and that honors d him by his party in the past ! been unaskod-for. However, Prosor Greer did not say that he lid decline the nomination, should be the choice of the convention, t is believed by admirers of Prosov Greer in Watauga County that would made a formidable foe for Democratic incumbent, "Farmer j>V Doughton, who has signified intentions of running for re-eleci in 1930. The Eighth District for tl'y years was considered a safe hocratic bet, and majorities ran h. but last fall Congressman ighton was returned to office by lurality of only 1,215. Hence, Unpolitical observes are of the nion that Greer, who is u brilliant aker, a forceful campaigner, and t;an of unimn&ichcd personal intily, could make further majority s and stand a better chance of lion than any Republican in the t Has been rumored around Boone *.e last convention time that Prosor Greer could have had the nination at that time for the ask, but emphatically declined to \;n*he convention as a candidate, ether or net his name will appear the State political horizon in 1930 lains a matter of conjecture. joae Chuvches Will Observe Thanksgiving appropriate Thanksgiving services 1 be held at the Boone Methodist ivvh Thursday morning* at 10 ock. While no definite program been announced, it is understood L Dr. Chandler will deliver a mesas relative to ihe season, and that cial music, readings and talks will ce up a service of great interest, n the evening' at 7 o'clock, a inksgiving service will he held at Boone Baptist Church, Rev. P. A. . pastor. A most inspiring prom has been worked out, which ovs: Hymn, *'Praise Him." Hymn, "Count Your Many ssings." Scripture reading and prayer. Special music by the choir, y Father Watches Over Me." Talks?(a) "The Spirit of the pirns," V. C. Howell; (b) "The ssings That Have Come to Amerin 1929," Smith Hagaman"; (e) jw We Can Reciprocate God for Blessings," j. A. Williams; (d) :cial music by the choir, "Give Your Best to the Master"; (e) le Needs of Our Baptist Orphan," 1. G. Greer; (f) "My Experie as a Member of the Orphanage nily," Ruth Mull. . Offering for orphans. ttoxoiogy. Benediction. ?he public is cordially invited to nri both exercises. ilson Investigates Case in Ashe County ? \ A. "Wilson, member of the North rotins Industrial Commission, ae ipa:ucn Dy iianvara ?i. Mgisaen. court reporter, was in Boone dnesday afternoon en route to icvillc from Jefferson, where he ducted nr. inquiry into the case Lr.tstc of Lloyd Parsons vs. Ashe I Watauga Counties. 'arsons fell from the roof of the land Consolidated School buildin September, sustaining injuries ch resulted in his death. WatauCounty had insurance in force to e for its part of the liability, while le County had none. Argument arisen relative to Ashe County's nonsibility in the matter, and as no definite settlement of the irly $2,000 claim has been made, dessrs. Wilson and McEachem will urn to Boone on December 5, en a case relative to workmen's npensation will be heard. ATE COLLEGE STUDENTS ORGANIZE WILKES CLUB >. Wilkes County students in the Apachian State Teachers College c have formed a club known as s Wilkes County Club.-.The oruzation now has a membership of snty-three. Officers of the club are as follows: ssident, Jay Hartley, Wilkesboro; e-prcsident, Lucilc Miller, Wilkesro; secretary, Kuih Nichols,