I VOLUME XLi, NO. iu
Today and
Tomorrow
B> FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE
i
Goldenrod
Goldenrod is a beautiful ildV?er and
pestilent weed. It --^rows all over
.ho country and so comes as near
is any to being our national flower.
Modem mediea^ science says it is not
goldenrod but ragweed which causes
iav level". 11" Henry Ford's experiment;!
i goldenrod farm in Georgia
succeeds in commercializing Edison's
discovery that goldenrod contains
ubher, we may see goldenrod f aiming
becoming as widespread as wheat
arming is today. That is not impossible,
though hardly probable. Yet
I* very crop ^th.c farmer grow.- was
nee a weed and has been made into
crop by somebody's discovery that
t is Useful to humanity.
Building
nans already developed for new
uildings to be constructed in IWIO
all fui an expenditure of nearly
double that of 192!'. And this docs
include private residences. States
-iinl municipalities have raised more
funds by bond issues in the past three
months than in am similar period,
.ml the proceeds of those sales will
-e used for new roads, public build
ings and other improvements. Every:hing
points to a greater volume of
construction work under way in the
car future than wo have seen since |
'he first year or two following the {
ar. And that means employment fori
verybody. money freely in circula-l
.ion again, renewed prosperity fori
: 11 sovt^ and conditions of men..
* * \
Arlington
The grCat National Cemetery in]
Virginia, across the Potomac River
roni Washington, w h e r e Will win
Howard" Taft. President and Chief
ustiee. was laid t?? rest, is one of
the most beautiful spots in America,
it was the estalc of Robert E. I.ee?j
and was confiscated by the Federal!
r, Government wher. Lee th row >n his!
t with the Confederacy. Only men j
v. ho have served their country in war!
Way be buried there.
From the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington the great new bridge
over the Potomac leads directly to
this ancient be,me of the Lees, tying
thn mnmovy _Qf the tWT. great Civil
War loaders forroth.,?- and bridging
the gap between North and South;
nzzL'.i grtnluvc v;f rcronriiiTi- <
fc> Uon.
P Arlington is to America what I
Westminster Abbey is ..SB England.!
the tmnivf "place and shrine of our i
devoted dead. No one has truly seen j
America who has not seen A cling- j
ton.
i
British
Tliirty years ago. in itHiO, the i
liners of South Africa gave up their!
C unequal war against the British.
American sympathy was completely
with the Boers in thai conflict and
against the British. It looked to all
. f us like a parallel to our own]
Revolution. We expected reprisal-,
and oppression of the tonmieivti on;
the part of the British, but on the
contrarv the now government set up j
in South Afrcia proved to be far.
..hoc liberal than thy eld one which j
the Butch Boers had - operated? The j
V . S. A.?meaning in this case the'
Union of South Africa?is today an i
independent nation, a member of the;
British Commonwealth of Nations, to!
: ? sure. but in every respect a selfgoverning
state. Dutch and British
participate on even terms in its gov-!
c-nimor.t as da the French and Brit-'
ish in Canada. General Smuts, the j
greatest of the Boer war leaders, hasi
served as Pviwio Miwjpiiiv
- This object-lesson, proving that the ?
British government of our time is,
not the tyrannical monster which it;
seemed to be under George III, has;
done more than anything else to es-'
tablish the friendly feeling toward;
Great Britain which, now prevails al(?i
usV ev^ryyyhere in America.
j T rees
mwm When Admiral Byrd's returning j
e.vnlorers reached New Zealand, the j
sight which stirred them most deeply 1
was trees. For nearly two years they j
had not( seen a tree. ~Tt is difficult
for most of us to imagine a world
without trees, though in Iceland a
hundred generations have lived and
died without ever seeing one.
.We are cutting down trees faster j
than we are planting new ones. We
do not think of trees as a crop, but
SS a natural iesyurce to: be mined
without replacement. The Federal
Farm Board's chairman lately made
a plea for the restoration of the
"woodlot*' as an important part of
every farm. Trees as a crop do pay. i
They take longer from seed to mar "
ket than any other crop, but everysound
tree adds its little to the value]
Of any farm, and with the inevitable j
reduction in acreage devoted to mon-'
ey crops and pasturage there is no j
better use to which surplus land can]
be puL than growing frees tor the fu-1
tyre. Moreover, many states now ex-1
tmpc reforested land from taxation.
A CORRECTION
In reporting the names of the census
takers for the county. The Democrat
last week erred in stating that
Mr. Howard Holshouser was appointed
in Blowing Roclf. Mr. Fred Hartley
will be the enumerator in the
city, while Mr. Randall Foster will
have charge of the rest of tfie township.
The mistake probably originally
ed from the fact that Mr. Holshouser
had taken the census of the manufac?
turing enterprises of the county, this
work having already been completed.
%
i
/ATA1
A Non-Partisan N
EOOJ
STATE ELECTIONS
BOARD APPOINTS
COUNTY BODIES
| Meeting Held in Raleigh Saturday.
| Watauga Retains Old Membership
| With Exception of Grover C. Rob!
bins. Who Replaces John W.
j Hodges. Dates for Various Steps
in Primary Election Cited.
j Rejecting a proposal to make appointments
on a basis of tile race lor
j the Democratic nomination to the
; Cniljftl States Senate, the State
! Hoard of Elections Saturday selected
three men in each of the 100 counties.
who. as the county boards of
j elections, will administer the 10-30
; North Carolina elections.
The Watauga Board of Elections
; is composed ?/f- Henry -J. Hardin,
j Boone, chairman; Don Hagaman.
j Sugar Grove; and Grover Bobbins,
i Blowing Rock.
The State board refused to depart
from a precedent years by etutors
j in?r the list submitted to it by the
chairman of the State Democratic
; Executive Committee, O. M. Mull.
. Two Democrats and one Republican
! compose the board in each county.
After the move of Charles A.
j Dines, of Greensboro. State campaign
j manager for Senator F. M. Simmons.
< to have one supporter of Mr. Simmon;
and one of J. W. Bailey. hi?
j rival for the nomination, appointed
j as the Democratic members of each
hoard had failed, a resolution to go
on record favoring: that precinct and
poll officials be ec jually divided beI
ween the Simmons and Bailey camps
was voted down l>v three to one.
Chairman Biggs, in opposing the
proposal of .Mr. Hines whom he succeeded
as chair man, listcnl several of
his objections. One^was that the suggestion
was not made until Friday
night, making- it impossible, he said,
to prepare such a list for approval
Saturday.
rir-castr??>f disagreement - betweenthe
two I )emocrats, if the nines
move were followed. Mr. Biggs said
"the Republican nvembtSr would hold
the balance of power."
lie said that*both Republican and
Democratic county chairmen had
been requested to submit to Mr. Mull
the men they wanted named on their
county's bourd. Many of those selected
Saturday, the chairman said,
'^vci c apt'v>interi ~hy- Mr. riines two
years ago/'
The State law forbids -that move
than two members of any political
party he- appointed <on a edifnty elec
tions board.
The county boards, so named, meet
at the courthouse in their respective
counties on'April 10 for the purpose
of organization and w p p o i n u ng TCgVs
rrars and judges of election for all
election precincts in the county. The
Stale Board has prepared a folder
giving the dates upon which each
step in the primary election is taken,
citing the acts. The calendar, except
for the date.above, follows:
April 25: Last llay for^ciandidni.^1
as nominees of any po
iUcal party for State. Dist. and Congressional
offices, except for the office
of State Senator, to file notice
of candidacy with the State Board of
Elections.
May ::: Date of opening-of registration
books by the registrars at the
poi.'inr places at a. m. for reirisi
ration of new voters. Registration
books are i<? remain open for registration
until sunset on every Sacur-3
day through Saturday, Mar 2-i, ic?i*;
registration.
May 28: Last day for candidates
for selection as the nominees of any,
political party for the office of Stated
Senator, members of the House of
Representatives, and counts' and
township offices to file notice of can-!
(Continued on page eight.)
Amateur Kadio Station
Is Being Installed Here
News has reached The Democrat;
to the WwflWBBWMPlWBB rtnut. I
lev, manager of the Central Tire Co.,
has become deeply interested in radio
broadcasting, so much so in fact
that he is installing a station atop his
building in Boone. While Mr. Winklev
does not predict the result oCj
his experiments, 01 sta>e to what extent
he expects to continue his efforts
along this line, it has become
known that he actually possesses the!
necessary paraphernalia for transmitting
messages through the ether, and
that the Federal Radio Commission
has granted him a permit to make
a try-out. While the experimental
t?fo fiQic- bc'ing--pstablishod?pri*%^ ^
for the enjoyment of its promoter, it
is likely that should the venture prove
successful. it may be the means later
on of effectively advertising this section
to the outside world. The equipment
which has been purchased is
expected to transmit messages effectively
for a distance of 300 miles.
PAINTING AND WRECKED
BODY SHOP OPENS IN BOONE
Propst and Hollar Paint Company,
| Boone's newest business enterprise,
opened for business Monday morn:
ing over the Moretz Motor Company
| in Boone. Equipment of the most
| improved type has been installed, and
| the Messrs. Propst and Hollar, who
j come to this place from Hickory,
where they have had years of' experience
with Miller-Bolick fount Company,
have the good wishes of tha
town for a flourishing business.
They will specialize in refinishing
wrecked bodies, re topping and upholstering
of all kinds, including furniture,
and each piece of^work will
carry a guarantee for satisfaction.
Their announcement ad appears in
other columns of The Democrat.
UGA :
ewspaper. Devoted to the I
iE, WATAUUA COUNTY. NORTH CA
Work Day at Blowing
Rock School a Success '
About seventy-five liven, boys and',
| ladies of Blowing Rock and eomir.un-i
ity responded nobly to the call of j
the Parent-Teacher Association for J
I a work dav last Saturday, March 29.;
! ft! uch grading was done, shrubbery?j
1 was planted, and trash was earned.
| away and burned. The grounds in!
! front of the building will he sowed i
j in lawn grass as soon as school closer'
j in May.
A line dinner was served by the
j ladies to one hundred people in the
! town hall at 12 o'clock.
The minstrel on Saturday night at
i the school was a fine success. About j *
j $6 (? was taken in for the use, of j ,
j school improvements.
G. O R CONVENTION!:
TO BE HELD HER E
MONDAY. APRIL 71
11
Watauga Republicans to Select Dele-;
gates to State, Congressional, Ju- |
dicial and Senatorial Convention*, i
Greer Mentioned for Chairman-,
ship. Fight Looms lor Solicitor-:
r-Hip. Precinct Primaries April 5. I
j C
The Watauga Bepublicari County!*
Convention will he held in th?- court-' '
hou.se in Boone on Monday, April 7. *
| at 1 o'clock p. m. The meeting is I
i called for the purpose' of selecting '
delegates to State, Congress;* mal, J
i Judicial and Senatorial conventions. '
{ Also to elect a Republican county *
chairman, a secretary and treasurer. '
j and an executive committee for the i
j ensuing two years. I t
During the past several weeks llie
name of Professor I. G. Greer hasj t
been frequently mentioned hy local i 1
| Republican leaders as a possible suc-j 1
cessor to the present county chair- t
| man. W. 11. (iragg. Whether or not. j r
! Air Gi'agg-will again seek-the cha sr T-'manship
is nt>l known. Both of the ?
I men mentioned are looked on favor- i
ably by G. (). P. adherents, and it is *
! not expected that any friction l>e- 9
| tween the elements supporting the %
two will develop in the convention. [ '
Based on the Republican guber- *
j natortal vote in 1928, the various t
townships of Watauga will be repre- v
i sented in the county convention by s
i the following numbers of delegates: i
j Bald .Mountain. '?; Beaver Da?. 3; 11
j Blue Ridge, 10.: Blowing Rock. 9: -V
j Boone, 20; Cove Creek* 12; Elk, 6; i
[ Laurel Creek, 7; Meat"Camp No. i, ^
18: Meat Oanip No.. 2. I: Shawiiee- A
nv Fork, 10; Watauga, ?'
i 1 d ; North Fork, 3. 1
Watauga is entitled to fourteen
I delegate^to^tu^State, Congressional. \
j Senatorial and Judicial conv entions.
The Judicial Convention is called to t
j meet at the courthouse in Wilkes- u
I boro on Tuesday, April 15th, at X o
o'clock p. m. it is expected that, a i
considerable fight will be witnessed j a
at that time over the nomination for f
Solicitor, a number of men through-j ?,
i 'hu ?.m: uiairu-.t iuivni^iievr. niipn- j t
j tioned.from time to time as possible;
j opponents to the incumbent, John R. i v
f Jones. Among: those being boosted\ [
{for the nomination is Baxter ?J. Lin- j
hoy, of Boone, a son of the- lab
! Frank A. Lihney, who for a number; n
of years served the Seventeenth'"^Disti-ict
as Stale's attorney. o
Chairman Gragg urges: that sill
i townships send full delegations to the
j convention. Precinct primaries will 1
!>< held on Saturday, April at 2:#0 ^
I o'clock p. it;. !|
Watauga Has Less Crime '
Says Member of the Bar j)
?
-John II. Bingham, of Sugar Grove, j
veteran barrister and Watauga 1
{County's oldest practicing attorney,j
. visited with The Democrat during the i g
j noon recess of court Monday aruij h
| took occasion to make a few observa- e
| tions concerning the crime wave a
which has swollen the court dockets- r
! throughout the country. Wnlaupn ?
rC;ouiltyrtfR?ttg.lrrirt^fo? M r. o
! Bingham, is becoming mere and morei h
obedient to the laws of the Common- 1
wealth and while neighbor counties |
are groaning under the burdens ol
j extended coifrt terms, the State dock- i ,,
|et here is usually completed in aj ,,
I matter of from three to four days. !
"Last year." said Mr. Bingham. "I j
had occasion to attend a session of a | c
neighboring court. There were more! \
than six hundred cases on the erimi-J
' linl rv?o nn + V.^
, .? -.._v V c?a mviii UX a St'- j
I rious nature. Of course, I made al-j
lowance on this for the superior j
population of that county. But oven | *
at. that rate, Watauga County would' "
! have had about 300 cases, should it j
'have committed an equal number of if
! violations. Following that I went to I
j a smaller adjoining county, and
checked the docket. There they had j '
j slated for trial 190 eases. The docket
. in Watauga County, when it is considered
'heavy' by the attorneys, is
I comprised of from 50 to 75 cases,
j This including a large number of
j 'report' or good behavior cases." 11
! Mr. Bingham attributes the decline c'
! in law violations in this veMon hrin '
cipally to the high standard of her 3
\ citizenship, which is all the time im- c
i proving, as more thorough edma- 1
I tional advancages are being offered. 1
Following the conversation with v
Mr. Bingham, the Democrat was j
caused to make a check of the court. '
proceedings as carried in the paper f
this week. We have listed 23 judg- c
menti of the court. Eighteen of
' these are for violations of the pro- <
! hibition laws, most of them minor c
! infractions. Only one case of manui
factoring whisky is included. There t
j is one assault...with dpadlv AveapoK i <
j one affray, 'one larceny, and two It
leases of sav-r.iill operators allowii)&|<
1 the dust to go into the streams. ' 1
i
DEM<
3est Interests of NortKwes
liOLlNA, THURSDAY. APRIL 3. 1
JUDGE HARDING IS
GUEST OF BOONE
CLUB THURSDAY
Moti-J Jurist Addresses Civifcatis on
"Lew Observance.** Lays Blame
fo>- Lawlessness to Indifference of
Better Classes to Certain Statutes.
Resolution af Sympathy for W. H.
G aire Paaif-'d by Civic Body.
Declaring that even the better
his: es of people discourage the strict!
/"pservanee of law. lion. W. F. Ilard-i
:ig. judge presiding at the spring jt
erni of Watauga Superior Court, ad- :
!res-ed members of the Boone Civi:.a
Club at their weekly luncheon
'to. ting at the Daniel Boone Hotel;'
as? Thursday noon. The popular jurist
took occasion to ran the so-called
j.ia strata citizens for their atti- i
Aide toward certain tax valuation
laws. usury laws, gambling and speed
aws. averring that each and every
iiei'son. seams. to have ;.s?me--naxfrii'ii
ar statute* which h?* or she habitualy
violates. ? V"' - ' I
Throughout his twenty-minute talk
futj&e Harding impressed on mem*
?>' the rlub their duty in assist
:?u' i-r.v enforcement officers to <*aty
out "heir work, and urged that'
jjacb man present :ible:nniy resolv
o br. ;?k none of the laws of the State
lenceforth. and to use all ids infill- (
ince to discourage violations. lie , ,
fcated that if this could I?e accom],
dished. criminal dockets w ould so di-, |
ninisb during the coming years thai ,
he holding of court in Watauga)^
.'ouitly would be made necessary j ]
inly 1-y civil oases. j ,
Bui, according to tin- .Bulge. cvon 11
he ministers and teachers in t he j <
clviol have their own pel laws which i
hey teel free to violate. The socially] |
imminent ladies gather in their';
legfbs and play bridge for money: t
he colored servant sees the Violation i
md at once the idea forms in his i
iihul that if it h, all right for the: <
nislrass to gamhle, it will he all !
ight lor him to raid a neighbor's j j
thicken roost. The young hank clerk s
cos the president of tin- institution!)
riolale th" usury law by loaning
noney at a rate higher than the legal i
i.\ per cent. The youth, thinking <
hat if the president can "get away"i 1
vith the breaking of law that he can <
ilso, changes his accounts, takes j
honey that riocsu'i belong to him, :
ind winds up in the criminal courts <
git'h- a prison form fm-inir-Kim-Thr??so ;
tnd other illustrations were used by i
fudge Harding as proof thai, people <
if PXQmiiVgJure are responsible for s
nany" of the" misdemeanors and feloncs
that are perpetrated daily.
Iclosing his remarks, the speak-JJ
r asserted that a 11)6 per cent., j'
American is a citizen who conscien-1
iously believes t:i the principles of j 1
iur government. nnd crtno^n?Mvh
beys its laws. Judge Harding wasj *
produced by T. E. Bingham, local! j
ttoinev, who in his remarks re-! J
erred to His Hotior as one of the j
uost bnllistnt figures in the North '
aTOlina ju'diciary 1
Other visitors at the luncheon were! t
Solicitor John R. Jones, of Wilkes- ,
oro. who was inttifiSfr ed by Oivitan i <
. G. Cireer. and Mr. Caldwell and (
Irs. Norman, both of Hickory. X. ('.,
numbers of the staff of District Cenus
Enumerator Harkley. who were
uests of W. II. Gragg.
During a brief business session, aij1
esolution was passed by the cUihC
xtandiug tlw sympaL?.\ 01 the mem {
ership to fchvitan Gragg. whose j
eautiful home1 in Boone'. with all its [
urnishings, was destroyed by five j;
eoently.
tVatauga Farmer Makes |
Success With Tobacco |
i
Mr. Roby Wilson, one of Watau- t
a's most prosperous farmers, hasji
>een in' town this week, aiuf \yhar^; >
ver he says about farming can as:'
rule he relied upon. Last year he j
nado his first venture in raising to-: (
-\
>f the Bui ley variety, and here isji
io\v the venture culminated: i i
The weed grew and prospered to! }
us iiKing ami wnen ic was marKetecj, '
c received the snug: sum of $295.,
toss, from the acre. He is of the 1
pinion that the amount received was '
bout as much as one could hope to 1
lake per 'ay re unless, perhaps, it
ould he surpassed by planting to ;
lish potatoes. 1
Anyway, Mr. Wilson is preparing }
o try it again on a larger scale this
ear. He ha* four large tobacco heels.,
own and proposes this year to put j
Ut - fiVc-aCVc5, uSViiiij t"iiij??uycu. e.\-i i
raj help to assist in this and his oth-: j
r rather extensive farming opera-1 j
ions. j i
21 Watauga Delegates to j
Democratic Convention J
The number *>f delegates to be *
illowed each county at the Demo- j (
ratic State Convention in Raleigh il
ini'iT '.z~ Ho> been compiled . by Qd'JsJi
il. Mull, chairman of the executivei
ommittee. Of the 2,112 delegates ap- 1
>ortioned. Watauga County will fur-;
rish 21. Buncombe County leads!.
vrith 10^5, Mecklenburg is entitled to{1
01. -while Avery tails the list and;
>arcly gets inside the doors with 1
?ply three delegates. Next lowest!,
omes Tyrrell with four.
The number of delegates allowed!
?ach county is based on the Demo-;
ratic Gubernatorial vote in 1928.
rhe number of delegates this year'
exceeds by 419 the number allowed,
iv? ft**** 'busis of the 1921 result. Two
housaijd four hundred and twelve
lelepates are expected to attend the
parley.
DCRAT
>t North Carolina
i'30
Roy Martin Ready to COi
Serve Prison Sentence
Roy Martin, sentenced at the las hJ
fall term of Superior Court to servo
from five to seven years in Stab
Prison lor the admitted killing 01
Fred Ellispn, gave himself over t<
Sheriff Farthing the first of the week' Trial
and is ready to serve his time. The am
court gave him six months to ar- Co
range his business matters, pending Mr
the outcome of an appear to the Su- Vi<
preine Court. Martin. however. Ci!
failed to perfect the appeal, and will
he taken oto Raleigh the last of the J Th
week. j perjo
He must be present at court this) mom
week in a case which Mrs. Ellison' Frida
seeks damages in the amount of ?5.- ; Hard
000 for the slaying of her hh-haie!. I migh
i home
UNCLE SAM'S ARMY
OF CENSUS TAKERS
NOW ON THE .I0R
_ . . ^ ' - ?' i tions
'there
Enumerators of Thirteenth Decen- teres]
nial Census Began Work Wednes-, Jowin
day Morning. Family of W. R. posed
Lovil! First to Be Called ?-?r? in !? ?
Boone. Complete Lirt of Census costs
Fakers for Watauga. Lt
I udg i
Uncle Sam's fifteenth decennial ; costs.
> V. ... v..' vinrriy, riwnfUl-llllK I .'ill
M)U, swung into action this ( Weitoes- montl
lay i morning, bright ami early. He
I'roni the Golden Gate to Trjffinessce. mont
from tin* Rio (i ramie to Kankakee, half t
iflorbells are buzzing ami brass! Mil
Itnocker: clicking as the riant army Glc
nvings into action. President Hoover, pencil
Aho proclaim"*! tin cen- is and re- costs,
ptesied c v vyhotly to answer <jurs- Ke;
.ions freely and frankly, is the only dead!
lerson in the United States who has on n?j
? de'intie date with the visitor from; rir
:he Census- Bureau. At 1 o'clock p. Kugai
in. -I. Sterling Muran. census super- when
i-isor of the District o?" Columbia.. She
ailed at the White House, 1 fiOfn stispe
Pennsylvania Avenue, and enu liter- Chi
tied the President personally. 11 < montl
iskod him the routine questions with Bus
regard to himself and family. and <
The first family to he enumerated \Vi
it Boone hy Mrs. Paul A. Coffey.' incut
ensus-taker. wa< that of Attorney cost.
W. R. Lovill, in the western portion Tib
?f the city. Mrs. Coffey was on the in h>t;
loh at S o'clock a. m., ajuCher plans ed oil
ire to work from -west tn cast, cm- iTT~
ring itll lateral streets from Main: Ten i
is -sh*??nvnonoiin witk: hiu*. <l'if? ] The 1 Hoi
ask will he completed within thirty land c
lays, as provhieb hy the census laws.j Kv*
mil it. is the riumosL of .fh? Census: J mica
Bureau that the entire population as-; cost,
swer freely the questions plied by- T.
h< enumerators; thereby aiding U? extra*
TTe Sam in nis, gigantic task. phym
The enumerators for the various i L.
cwnships of Watauga County, who i cost,
ire on the job today, follow: Bald j Dai
Mountain. Wade F. N orris; Beaver j pende
dam, Walter R. Johnson; Blowing, Mr:
tdejv. Feed R ill......... I
lovk (township), Randio Foster;! T.
3Iue Ridge, James T. Hampton; Judgi
Ronno, Mrs. Paul A. Coffey; Boone cpst.
I township*. Mrs. Fred Winkler ; Cove loll
''rock,;.Qi"0wn _(l$ Xorris: File. .loo! and I
A". Wheeler; \ &,vc) Creek. Mrs. W. Ikr
?. Bingh?;\vt: Meat Camp ! and 2, and <
*hn !ii- C. lewis; North Fork. .1. M.
(Continued on pag-; i-'-. hi.;
Apj
W
Wayor Proclaims Annual p
ZJean-Up Period for City
Soring is hero and the annual!
Vlean-up" of the town will begin v?aid
text Wednesday. Mayor R. S. Swift r^es !
II tonus us that the garbage trucks. , V?( *v
vih start on that date, and that all horin
iihbish" should he collected by prop- audit<
riy owners. placed in barrels, bagsj lore
n* boxes and left at convenient spots '
'or the truckmen. The Mayor warnr.;
hat this must he a thorough clean-up **^!
ind cites the ordinance to that effect ! adopt
*hich appeared in a recent issue <> " ''"'-'t.
The Democrat. : neede
Let this spring he a recard-break- Tin
iv along this line. Citizens should be al f irr
v>;?ar >u fo/?f - v.g* Chhid
no re cleaning up to do besides thel^ous<
emoval of a few tin cans and other; >*uppo
ighi rubbish from their premises, i sentei
it should be the duty of. the police-Lime:
ifter the would-be clean-up, to in- ' > Tin
>pect the premises and see that ev- Robei
vything is to their likiner. If it C??un
lot, have the work done at the ?'x
unse of the <o\vn and then add the
-mount to the tax receipt of the; "1<rh
noperty owner.
It is a conceded fact that Boone. BOOI
nestied as it is amcMffl the hills, is;
;ne of (he prettiest, one of the most
ittractive. and one of the most do- Mi;
iightfui little cities to hp found in ;
Western North Carolina. But there! failed
s. and has been, one thing seriotfsly t gram
n the wax. and that is the unsightly; Char!
andscape that meets the eye of theijjnno\
risitor as he travels ovei; oven the) week,
nnin street of the town: vacant lots," Grds
nstead of being- converted into beau that \
ty spots tor the enjoyment of the; enter
people, allowed to groxv up in sopi
iVoorK- hncVif?c ow,l K
? ?. t'noio, <*ira wurse J this j
still, in some instances arc used as a. fev_ ]
lumping ground l or various unsight- i other
ly debris that "ill naturally collect:;, s',?
iii d tiViV ii lilt- yi IlUUIIC. formj
A visitor's first impression of alK,.ett,
town is the one most lasting, and, if |
Boone is to hold her place as a re- )y ()
sort, it is the duty of every citizen when
to get behind Mayor Swift and the. fa;ie(
progressive Board of Aldermen in I Jooki
their effort to clean-up; and keep! mcnt
clean this, lieautiful little city. j ture.
TO ADDRESS YOUNG PEOPLE j ^fh;
Judge AV. F. Harding, Judge Tarni r0^H|
Bowie and Attorney \Y. C. Newland , jlos_
will deliver short addresses to the
Voting people of the town and county
at the College Auditorium tonight Ar
(Wednesday) at 1 o'clock. Every- lit?
body invited. JU will be worth going John
manv miles to hear. matu
$1.50 PER YEAR
URT TOSHES
TAT SDOCKET
LAS fTHURSDAY
of Civ lasts Began Friday,
d Heavy * chet Expected to Be
mpJetely ? isposed of Today.
:st of Ju_^_ients Passed for the
elation oi i rohibition Lawr- anc
her Minor Offenses.
e soring term of Watauga Sur
Court reconvened Monday
ing. having been adjourned
y afternoon in order that .mdge
ing and the various attorneys
t he privileged t visit .with
folks over the week-end. The
el" the criminal docket was
ad away Thursday and a good
was made on the civil case
y. The term is expected :<? have
leted its husines? h\ a<iifaimtime
this afternoon,
e great majority of the cases for
d a f f we re result la
of the prohibition statutes.
heinu" n<> east; of very wide in
t to come before the jury. Foi<;
is a list of the judgments imOorncll,
liqu FuiVu -Si'"' and
of action.
t c h e r Teagpe. drunkenness,
nent suspended on payment <>:
jert Wdpdi inji, lie.pi or. Four
hs on roads.
nrv ifagati. drunkenness, dadg
suspended on paym'fc'jVt ?>!* onehe
cost.
I Harrison. liquo?- Not guilty.
? \Vilc?>x. liquor. -h.iwment- sus <!
on payment of one-half the
j;av IPadshav. . as:-:auk. with ;t
y weapon. Judgment suspended
yment of cost.
ml; Culler, Baxter Culler. Sollie
i, affray. Judgment suspended
each pays one-thijrd of costs.
?rman Baird, liquor. Judgment
r.ded on payment of cost,
tries Walser, driving drunk. Six
is on roads.
iscll Maltha, liquor. Fined $25
est*.
Ilia in Woodruff, liquor. Judgsuspended
on payment of the
ricn Atwood. larceny. Two years
ate Prison. Judgment suspendgigavmBKl
of tosL _J
a. May. manufacturing* liquor,
nonflis oij roads,
me Crimea, liquor. Fined $6u
osts.
nett Norrjs. sawdust in creek.
OcnL&llSUandod on naymcnl of
W. Phillips, selling flavoringets.
Jutiymt'iit suspended en
ept of cost.
South, liquor. Fined $5li and
11 Rimer, liquor. Judgment sus d
on payment of cost,
s. Dan Rimer, liquor. Three .
is in county jail,
h. 1;]click, sawdust, in creek,
nent suspended on payment of
in Davis. Ed Pitts, liquor. Eight
2 months on road:
vc Moody, driving drunk. ^25
ost.
?
aalachian Teachers
in i*-* r^,r.k.?
in t/cuttic uver
urman University
one of the best debates ever
cted at the Appalachian State
!cvs> College, the first of a se;o
be condiieted this year, the
Li's won a complete victory over
an University in the college
>riuin "here Saturday night he
un immense audience. The subiebated
was of current, worldinterest
:
^solved thai the nations should
a plan of complete d.isarmaexcepting
such forces as are
d for police purposes'"
[? Appalachian, supporting the
native. was represented by
*v of Lincoln County. Furnvan"
rtihg the negative, was repreil
by X. R. Beachsfm and W. B.
5 of South Carolina.
judges were Sapevintettdei.it
t Lee Phfhitner of. the Ashe
tV Schools. President Edgar
of Lecs-McRao. College, and
inal Gwyn Price of Jefferson
1
OV I SOU*.
V'E ARTISTS FAILED
TO BROADCAST SUNDAY
? Kuth Coffey and iff. Rcmmel
V, 'widely .kHUo'ii iwcal lUUSIUHnS, "
L to broadcast a musical profrom
Radio Station WBT,
otto, Sunday afternoon, as was
meed in The Democrat last
A check-up of the studio recSaturday
afternoon revealed
:he hour set aside for the Boone
tainers had previously been
for commercial purposes, and
nformation wired to Miss Cofft
was stated, however, that antime
would be set apart within
hrt iimp z6t \hc:i initial
mce, and the error, was reed.
one's radio audience was greatisappointed
Sunday afternoon
the program by the local talent
I to fro on the air, and is eagerly
ng forward to the announceof
a definite date for this feaIt,
is understood that there is
t prospects for Miss Coffey and
Porter to secure a contract for
sr services at the Charlotte stuviiiwmu
ikuv?.uSv, B?MBH
author, has been awarded the
Burroughs medal for the best
> v iting in 192!).
*