VOLUME XU1, NO- 17
Today and
Tomorrow
J By FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE j
Eskimos
Traders returning- from the Huds
?r: s Bay country tell of Eskimo
families whose incomes in actual
money run up to $40,000 u year,
which they cam by trapping: the rare
white fox for its fur. These Eskimos,
like ail other uncultured people who
conic inter possession of sudden
wealth, have rib ide.u of the value of
money -They spend their incomes on
airplane. joyridcs> commercial aviators
having discovered that there is
' asy money ir. flying up to llerschel
Island, in the Arctic Ocean, where
k these Eskimos live, and charging
them ?37f> for a flight to Edmonton.
They pay $300 a ton for coal with
which to heat their igloos, buy the
most expensive radio sets, and arouse
the envy of their less fortunate
neighbors.
Some moralists are inclined to ecit-j
'rise these Eskimos for their lack of
thrift, hut it seems to me as if they
were getting more out of life than
many persons who save their pennies
and deny themselves anything in the
way of luxury.
Wine
It is not illegal, the Director of
Prohibition declares, to make wine
or beer in one's own home for one's
otvin use. The law does not prohibit
the making of beverages which arc
r.ci inioxic&ting in fact,'' but pro-J
hibits their sale.
It does not. take a very long mem-1
ory to recall the time when the do-i
mestie manufacture of wine for home
use was a part of the year's regular !
routine in a large proportion of farm
an'1, village homes. Elderberry wine,
dandelion wine and wine from other
fruits and ingredients shared honors
with the grape. And our grandmoth
ers always took pains to see that
there was a supply on hand of "black
berry cordial." which was supposed
to have sovereign value in digestive
disturbances. Probably blackberry
cordia! would conic under the prohibition
ban today, for it certainly was
"intoxicating in fact-" But one necd-j
ed a capacity far beyond the ordinary j
to ionsumu enough of the old-fash-1
ioned home-made wines to become j
infoxicjkted by them.
1
St. Bernard
I In ordering Italian harder gim;'is,
*l to !?v on 'ho monks of St. Bernard1
jP -wires they crossed the Italian border j
to rescue some snowbound travelers,
ihc Fascist government outraged titej
humane sensibilities of the whole j
world. The Hospice and monastery!
of St. Bernard; founded ih the year!
by Bernard do Menthol), is morel
than a .Swiss institution; it 'is en-!
shin the heart of the whole
Christian v orld.
\\ in. has not heard of the men
a ho give their lives to save others,
as these monks have done for ai
? thousand years? Situated S.12C feetj
abovfi seoleve) ai. the summit of the
oldest-nave led pass across the Alps.i
the Hospice is a refuge fdty travellers
though motorists are nut especially
welcome? -and the home of
the famous St. Bernard dogs. These
2t grefli. crohfiTrAa
Kill, cro a breed especially developed
by Hi--- monks, with thick hair to with
stand the cold, keep noses to smell
stray travelers caught ir- the snowstorms.
and great strength to drag
them to safety or run swiftly for
aid.
Me: v than twenty thousand persons
every years spend the night, at
the Hospice. No charge is made, but
everybody is supposed to contribute
the price of a night's lodging'to the I
little church there.
Helium
Instead of being a rare gas, obtain
able only at a high cost, as it was a
few years ago. helium, the lightest
of all the elements ex?ept hydrogen,
is now obtained in practically unlimB
ited quantities from the Governments'^
owned gas wells in Texas and OklaD,
hemaA
movement has been started to
indtfge the President and the Secretaries
of War and of the Navy to I
S permit the exportation of helium gas!
for use in commercial airships in j
other countries. Nothing could do]
more to aid in the development of
dirigibles, and such an action on the |
part of ofli officials would go far;
J toward better international relations.
But the probabilities are that the]
advocates of war and the timorous |
ones who think the rest of the world :
is lying in wait to pounce upon the
United Stages, will make a vigorous
protest against letting any other nation
have something which might be]
used in making war upon usHeat
The newest vision of science is a
substance which will take the place
of steam for heating purposes. Diphenyl,
a substance obtained from benzine,
is said by the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers to be
much better for this purpose. It is a
3olid which melts at a temperature
of 157 degrees and vaporizes at 492
degrees.
A house heating plant using diphonyl
would have boilers and pipes full
of this solid, which would gradualiy
become liquid as the fire was startI
ed. and would circulate through the
pipes and radiutors like water. It
holds heat better than steam, and is
S V said to give off more of the heat
| ? from the boiler furnace than steam
^ does.
/ATA1
A Non-Partisan N
BOON
DOUGHTONSPEAKS
! TOLARGE CROWD
TUESDAY EVENING
Delivers Parting Shot in Campaign.
Reviews .State and National Rec
ord of Republicans, and Flays Hoover
for "Broken Promises " Predicts
Democratic Majorities in the
Senate and House.
Before an audience estimated at
more than five hundred, Farmer Bob
Doughton, Eighth District Congressman
and candidate fer re-election,
delivered the parting shot of the 1U??0
campaign in the county courthouse
on Tuesday evening. Beginning with
local affairs; the veteran legislator
reviewed the records of Republican
office-holders through all governmental
agencies to the White House.
! llayed their methods, and asked for
! united support of the Democratic orI
ionization in next Tuesday's election
I to restore lost ground in the State
and to give to the Nation a Democratic
Congress and Senate.
* The Republican Party come? he
fore the neople asking for control
of the State government," said Mr.
Dough ton, "but they are unable to
show by past performances that they
are able to take care of the job Only
twice since the Civil War have they
booh in power, and each time they
i**fI affa us in a horrible arid shame-']
ful condition."
"Their oraror.s are going from
place tr? place, urging reduction in
taxation," continued the speaker. |
"Let us look into this matter. Thirtytwo
counties in the State are go.Vrj
orncd by the Republicans and 68 byi
the l)emd< rats- The average rate, of
?. . .. .1 r? 1
in lih' rvepuoncan counties
is SI. 17 on the $100 valuation; in:
the Democratic counties, $1.16. That
shows a difference of -i 1 cents in
favor of the Democrats, yet they fell
you that they want to reduce taxes.
It's better to live in a Demorratio
county, and besides that, it costs
less."
Mr. Houghton praised the Gaid-j
nor administration for the wonder- j
iul relief measures it has inuugurat-j
ed, including the equalization fund,'
and pointed out !hat Republican counties
are receiving more from this
fund than Democratic counties, due
to their '^inefficiency-"
"The hope of Republican candidates
in this campaign is to distract
the attention of the voters from the
real and \ ital issues of the day to
the unpleasantries of the 192.S struggle,"
sajd the speaker. "Everywhere
you go they sing a wonderful song
of the highway system in North Oar
olinn, the. wonderful schools and the1
efficient public health system. These
things have been brought, about by
the Democratic party, which has been
in complete and absolute control tori
the past thirty years."
"The only genuine and universal
prosperity tile United States has ever
enjoyed was under t.he Woodrowj
Wilson administration," Mr- Doughton
declared. "If. the laws enacted
'dating that regime were erased!
from the statute books today the
country would be destitute and poverty-stricken.
Tim Uav.icy-SinootGvurdy
Tariff ia.v, enacted as a relief
measure, is the most vicious audi
ahomiiiahlc tariff law ever brought
'ift-fbss the threshold of American
government, ami has directly affected
the price of every farm cbminodi:
v.V
President Hoover's c a in p a i g n
promises wore given a sound currying.
"Prohibition, farm relief, economy
and prosperity were the four
points which landed Herbert Hoover
into the White House. Tie has had
every opportunity to fulfil! his promises
to the electorate, having had an
over whelming majority in hoth
houses of Congress. Any thinking;
_li?an ,vi' ntill el, * *- I
%-t; "uiiiwii ? Hi utiulil tllUL CllUj
cause of prohibition is weaker today I
than if was when he took over the|
reins of government; all because ourj
Chief Executive sails around on the!
wings of expediency, refusing appropriations
for its strict enforcement. |
and treating the whole matter withi
indifference. The farm reiief he gave
as relieved the farmer of everything
he had except hope, reduced the price
of all farm products and left poverty
in its wake. The tariff laws enacted
as an auxiliary to the 'relief' measure
destroyed foreign trade, and;
threw 2.000,000 industrial workers
from the payrolls of the country,"
Mr. Doughton chnvgt d"These
rue the issues of the cam-]
paign," the speaker aescrted. "Their!
Senatorial nominee, George Pritch-1
aid. is going over the State trying!
to make the people believe that Tammany
Hal) am! John J. Raskob are!
the bogies this fall, hut the real.:
honest-to-goodness issue is the record
of Herbert Hoover and the Repub'
lican Party. Piitehard has as much!
chance of being elected to the Sen!
ate as a humming bird has of flying
I tn fhp innnn w i f rViic t>rtin4hmic/> *??''
to its tail."
in conclusion "Farmer Bob" said:
'I am not ashamed of the record of
my party, but prouder today than at
any time in my life. The country is
in a state of upheaval, the voters are
disgusted with the broken promises
of Hoover, and indications are today
that the Democrats will be ill complete
control of both houses of Congress
after next March."
j Tuesday afternoon Mr- Doughton
addressed a large audience at Bethel
schoolhouse in Beaver Dam Township.
WORTH WHILE CLUB WILL BE
ENTERTAINED ON HALLOWEEN
Mesdames A. E- Hamhy and J. F.
Moore will be joint hostesses to the
members of the Worth Whiie Club
and their husbands at a Halloween
party to be given at Mi's. Moore's
home on Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
ewspaper, Devoted to the
E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH Ci
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{Joseph Brown Dies at
Home Near Rutherwood j
(By J. M- DOWNUili I
Mr. Joseph Brown, father of Dr.
Roy M. Brown, of Chape! Hill, was
buried in the obi Brown cemetery
near Rutherwood Sunday afternoon.
He had lived in that section of the
j county all his life, and was a splenj
did and substantial citizen. A few
( years ago his health failed and he
j went to live with his son at Chapel
j Hill- Sometime ago he was stricken
| w?th paralysis, and since that time
. has not been very active, but durine
j all these days he was cheerful and
j considerate, kind and happy to the
| end, and passed away as though falli
in? into a quiet sleep.
: iir was in his S4tn year. Deep sym|
pathy v. as expressed to the bereaved
I ones lib the burial by a large numj
ber of old friends ana neighbors who
j were present. The last rites were
j conducted by Professor J. M- Dowj
num. of the Appalachian State Teachj
ers College.
| Tobacco Growers Are
To IVleet Here on 11th;
Mr. S. <\ liggers has received ini
formation from A. L. Brown, asso:
elate editor of the Hurley Tobacco
j Bulletin, Grceneville. Tcnn.. to tne
I J iecv unai ?n the 11th of Novt n;
bet* he. with other exepirt tobacco!
j ???n, expect to come to Boone atitl
| have a meeting with the tobacco.
| grower.-- of this county t<- help them
| with the culture of the weed and parl
tifeularly with gradiiig. The uiotprcade
is to he sponsored by the busi!
ness men of Johns/a < ity. a siting
band will provide music, and hun!
deeds of souvenirs will he brought
and distributed to all those attending.
More definite details as to the j
gathering will have been completed
bv the next issue of the paper
Former Watauga Man
Dies at Home in Idaho
Walter Davis, veteran of the
World War and former Watauga
resident, died at a hospital in Post
i Falls, Idaho Wednesday morning at
1 o'clock, according to telegrams received
by relatives here. Death was
due o to lung infection incurred with
the American Expeditionary forces.
A brother. Dan Davis, suecunibcr six
months ago to a similar ailment, he
having served in the same outfit
I with Walter m France. The two
' brothers won distinction for bravery
under fire, and each was decorated.
| Mr. Davis was horn and reared at
| Mabel, a sno of Mr- and Mrs- W. V. 1
j Davis. He had been j> resident of i
| the Western slate for several years.!
j Surviving are the father and moth-1
| er, two brothers, Zran Davis of Bris-I
; tol, Tenn., and Ira Davis, of Post:
i Falls, and one sistter, Mrs. I.nura Eg-1
I gets, also of Idaho. ?
Dis and Dat
I ssSE
n
LARGE ORDER CANCELED DUF. j
! TO TARIFF RATES.
j David F. Greene. man-.ger of the'
Woodcraft Novelty Company, local]
manufacturing establishment, gives;
out the information that the recently|
enacted tariff laws have cost his
: company: already, n ote than fifteen
thousand dollars. An order for this
amount, he says, made by a large
I Canadian exporting company, was
canceled recently, disc to the prohibitive
rates embodied in a retaliatory!
measure enacted l>y the....-Dominion
in protest of the Hasvley-Smool law.
The increase of one hundred per centon
American, goods going into Canada.
according to Mr. Greene, would
place the local product on ihe mar-1
kets of that country at a figure too
high to compete .with similar goods
manufactured thcieMr.
Greene further stated that if
this order had not been canceled, his
plant would have continued work
throughout the winter months, and
no suspension would have been necessary
except a brief period for tee
overhauling of machinery. Forty-five
men, he says, will be thrown out
of work for six weeks, as a direct
result of the "unfair legislation."
This is probably the first time in
history that local enterprise has been
directly affected by the tariff.
KINDNESS WINS VICTORY
OVER SORROW.
A Bnone family was stricken by
grief Tuesdav morning when death
' removed one of its members. Their
heads were bowed in sorrow, and
each face bore the marks of agony
brought by the unexpected demise of
[ a loved one. Their castles had been
wrecked, their dreams broken, and
I iurure plans Diighted. I* nemls came
I by the hundreds. Words of sympathy
I and kindness were showered on each
I member of the grieved household;
loving hands dried the wayward tear
from pain-drawn cheeks, and flowers
brightened the rooms where so- re-;
cently the "Black Camel' "had knelt-j
Hope again dawned in the mind of j
each relative, and courage to "carry
en" was engendered by the charity'
j of neighbors and friends. While the;
I load could not be removed in its en-.
| tirety, love bad won an outstanding:
I victory over pain and sorrow.
POTATO VINES SEVEN
FEET HIGH.
Fiank Horton of Vilas has broken
another record. Friday he brought
to the Democrat office a potato vine
which had grown, si nr.- itc planting
on June 15th to a heighth of seven
feet, and when Jack Frost laid his
icy hands on the section a few weeks
ago was still green and full of- life.1.
The potatoes were dug just four!
months and five days after the seed j
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Best Interests of Northwei
VROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER
iimrfiPT AMRftwn?
WJ ^/A/VIAjI M. X AXfT. trv f T AIU
BE5NG TOUTED FOR |
ATTNEY-GENERAL
"JLJbh of iKc Mountains" 2s Being
Urged by Eastern Carolina Friends
to Make Race in 1932. This Office t
Might Be Stepping Stone to the
Governorship. Bowie Said to Be J
ConsSiiftrinf: Candidacy.
(Special to The Democrat)
Raleigh, N. C-.?The name of Thomas
C. "Tam"; Bowie, of West Jcffersoji,
former legislator and for a
ah (fit time Superior Court Judge,
prominent nvjjegal, political, and oth - j
or circles in the northwestern parti
o? the State j hax been injected in*
the 1982 Democratic primary race
for Attorney General.
Mr. Bowie, if is understood here, j
is being promoted by Eastern North
Carolina Democrats, who hold out1
to him the possibility of moving up;
from Attorney General to the Governorship
later, as did the late Thom-i
as Walter Bicketi and as Attorney
General L>. G. Brum mitt is. prospec- ,
tivelv seeking to do in 1932. Mr- j
Bowie is understood to be consider-;
ing the matter, but has given no intimation.
as far as can bo learned, j I
of his possible, decision.
The Ashe County lawyer was in t
Supreme Court here last week, seek-)
ing to show that the Workmen's |
Com pi hsaiiOi? Act is w n c o n s tj tutr e i: j '
ui. lie appeared in a ease involving 1
injury to a workman twploy i i ^
a school building serving a district' .1
parts of which were in Ashe and Watauga.
counties.
Ii Mr. Bowie- should enter the raCej?
for Attorney General, the prospecive!
number of candidates would he four,
including Charles Ross, Lillington,
forme)- Assistant Attorney General,
now attroney for the N- C. Highway
Commission; I. M. Bailey, Jacksonville
and Raleigh, attorney for the
N. C. Corporation Commission, and (
Kenneth Royall, Goldsboro, former
Wayne County senator and recently! <
president of the North Carolina Bar! j
Association, Mr. Ross and Mr. Bailey!
are said to be on the verge of an-, ;
pouncing their candidacies. My. Roy-j '
ster sayeth nothing.
Judge Walter Slier, Chatham Coun- .
ty. anil Prank Nash. Orange County,
have about eliminated themselves as
possible candidates. Both are assist- i
ant Attorney CFenerals,.?g-.
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I
Gharl*?il^hpmpsfin. of Mabel i
was in Boone tin- othei day deliver- j
ing some fine molasses, which he ]
hud made this year with his modern ?
new evaporating plant- The syrup is d
of the very finest quality, comes !. ? n
conper boilers, ami Mr. -The,mpson ^
$t?s produced atfoul six hundred gal- i
Ions this year for the farmers of
his neighborhood. He is doing eus-: j
torn work exclusively and says that! J
p??>:t y*l<ir hfs out nut wdf he gro:?tjv''
increased- s3 KI8 : 1 -ml
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l - .
In Watauga
,
!
was put inv6 the ground, ami under i
I lie elongated" vir.tu a' hest of sight i
number one spuds were found, their ;;
aggregate weight being moiv "than j
five pounds. ,
Early July is what this phenomena Q
of the vegetable kingdom is ilaffiJ, j
ami according to Mi- Ilortou it is
a wonderful producer. This is his ]
first experience with the "grapevine ,
spud" but he intends to plant uuite ;
an acreage next year'
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URGES SUPPORT OF VETERANS j
LOAN BONDS. j
Commander !' nark-:; Youuce < if
the local American Legion post is!!
in receipt of a 'letter from John 15. 1
Manning, head of the World War '1
Veterans Loan Fund at Raleigh, in
which he urgvs the support of all <
ex-service men to the $2,000,000 i
loan measure to he voted on next) I
Tuesday. Mr. Manning gives the fol-j i
lowing five reasons why every voter] 1
should cast his hallot in favor of this!
ivorih-while measure:
"1. This fund ira help hundreds! .
of ex-service men acquire homes, who{ 1
could not otherwis obtain them
"2- To issue these bonds will not)'
cost the taxpayers of the State one'
cent. The money is loaned on first!!
mortgages at 6 per cent. The State; ;
should not have to pay more than
J 1 1 per cent- on its bonds.
"0. The State owes a large debt i i
to its ex-service men. It has givenI;
then) nothing. Home owners make!)
better citizens. The people should i i
vote for tlir-se bonds to aid veterans! 1
in acquiring homes. 1 i
"'4. The veterans do not ask the IState
to give them anytt.ing- They.I <
will repay the mr.nev loaned them!
through this fund. BSIM8
"5. This proposition is r.ot a Con-}
stitutional Amendment."
The two million dollars appropri- !
ated by the General Assembly of j
1925. Mr. Youtipp pvnlainpH kochana!
a groat work, hut tho amount is in-:
adequate 1.0 take care of the requests'
for loans which have flooded the Bu-j
reau. Very few ioao.s have been |
completed lj\ W atanga veterans, and |'
unless the additional bonds are float-,
ed. no mor.ev will he available for!
a year or more, continued the locai I
Legionaire.
The proposition to he voted oil in'
the genera! election is not. as Mr.!
Manning stated, a Constitutional!
Amendment. The measure as it ap-!!
pears 011 the ballet is merely "ForWorld
War Veicians I.oar, Bonds"
or "Against World War Veterans!
Loan Bonds." Commander Youncej
believes that it is the duty of every'
fair-minded voter to cast hi ballot!
in the affirmative, and help out thej.
boys who stood by their flag during
the perilous days of the World Year. ';
3CRA
st North Carolina
50, 15)30
Business Houses to Close;
For Funeral Rites Today!
Business houses of Boone will be
closed Thursday morning from 10 co
21 o'clock for the luneral service of
Mrs. Luther M. Farthing. Mayer K.
S. Swife, in connect-on with this
movement, has issued the following
proclamation:
The citizens of Boone are requested
to close their business houses
for one hour Thursday morning. beginning
at 10 o'clock a. m., for the
burial services of Mrs. Luther M.
Farthing. Let us all join together
in paying fitting respects to our
Sheriff and his family in their bereavt
ment"R.
S. SWIFT, Mayor."
Local Collegians at
Atlanta Convention
Eighteen young men and women,
students at the Appalachian State
Teachers College, left yesterday for
Atlanta. Ga-, where they will be in
attendance ac the South-wide Student
Conference, which convenes in that
city Sunday for a two-day session.
Eighteen states am in h*.
ed at the convention, and no less
than 2,000 delegates are expected to
?? <. nrolh d.
Those going from Boone are:
Gladys Swift, Lillian Steele, Lueile
Miller, Signora Alexandria, Sadie;
Lindsay, Virginia Lindsay;, Marie!
Villi*;, Morelia Bull Cxruof Biggs. i
Grace Clements, Louise Moore. Ann;
Morrow, Julit Douthit, Jonas Waters.
Lindsay Waters, Alton Young, lake
Hagaman anil Howard Wilson.
This Week's News in
Town of Blowing Rock :
_
Mr. ami Mrs. -1. H- Wir.klt'r havo! i
noved to their- new homo, one blockj:
)u, on Linville Street. i
The Blowing Hock Christian En-! I
leaver held its 150th meeting on. j (
Sunday night, October 26. A very! <
nteresting program Was given withjl
Miss Amie Coffey as leader- Wo i
vunt to congratulate these young ?
leoplc of this organization on their j
vork and interest given it- Visitors
ind new members will always receive 1
) hearty welcome.
Our year-round hotei. Hob Nob
[nn, is enjoying a prosperous month. !
Tourists from ail sections east ofdi
he Mississippi are stotpping regular \ :
y and speak y-ery highly of this inn. I
lowing Hock i: justly proud ot Kohl ;
Nod, where the tourists have the ben-,
'fit of steam heat, and every eom-ii
fori given ir? a city hotel. Especially I <
noticeable is the excellence of the:
home-codked meals arid perfect dinin
g ro brm so rvi |p| 1
Miss Con'nrie Knight has taken a
position as secretary to Lawyer! '
Stroupe in Hickory, N. C.
Mrs. H. P. Holshouser visited with#]
friends in Johnson City last week- j '
The Foe and Lanier Societies of ffj
no Flowing Rock; :School invito the j
|ublic their weekly programs ex- j
:ry'Friday. " I 5
C The nintb-grnders enjoyed a wein-1 ;
Aj-niarshmallow roast dr. Green Hill i
ast Wednesday night They met at 1
,he school lionse and went from
hi re t-./ t he Hill, where games and 1
vtunts were held. Those present were
;he members of the ninth grade, a
friend of each member, ami Mr. and
Tester, two 'of the high school
nst rue torsThe
boys and girls of the Blowing,
icotk High School basket ball teams
net those of the Grandfather School 1
it Grandfather on Wednesday of last ;
veek. The score was 30-24, boys, and 1
12-S girls, both in favor of the Blow- ;
ng Bock r.eams. The linc-un of the' <
Slowing- Rock teams follows: ! 1
Gir.'s?Center, Doric White;vright-j ;
: onward, Virginia Suddreth; left for-?]
raid, Oma Greene; cento; guard,! 1
Elizabeth Walters; left guard, Blair] 1
Suddreth; right forward.-Fanny Hen- j :
lerson; Boys?Center, Homer Cot- j *
"ey: right forward, Arnold Bolick;i4
eft forward, Bill Lentz; left guard,}
:>ee Cannon; right guard. Shufordj
Sdmirten. i'
Roth teams, were met here by tl\e 5
\ho teams on Friday of last week, i
The score of the girls' team w'as S-7 '
n favor of Ako- The line-up was the :
fame except Tbelrna Coffej'. substi
uted as center.
The Blowing Rock teams will meet '
\ho at Alio on Wednesday, October 1
?1. arid Grandfather will meet here '
>r. Friday, October 31.
There will be a Halloween program
it the schoolhouse on Thursday{ ]
tight, October 30. A program pfj
tbout lr.rty-five minutes will be giv-,
m in the auditorium free. There j
trill be refreshment booths in the j
tail of the building where you can!
5uy eats of all varieties. There will!;
dso be entei tainmc-nt booths- Every-j;
me is invited to attend this function, j
The Ladies' Auxiliary met at the? !
hurch on October 23id. A very in-j
Xresting program was given on the;
ife of To.vokiko Kagawa. a religious!
leader of Japan. Those taking pavtj1
in the program Were Mrs. Herbert]
fr.gle, Mrs. W- L. Holshouser, Mrs.,
rj. v,. i_ nderdown, and Mvs. Paxil [
Klutz- After the program a social
hour was held at the end of which
refreshments were served, consisting
af tea. sandwiches and cookies.
VERSATILE OHIO PARROT
SINGS HYMNS AND SWEARS;
Pomeroy. Ohio?A parrot that re-|
peats the Lord's Prayer and sings |
"Nearer My God u Thee" is owned
by Miss Sarah Brannon here.
A short time ago a neighbor walked
into the Brannon home singing
the livmn, slightly "off key." Polly
immediately broke in with "Hold oil.
there. Newt, you've lost the tune."
According to Miss Brannon, the
only thing the mutter with Polly is
that she swears oftener than she
sings or prays.
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SUICU TUES. A. M.
Mrr. Lutht?*T?r Farthing Fire* Bullet
Through Own He?d Had Been ht
III Health for Several Year* No
inquest Funeral to Be Conducted
al Boone Baptirt Caurcl. Thursday
Morning.
Mrs. Luther M. Farthing. 55 years
old, wife of Sheriff Farthing, candidate
for re-election on the Democratic
ticket in Watauga County, was
found dead in the back yard of her
East Boone home Monday morning
al. 5:30 o'clock, a victim of suicide.
A .32 calibre revolver lay at her
side. The bullet had entered her
right packing through th-j
brain, and death was said to bavo
been instantaneous.
Mis." Farthing had gotten np at
about 5 o'clock, jgone into the kitchen
and built a fire- It is supposed that
she look the; revolver from her husband's
poccket with her when she left
the bedroom vhere he slept, loaded
it and in deliberate manner prepared
for 1'ne suicide. A grown daughter,
Kuby. was aroused shortly afterward,
dressed and came flown to help her
toother prepare the morning meal
Not finding Mrs. Farthing in the
kitchen, she went to a back door,
near where she discovered the body.
pr> J. B. Hagaman, cpunty coroner,
suiuriioned, but he deemed ho :nijuest
necessary. Death, it is believed,
had taken place some thirty minutes
previousMrs.
Far,thing had been in ill
health for several years, a sufferer
from high blood pressure and rheumatism.
Following a tonsil operation
some months ago. it was thought that
iter health, to some, degree; had been
restored, and her manner bad been
more cheeriul than in previous
pears. An unbalanced mind, brought
lb out by physical infirmities, is beieved
to have been the cause of her
leaoly act- She v;as considtrc.il one
i?f the town's best women, charitable.
sympathetic and kind, and her
tragical depth bar. brought a deep
jloom over the town, which had nevjr
Before been the scene of a suicideDeceased
was a daughter of the
late Marshall Greer of Laurel Greek
Township- and was a member of the
Boone Baptist Church. She had spent
her entire life in the* county, where
she had cultivated a wide circle of
friends. I
Surviving are the husband; three
^ons; KUSScli IlitcKett, AiboA'L of
Boone, and Victor ot Chicago. 111.;
two daughters, Mrs. Edgar Edinisten
of Suga'- Gn?v e. and Migr. Ruby Farthing
of Boone; and Ihreo brothers,
Raymond ar.d Alfonso Greer < d'O kIshr.r.v..
and Orris Orecr of ! h?he.
Funeral services will bt^ held on
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at
the Baptist Church, with Rev. p. A.
Hicks, pastor, in charge. Interment
will take place in the Boone cpinc;t
ry.
Messages of condolence have been
pouring in from all sections of the
State to the bereaved husband, who
has become a popular figure during
lis six-veor tenure as Sheriff of Wu-^
Home-Coming Observed
A.t the Methodist Church
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(By J. M DOWNUMI
A very interesting and most helpCul
service was held at the Methodist
Church in Boone 9b the past. Sun
ray. it was ouser,veri us "hr.mo-joming
day" and the beginning of Child
ind Youth WeeSi" The cnurch was
lecotaled in u most appropriate manner
with thi products of the fields
inri woods ahcx was attractive to a
rery high degree. A most interestriir
evereise was Riven by the Sunday
School, bringing out the strong
ippeal of the swung people for more
sincere and faithful leadership of the
rider ones.
The sermon of the beloved pastor.
Dr. O. J. Chandler, was in harmony
vifcji the oreasion and became the
strong and high point of the day, impressing
the very large audience pressor
as one of the most lav-reaching
md helpful sermons ever delivered
from that pulpit. A!! were deeply
impressed and upiifteil and almost
.veinvheimed at the strong and wonderful
lessons brought out in this
retry unusual sermon of this true and
noble man of Cod.
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Lenoir in Football
Banner Elk. X. C.--Thursday aft
jvnoon at three o'clock the Lees-Mc[lae
Bulldogs met and defeated the
Lenoir High School Bulldogs on the
home field of Lees-McRae at Banner
Elk. The game opened with great
uncertainty, both teams taking advantage
of breaks- In the second
quarter Cooke of Lees-McPae in four
mighty plunges carried the ball over
the goal line, the first time Lenoir
has been scored on this season,
Clarke making another touchdown in
the same quarter. Lenoir came back
strong with a succession of brilliant
plunges that carried the ball deep
into the enemy's territory, but they
were unable to score.
In the third and fourth quarters,
Lenoir made noble efforts to hold
back Lees-McRae but in spite of their
brilliant offensive Hoss and L>ickerfon
made two touchdowns for T-eesMcRao,
Clarke making the only extra.
point of the game which closed
the game with a score of 25-0.
Rabb, the two nioores, MaynaTd
and Campbell were the outstanding
Placets for the losing team.
A cradle rocked by an electric motor
ha^ been invented to put babies
to sle<*p.