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V VOLUME XLH, NO. 42 S COVE CREEK H1GH= SCHOOL CLOSED ON TUESDAY MORNING Diplomas Presented to Thirty-eight Graduates by Superintendent Hagaman. Dr. D. D. Dougherty Delivers Literary Address, and Mr. Walker Tells of Success of Vocational Agriculture Department. Commencement exercises at the Ccve Creek High School were concluded Tuesday morning when Dr B. B. Dougherty, president of the Teachers College, was the principa speaker, and when diplomas were presented by Superintendent Smith Hagaman to 38 l.igh school graclu ates. President Dougherty's address was delivered in a humorous veir and was happily received by the au diencc which filled the large audi torium. Mr. Hagaman spoke encouragingly as he presented the diplomas to the graduates, ami Principal S. 1'. iior ton made appropriate remarks as he tendered perfect attendance certificates to a large group who had not missed a day in the classroom during the session. Professor W. Y. Perr.v presented Clint Adams of the senioi class an honor medal and a scholarship to Lees-McRae College, in recognition of his superior scholastic accomplishments. Mr. Howard Walker gave something of the vocational agriculture course he heads, and recited the Ttis tory of 67 boys who graduated froir the Cove Creek Schocl. Twenty-foui made farmers. 10 public workers, S rural school teachers, 1 civil engi neer, 1 banker, 2 merchants, 1 bar ber, 1 shoemaker and a few othei occupations. He discussed the value vocational agriculture would have been to these 24 farmers and outlined plans for a community fair this fall. The commencement began Satur day evening with the presentation bj the senior class of a play, "Follow Me," the proceeds from which amounted to a little more than 2 hundred dollara. The cast was well coached and the stage performance is described as well-nigh perfect. The class exercises, which wen rndered under the direction of. Miss Annie Dougherty, a member of the faculty, came on Monday evening * and Miss Dougherty's handling ol B stage setting which was prepared un der her personal direction. , Twenty-eight seventh grade diplo mas were presented and the follow infr comprised the high school graduating class: Clint Adams, Alice Bing ham, Finlcy Bingham, Fnye Byer3 Rex Bumgnrner, Fred Castle, Madgr Castle, Ruth Castle, Ralph Church I.avola Oarender, Edith Eastridge Hazel Ellcr, tipura Farthing. Rub\ Grayson, Willie Greene, Glenwoot g Greer, Cecil Glenn, Jessie Mac Har mon, Glace Mast, Glenn May Hardit ;jm _ Moody, Piercy Moody, Georgia Pal St * mer, Madge Reese, Thelma Ilomin aft' g-cr, Dora Dean Sherwood, Mildrer Thomas, Ancil Thomas, Doris Wilson IS Ruby ^Williams, Ralph Williams, Ainu H? Winebarger, Cleo Walker, Scottit K Sue Barlow, Gilbert Mast, lloherl jffi Yates, Beatrice Osborne and Belvt B "Ward. Honor Roll Those receiving honor grades were B Second Grade: Billie Harmon. Thirt I tirade: Gray Presnell, Robert Ban nev, Rachel Henson, Francis Gragg Marcelle Coleman, Ruth Banner ?! Fourth Grade: Dwiglit Stout, Jacl Grogan, ITal Johnson. Fifth Grade Delia McGuire, Robert Walker, Lei McGuiro, Fred Shull, Don Johnson Blanche Fletcher, Robert Lewis, Mor ris Kenspn, Len Isaacs. Sixth Grade Edna Harmon, Heron Banner, Leste Deal, Fred Hayes, Brownie Hagainan Seventh Grade: Clyde Cole, Dottii Glenn, Loy Brown, Ruby Glenn, Bol White Bingham, Ruby Johnson, Pau line Mast, Loy Presnell, Alma Smith Eighth Grade, Henry Wellman, Jo sephine Mast, Nile Morris, Chloe Mi chael, Mattic Lou Harmon. Nintl Grade: Glenn Sherwood, Kermi Reese, Roy Rominger, Edward Love Howard Love; Earl Henson Wadi Fletcher, Grady Eller, Ola Winebat ger, Ruby Thomas, Geneva Thomas Ella Reese, Ruth Sherwood, Mar; Phillips, Bess Lewis, Louise Johnson Carrie Harmon, Myrtle Henson, Vel ma Brown. Tenth Grade: Mary E Banner, Nina Church, Gladys Mp.sl Thomas Presnell, Paul Trivette, A1 bert ^lichael, Madge Williams, Erii Smith Billings. Eleventh Grade: Rut Castle, Madge Castle, Cecil Glenn. Democrats Will Name Ticket for May Electioi Chairman J. M. Norton issues call today for a Democratic conver tion to be held next Tuesday eve ning, at which time it is proposed t nominate a ticket for a mayor an three aldermen to be voted on at th municipal election on May 6. So far as is known, no slate o -candidates is being advanced prelim inary to the convention, and no it formation is forthcoming as to whetl er or not a Republican ticket will b / offered. A Non-Partisan N BOOK I ^ A Florida Queen | Miss Margaret Shepard, of New Kensington, Pa., was chosen Queen at tiie Festival of States in St. Petersburg, Fla., recently. lUGH SCHOOL WILL CLOSE APRIL 29TH; JENKINS TO SPEAK ! Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr. Kent ' on Previous Sunday. Superintendent Hngaman to Present Diplomas > Fifty-tS.ree Graduates. Professor Williams to Present Award to Most Polite Student. Boone High School will come to a 1 close on Wednesday, April 29th. On } Sunday evening, April 26th, ar eight * o'clock in the Baptist Church, Rev. ! L. F. Kent, rector of Valle Crucis Associated Missions, will preach the baw! calaureate sermon. The ministers ir? 1 town will take part in this seriiicc. TIT _.l 1 r, ? \jn ueuueauay axiecnoon, April ; 29th, at 3:30 o'clock, class day exereisps Will bo belli jj; the college au" -Atorin^. #88 time for chip exBfeUc ' Wis changed ih order not to conflict " with an operetta being given by the Demonstration School on Tuesday evening. . Dr. William A. Jenkins, president of Davenport College,, will deliver " the commencement address in the college auditorium on Wednesday evening, April 29t!i, at ciglit o'clock. Mr. Smith Hagaman, superintendent | of county schools, will award diplo' mas to 53 graduates out of a class ' of sixty seniors enrolled. At this exercise Professor Joseph : Yvillinms will present a five-dollar " gold piece, given by he and Mrs. Wil" linms, to the student in Boone sec' ondary schools who has been voted ' the politest student by the citizens ' and teachers in Boone. ' Junior Senior Banquet at the Blowing Rock School j On Saturday night, April 13, at S o'clock, the animal Jumor-Senioi banquet of Blowing Bock Iligli School was held in the Town Hall ol j that city. The thirteen juniors teni . dered the four seniors, Misses Mary j Woolen, Annie Coffey, Veltie Hartley and Virginia Suddreth, a four' course banquet. The hall was beau. tifully decorated in the form 01" 0 r ship and the color scheme, white and blue, was carried out. I Joe Boiick acted as least master. ' and Miss Edith Walker acted as hostess. Toasts were given by Mrs. F. C. Nye, Omer Coffey, Maude Powell, " Wylmath Bradshaw, Virginia Coffey and Hayes Coffey. 1 .About twenty-five guests, incluu^ ing the faculty and friends of the classes, were-present. Much credit for the success of the banquet is due Mrs. Eugene Storie, sponsor oi the junior class. She was assisted '' by Mesdames D. P. Coffey, Dan Klutz and Jesse Walker. ' Hntisett at "Davil't Gate" Razed by Flame a h Two summer cottages, the prop erty of Mr. Bynum Taylor of Boone 'lifrvirs Gate." close b; the power dam on the Blowing Rod highway, were burned to the grouni 1 last Thursday night, the loss beinj complete. The little buildings wen a well constructed and represent a con i- siderable loss, which is said to havi - been partially covered by insurance o One of the structures was rente< d . during summer months as a tea room e the operators renting the other a; a dwelling. The fire was undoubtedly f of incindiary origin, the building; )- were unoccupied, and neither caugh i- fire from the other. It appears, prac i- ticaliy certain that the buildings wen e alighted separately and from the iii .. side: v. . At - I .k 'mm: v.Jr, ?? LJGA: ewspaper, Devoted to tju TO, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTI^ < Black Diamo Praise in Cot Production J The Black Diamond pick, a recent ly patented and improved minors too invented by Roby M. Owens of thi city, was accorded a sensational Ye cept-ion by operatois in tbe coal re gions of three states last week, am it is now certain that mass produc tion methods will have to be adopter in order to supply the implement in sufficient quantities to meet th demands. Mr. Owens, co-founder wit] J. A. Sproles of the Black Diamom Pick and Handle Company, returns Saturday from the bituminous re gions of Virginia. West Virginia an^ Kentucky, whore samples of the ne\ tools were exhibited with such sui prisir.gly successful results. He wa accompanied by Mr. Roy Brown, am from reports they bring it is deduce! that it will be necessary to manufac ture at least 200 of the new diggin; tools daily to meet the orders whicl are assured. Commissary managers, mine pwn ers and operators, as well as the min ers themselves, were shown the pick and gave unanimous approval. Th elongated eye, reducing handle break age to a negligible minimum, quickl; took the eye of the coal men, am ihey were equally miprcssed by th advantage of the points of hand forged steel. One owner of thre mining operations became so or thused that he made Mr. Owens th WEIL KNOWN VET DIES INCALDWELI J. King Farthing, Sole Survivor o Colonel Folk's Cavalry, Dies ai Hornc Near Patterson. Nine Children Sunvive. The Lenoir News-Topic of Apr 20th hears the information that King Farthing, one of the few itt maining Confederate soldiers of CaJ<i well County, died of a paralyti stroke at his home near 1'atterso Saturday. He had resided in Cald .well since reeenstruclion days, whet; . he was engaged in fanning. The venerable veteran was sole sui vivor of the Sixth North Carolin Cavalry, a company composed large ly of Caldwell County men, coin manded by the late Colonel Georg N. Folk. He enlisted in the army ii 1864 at the age of 16 years and re mained in the thick of battle unti the surrender in '65. He was union; the "seventeens," youngest Confed crate troops in the war.? Mr. Farthing was a son of the lat Erown Farthing, and was born ii Johnson County, Tenn. Shortly aft er the war the Farthing family re moved to Caldwell. A host of rela lives in Watauga hear of his deatl with sorrow. Funeral services were held Sunda; afternoon from iiurpor s Chapel, Kev J. W. Watts and Rev. R. F.. Ifarda way having charge of the rites. In torment followed in the nearby eem etery. Deceased is survived by the widoi ; and the following children: D. F ' Farthing, Garfield, Wash.; Mrs. M l N. Clay, D. C. Farthing, J. W. Far thing, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Georg i Nelson, Lenoir; W. M. Farthing ' Portland, Oregon; Dave C. Farthing Lenoir; J. S. Farthing, Los Angeles Calif., and Mrs. R. L. Setzer, Le noil. Ideal Weather Prevailed During the Past Weel The week ending April I8th, wit r an average temperature fo 52 dt grecs and a total absence of snow o sleet,-was ideal in Watauga. Observe | J. T. C. Wright's weather report fo that period follows: Average maximum temperaturf , 70 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 3 degrees. Average temperature, 52 degree! Average daily range in tempers turc, 37 degrees. Greatest daily range in tempers ! ture, 41 degrees; date, 13th. Average temperature at 6 p. n - (time of observation), 62 degrees. , Highest temperature reached, 7 r degrees; date, 17th. :] Lowest temperautre reached, 2 I .degrees; date, 12th and 13th. ; Number inches of rainfall .(incluc i ing melted snow), 0.08. Number inches of snowfall, 0. ; Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.01 . Date, 18th. i Number of days with 0.01 inch ( , more rainfall, 1. 3 Number of clear days, 4. j Number of cloudy days, 1. 3 Number of partly cloudy days, 2. t Direction of prevailing wind, eas Dates of light frost, 12th and 13tl t Dates of thundcrshowers, 19th. Other phenoment described as fo lows: Solar halos on 14th and l?th. ; Best Interests of Northwe CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AVR1L 23, : nd Pick Wins] il Camps; Big\ Is Imperative - offer of ample lands for the estab1 lishment of manufacturing facilities, s and besides proffered $3,000 for the payment of stock in the new enterorice. Another operator asked leave - to invest $2,000, but no stock was d i forthcoming. Still others beseiged - Owens and Brown to purchase outd right the patent rights, and coms roissary managers asked for immedie'ate mass production so that orders h [might be placed for ali future needs, tif All those interviewed expressed the d| opinion that the new tool would re ? move all competitors from the mard kets of the coal fields. v* The only objection voiced to the - implemeii!. in any respect came as a s result of its weight, it being slightly J heavier than the regulation miners' d too). This condition, however, is eas ily rectified in manufacturing proc? ess, and new samples made to conh form to the standard three and onehalf-pound weight will be manufacturad. Meantime it will be definitely es. tablished within the next few days e as to what steps the company will - made to meet the phenomenal del y mand for their product. Mr. Sproles rl says that ail things being equal, or e practically sc, it is the purpose of bis - concern to erect the factory in Boone, b but that no definite statement as to ' l- manufacturing can be made at this e time. SOLICITOR DID NOT , AID HUB WAGNER ^ Pronecutimj Attorney Jones Nails Rumor That He Assisted in Parole of Huh Wagner. Didn't know of Pardon Petition. j' Persistent rumors keep going the! rounds to the effect that various per-| sons aided in securing the release of " Hub Wagnor from State Prison?pcr(: sons who didn't even so much as n know that application was being made for pardon, and ore of them e purported .to show that Hon. John R. Jon&, Solicitor for the Seveuteenth District, was instrumental in a the movement which resulted in the - freedom of Wagner, sentenced to a - maximum of thirty years for the slnye ing o? two men. Mr. Jones was quick a to deny the rumor, and writes the - following letter to the editor of The 1 Democrat, the full text of which is! I given: I * "Editor of the Watauga Democrat, Boone, N. C. e "It has been reported to me by various citizens of your county that -a rumor has been circulated in Watauga saying tHat I recommended i and assisted in the recent parole of Hub Wagner. It will he greatly ap predated by me if you will allow i' enough space, in your paper for me S to state that I did not recommend t'r.e - pardon or parole of Wagner, and did - not know that there was any effort - being made by Wagner or his attorneys to obtain a parole. Had I been v informed that a petition was being circulated requesting the Governor to grant the pardon, or had any inZ formation that a parole was being e applied for, I would have certainly protested against it. "I, c? course, have no personal ?, feeling in the matter, cither for or - against Mr. Wagner, but it is my opinion that the parole should not I have been granted on account of the seriousness of the crimes for which he was sentenced; C "Very truly yours, "JOHN R. JONES, Solicitor." , North Wilkesboro, N. C. April 21st, 1931. r r Operetta Tuesday at ^oone Graded School i -? | Grades one to six of the Boone 3 Demonstration School will present an operetta, "The National Flower," on 3. Tuesday night, April 2Sth, at 7:30. i- Candidates for the position of National Flower have been summoned i-' to appear before a judge and jury, there to plead each one his own case, l. After giving reason for desiring to be the National Flower, each aspir5 ant remains to hear the stories of his rivals. Weeds will sometimes 8 stray in among flowers, as Vney uv here, and consternation is ereat when 1- an onion chances to look in upon the scene. The jury, composed of women, act3. ing under instructions from the judge, endeavors to decide in favor of if the most useful, as well as the most beautiful flower. Uncle Sam offers some valuable information, after which the flowers express their hearty approval of the one 'chosen, and t. the contest is happily and salisfach. torily ended. An admission charge of 15, 25 and 1- 35 cents will be made. The public is cordially invited to attend. 3CRA st North Carolina L931 \ A 'IP' ! John Q. Tilson (above) GOP ma- j jority leader, i* being groomed to succeed Longworth as Speaker of the House. If Lac Democrats gain control, it is likely that John N. Garner, of Texas, the Democratic floor leader, will be chosen. ROUTING TRAVEL THROUGH BOONE ! IS AIM OF CIV1IAN Movement Inaugurated to Advertise Park-to-Park Route Through Boone and Blowing Rock. Fiddlers Convention Expected to Yield Necessary Funds for Placing Signs at Various Points on Lee Highway. At a meeting cf the Civilian Club at the Daniel Boone Hotel on last Thursday the necessity of novth-tosouth tourists becoming acquainted with the new federal highway through Boone and Blowing Rock drew the major part ot the discussion, and plans were inaugurated looking to the placing of handsome road signs at strategic points along the Lie Highway through Virginia and into Washington. The local club being without the necessary funds for financing the advertising project, it was decided that an old-time fiddlers convention should he held in Boone on July 1! I and for the purpose of raising the j money. W. H. Grngg was appointed! chairman of r. committee to work out; the details of the entertainment which j is expected to he the greatest event nf its kind ever held in this county. Various other activities, looking to the placing of Boone on the map us to the tourists are included trr the;! Givitan program, for the spring and summer. Mrs, Charlie Norris Dies At Home on Meat Camp I Following an illness of several I days with pneumonia, which had developed from influenza, ill's. Mertie Norris. age 3G, died at her home on Meat Camp last Friday evening. Mrs. Norris was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Norris, and was born and reared near the place where death occurred. Xho was mar lied to Mr. Charlie Norris in 1P15, and to this union were born five children. three boys and two girls. Two died in infancy, those surviving being Clyde, Luther and Mary. The husband also survives. Mrs. Norris was considered one of the leaders in her.comniunity, striving at all times to make the Meat Camp section a better place in which to live. She was a loyal worker in the church and was always lending her aid to the sick and needy. It can truthfully be said that one of the county's best women ha passed. Interment was made in lint Camp Cemetery Saturday evening at two o'clock. Revs, f'nyhc and Wilson having charge of the service. $40,000 Drought Relief Funds Come to Watauga Mr. W. H. Gragg, chairman of the local board appointed for the administration of the Federal drought relief funds in this county, says that i- ' MMa l.?n;, SRQ luana nvic- )t*a?wu WVOUJ> J,U1- -?My purpose of buying seed and fertilizer to the amount of $40,000. Mr. Gragg further states that estimates he has made from the applications liled, indicate that no less than 3,000 acres of Irish potatoes have been planted or will be within the next few days. He further suggests that these fanners will produce an average of 200 bushels to the acre, making a total yield for the county of 600,000 bushels, which at $1 per bushel would bring this fall and'winter $600,000 into the. county. Mr. Gragg has no estimates .on acreage seeded to other crops. ? ?1.50 PEP. YSAK MANY ANGLERS ON S JEAMS AS TROUT S iSON IS OPENED C; ?jj? j Thus Far Described as 55 at !?' ctory, Considering, Extremely ? atisfaclory Weather. Warden ^ s Notable Increase in Sale of * 2nses. lzaak Walton League Many Permits. Trout fishinp officially opened in these parts last Wednesday and many angers lecauy ami ironi Qisianc paints have hied a Way to the swiftflowing mountain streams and for the most part they have been successful in their casting for the speckled and rainbow trout. County Game Warden H. Grady Farthing, however. In bis report to the Department of Conservation Monday, pointed out that thus far trout fishing weather had been extremely unfavorable. He predicts, however, that when the elements become friendly to the angler, record-breaking catches will be recorded, as the efforts to restock the streams are now bringing forth fruit?there are really trout in the streams this year as is evidenced by the fact that catches on poor days have been ahead of *'fisnermaivs luck" on ideal days of previous seasons. More than forty dollars worth of special permits to fish in the waters of Howard's Creek have been issued so far by the Izank Walton League, and few have failed to be amply repaid in fine sport for the dollar expended. Meat Camp Creek, another stream which the League controls, will )><' opened on May 1. and remain open until the lotli. During this period, Howard's Creek will be closed and restocked. The two streams will not be open at the same t"ne during the season. Wardens are oil full-time duty to see that all anglers are provided with license and that there arcno other violations. No less than $250 worth of State and county licenses have been sold, according to incomplete returns, which is far ahead of last year's receints at this time, when the total .snips of fishing licenses for the entire period was S4SI). Nine hundred dollars worth of hunting licenses were sold. The wide difference in th'e figures, says Warden Farthing, comes from the fr.ct that numbers of nonresidents with State licenses come > *, here to 1'ish. while there is no non- "t*7* resident, hunting. It has been Arranged now that where non-residents angle in local waters on licenses bought elsewhere, this county will get credit accordingly. Last year license receipts were ?500 more than warden expenses. Present indications are thai the Walton League will be enabled to meet all warden expenses from sales of permits on the two special streams. It was Hot expected to make profits from the venture, but to try to make expenses, and meantime provide first ciass angling for local as well as nonresident sportsmen. High School Play Well Received by Audience On Thursday evening, April l6thv the senior ctass- of Bifo'p.c High School j presented "Welcome Home. Jimmy," a clever comedy of country life in I three acts a | The cast included the following : students: Lucy Greene, Mary Frances I '.inpey, Mary Honfeycutt, George . 1 Sawyer, Dale Xorris, Jack .Steele. I Stewart Duncan, Margaret Taylor, ! and Mary Moretz. ! Each character rendered his or her part well, and reflected credit upon the director, Miss Grace Grayheal. The auditorium was filled to its utmost capacity with an appreciative audience. Music between acts was i furnished by the town orchestra, upI der the direction of Remrael Porter. | j Pastime Theatre to Offer | Great Historical Drama Manager Arthur Hamby, of the | Pastime Theatre has arranged a special prog: n, one which combines j historical ararna with tense pioneer | emotion, for Friday and Saturday of ' this week. On these days he will offer for the approval of his patrons Edna Ferber's seething, roaring, stormcharged "Cimarron," starring Richard Dix. Irene Dunne, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor and a supporting cast of five thousand. This amazing drama has to do with the open-. :ng of Indian Territory, and the struggle of ihat vast inland empire previous to Oklahoma statehood; swoepin** f rnvn 'tflAnnn* * n?Ht to roar? - *59 1 1 no iro: .wt CI-:-? ' ...b (Tttcvm, its atroic message into the heart of the nation! During recent weeks this great picture, which is said to surpass in glorious action "The Birth of a Nation" and "The Pour Horsepian," has exhibited in the larger cities of North Carolina, and several of the State's leading dailies have carried feature editorials on its historical value. Mr. Hamby believes that "Cimarron*' is by far the greatest film brought to,, N this town in ^ears, and is anxious' , j that the people of Watauga see it < during its two-cay run. No increase ' in admission charges will be made. ~ ; I
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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