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VOLUME XLIII, NO. 19
GOVERNOR ISSUES
APPEAL FOR RED
CROSS ROLL CALL
CKief Executive Refer? to Organization
a? "Corporate Good Samari
rap, and urges reopin or worth
Carolina to Give Generously During
Membership Drive. Cites Unemployment
Situation.
Raleigh, N. C.?Governor Gardner's
"Red Cross Roll Call" proclamation
follows:
"The Red Cross, the corporate good
Samaritan which for fifty years has
been binding up the wounds of war,
i3 preparing to muster in its army
for peace.
."Under this international flag of
lromanity all of us are to answer its
roil call. During these fifty years its
ministry to the maimed wiped out
all the frontiers with its charities.
Lon^r before it took the form of a
gfreat organization Victor Hugo
looked o\er the battlefields of the
rj&crld and said of these war workers,
have armed humanity, and you
?? served liberty.'
" he Red Cross today undertakes
f tbe most difficult tasks of peace. In
the United States seven millions of
our citizens?more than have enlisted
in ail the wars of our country in one
hundred and fifty years?are with
out employment and therefore without
the chance to be redeemed by
I their work. Another five million are
but partially engaged and therefore
are easy prey to all the diseases
which come from inadequate housing
and feeding. In our own State 200,000
are idle through no sin of their
own, and almost a like number have
Ollly sporadic employment which
hardly makes the bread that they
need.
"The Red Cross has chosen the
period between November 11th and
26th for its roll call. During that
fortnight it calls upon the citizenship
of North Carolina to enlist, itself in
this vast philanthropy, with half a
centurcy of scientific direction and
management to its credit. There is
In all of our stripped fortunes yet
an abundance of food and clothes.
Providence has distributed sun and
I rain and crops have been bountiful.
It will be an everlasting reproach t
pur country if through lack of feeding
one citizen falls prey to disease,
-it will he a crime if one child cries
(vainly"for bread.' "Now,
therefore, I, O. Max Gardiner,
Governor of North Carolina, do
^proclaim November llth<-2Gth as roll
call, and call upon our people to give
without, stint to the Red Cross, which
is our league of love and action."
Rone at our Capital City of Ra'
leigh, this twenty-eighth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and thirtyone
and in the one hundred and fifty-sixth
year of American lndepcnO.
Mux Gardner, Governor.
Many Donations for
New Children's Home
Miss Florence Boyd, of Lenoir,
who has been calling on the people
of the county from time to time in
the interest, of the crippled mountain
children she is caring for, reports
liberal donations, and says that the
food supplies donated has put her
pantry in fairly good shape for the
winter. The food will be taken to
the building site on Grandfather
Mountain and stored to feed volunteer
workers who will build the permanent
home this winter. Food and
workers are the crying need. The
latter wiil be notified when to come.
Donations from this secti r include.
One dollar cash, two bushels of
fruit and one bushel of potatoes, by
a friend.
Mr. David Foster, two bags of Irish
potatoes.
R. F. rates, 100 pounds of cabbage.
Clarence Earp, two days work on
building.
William Mast, will transport all
donations from the Valle Crucis section
to Boone without cost.
A bag of potatoes and one of aprdes
donated by Mr. and Mrs. M. P.
Critcher and delivered in Lenoir by
Smith's Transfer without cost.
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
AT COVE CREEK ON FRIDAY
There will be a meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association in the
Home Economics Building of Cove
Creek High School on Friday, Nomm
vembcr 13th, at 2.15 o'clock. Every
parent is earnestly requested to attend
and if possible bring a book
either suitable to the grades or bigl
school to donate to the' library.
WITH A. A P. STORE
Mr. Ralph Farthing of this place
has taken a position as clerk in the
A. A P. store and started in on his
new duties Monday morning. He succeeds
Mr. Tommy Wilfong, who has
heen with the local store since its
opening, and who has been trans
ferred to the Morganton store. Young
Tarthing has been engaged in the gro
eery bnsiness hitherto and the man
agement feels fortunate in having
secured his services.
iATA
A Non-Partisan ]
BOO!
Rev. N. S. Hampton
Dies at Pineola Horn
Funeral services for Rev. N.
Hampton, 58 years old, well know
I Avery County minister, were he!
on the 31st, and burial was at tt
White Pine Baptist Church grav
yard. His death culminated a lor
illness.
1 He is^ survived by a widow ar
four sons and two daughters: Ode
and Oscar, of Pineola; James, <
West Virginia, and Grant of Califo:
nia; Mesdames Callie Stocknell ar
Alta Buchanan of Pineola.
Rev. Hampton was a native of tt
Blue Ridge section of Watauga couj
ty, but for several years has been
resident of Avery County, where t
was engaged in Baptist pastor
work. For more than iwenty-fu
years he has been a minister and In
been pastor of 52 churches. He ws
forced to retire from active servi<
some time ago On physician's order
His services have been in wide di
mand, and he never made applicatio
to a church for pastoral work. H
lived a life of Christian sacrifice an
will be sadly missed throughout th
mountain region.
SMALL DECREASE IT
ILLITERACY SHOW!
iat naorr r*n t rki
|in r/\ai tiLLAin
Ste.te Superintendent of Public Ii
struction Feels That Somethir
More Definite Must Be Done Aboi
Problem. North Carolina Tak?
Fifth Place from Bottom in lllitc:
acy Rank. Watauga in Good Shap
Raleigh, N. C.?"The smail d<
crease in number of illiterates in th
State of North Carolina during th
past ten years indicates that sovni
thing mora definite should be don
about this problem during the pre:
cut decade/' writes Dr. A. T. Allai
State Superintendent of Public Ii
struction, in the current issues c
State School Facts.
"In 1920," he points out, "thei
were 241,603 illiterates; in 193
there were 236,261. One out of
ery ten persons 10 years of age an
over is illiterate." Stating that effori
to wipe out illiteracy have not bee
enough to make a showing in tl
State, and noting that the iliitcrac
rate is much loWy ifl i cities than i
rural arc^s, due to belter pufcJi
schools for 30 years, he suggests I
a means of eradicating illiteracy:
First: to build up and Birohgthe
the present rural school system b
providing an opportunity in oil di:
tricts, as to school term and trail
ing of teachers, equal to that offere
by the larger school centers; secont
by adult classes to reduce the pres
ent number of illiterates beyon
I Qi-linnl *>rrn \wt foo?V?!nf? *Vn?. i? ?
j "j ...... 1
and write."
North Carolina takes fifth plac
from the bottom in illiteracy ran
among sixteen so-called Souther
States, only South Carolina, Loui:
iana, Mississippi and Alabama, in til
order named, being below. Nort
Carolina reduced hev illiterates froi
13.1 per cent f; in' 1920 to 10 pe
cent in 1930, fciwevcr. Of the State
3,170,276 population, 2,352,014 wci
ten years old and over in 1930. 0
these 236,261, or 10 per cent., wet
illiterate. White illiterates numbere
93,822, or 5.6 per cent.; negro illt
erates 139,105, ro 20.6 per cent
and illiterates of other races, largel
Indian, 3,334, or 29.6 per cent.
Watauga County, having a toti
population of 15,165, with 10,840 c
the number ten years old or ove
had 849 illiterates, of 7.8 per cent
placing this county in twenty-secon
place in literacy rank of the on
hundred counties. White illiterate
numbered 82'3 or 7.7 per cent.; ni
gro illiterates 26, or 13.1 per cent
and illiterates of other races, noni
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
INSTALLATION SERVICE
The Presbyterian Church audio
' rium at Blowing Rock was filled wit
a capacity audience last Sunday evi
ning when Rev. Sexton Buchana
v/as formally installed as the pasto
In the congregation were many Pre:
byterians from widely diverge!
points, and the service was in charg
of Elder J. D. Faucette, of Bristo
who is chairman of the Home Mi
sion Committee of the Holston Pre
hytery. Dr. H. H. Thompson, past<
: of fchp First. r.hiiwSi of "Rriofo
: preached the sermon, while Rev. Jot
; Martin, of Johnson City, charged tl
pastor. Mr. Faucette in turn charge
' the congregation, and the impressh
services were concluded.
The Women's Auxiliary of tl
i church is observing a week of pray
and self-denial for home mission
Services are held each afternoon ;
3:30. Thursday and Friday afte
! noon the Home Mission study bo<
' will be reviewed, with Mrs. Evelj
i Brown in charge.
Next Sunday morning Rev. J.
! Fix of Bristol will fill the Blowii
s Rock pulpit, using as liis subject "R
ligious Education."
r "
Miss Helen Bumgarner, of Wilke
- boro,"spent Saturday in Bdone, a vi
t itor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ji
Rivers.
,
Slewspaper, Devoted to the
ME, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA]
le
? CHAIRMAN NAMED I
s FOR RED CROSS 1
: ROLL CALL DRIVE
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Mr.. Ru..cll D. Hodge. Will Be in. I
Charge of Membership Campaign.11
Needs More Urgent Than in Past
l? V? r\cc:_:_?- -?" ^ * -* *
viiiuuj or orKimuium |
Report Expenditures During 1931.
.Aid In T. B. Clinic a. Big Item..' j.
IS I
Beginning next Monday, the Roll
n Call Chairman, Mrs. Russell D. I
Hodges, will put on an intensive drive j
, for memberships in the Watauga 1
| Chapter, American Red Cross.
(l Through the kindness of Watauga *
j people?none better to be found? <
j* the local chapter has, ever since the <
j war, had a little reserve fund in tha't
^ bank, with which to meet our more j
urgent demands, and it is felt sure
e that the real citizenship of the coun- (
j. ty will respond heartily to the call 1
n this year, when demands are heavier] i
save in war times, than at any period
'e for the past half-century. The Rod ^'1
^ Cross has ever been a last resort for jl
our unfortunates. After all other 1
r sources of relief have been exhaust- i
ig cd, it has served as an emergency
fund, as the following statement, pre- i
pared by officials of the organiza- ]
tion, will show: 1
e
d Red Cro&s Expenditures
i- Co-operating with Civitan in
T. B. School Clinic $50.00
y Shoes for needy children 15.00
Clothing for needy children.- 8.00 J
il Medicine for needy children? 4.00 j'
,f Supplementing T. B. funds on
r, hoard of 12-year-old girl at
Sanatorium 30.00 '
d Part fee in confinement of a
ie needy mother 10.00
?s Relief in typhoid epidemic in
i- Beaver Dam as follows:
Medicine and disinfectants._ 15.00 :
1-2 cost vaccinating com 10.00
(Remainder paid by county)
Part fees for medical atten;S
tion to indigent families 20.00
Lioan cioset material lollows:
j. 8 sheets (material) 8.00 j'
;h 8 pillow slips (materia'; 2.001
i. 6 gowns (material) 1.501,
,n 2 pairs blankets 5.001
r. Laundry of loan closet mas_
terial at 25 pet. discount.. .68
it Roll Call expenses (1930) 5.00
,e
,], Total Expenditures $183.63
s_ Received for local needs in
S- 1930 Roll Call 76.00
>r ' (This difference taken care of
>1, by balance left over from prem
ceding years.)
le Each case is carefully investigated
d before this money is expended. Efrc
fort is made to use it for constructive
purposes. Besides these cash
le payments, hundreds of garments
er have been distributed through the
,s. volunteer service, with Mrs. M. B.
at Blackburn of Boone as county chairr
man. There i3 a chairman in each
>k township working under Mrs. Blackfn
burn. These workers are making evoru
offrtrt of f-ViIc (Im? +a I
J. material to meet the demands of the
ig winter months. Mrs. Blackburn has
e- charge of the loan closet and made
the sheets, pillow cases and gowns.
We want to thank every person
s- who has hepled to make this service'
s- possible. The fine spirit of co-ooperm
ation shown at all times is most helpful.
Times are hard but that makes
Best Interests of Northwt
JOLINA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER
" I"l M i. ?Ba^^Bsp|
SENATORCARAWAY
DIES IN ARKANSAS!
HOSPITAL FRIDAY
Underwent Operation Several Day*
Before. His Death Restores Republican
Party. However, Governor of
Arkansas Will Appoint Democratic
Successor Soon. Was One of Best
Known Party Leaders.
Little Rock, Ark.?United States
Senator T. H. Caraway, Arkansas
unior Senator, died in a hospital here.
Friday night.
Senator Caraway, suffering from
i kidney ailment, undecjvcnt an operation
several days ago. Prior to
;ntcring the hospital here he was
reatcd in hospitals in Washington
tnd Hot Springs.
The Senator, convalescing from his
>peration October 29; was considered
>y hip physicians to have pratically
ccoveied. Shortly before 8 p. in.,
ie complained of pains to Mrs. Caravay,
who had been with him. A few
oinutes later Mrs. Caraway stepped
:rom Lne room, un lier return she
:ound him dead.
"Everything comes to him who
,vits?and fights," was the philosophy
of Thaddeus IT. Caraway from
Doyhood.
The warring spirit born in him
was manifest in" his rise from farm
boy, faced with numerous disadvantages,
to United States Senator from
\rkansas. In the years between Cartway
was a railroad section worker,
\ book and patent medicine salesman,
iountry school teacher, lawyer, pros;cuting
attorney and congressman.
Caraway was always a fighter, it
was his battles in the Senate, in
which he gained the reputation of being
one of its most fiery and vitrolic
speakers, that he was perhaps best
IcnoWn. Presidents, cabinet members,
Fellow senators and others, mostly
Republicans?for Caraway was a
Democrat through and through?were
iiot spared the tongue-lashings this I
Arkansan was able to administer.
Methodist Delegation
Leaves for Conference
Rev. and Mrs. 0. J. Chandler, Dr.
and Mrs. J. D. Rankin. Mrs. H. J.
Hardin and Rev. J. M. Downum left
Wednesday morning for Asheville,
where they will attend the sessions of
the North Carolina Methodist Conference,
which convenes there today.
Members of Dr. Chandler's congregation
and Boone people generally
are anxious that he be returned to
tho Boone charge, and every effort
willbe expended on the part of the
local delegation in the interest of his
re-appointment. During his two-year
ministry here, the amiable divine has
endeared himself to a large portion
of the citizenry, and his eloquent
sermons have met the ready approval
of church-goers. The outcome of
conference deliberation on the Boone
appointment fwill be awaited with
keen interest.
our need of funds greater. We confidently
ask for your continued support.
R. C. RIVERS, Chairman,
W. D. FARTHINt Sec.-Trea.
3CRA
?t North Carolina
12, 1931
Eight to Federal Court
On Charge of Retailing
Eight Watauga county cithers
were tried last Saturday before U.
S. Commissioner S. C. Eggers on fed
eral warrants from the prohibition
bureau, charging possession and retailing
of intoxicating liquors. Lee
Teaguc, Cooge Lovi!!, Frank Coun-j
cill and Earl Miller of Boone; Turner I
Green of Deep Gap and Hal Teague
of Blowing Rock, were indicted and
all were hound over to the federal
court which convenes at Wilkesboro
next Monday. Bench warrants were
issued for Frank and Lester Woodring
and they too, were remanded
tc the higher court.
Except in the cases of Hal Teague
and Cooge Lovill, all the defenaants
waived examination, while they were
bound on evidence taken.
Deputy Marshal J. M. Bumgarner
who made the arrests, was present
for the hearing and the witnesses included
Chas. Feltz and O. E. Turner,
special secret agents, who it is said
gathered the evidence agaynst the
defendants during a trip to Boone
last August.
INDUSTRIAL BANK
IS ORGANIZED AND
DOING BUSINESS
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Now the
Peoples Industrial Bank. Obligations
of Original Institution Assumed
ana $10,000 Added to the
Capital. Fine Prospects Are Reported.
Many New Stockholders.
The Peoples Industrial Bank has
completed its organization and is now
open and ready for business, havku
taken over the affair's of the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company and assumed
its obligations. More than $10,000 has
been added to the capital stock and
many new stockholders have !>
added to those of the original institution.
The new bank, it is stated by officials,
starts with fine prospects of
doing a large business, providing a
safe and helpful institution for depositors
and borrowers. People of
the county, familiar with the plans
and purposes of the industrial bank,
bespeak for it a large place in the
business affairs of the county. Hard
times ana .money stringencies, it is
pointed out, have never been able to
close an industrial bank.
Noah J. Greer Succumbs
To Prolonged Sickness
Belated information comes to The
Democrat concerning the death of
Noah Jim Greer, which occurred at
his home in Zionville on October 29,
following an illness > of several
months. The immediate cause of his
death, however, was a paralytic
stroke.
Funeral services were conducted!
from the Zionville Baptist Church by
the pastor, Rev. R. C. Eggers, and
interment was in the nearby cemetery.
A large crowd was present and
the floral offerings were profuseSurviving
are the widow and two
j children, an aged mother, two sisters
I and a brother.
| Noah Jim was a brother of E. G.
Greer, former county treasurer, and
was once employed as a grocery i
salesman, later devoting his time to
the produce business and farming,
i He was a good and honorable citizen
and the community in which he lived
suffers a distinct loss in his death.
Section Men Do Much
To Prevent Forest Fire
With the prolonged dry weather
and the ever-increasing danger of
fire in the forests along the rightof-way,
section men on the Linville
River Railway are rendering an invaluable
service in preventing the
outbreak of flames from sparks coming
from locomotive stacks. They are
on the lookout after each train
passes and in a number of instances
are said to have prevented serious
outbreaks of fire on the Grandfather.
The roadbed is so thoroughly
dry that fires are extinguished daily
where cross ties have ignited from
glowing cinders from fire boxes.
JOHN JENKINS TAKEN TO
WILKES COUNTY JAIL
John Jenkins, who makes his home
in Ashe County, was brought to the
Wilkes Jail Friday night to await
trial in the coming term of Federal
noun xor men 01 automomies. lie
was given a preliminary hearing in
Jefferson before United States Commissioner
A. R. Vail ar.d bond was
fixed at $2,500.
He was brought to Wilkes jail by
U. S. Deputy Marshal J. M. Bumgarner.
His case will probably be
heard in the term of Federal court
beginning in Wilkesboro or November
16.?Wilkes Journal.
Mrs. Joe Hardin left Wednesday
morning for Asheville, N. C-, to visit
her brother, W. S. McRary, and to
attend the Methodist Conference,
which is in session there this week.
T
$1.50 PER YEAR
DAMAGES GIVEN
IN THREE MAJOR
COURT CASES
Slow Progre?s is Being Made Toward
Clearing Away Ch'il Doekefc. Many
Continuances and Some Compromises.
Damages Awarded in Greer
and Critcher Case. Bodenbamer
Action Compromised for $10,000.
The special term of Watauga Superior
Court called for the trial of
civil cases, comes to near the middle
of the second week, with but four
major cases disposed of. There have
been a number of compromises however
and several continuances, and
quite a few cases of minor importance
have been tried.
The case brought by Grady Greer
against Homer Critchcr and C. M.
Critcher for the sum of $25,000 on
account of physical injuries received
by the first named in an auto collision,
occupied the most of the time
of the court up until the middle of
last week and the jury returned a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$1,250. Nctice of appeal was filed.
W. A. Boclenhamer, administrator
of Earl Bodonnamor. thro hp-h hie at
torney, John E. Brown, compromised
the action brought against Reno Tuibert
for the sum of $10,000. This
settlement, it is understood, satisfies
six suits brought here and in Rowan
County, which grew out of the death
of Earl Bodenhamer in an auto collision,
in which his car and another
driven by Tulbert, were involved.
The suit brought by M C. Miller
against Adolphus Adams for slander
won a verdict for the plaintiff of
$500.
As the Democrat goes to press
the attention of the court is engaged
in the suit of Conley Green, administrator
of the estate of R. W. Guy,
vs. Pies Disnman, who is alleged to
have disposed of property previous
to the execution of papers of administration.
State Welfare Worker
Spends Day in Boone
Conrad Van Hyning, representative
of the Governor's Council of Un- .
employment and Relief, whose headquarters
are in Wins.ou-.Salem, spent
Thursday aftcrnon in Boone, discuss
ipg plana for relief work in the coun- jM;
ty.this winter. During: the past few
weeks Mr. Van Hyning-has been mak- fj
ing a close survey of conditions in
several mountain counties, and states
that here in Watauga ha has found
the people generally more able to face
the winter than in any of the counties
under his supervision. Very few
charitable cases have been rioted by
local welfare agencies, and no distress
is contemplated In the county
during the cold months.
Mr. Van ITyning will return Thursday
at which time he will take the
matter up further with the citizens,
and offer the facilities of the Governor's
Goimm": in ensn lnenl l-nlii.f
organizations are unable to cope with
the situation. 1 Welfare
Meeting to Be
Held Thursday Eve.
Representatives of the various
churches, civic clubs and welfare organizations
of the county arc asked
jto assemble at. the Oritcher Hotel on
Thursday afternoon at 7:30 o'clock
to confer with Conrad Van Hyning,
of the Governor's Council for Unemployment
and Relief, at which time
plans will be discussed and foundation
work laid for winter charity
a ork.
Very few destitute families have
been reported in Watauga so far, but
a close survey is needed to detevmine
the exact number who are unprepared
for winter. Any citizen knowing
of a charity case is urged to report
it. within the next few days.
MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Justice cf the Peace Edwin N.
Iiahn's court has licaVd the following
cases within the- past few days:
Burl Helton, larceny, probable
cause; committed to jnii ir. default
of $300 bond.
E. M. Presnell, worthless check,
| judgment suspended on payment of
check and cost.
Clyde Phillips, aiding and nbeting
in larceny, appearance bond fixed
at $100.
G. G. Wilcox, worthless check,
judgment suspended on payment of
check and cost. _ \
G: D. Brown, worthless check,
judgment suspended on payment of
check and cost
GREER SISTERS TO BROADCAST
The Greer Sisters, accompanied by
Ben Miller, will present a varied musical
program over Station WEHC,
Emory and Henry College, Emory,
Va., FTiday, November 13th, at 1:30
p. m., in the interest of a fiddlevs
convention to be held at Marion, Va.,
soon. These local musicians have
just returned from a tour of Western
North Carolina, where they were
acclaimed by huge audiences. Radio
fans may send their requests for selections
in care of Station WEHC,
Emory, Va.