SHS VOLUME XLIII, NO. 21 I 133 MEMBERSHIPS IN KED CROSS ARE I SECURED LOCALLY jg , Roll Call Chairman Reports Enthusiastic Response to Appeal. Miss Jewell Hagaman Leads With Sixty9k as i r ii ? r? i ivuc mcmucri bnrauca. mowing Rock and Valle Crucis Not Reportfid. School Children Donate. Mrs. Russell D. Hodges, roll call chairman of the American Red Cross from Watauga County, Wednesday morning reported that workers in Boone and surrounding territory have so far reported one hundred and thirty-three memberships and donations iof nearly five dollars. She expects the total number of members enlisted to compare favorably with last year's work, and is loud in her praise of the solendid service rendered by the soliciting ladies. Miss Jewell Hagaman, with sixty-one memberships to her credit, still leads, and is hopeful fy of obtaining several more before the drive ends. Mrs. Wade Wagner, who has charge of the campaign in the | Valle Crucis community, and Mrs. j Grady Tester, of Blowing Rock, have not yet reported. A complete list of [ memberships obtained since last Wed nesday follows: Mrs. Herman Eggers?Miss Edna \ Holsclaw, Clyde Eggers, A. Antonar kos, A. E. Hamby, Miss Maxie Green, | Smitheys' Store, T. Hill Farthing. \Ticc Tow/ill W T I Miss Theodocia Watson, Tom Gushing, Mrs. L. L. Bingham, David F. Greene, Miss Lily B. Hardin, A. D. Wilson, Mrs. Dean Swift, Grady Moretz, E. N. Hahn, L. M. Farthing, J. F. Hardin, Mrs. L. L. Critcher, Mrs. Mrs. Frank A. Linney, Miss Jane Eiiason, Miss Estelle Pye, Miss Gladys Bolt, J. T. Howell, Mrs. J. T. Howell, Miss Eula Todd, Mrs. R. L. Clay, Miss Mildred Richardson, Mrs. D. E. Benfield, R. II. Harman and J. M. Moretz, Mrs. Grace Hardin, and A. R. Smith. Miss Marguerite Miller?Professor 1. G. Greer, Mrs. I. G. Greer, Miss Jennie Todd, Miss Ruth Cottrell, L. G. Jones, Highland Furniture Company, W. R. Spainhour, Mrs. W. R. Spainhour, W. F. Miller, Miss Maude Greene. Miss Louise Critcher?J. A. Sprole, M. P. Critcher, J. L. Wilson and Louise Critcher. Mrs. Stanley Harris (CoTe Creek) ?Stanley Harris, B>?Ity BMt iri, Mrs. Enoch Swift, Mrs. N. L. Mast, Mrs. Maude Spainhour, Gordon Spainhour, Mrs. D. F. Horton, Mrs. Sam Horton, Miss Winnie Thornburg, Mrs. Charles Bingham, Miss Pearle Payne, Miss Anna Mac Sherwood, Mrs. L. M. Hampton. Grade students at the Boone Demonstration school have made donations as follows: Miss Eliason's room, 20c; Miss Pye's room, 23c; Miss Bolt's room, 30c; Mrs. Howell's room, 24c; Mr. Howell's room, 41c; Miss Todd's room, 77c; Miss Day's room, 23c; Miss Bouchelle's room. 37c. I Three Mountaineers Are Placed on All-Star Team Salisbury.?His "Little Six" allstar team was announced Saturday night by Charlie Moran, head coach at Catawba College. Catawba and Appalachian State Teachers College placed three men each. The team folRobinson, Catawba, left end; Ma honey, Appalachian, left tackle; Williams, Elon, left guard; Robinson High Point, center; Sassowitch, Le noir-Rhyne, right guard; Smith, Ap Tialachian, right tackle; Haywood <JuiIford, right end; Witmer, Cataw ha, quarter; Newton, Lenoir-Rhyne "halfback; Appanaitis, Catawba, hull back; Walker, Appalachian, fullback Honorable mention went to Cory oi High Point and Triplett of Appala chian. Both are halfbacks. THE WEATHER Weather report for week endinj November 21, 1931, as compiled bj the co-operative station, at Appalachian State Teachers College, J. T C. Wright, observer. Average maximum temperature, 60 degrees. Average minimum temperature, 41 degrees. ? ' Average temperature. 67 degrees Average" daily range in temperature, Iff degrees. Greatest daily range in tempera IS tnre, 39 degrees; date 15th. Average temperature at 6 p. m. (time of observation), 59 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 71 - degrees; date 15th and 16th. Lowest temperature reached, 35 ?3 degrees. . -.J &X* Number inches of rainfall, 0.85. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 0.22 date 21st. Number of days with 0.01 inch oi more rainfall, 3. Number of clear days, 2. Number of cloudy days, 4. Number of partly cloudy days, 1. Direction of prevailing wind, south Orders for 1,000 black walnu seedlings and 5,000 pine seedling gH have been placed by 4-H club mem bera and adults of Catawba Count; A Non-Partisan I BOO! - I Hunter Kills 200-poun< Bear on Beech Mounted Mr. G. C. Smith, Boone's premi angler and huntsman, has aga "brought home the bacon." In tl dawning hours of Friday morning h in company with Ira S. Ayers, drot to a point on the Beech Mounta two and one-half miles from Banr.< Elk, where a bear hunt was reportt to be in progress. A matter of mi: utes after they had parked their ca the sound of barking dogs came their ears. Smith took a position few hundred yards from the car, ar waited. Down the slope came Brui galloping along at an easy pace, ai apparently unconcerned about tl yelping dogs who were far in tl rear. The animal approached to wit in twenty steps of the stand Smi had selected, halted momentarily, ai the hunter fired his shotgun poin blank into the bear's head. The ar mal was a yearling and weighed 2( pounds. The editor was given a liber "hunk" of the juicy meat, which 1 greatly enjoyed. AUTOPSY FAILS T( CONNECT DEATH 01 SHOOK WITH BLOV Doctors Ha gam an and Perry Perfor Post Mortem in Connection Wii the Death of Foscce Mar.. Fir Brain Abscess Which Forestul Charges of Murder in Connectic With Assault of Kinsman. Doctors J. B. Hagaman and H. 1 Perry of Boone made a post morte examination of Joe Shook last Frid* morning, following his death on tt previous Wednesday, for the purpo; of determining whether or not h demise came as any result of injurii received when he was struck with chunk of wood by a nephew, Mat , Shook, who was tried for the offeni at the fall term of Superior Cou and sentenced to the roads for a p riod of six months. Mr. Shook su fered partial paralysis just befoi his death, had been in poor heall for some time, and relatives believe his conditions was as a result of tl attack of his kinsman. Solicitor L. Spurling was notified of the circur stance and acquiesced in the reque f HJMBl. the.uhWMi? examined the body, however, th< could find no condition which wou associate the death with the injur and attributed his demise to an a scess in the tissue of the brain c the side of the head. Accordingly, i further charges will be brougl against the assailant of the dec . man. Funeral services were held imm diately after the body had been e ! amined, but no particulars are avai able as this is written. Mrs. Martha Ann Greei Dies Friday Near Mabe Mrs. Martha Ann Greer died her home in the Mabel communi last Friday after a long illness. SI was 79 years old. j Funeral services were conduct i from the Union Baptist Church Su . day by the pastor, Rev. E. C. Hodge who was assisted by Rev. Wellingte . Swift, and interment was in the cci . etery nearby. Mrs. Greei- was married to Willis . F. Greer, July 11, 1892, and ten ch . dren were bom, nine of whom a still living: Henley, Monroe, Ant . John, Filmore, Cicero and Charl: who died July 20, 1930; and Me . dames John Isaacs, John Oliver ai . Alfred Thomas. f She was a member of the Bapti . Church for about forty-five yeai All who knew her found in her li a fine example of hospitality, indust and patience. Her Christian kindne and friendship will be greatly miss : by all the people in the community. r . - FIVE TO FIVE OPENS NEW STORE IN TEHNESSEE CIl Mr. J. B. Brewer of the Five Five Store returned last week fro ' Sparta, Tenn., where he dropped o for a while from a buying trip to he . with the opening of a new five to fi in that city, which is being operat by Mr. W. M. Little, a part owm Mr. Brewer bought heavily, he stat< in the markets, and an advertiseme in this issue calls attention to a 9 cent event which will be a featu : daring the Inst of the week. T Christmas toys arrived in loads ai 1 were being displayed Monday mot ing in attractive style in the cent of the big store room. VISITS CAME FARM Banner Elk.?The Lees-McR Wild Game Farm had a visit tod from Mr. J. E. Trammel, State Fi and Game Warden of Ratherfo - County. Mr. Trammel is taking ba with him twenty-five mature qu: to restock the game refuge at Rut t erfordton. These birds were hatch 3 from eggs sent from the State Gat - Farm at Asheboro to Lees-McRac Ij . J spring. . , " UGA Newspaper, Devoted to the ME, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C 1 MRS. A. V. BENNBIT n OC D Aeccc AIT?E*n 17 er OO, I rtOOlM ^UiLlLl I AWAY ON SUNDAY e? re in Beloved Lady Had Been 111 With Heart Leakage for More Thau Three Weeks. Two Daughters Surn -vive. Funeral Conducted Tuesday X, hy Reverends Rankin and Dourt0 num. Large Crowd Attends. a id Mrs. A. V. Bennett, 85 years old, n, grand old lady of the Confederacy, id passed away last Sunday night at the ie home of a daughter, Mrs. J. L. Wink1C ler of this city, where she had made h- her home intermittently for man? th years. Death was directly attributaid hie to leakage of the heart and folt_ lowed an illness which bad been matt [i_ ifestly serious for about three weeks? )0 Funeral services were conducts^ from the Methodist Church Tuesday al morning by the Reverends Rankin ie and Downum, and interment was in the city cemetery. The profuse floral _ offerings and the large concourse of ) sorrowing friends were evidence of the esteem in which deceased Was-held ; in the community. HI The pall bearers were: Frank, P Cloy and James Winkler, grandaolis lof deceased; G. A. Thma3on, Tradfi U Councill and Walter Winkler. Ttei T honorary pall bearers represented the membership of the Methodist BoarS of Stewards. Eleven young: ladiefc ^ were in charge of the flowers: Meg^ 'j dames Paul Coffey, Hooper Hcndriaj j4 B. J. Councill, Alice Bobbins, Ron Rivers; Misses Martha Hardin, Margaret Clay, Louise Critcher and Marj Winkler. g Surviving are two daughters, Mnfc ^ .1. L. Winkler of Boone and Mr* Emma Roland, of Alexandria, Va. aj p Mrs. Bennett was born in Carlton _e County, South Carolina, but spent j the greater part of her life as a citizen of Statesville. The widow of a Confederate soldier, she wns one cj the few remaining women in this seoj lion who lived during the trials anil ^ tribulations of the Civil War and thi dark days that followed. For moii than forty years Mrs. Bennett taugM school, and trained countless thow sands into the paths of knowledge an.t right living. She had been a memboj ' of the Southern Methodist Churcj J,e throughout her adult life and workel ' j incessantly in the causes of the Go? pel ministry. She was affiliated wit| the Missionary Society nod rtftfftlll" UfRtmlzatlofis and her cimri sel wns eagerly sought by youngei workers in the Master's vineyard. She took great interest in the affairs oi " the United Daughters of the Confederacy, of which she was a member, I , and for several winters had chosen , to make her abode along with the " other ladies of the Old South at the Confederate Women's Home in Fay etteville, where she delighted in the companionships afforded by her sis1 " ters of the '60s. For more than a quarter-century Mrs. Bennett had been a periodical T visitor in Boone with Mrs. Wink'cr, l and her friends here were numbered -* by her acquaintances. She lived e life ripe in years, and ripe from the nt viewpoint of Christian work and spirty itual achievement, and in her going he the loss sustained is distinct and can not do aenned in terms ol geopraph ical boundaries. The life Mrs. Ben nett chose to live furnishes a shinn ing example to the younger genera is, tion, and a rich experience in tht >n life's history of the aged, n m Watt Gragg Improves ii- From Arm Fracture re ly, Watt H. Gragg returned Sundaj ie, from the Charlotte Sanatorium when !S" he had been a patient for a wcel id following a severe fracture of th< arm in an automobile accident, Sat st urday night a week ago. The mem ber has been placed in a plaster cast fe and surgeons believe that while thi fy break is a bad one, he will recovei ,ss within a reasonable length of time ed Mrs. Gragg and son, Horton, wen' to Charlotte and accompanied Mr Gragg on the return trip. Watts' friends still maintain tha' i* he is in a winning way in the cam paign for 'appointment as Federa to Marshal in the Middle District, ant m December 6th has been definitely so a3 the date for the meeting of tht 'P executive committee, at which tim, ve the recommendation will be made ed which will govern the appointmen !r- of the official by the President. :s, nt LEN GREER OF TODD IS 5- KILLED BY ACCIDENTAL SHOl re he Todd, N. C.?Len Greer, 38, wa: nd accidentally shot and killed whil< n- bird hunting in a field near Tod( er Saturday morning about 8 o'clock b; Ritter Estepp, his hunting partner He died instantly, Greer and Estepp had gone hunt ing together and were walking along ae only a few feet apart when a cove; ay of birds flew up. As Estepp raise< ah his gun to shoot the gun discharged rd the load striking Greer, who wa: ck about three feet ahead, in the back ail The dead man was the father of fiv< h- children, who, with his wife, survive ed The killing was accidental and no in ne quest was considered necessary. Fu ist neral arrangements had not beei completed Sunday. : Best Interests of Noithwt AROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ( Reveals Origin of Na [ Mrs. Ruth E. Finlcy, forrosr new had lain dormant for many years in h by telling how Sarah Josepha Hale, | President Lincoln to issue the first T4i? ! . WATAUGA SHERIFF! AND DEPUTY FACE CONTEMPT CHARGE f Sheriff. L, M. Farthing and Deputy t pv'Clint Norris Called to Wilkcsboro Wednesday Morning to Answer to i Charges of Contempt of Federal Court. Many Witpwaei Hare Been Summoned to Testify. Sheriff L. M- Farthing and his joilor, W. C. Morris, left this (Wednesday) morning for Wilkesboro, , where they much answer contempt j charges before Judge Johnson Hayes ! in the Middle District Fejera! Court, , now in session. The indictments were brought as a result. Of complaints that i Cecil Criteher, who served a five| months sentence in the Watauga jail, I imposed by the Federal Court, had , been granted undue liberties during > the service cf his sentence. , Deputy Marshal J. M. Eumgarnec [ eamo.np Tuesday and summoned a , number of wtineaws to. girc. evidence , for tfSi Government in the case, and I a number of .witonM??^e^c ^talc^u Work Begins on New Florence Boyd Home | Ground was broken this morning | at the Bridal Veil Falls 011 the Yon-l ahlosseo Read out from Blowing Rack for the erection of the Home tor Crippled Childtcn, instituted by Miss Florence Boyd of Lenoir, and which is designed to take care <>f at least twenty-five otherwise helpless mountain children, who will be trained in | various vocations. Miss Boyd owus 250 acres of land with the building site ' and the plant is expected to be ex: panded through the yean to come. A | truck load of workers with their own tools and dinners came up this morning from Lenoir, and are working in dead earnest on ihe excavating | preparatory to the actual start of ' construction work, and it is expected ( luhl tne sLrar.Lure win De wen toward completion during the winter. The food supplies have been stored away nearby to lake care of the workers, who are volunteering their scrv, ices in increasing numbers and the ' eight children being cared for in CaldIwell hove already been well supplied [ with provisions by the citizens of that * county. The institution will be known [ as the Florence Boyd Home and Vo' cational School for Crippled Children, and so far as is known is the only one of its kind in America. Miss | Boyd still gratefully receives ail food " supplies tendered, as much will he required with which to feed the labor' ing men during the winter months, ' while the building is being con' structed. t METHODIST BAZAAR 1 The ladies of the Boone Methodist 1 Church will held their annual bazaar t at the Blackburn Hotel on Thursday, i afternoon and evening, December 3. ! The sale of fancy work Will begin , at 3:30 o'clock and will continue unt til 10. Beginning at 5 o'clock, oysters, chicken salad, cakes and pies will be served. The public is invited to attend. 5 FOUND GUILTY \ Wiiicesboro, Wednesday afterr noon, 4 o'clock.?Sheriff Lather M. r,v?L: e nr.* - > ? ' eeiaii ui niMHia. tried Derore Judfft Johnson J. Hayes in Federal court today on a ckargs of conJ tempt in connection with liberties r granted Cecil Critdher, a Federal 1 prisoner who seivred a six-months y sentence in the county jail here this 3 year, was found guilty and fined $300. W. Clint N-orris, jailor, was 3 also adjudged guilty of contempt in the same case and fined $200. - J Critchcr was remanded to the Wa-1 tauga County Jail for a period of l| six months, and placed in the cmsI tody of officer*. ist North Carolina 26. 1931 """* r tional Thanksgiving " i rspayer woman, disclosed a fact that cr new book, ''The I<ady of GodcyV J America's first woman editor, got ink giving Day Proclamation in 1263. j BOUND BY JUilcF WITHOUT BAIL ON BURGLARY COUNT Richard Camptcll Arraigned Before Halir. on Capital Charge. Evidence Shows Probable Cause and DefendI ant Remanded to Jail Without Privi ilege of Bail. Alleged to Have En tered Mabel Home. Other Case*. Richard Campbell, resident of the Mabel community, was committed to jail without the privilege of bail, when he was arraigned before Justice E. N. Hahn on a charge of burglary, growing out of the alleged entering of the home of r. neighbor, Mr. A. C. Reese. The evidence submitted to the court was of such character that probable cause was foumj, ;and the defendant will face trial at j Ithe spring term of. Superior Court j which convenes in April. { According to the evidence, Campjliell bad been paying court to a doughjter of Mr. Reese, but some- time ago ! the courtship was ended, and the lady is alleged to bave written a note ajde-j iag him not to call again. However, St is said thai ori.TUUctvesn night^he going through an upsfaira window, into the portion of the house in which Miss Reese's bedroom was located. The warrant charging burglary was forthwith issued, it is understood. Campbell, it is said, offered no denials of the charges when the case was called by the court Other actions disposed of by Justice Hahn within the past few days , are as follows: John Mooch, operating a truck at greater speed than allowed by law. judgment suspended on payment .of cos'.. Roe Miller, operating car with im| proper license, not guilty. Greene Miller, operating car with i | improper license, not guilty. j r.agar Krowr., wortmess cnecx, I judgment suspended on payment of | check and cost. j W. C. Camp, larceny, probable "cause, appearance bond fixed at $200, 1 committed to jail in default. I Emmctt Oliver and Quince Tucker, I operating truck intoxicated, proseJentor refused to appear; action dismissed and prosecutor tared with the cost. Wiley GTeene, worthless check, | judgment suspended on payment of check and cost. Delivering Apples by Truck to Wilmington Mr. R. L. Baldwin, manager of the! Rich Mountain Orchards, Zionville, passed through town early Tuesday morning with two truck leads of fine apples which were to be delivered to the purchasers in Wilmington. The Rich Mountain crop has been unusually fine this year, and The Democrat was recently treated to a basket of the Baldwin variety, which it is believed by many, is the finest flavored fruit ever produced in this region. Many prefer it to the far-famed Delicious. Mr. Baldwins' generosity is appreciated. CLOPTON FARTHING ILL IN CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL Clopton, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Farthing, has been a paBent in DrMatheson's Hospital, Charlotte, since last Friday, suffering from an unusual illness which developed from an eye which had been irritated for several days. An infection spread from the eye into the glands of the neck and resulted in extreme swelling. Information coming from Mrs. Farthing who is with her son Wed nseday morning) is to the effect that Cloptcn is responding to treatment and showing rapid improvement. Raleigh, N. C.?Govern or O. Max Gardner's automobile, hearing State license X, was stolen from in front of his mansion on Sunday night. Four hours latc> it was recovered near Hopewell, Va., three men fleeing. J1.50 PER YEAR EIGHT WATAUGA MEN ARE TRIED FEDERAL COURT vo Sentence* Are Meted Out While "Six Other* Are Placed on Probation. Court Now in Middle of Sec; ond Week, Trying an Overcrowded ! Docket Resulting from Recent ' Raid* of Prohibition Sleuths. Eight Watauga County citizens Save been arraigned before Judge Johnson J. Hayes* Middle District federal Court in Wilkesboro since Monday week ago, when the tribunal met to begin work on one of Lhe largest dockets it "has ever experienced The increased number of eases comes as a result of recent widespread raids on the part of prohibition enforcement officials, it is said, and the court is still in progress Wednesday, with many cases yet to be heard. Eight Wataugans have been tried, but only two sentences have been meted out, the others having been placed on probation. The proceedings of the court, in so far as Watauga is concerned, are as follows: Lee Teague, retailing, sentenced to a terra of three years in Cbilicothe, Ohio. Industrial School. Placed oh probation for a period of five years. Hal Teague, retailing, six months in Watauga County Jail. Frank and Lester Woodring, liquor, 3 years probation. Asa Wolf, liquor, 3 years probation. Turner Greene, retailing, fined $100 and three years probation. Frank Counoill and Earl Miller, charged with retailing, were placed on probation for a period of three years, and prayer for judgment was continued until next term of Federal iw* kux, ???,? ? ww??c art vnv rooc agaiuob jjv?" ill, also charged with retailing. It is understood that those placed on prohation must make monthly tcportB to the probation officer and appear at each term of Federal court and prove their abstenancc from dealing in intoxicating liquors in any way. Watauga Apples Once Prize Winners in Paris a m '* iSPyp*" j?? Mr. Ajbert Mastir. of the Matney community recently sent The Democrat a fine box of apples, .utith. the request tBiit We variety be determined. Mr. Tom Banner of. Sugar Grove positively identifies the apples as the Bughorn, and further explains thai his father, Newton Banner, grows the apples, and many years ago through the courtesy of the late Moses H. Cone, of Blowing Rock and Greensboro, specimens of the fruit were exhibited >n Paris, and carried second prize in the exposition. The apples Mr. Mastin sends in are very large, smooth, and with a pale pinkish striping. Mrs. Rebecca Woodring Dies in Columbia, Mo. Mrs. Rebecca Elrnyra Woodring, former resident of Watauga County, died at the home of Mr. J. N. Shoe maker, in Golumhia, Mo., on November II, at the age of 78 years. She had been ill only about a week. Remains were taken to Garden City, Mo., for burial. Surviving her are six children: J. N. Shoemaker, Columbia, Mo.; Daniel Woodring, Creighton, Mo.; J. T. Woodring, Richards, Mo.; W. J. I Woodring, Council Grove, Kansas; Mrs. Ada Dintman, I,a Junta, Colo.; Mrs. Charles Dougherty, Boone, N. C. Mrs. Woodring had lived in the West for several years and had been at the home of her son for about a [year. She was the widow of John A. | Woodring of this county, having left here shortly after his death. During the greater part of her absence she had lived with her daughter in Colorado. TUESDAT SET APART AS VOLUNTEER SERVICE DAY Tuesday of each week has been set apart by the local Rod Cross as Volunteer Service Day. Those who have clothing that has not heen collected are asked to notify the committee so that they may call on Tuesday. Material may also be delivered direct to Mrs. M. B. Blackburn, who is in charge of the loan closet. On T>,e? 11.- ??- * 1? Auvmajo avj. uir iicav ivw w*reiv? I"" dividuals or organizations who wish to help may come to Mrs. Blackburn's to aid in sorting and working ever this clothing so that it will be ready for immediate use. MRS. FULLER NAMED ADJUTANT OF CAMP NIMROD TR1PLETT Mrs. Selmcr Fuller of Amantha and Mountain City, has been appointed by Captain E. J. Norrls as adjutant for Camp Nimrod Triplett, United Confederate Veterans. Mrs. Fuller is a daughter of Enoch Swift, of Amantha, has for years been active in tVin Donfrlitnro nP i-Vi? ? A'-MS.ilvv.io luc VUIUCUC1JH.JI , and is anxious that veterans who need assistance get in touch with her. Mr and Mrs. Tom Cashing are spending Thanksgiving in WinstonSalem, the guests.'af friends. <8 : . SSa S . .^1 . y + i?

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