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VOLUME XLIil. NUMBER 35.
I LOCAL COMMITTEES
FORMULATE PLANS
FOR HEALTH DRIVE
Speakers Selected to Appear in W?taug.i
School# 'During Milk-forMcalth
Week. Local Organizations
Will Give Prizes for Best Essays,
Posters and Rhymes. Rules of Contests
Announced.
Local committees working in behalf
x f the Governor's MIIk-for-Health
campaign, have worked out definite
plans for the drive next week, and
Tuesday evening announced the
speakers' schedule, and prizes for the
essay, poster and rhyme contests.
On Monday afternoon, 3:30 o'clock,
Professor I. G. Greer will
speak to the student body of Todd
Consolidated School, and on Tuesday,
the 15th, the following speakers will
appear at other county schools: Rev.
J. H. Brendall, Boone School, 2 p. m,;
Rev. L. F. Kent, Blowing Rock, 2
? p. ni.; J. M. Moretz, Cove Creek, 2
p. rn.; Smith Haganian, Bethel Junior
High, 2 p. m.; Sam Hortou, Valle
Cruets School. 2 p. in. Each one of
the speakers will stress in his address
the vital importance of milk as a
health-giver.
In the high school essay contest,
Boone Parent-Teacher Association
and Boone Civitan Club together will
give a cash prize of $3.75. In the
graded school essay contest the same
otganizations will give a cash prize of
like size. These prizes are in addition
to two silver loving cups offered
by Governor O. Max Gardner in the
State-wide contests.
For the best milk rhyme composed
by a student of any Watauga High i
School, the Entre Nous Club will give <
a $2.50 gold piece. For the best milk 1
rhyme by a graded school student, i
the Worthwhile Ciuo offers a $2.50 :
gold coin. These prizes are in addi- 2
tion to two silver loving cups donated >
by Dr. A. T. Allen and Dr. E. C. .<
Brooks in the Slate contests. <
For the best, milk poster drawn by 1
a county high school student the Fri- 1
nay Ailctnoon Club will gWe $2.50
in gold, and for the best poster by i
a ginded school student the Cove <
Creek Paren1-Teacher Association <
offers ? similar award. In the 1
wide poster contests Dr- .Tomes M. i
Pari ;.Vv c;l-.w silver fnyinff .'tups.
Judges of the three contests will ho! <
Miss Billic Xodd. Miss Rooker and .
Mr. A. J. Greene. Essays, ihyii.es i
and posters should be delivered or (
moiled to Gordon Battle, Watauga
County Board of Health, not labor v
than March 21st. I
The rules for each contest follows: i
Es&ay Contest i
1. All essays shall be plainly writ- ]
ten or typed on one side only of 8 1-2 1
by 11 paper. t
2. The name, address, age and <
grade of the pupil submiting the essay.
together with the name of the I
teacher, school, and county, shall ap- <
pear on the back of each sheet submitted.
3; The wording of the material
submitted must bo original with the .
pupil, although the ideas and infor- {
mation may be obtained from any
source.
I. Not more than five competing
essays front graded school pupils
and five essays from high school pupils
shall be submitted from any one
? 3chool.
5. All assays in the State competition
shall he submitted through the
local committee, and no essays will
be considered coming from teachers
or pupils direct, unless there is no
originate.
C. Nc essays will be returned unless
postage for that purpose is enclosed.
7. Essays?shall not exceed three
hundred words in length.
Poster Designs
1. -rvu posters competing lor local
prizes as well as for the Parrott '
cups shall be either 14x22 or 22x28 1
inches.
2. The poster should attract attention
by telling its story quickly
and effectively. Only one story should '
be told in each poster. Avoid diving
interest by having a poster tell more !
than one story. (
3. The poster must make the reader
wish to obey its message.
4. The story told by the poster ^
must be based on facts. It musi not ,
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Smith Heavy Loser
In First Primary
Incomplete returns Wednesday ,
morning indicated that Alfred E.
Smith had suffered a withering defeat,
when his friends sought to elect
delegates favorable to him in the New 1
Hampshire presidential primary, the i
first State primary of the year. Gov- .
err.or Franklin D. Roosevelt, it ap- pears,
had won an approximate fourto-one
victory, on the basis of tabulated
returns, while the Smithites re- ;
fuse to acknowledge defeat, pending
the count of the city vote in Manchester.
Eight delegates were voted
for.
The Republican delegate slate was
elected without opposition.
T& TWl
A Non-h'artisan N
BOON
Dermont Triplett Is
Killed in Auto Crash
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xvuutuins oi Jerome lJermont Tripiett,
23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Tviplctt of Lenoir, were laid to rest
in the Belleview Cemetery Friday
afternoon, the funeral services having
been conducted from the Baptist
Church in that city.
Young Triplctl, who was known
by many Wataugans, especially in
Boone, lost his life when, his automobile
turned urtle near Walnut Cove
on last Wednesday. The machine was
coasting down a long grade, it is
said, and atapi'.lted when the driver
attempted to negotiate a curve. Death
came from a fractured skull. A companion,
Harry Hembree. sustained
only minor bruises.
MRS. WIDENHOUSE
K f H A RflllV WITH
maj viixuiuiJi; HI HI
SLAYING HUSBAND
Summer Resident of Boone Says She
Shot Mate After He Had Beaten
Her Twice. Tragedy Occurs at
Midland. Dead Man Was in Lumber
Business With His Father, A.
P. Widenhouse. ^
NOTE?The Widenhouse family
is well known in Boone, where for
the past several years they have
resided during the summer months.
The father of the dead man, A. P.
Widenhouse, owns valuable property
on East Main Street.
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Concord, N. C.?A warrant for the
nrrest of Mrs. Mary Widenhouse,
charging her with fatally shooting
her husband, Donald Widenhouse,
ivell known resident of the Midland j
section~of vniy County, V?S5 issued j
Saturday night by Sheriff R. C- Hoo-j
/er, of Cabarrus County. It is under- j
>tood the case will be carried immeliately
before a magistrate in an effort
to secure bond for Mrs. Widenlouse.
The shooting occurred at the Widenhouse
home between 8:30 and
>*clock Saturday at the intersection
yf highways 151 and 27, and Widen
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IVUJI niry III nil auiuuinnce wmie cn I
rout? to ? Charlotte hospital.
Mr. Widenhouse. v.'eil known-TCgir
lent of the Midland section, died several
hours niter the shooting. The!
Intmeiue LS Stiegeil to hS"*e trSTi the |
dimax of domestic altercations.
According to Mrs. Widenhouse, I
ilui declared she fired in self-defense,
let husband had beat her cruelly
twice earlier in thi" morning .and
vas preparing to inflict additional
lunishment when she used the pistol.
Fired at a range of about 20 feet
he bullet made a direct hit-in the
tenter of Widenhousc's chestMrs.
Widenhouse stated that her
lusband did not come homo until 1
'clock that morning and lhat he was
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CMTANSTOBACK
MILK CAMPAIGN
Gordon Battle Explains Health Drive
at Luncheon Meeting. Club to
Donate Prizes. Cushing and
Brendall Are Also Heard.
GoTdon Battle, sanitary officer
with the County Board of Health and
ictive director of the Milk-for-Health
campaign in Watauga, addressed
members of th? Boone Civitan Club
it its mid-week luncheon meeting
Held in the dining room oi' Critc.her
Sotei last Thursday noes- Introduced
by George K. Moose, the speaker
launched into an explanation of the
milk campaign, and brought out many
itarming tacts concerning the limited
use of milk as a beverage.
Mr. Battle declared that here in
Watauga more than fifty per cent,
if the children are underweight, and
that this condition is brought about
purely by the fact that miik is not
used regularly as a part of their diet.
Continuing, he asserted that, based J
>n reports from other states, North j
Carolina people consume only about
half the fluid they should, and that
the purpose of the Milk-for-Health
campaign is to educate them to its
unusual merits as a body builder.
"Raw milk, by itself," said Mr.
Battle, "is a complete food, and
compared with other commodities is
a cheap food. Watauga has plenty
of milk, but the cheese factories get
it instead of the children." He concluded
his remarks with a request
that the Civitan Club donate two
prizes for milk essays written by
Watauga school children. The membership
unanimously favored the plan
and it was voted to give two gold
coins in the contests, particulars of
which appear elsewhere in this paper.
Following Mr. Battle's taik, Torn
Gushing, president of the newly organized
Fishing and Hunting Club,
presented plans for a membership
drive to be put on by that organization
in the near future, and Rev. J.
H. Srendall. Jr., made a few logical
remarks on the ridiculousness of warfare.
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ewspaper, Uevoted to the .
E, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH OA:
Street Fight
SHANGHAI.?Reports that a ne\
hai Wednesday as neutral mediators
agreement to end the fighting. Som
part in preparations for a new Chin
DR. JOHN DOUGLAS \
SPEAKSTOSTUDENT i
BODY AT A. S. T. C.
Prominent Presbyterian Diviner -Deliver*
Inspirational Address an
"Whitiier Bound." Also Speak* to
Presbyterian Reformed Association.
Accompanied to Boone by
Mrs. Douglas and Daughter.
Dr. John Jordan Douglas, pastor
of the Newton Presbyterian Church,
was speaker at the Presbyterian Reformed
Association meeting, held in
Lovill Assembly Hall, A. S. T. C.,
I on Wednesday evening of last week.
1 Dr. Douglas chose as his subject,
i "Woicues: SoutTu^~"emphaairirig the
! need for higher purposes and ideals
' in Christian living in young people
I of this age. a
At the regular chapel period on ~
] Thursday morning Dr. Douglas con- K
I ducted the devotional exercises and *
| spoke to the student body. In his ex- *
I eel lent address he expressed his ad- J*
miration for the wonderful development
of the collage, and the quality /
of work that is being done. Dr. J. \
D. Rankin, dean of the College, in
g*nd::tli?g. !hf- gltapel__g>> g???- ? S tfkk c
pressed h1.* appreciation fo^ the oitceTlent
ir.lk and roiide t.btf staterttehk
that "we are always glad to have Dr.
Douglas with us, and we always look
[forward to his return."
Dr. Douglas has been pastor of the
New ten Presbyterian Church since
May. 1031. Prior to this he was for ^
two years pastor of The Glade Valley
group of churches in Alleghany, and
was a frequent lecturer in the Glade jj
Valley Presbyterian School. Dr. Doug- ^
las is a graduate of Wake Forest Col- ^
lege and Louisville Seminary, and hesides
Newton and Glade Valley, he
has held pastorates in Newbum, Wilson,
Wadesboro ana Jefferson City.
Tenn. 1 r
The faculty and students of Appa
iiacitiar: State Teachers College great- C1
ly appreciate Dr. Douglas* visit, for ?l
! his silvery tones of liquid eloquence 1*ar.d
his pleasant personality have
made an impression that will not soon t*
j be forgotten. Dr. Douglas was accom- *c
1 panied by his wife and daughter. Mrs.
Douglas was formerly Miss Mattie w
Taylor, a graduate of A. S. T. C. ai
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Dr. John Fix to Conduct r<
Religious Course Here
Rev. John J. Fix, D. I)., director
oT Religious in the Synod of Appalachia,
will teach a course in Leadership
Training at State Teachers Col- Tlege
jiftrrnofiTi nevt week, and.
it is expected that a great mar.y stu- 0,
dents will enroll in the class.
On Sunday evening at 6:30 Dr. Fix
will speak to Ihe V. W. C. A. meeting _
in T.nvill A ecomKIv TToll
LOCAL COLOR ADDED
KIDNAPPING BY TI
Considerable excitement pre- i
vailed upon the streets of Boone I
last Friday -when officials of Buncombe
County sent in calls through
the local telephone exchange saying
that a blue sedan was headed this
way, carrying as a passenger the
baby son of Colonel and Mrs. C.has.
A. Lindbergh, kidnapped from his
New Jersey home a week ago Tuesday
evening. According to the telephone
communication, the car hnd
been seen in Marion, and evaded
pursuers after the driver had purchased
milk hurriedly at a cafe,
without waiting for the change due
him. It was believed that the highpowered
car was en route through
Newland to Boone, and at the Avery
metropolis a report had it that <
officers and a large posse of the
citizenry, armed with shotguns,
guarded the highway through the
afternoon, while at Boone, although
all was in readiness, officials were
not inclined to lend much credence
to the story. It developed
DEM<
Dest Interests of North we
ROL-INA, THURSDAY MARCH 10. 1
ing in Shanghai Looks Li
spencer Will Again
Manage Green Park
O. W. Spencer and Mrs. Laura
B. Crouch, long time proprietors of
the Green Park Hotel at Blowing
Rock, have closed a lease for the
popular hostelry, following the authorization
of the transaction by
Judge P. A. McElroy in Lenoir
Superior Court last Friday. The
hotel had been thrown into bankruptcy
several months ago.
Friends of Mr. Spencer and Mrs.
Crouch, among whom are included
ail those who have enjoyed the hospitality
of the famous resort hotel
during the past years, are delight- (
ed that the former management
will be continued, and predict for
Green Park an increasing prominent
place in the further development
of the Northwestern hills.
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)0UGHT0NT0FIGHT
IEW REVENUE BILL
)N FLOOR OF HOUSE
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pesed Ic Sales Tax Gas
Fmitiotts in .
ton In the United States Will Feel
Its Burden," Says Representative 1
in Statement Issued Monday. '
Washington, D. C.?One of the 1
rst discordant notes sounded '
gainst the new Democratic revenue |t
ill on the Democratic side of the 11
ousc came Monday from Represenrtive
Robert L. Doughton, North ]
arifliiia's member of ihc Ways and
leans Coirimittse. \
Representative Dougktnn explained
iat the rales tax and the provision '
lat levies a tariff of one cent per?
\llon on all imported gasoline, crude i
:I and.fuel oils, precludes him fromj
lpporting the new tax measure in J
s present form. 'But the greatest*
ejection I have to the bill is the sales
?x provision," declared Mr. Dough?n.
Continuing, he said:
"I deeply regret that I cannot and
ill not support the bill as drawn
ad reported, but shall vote against j
unless it is materially amended.he
provisions making it impossible j
>r me to support the bill are: The|
ties tax and the provision that levies
tariff of one cent per gallon on all;
nported gasoline, crude oil and fuel
ils.
"While the tariff is ir-.tended prilarily
for the protection or benet
of domestic producers and refinrsr
it will likely havp thf effect
f increasing the price of these prodets
to the consumer of the articles,
t least to the extent of the amount
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TO LINDBERGH ~
IEPH0NE REPORT
Saturday that instead of coming
to Boone the car under suspicion
proceeded into K nrvvvillo hilt had I
left that city in the direction of j
Chattanooga. Further reports were j
not forthcoming.
Information Wednesday morning
is that the young offspring of the
universally idolized couple has not
been found, but that the flame of
bope which at times has become
only a flicker, has flared anew in
the Lindbergh household. The police
answer "progress," however,
was the only official public information.
Col. Henry Breckenridge,
closest adviser of the Lindbergh's,
"tad departed on a secret mission,
ar.d the whereabouts of Salvatorc
Snitale and living Bits, gangsters
employed as emissaries to the underworld,
was not known. Colonel
Lindbergh is opening all mail, and
answering all telephone calls coming
to Lis home, promising to meet
the terms of the kipnapers and refrain
from prosecution, should the
child be safeiy returned.
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nurui v^di uiuia
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ke Real War
ng the battlcfront disturbed Shangok
up the task of negotiating an
ang Kai-Shek was taking an active
FEDERAL FUNDS
MCiWJ A17 A II Ami?
m/u n ? AiLrtDLL
LOCAL FARMERS'
Reconstruction finance Corporation
Moneys Ready for Distribution.
G. P. Hajjnman Chairman of Committee-.
Farmers should Make Applications
Immediately. $25,000 of
Loans Made in 1931 Repaid.
A certain sum of the money recently
voted by Congress to the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation
will be available to farmers in North
Carolina for crop production this year.
This money will be disbursed through
the Secretary of Agriculture and the
R.T.: ScrA'ic"
Mr. G. P. Hagaman has been named ,
chairman of the committee which
will receive applications for the seed {
loans in Watauga, Messrs. O. M. Crit- 1
cher and R. T. Greer finishing out 11
the local organization. The money, as.3
cvas the case last year, ia t o be used!;
solely for the purpose of producing j
this year's crop, including *he pucchase
of seed and fertiliser. Loans i,
will be limited this time to S100. arch
due November 3G, 11)32, and 5
nor rant, interestwill he. charged.!,
the. only security required being aj
lien on the proposed crop. A supply
of application blank a arrived Tuesday
and may he secured from either j
member of the committer who will
give out the required informationCounty
Superintendent Smith Hagaman
also has the blanks and will be 1
glad to assist any farmer in iicgo- ,
tiating a loan. ,
It is understood that approximate- ;
ly $25,000 of the 1931 loans in Wa- 1
tauga has been collected and that ]
several thousand bushels of Irish po~ j
tatoes have been collateralized by the f
Government. Total loans made to .
local farmers last year exceeded &30i-1}
000.
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PLANS MADE FOR j:
VICTORY DRIVE
A. D. Wilson, County Chairman of
Democrat Fiscal Drive, Engaged
in Organizing County, and
Says Prospects Bright.
Mr. Dayton Wilson, of Boone, recently
appointed as chairman for Watauga
County in the drive for funds
with which in conduct this year's national
Democratic campaign, is busy
organizing the various townships, and
from information coming to him from
partisans, an unusual degree of interest
is being shown, and despite
hard times, he expects Watauga to
show up a creditable donation.
Mr. Frank Miller has been chosen
as chairman of Boone Township and
others will be named to assist him?
in his work- In Beaver Dam, Clyde i
Perry and Don Hagaman are organizing
for the drive, while in Cove
Creek, John E. Combs and Mrs. MaryHarris
arc in charge. Howard Walker.
Henry Hagaman and Clyde Mast are \
appointed in Laurel Creek Township, j
In each instance the first named is
chairman of the committee, and will
have full charge of carrying forward
the drive in his territory, with the
full /?n_nnnro4lAri nf +kr> AnnTifr.
AUM w?U^kiuvu ux wrc V.V/U m.Y WIBU"
man.
Mr. Wilson during- the week expects
to have completed the organization
in each voting unit of the
county, and states he expects a record
contribution of small amounts,
pointing out that even the smallest
donation will be welcomed by the
committees. State and national chairmen
contemplate ending the drive
by the last of May.
REV. MURRAY AT MEAT CAMP
Rev. L. B. Murray will preach at
Meat Camp Baptist Church on the
third Sunday night in March, 7:30
o'clock, and at Howards Creek Church
on the Monday following at the same
hour. He expects to spend several
days in the community.
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$1.50 PER YEAR
VEEK-EINDSTORM
tUES DAMAGE TO
PROPERTY HERE
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. w* i Wind Piles Snowfall Into Counj
Highways dad -Cccjij Maintance
Forces Busy. Roof of Cone
iragc House Blown Away, and
*TTate Glass Windows Are Shattered.
Bus Transportation Halted.
Following a v,'inter season marked
by unusually mild temperatures, the
WfathW man wvvnt ??a_n
week end, just v.'her. spring flower*
were beginning -o bloom in their
fragrant splendor, and passed out a
frigid snowstorm accompanied by a
bleak wind of almost hurricane proportions.
The snowfall began at about
midnight Saturday and by mid-morning
Sunday, four or more inches of
"the heautifui" had been drifted in
highways throughout the county,
bringing transportation to a practical
standstill. Road crews were forced
into emergency service by the storm
and in the early afternoon had all
lanes of travel cleared.
At 3 o'clock p. in. Sunday a huge
oak was blown across Highway 60
near the H. J. Hardin farm, and a
fnrfo nf ...... 1 " ?
clearing the barricade. Eleven trees
were removed during the morning
from Highway 17 between Lentz's
store and Blowing Rock, and other
timber on roads caused I rouble
throughout the afternoon and evening.
A report from Blowing Rock
states that the entire roof on one
of the huge apple storage houses of
Mrs. Cone was torn away by the
storm.
A long line of automobiles Were
held up two miles west of the city
on the Boone Trail, while a road
force removed a mountain of snow
from the right-of-way. The force of
the wintiar the
do No. 60 is said to have halted several
cars, one of which was turned
ompletely around twice by the gale.
Boone garage men Were kept on a
run throughout the day by frozen
radiators and pumps, tire and chain
repairs.
A plate glass show window in the
Harris Department Store was shattered
by the wind Sunday afternoon,
hut paihcuby^oucCccutu in carrying
Lhe merchandise en display to a place
sf suftly. A 'I'^r q-as. akt> tsrn : "
a_ storeroom in the ^Vatauga County
15nnk block, ar.<i a large window jsps
saved in the same building by ii:v
timely work of ciiizens who noticed
[he framework yielding to the storm's
fui y.
The large bus being operated between
Boone and Johnson f.ity by
the E. T. A W. N. C Transportation
Company, was fovced out of use
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday due to
the vonditoin of the road up Valley
Mountain, and a light car was used
n its stead. Graybound buses, howivnr
f nil v./l liifln .Irffintilfir In
ilinfr on the Hristol-Winaton-Salem
inc.
Mercury dropped to 10 degrees
ibcvc jci-o ei! Monday and Tuesday
iuyini>^ csd ssts"sr is in prnspert
this (Wednesday) noon.
Board of Education
Holds Regular Meeting
The County Board of Education
mfet in regular session Monday and
(luring its deliberations made a careful
study of counly roads with a viewto
figuring out school bus transportation
for the coining year. Their conclusions
will be submitted to the road
authorities. It is the policy of the
Highway Commission to improve such
roads as rapidly as possible.
It was ordered by the board that
lio tcnuici uc Vinpivyvu m tile-cvuiity : ^
holding a certificate below ?.n Elementary
"B."
College Glee Club to
Give Operetta Tuesday
"The Count and the Co-Ed," a college
operetta in two acts, will be presented
by the Appalachian Giee Club
on next Tuesday evening, March 15,
at 8:15 o'clock. Miss Virginia Wary,
who so successfully directed "The
Bells of Beaujolis" last spring, will
have charge of the enrrent musical
snow, and ttcse who have witnessed
rehearsals state that the plot, action
and songs are faT superior to any pre- '"*
vious operetta.
The story of "The Count and ne
Co-Ed" has to do with the predicaments
of a college student, KenDeth
(Snooze) Andrews, who has an unusual
proclivity for getting into trouble.
Snooze happens to be in love
with Dob McSpadden, daughter of
the scr s president, and does not
wish to 'r the wrath of his sweetie's
fathr
A* a Si ''lay program being given
by the College, Snooze, who is costumed
as a delicatessen proprietor,
is mistaken by Dr. McSpadden for
Count Gustavo von Weinerlieister, a
wealthy foreigner, who is known as
a benefactor of small colleges. Dae
to an encounter with a traffic officer,
who happens to be present at
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