T T VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 40 WATT H. GRAGG IS ! SWORN IN AS U. S. MARSHAL FRIDAY V. C. Bradley Will Continue as Chief Deputy Marshal. Other Member* of Staff Announced. Commission is Dated March 29th. Watauga Man Issues Statement. Oath Administered by Judge Hayes. Greensboro, -N. C.? Watt H. Uragg of Boone Friday morning assumed his duties as United States Marshal of the Middle North Carolina District after taking the oath of office belt fore Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of Federal Court. Mr. Gragg, whose appointment was recently confirmed by the Senate, succeeds J. J. Jenkins, of Siler City, who has held the post since 1927. The commission for the r.cw mar- V shai was received here Thursrlav hv kJ Judge Hayes, and Mr. Grugg was notified and reached the city that evening preparatory to taking the oath Friday. Immediately after the oath was administered the new marshal assumed his duties. Speculation as to the likely changes !hat would be made in the personnel of the office and field force working under the marshal was settled shortly ufler the oath was administered when Mr. Grugg announced the appointment of his assistants and deputies, effective immediately. V. C. Bradley, who has served in this capacity since July, 1927, will jcontinue as chief deputy marshal. Mr 1 j Bradley has served as deputy under three marshals, Brownlow Jackson, Br. C. G. Bryant and J. J. Jenkins. ^ Miss Addie Morris will be retained g as office deputy, a position which y( she has held for five > cars She is a former resident of Forsyth County, j t Charles E. Acier of Winston-Salem be ' will become assistant to the chief sb deputy, succeeding Thomas Neal. of m this city. This appointee is a former g! newspaper man. fo The following have beer, selected ps by Mr. Gragg as deputy marshals: de Greensboro Division?W. R. Fu- t:? tre'.le, High Point, and Frank Miliikan, this city. J? Winston-Salem Division?R- C. a ?r">ur> Hnmnfonville. Salisbury Division?Charles W. yl Hall, of Davie County. 's Rockingham Division?D. H. Lewis, L'; Aberdeen. it Wilkesboro Division?II. H. Jen- f > nings, North V'ilkeshoro, and B. H. 'n Goes, Jefferson. 'J1 Three of these appointees, \V. it. !l1 Futrtlle, R. C. Brown and H. H. .Jennings, have been serving as deputy cc marshals under the retiring marshal, in Sir. Jenkins. ht Mr. Gragg's commission is dated to March 23 and is for n four-year term, fo He was indorsed for the post by the fu Republican State Executive Commit- to tee in session here December 5, and his appointment by President Hoover was confirmed several days ago by ^ the Senate. The new marshal, who is -14 years old and a native of Caldwell County," has been a resident of Watauga for f2o yenrs. lie is secretary of the Wa- m tauga Building and Loan Association of Boone, and director of the bank there also. Mr. Gragg has long been active in the affairs of the Republican Party, being candidate for sheriff in Watauga County in 1926 jc and a delegate to the Republican Na- ] . tional Convention in 1928. t| The following statement was is- ? sued Friday by Mr. Gragg: 01 "I desire, upon entering upon my C( duties as United States Marshal for fj the Middle North Carolina District, J w to express to my friends, who have 1,. sided me in obtaining the appoint- 0, ment, my sincere thanks for their v,, confidence. It. is my hope that dur- ]e ing the four-year tenure no incident jj will take place which in any way would alter this trust. The duties of p my newly attained position will at all C( times be executed with a conscious- p ness of the dignity of the office and ti the responribilities entailed." C( * Mr. Jenkins, the retiring marshal, B; is s former rheriff of Chatham County and a prominent business man of 3l Siler City. His candidacy for reap- p pointment failed to win the indorse- ti ment of the executive committee in q December. Mr. Jenkins was in the J,; city Thursday, preparing to relinquish ?J > his post. J! | Blowing Rock Hotel Is J] Expected to Open First a Mt. Donald J. Boyden, who has S heen engaged during the winter in tl the operation of the Governor Tay- c lor Hotel at Elizabethten, Tenn.. u passed through Boone Tuesday en t' route to Blowing Rock where he will t make ready for the opening of the d Blowing Rock Hotel, popular tourist p hostelry. Mr. Boyden thinks that he if will likely have his opening this year p on May 1, ant! states that prospects 0 1 are bright for the summer season at y the Rock. The date set for the open- g ing is earlier than in years past, on t account of reservations, made to in- 1; elude the month of May as vacation n period in the mountains. t ' " r kB rr5,1 Aiai A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE, Apple Queen Miss Helen Ames Washington of '' Overhrook, Pa., has been chosen ! Queen of the Shenandoah Valley I' Annual Apple-Blossom Festival. fJPERJOR COURT ; WILL CONVENE ON MONDAY: 2 WEF.KS: 7 '' I idge McJELlroy Will Preside at Reg- ' ular Spring Term. Two Homicide Cases ^Wil! Be Tried and Docket of Lesser Infractions Runs to Almost a Hundred. Sixty Civil Cases ' Are Calendared. The regular spring term of Watau- j i Superior Court will convene next , onday for a two-weeks session, with ( s Honor. Judge P. A. McElroy, proding. Two homicide cases are expected I, 1 come up for trial, one involving j d Stokes of the Cove Creek sec- , on for the slaying of Ivy Greene, , id the other in which Ephriam Walce of the Beech Creek section will " ? arraigned on a charge of fatally j looting Thurston Oliver, neighbor , an, during the Christmas holidays, j ;okes, it will be remembered, was j rmerly tried before a justice of the j cicc, and was acquitted? after evimcc indicating self-defense to the ?urt had been introduced. However, |1 e matter came before the grand |1 ry for investigation last fall, andjj true bill was returned. "Wallace has been in jail since j lOtily Ailei Hit: shooting in whjeh he j implicated* Occurred. . From evi- iiivc at Lhu coroner'" is-fledueed that the fatal shot was , red following an argument concern- i g some blockade liquor, however, ere is very little general-informa- * on concerning the holiday tragedy. . Sixteen men are now occupying the < lunty bastile and the State docket i eludes almost a hundred cases, per- , ips the heaviest docket for several , rrns. Sixty civil cases are calendared j r trial and it is expected that the |, ill two-weeks term will be required |, clear both dockets. OLLEGE Y. WX A. j; ELECTS OFFICERS! ? iss Helen Barber Named President t of Association. Installation Serv- i ices Held Sunday Night in i College Auditorium. j In an impressive installation serv- j o held in the Auditorium of Appa- * chian State College here at 8 o'-- ] ock Sunday night, and ending with j beautiful candlelight service about i ie of the fountains on the lawn, the >llege Y. W. C. A. installed new of- 1 cers for the coming year. Elections ere held last week, the Australian illot being used, and interest in the ateome reached an unprecedented Eighth, according to Dcssa Mae Triptt, retiring president. Miss Helen arber, fo Winston-Salem, one of the lost popular students on the camus, was elected president for the >ming year. Following the retiring residents' charge to the organizaon last night, Miss Barber respondj with a few words of appreciation ed plans for the coming year. Other officers elected for the enting term are: vice-president, Delia owlas; secretary, Virginia Lindsey; easurer, Catherine Warlick; pianist, larice Thompson; choirister, Kate ieliityie, program chairman, Dssetts oesser; publicity chairman, Evelyn tiller; social service chairman, Louie Moore; social chairman, Virginia [unt; world fellowship, Mary Wilr.ms; reporter, Pauline Bingham. The Y. W. C. A. is by far the most, ctive organization on the campus of tate College here. In membership, he organization boasts a large per ent. of the 900 students, and is alravs active in sponsoring any worhy cause that will be of benefit to he college or student body. It is uner the auspices of the "Y" that Aplalachian will hold her first May Jay exercises this year, and it is ilanned, according to the chairman f the senior cabinet, to make this a early feature. In addition, the or-anization has sponsored several con|1>a ntixlnnt Via/]tt o t*fo olr t'9U> aillUU^, WIC 3VUUIIIV UVUJTy <* *T VVB" y current event feature in chapel, nd occasional special programs for he student body. A JVjn. wspaper, Devoted to the WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C RUSSELL HODGES NAMED CHAIRMAN BY REPUBLICANS bounty Convention Saturday Drawi Large Crowds. Hedges Named rivfl* R. Creene Secretary. Executive Committee Named and Delegates to State and Congressional Conventions Picked. About three hundred Republicans "roro the various sections of the couny gathered in the courthouse Saturday afternoon in convention, and the meeting, being the first local politi:al gathering of the year, was participated in enthusiastically and the business dispatched readily. Formei Representative Blaine Coffey deliv fered the address of the day, extolling the principles of his party, anc defending its record, and his utterances were well received by the filled auditorium. Russell D. Hodges was re-elected chairman for the ensuing two-yeai period and Clyde R. Greene, secre :ary-treasurer. The following filled ;he membership of the executive com nittee in the various townships, the first named being the member, the second the associate member: Bald Mountain, C. M. Blackburri ind Mrs. Wade Norris; Beaver Dam, |W . K. Johnson; Mrs. W. K. JohnauTr Blowing Rock, J. E. Young and Mrs Harry Thar ring ton; Blue Ridge, Walter Hampton and Miss Minnie Day Boone, Arthur Adams and Mrs. Pau Coffey; Cove Creek, J. M. Burkett and Mrs. Marion Thomas; Elk, Joe Wheeler and Miss Ola Triplctt; Laurel Creek, W. J. Earthing and Mrs IV. O. Bingham; Meat Camp No. 1, Carl Byers, Mrs. Celia Greene; Meal Camp N vcre elected to the Congressiona :onvention in Taylorsville on the 9th ind to the State Convention in Char ottc on the 14th. The delegates eho sen are: II. P. Iloishouscr, A. G. Mil lev, Fred Hatley, C. M. Critcher, W M. Thomas, C. S. Provatte, Mis; Blanche Suiith, G. C, Robbing, Mrs snrrgHrei Got feyI. G. Gixcf, Hodges, A. P. Adams, S. C. Eggers VV. H. Gragg. Alternates included !. E. Holshour.er, Russell D. Hodges -lydc R. Greene, Miss Ola Triplctt Dr. J. M. Huugcs, G. \Y. Robbing 3. E. Greene. A. W. Smith, D. L Wilcox, J. T. Hampton, Mrs. A. D Vlams, Mrs. Joe Coffey, Alvin Canion, Blaine Coffey. The resolutions committee secured inanimous indorsement by the- con,-ention of the following resolutions: First: That we endorse the Herbert hoover Administration and commend lim for his heroic effort to restore prosperity to our country and to the vorle at large. Second?We hereby heartily eniorse the work of Charles A. Jonas is national committeeman ar.d of lames S. Duncan as State Chairman, ind piedge to them our loyalty and ;o-operalion in the coming election. Third?We declare the action of :he United States Senate in, the rejection of Charles A. Jonas, as Unitsd States District Attorney, and deeply resent the unwarranted partisar illack that was made upon him bj the senators from North Carolina. Fourth?We restate our convictior that the only safeguard to our Amer iean liberty and institutions is in tht integrity of the ballot, and we there fore insist that every possible safe rpiard he placed about the ballot, an< we therefore insist that every possi ble safeguard be placed about the bal lot box so as to restore the confi dencc of the people in the honest; of our election. Be it further resolved that we ex tend to the family of J. C. Ray, de ceased, the sympathy of this cor.ven tion, and that when this conventioi adjourns to adjourn in all respect t< his memory. LITTLE MISS COUNCILL ON VISIT TO WASHINGTOf Little M-'ss Grace Council], daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Council! Boone, has been visiting relatives ii Washington, D. C., for some time, am during her stay there was a caller a the office of "Farmer Boh" Dough ton, Congressman from the Eight! North Carolina District. In a lette from Mr. Doughton to the editor, h has the following to say about he pleasant call: "Among the visitors who hav calied at my office recently has bee little Miss Grace Councill. of you .1 t i l . n t r - l city, anu i can truly say mat r lei very highly honored by her visit, cs pecially when I was told that she e> pressed a desire to come to see m< She came to Washington, I was tolc to do so 'egg rolling,' which I am sur she enjoyed, and then came over t pay us a visit on Capitol Hill. It i always a pleasure to me to have m North Carolina friends drop in t see me." DEM< \ Best Interests of Northwi AROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1 WINNERS NAMED IN MILK WEEK I ESSAY CONTEST ; Many High School and Grade Stu| dents Enter Into Competition. . Mi?? Bess Lewis of Core Creek t Writes Prize Winning Essay. 1 hot. | Young of Blowing Rock Wins in Graded School. . A committee composed of Miss . Billic Tcdd, Miss Rooker and Prof. . A. J. Greene has just completed gradk lag the deluge of essays, *nd . postei*s, which were forwarded in . connection with the recent milk for . health campaikn, and the winners . were announced yesterday. Miss Bess . Lewis of the Cove Creek High School . was adjudged winner in the essay I contest as regards high schools, while . in the grades, Thomas Wood Young [ of Blowing Rock took first place. The best poster from a high school stu, dent was made by Miss Gwendolyn Coffey of Glowing Rock, and in the grades Miss Margie Baird of Cove l Creek won. The prize winning rhymes were submitted by John Idol of Boone [ High School, and Luroiig-Mgires?--^u ? cium in milk, which helps to Iteep : the teeth strong and white, is needed ? by every child. Lack of calcium often . n?A?ln k?.rn n?1.. .1.. | v.auac3 iiovc ugiy ami uccayea teeth. Milk Rives, children h chance to pood health that they otherwise da r.ot have. It is also important that adults should have milk in their diet each ' day. It is not as important to adults nr. children because their muscles and other orpans arc almost developed. However, this is no reason why adults should not drink milk freely. Many 1 people who try to reduce will not ' drink milk because they think it will cause them to pain. It is true that whole milk is fattening, but it is not necessary for them to drink it whole. They might use skimmed milk, but > termilk or other milk products that ' | are not fattening. The body needs l milk to help carry off the waste ol j the body. If for no other reasons, we can set - that it is very important to havt milk in our diet every uay. t . : The graded school essay, submit ted by Thomas Wood Young, won t ' similar prize, and is reproduced: -I The Value of Milk > | Milk is one of the best foods knowr . ' I? . nrOMlsi T ate ..f la I r. L .iti iiic ??unu. uvfca wi nui" - milk is ]U3t a beverage or some kinc 1 'of refreshing drink, but it is not - Milk is now" counted a food and on< - of the best there is. We can use milk in many ways f It can be used in many drinks anc also in many things we eat. Milk is of great value to the sic! - people, especially those who hav< - bone infection. At all hospitals doc i tors say that their best medicine is 0 milk. For instance, the North Caro lina Orthopedic Hospital: while I wa: there each child was supposed t< drink at least a quart of milk a day 1 The milk was to help build our bone: and help us get strength. It is alsc -1 a great musale building food. All tbi !> prize fighters, wrestlers and athlete o drink lots of milk each day. d Each family in North Carolin: t should own at least two cows, or hav - the milk of two cows, so that eacl h child and adult could have all th r milk they need. If all the people i) e North Carolina would drink as mucl r milk as the doctors say there wouldn' be near the sickness as there is. If yoi e don't drink you sure won't be as heal n thy as the one that does. So milk i r the word. It >- The prize winning rhyme from hig schools by John Idol follows, and cai i. ries an award of $2.50 from the Entr I. Nous Club: e If you want to prevent T. B. o Drink milk instead of tea. is It will give you plenty of pep, y So you can study and not need help. O Drink milk cvppv Hav. j Instead of eating- a "Milky Way." DCBJ est North Carolina 932 To Speak Here Robert K. Reynolds of Ashcvill candidate for the Democratic non inalion for the U. S. Senate, wi address the voters of the count at the courthouse next Monday ? the noon hour, gyring the recej of court. MRS. W. D. NORRIS OF ROUTE TWC ni r n n a mTmit i | 1JIE.& SAilJKUA Heart Attack Proves Fatal to I spected Resident. Seven Child* Survive. Funeral Services Condu ed from Home Sunday M^rni by Reverends Payne And Sho Burial in Sands Graveyard. Mrs. W. D. Norris, aged 75. di at her home on Boone Route 2 Sat? day evening, following a heart atta j suffered some thirty minutes p vious. She had been in ill health i some time but had recovered suf cientiy to go about her daily duti and was thought to he rapidly rega ing her health. Mrs. Norris previous to marrifi was Miss Yinie Purlear, daughter the late John Purlear of Will Co.mtv. but had been a resident WataUTL fOV than half a Ct t lairy. Shp bad heon an active l&fi bJ of H ' Greek ??I Church for nearly fifty years, ? during this long period was one of most constant attendants. Her ch l itable deeds and acts of kindness h endeared her to a host, of friends all parts of the county, and her i timclv nassintr has caused eremi: sorrow in her community. Funeral services were conducl from the old home on Sunday mo; > ing at 10 o'clock, with Rev. W. Payne and Rev. Robert Shore . charge, Burial took place in the Sax ' graveyard. ! Surviving are three sons, Gurr , Norris of Route 2, W. C. Norris .! Boone, and Robert Norm of Hi iory; four daughters, Mrs, John R uienbaum and Mrs. Hunter Peters, ?! Bristol, Tcnn., Mrs. Henry Ragan -.Boone, and Mrs. Scott Norris of B j ver Dam; four brothers, Wesley P s j lear of Hickory, Arthur and Ftj i Purlear of Avery County, and N< Purlear of Laxon, and ? sister. Ti' I Solomon Davis, of Ashe County. BANNER ELK LAM ; BURIED LAST WEE i ; M??: F.liza Lowance Succumbs 'j Long Illness. Funeral and Burin at Foscoe Church. Rev. S. E. j Grog jj in Charge. Mrs. Eliza Lowrance, 62, died 1 her homo near Banner Elk on P.as : i Sunday after a long illness. The "I mains were returned to the ho 5 j community at Foscoe and funeral ! "'vices were conducted in the Adv 51 Christian Church at that place 'jKnv S. K. Graeir. the pastor, i | interment was in the community ci * etery beside the grave of a gr ' ] grandfather who had served as a : ? | dier in the Revolutionary War. 31 Surviving are the husband, ?Y. I Lowrance, and eight children, all 11 whom were present for the funer: Deceased had been a member ^ the Advent Church for 35 years, e had made her home the most of ? life in the Shulls Mills and Fos communities. She was active in 1 church work, a kind and good ne a bor, and her friends were numbc by her acquaintances, s ? The best rhyme from a gra school, written by Luda Coffey b Blowing Rock, wins $2.50 from Worth While Club, and is as folio o We've joined the "Battle," and l it last, 'Till T. B. and pellagra are thing tTio noef ; ~ We're going to win, and I'll tell how: Drink Grade A milk from a Gi A cow. =================? $1.50 PER YEAR 1 BOB REYNOLDS IS 0 PRESENT CASE TO VOTERS HERE g _ < * lidate for Nomination for Seng e Scat Will Make First Local XI -each in Senatorial Primary 2 slil Du.iug Neon R-cet; of 0 urt Monday. Buncombe Lawyer ? iking: Colorful Campaign. -i?ul?ert R. Reynolds, Asheville attnvney anrf nrditriinn will DUt the political pot to boiling in these parts, when at the noon ho tit till next Monday he will fire the opening gun in the Democratic preferential primary, and enunciate the platform upon which he expects to receive sufficient suppo t to be nominated by the Demfc ocrats for the United States Senate e on June 4th. This is the first itme in his speeU tacular career that Reynolds has visv ited Watauga County in the role of a campaigner, and considerable in5S tcrest is being manifested. A young mant at the height of his political powers, a forceful thinker and an orator of ability, Reynolds gained state-wide notice when he received more than forty per cent, of the vote cast in his memorable race against I the veteran Senator Lee S. Overman f in 1924. YMr. Reynolds is running on a plat_ form calling for various governinen-_ tal reforms, including guarantees to nana ucpositcrc, payment 01 soiaicr le- .bonus, modification of prohibition laws, cheaper power rates, regulation ct- of trusts and monopolies; payment of ing European war debts, banning of imre. migration for 25 years, relief for the farmer and general reduction of taxes. It is expected that a large crowd |P(j will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing the picturesque mounJr~ tain campaigner, ok ^ New York Newspaper fi Man Visits in Boone ^ i . ' Harle.y G. Brendel, an associate m' editor of the Wall Street Journal who during the winter months spends his ige time in Southern Pines, is visiting cf hir brother, Rev. J. H. B rend all Jr., at the Methodist parsonage, and minI sr)ing with friends he knew some Of I bt;enty-five years ago when his faen-lthpr was pastor of a local church. >m_j Mr. Brendel has spent more than fifteen years in the Melruj/uiis, and , his journalistic enaeavhrs have 1 I hrniifrht him in tonrh with ?*nT?*v nf lts the nation's leading: financiers. Ke ar- is thoroughly conversant with ecoiaj nomic and political matters and exjn presses ** belief that the worst of the depression lias passed, and that a ** ' change for the belter will take place 'ne within the next few months. According to the visitor, Roosevelt ted is at present the leading Democratic rn- presidential aspirant, but he glibly C. points out that at least twelve good in men are seeking the nomination, any ids of which might be given the honor at the Chicago convention. Mr. Brenicy dei is of the opinion that the liquor of question and the tariff will be ieadck ing issues of the 1D32 campaign. He os- declares that big business is now cryof ing for a downward revision of tariff of rates, and believes this to be one of ea- the Democrats' most outstanding adur vantages in the coming battle of balink iots. >ah He further states that A1 Smith Irs. has retained his popularity in the Empire State, and will in all probability have control of the large deieJ gation at the national convention. [ The Democrats, Mr. Brendel believes, will have an excellent chance for victory if they can get together 111 on a candidate. Turning to fctate political matters, ,01 Mr. Brendel forwarded the opinion ] that Boh Reynolds isstosdily ing ground in the Senatorial scramble, and is getting to be a formidable contender for the nomination. at His liberal views, he added, will go (ter a long way toward lining up the large re_ progressive vote. ,me Mr. Brendel will probably remain ;er. in town until the end of the week, ent He will go from here to Greensboro by where he will spend some time with tnd his paten-1. eat VOTES EPUBLICAN TICKET so'l. 50 .'EARS; NOW HE'S QUIT jj Greem j* S. C>?-After voting the 0f Republictn ticket! for fifty y^ars, al. Colonel A. A. Gates, long prominent of in South Carolina Republican circles. an(j Saturday said "I think we need a her change." iCOe For the first time in his life, he hcr said, he wants to see the Democrats igh- w'n in the coming presidential elected tion. "If I were in a state that needed votes," he said, "I would vote the ded Democratic ticket for the first time OI i? Suy iiacw'T: FOOD SALE nay The American Legion Auxiliary will cendoct a food sale on Monday 3 of and Tuesday, April 11th and 12th, at the Blackburn store building. Only you good home cooked foods will be used, giving a real dinner for 25c. ade Also sandwiches, pie and coffee at very reasonable prices.