North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 51 ni?LEGATES FROM N. C. INSTRUCTED FOR ROOSEVELT Nev/ York Governor Is Choice of State Convention for Presidency. Colonel Gporte Freeman D^liyor; KeynoteAddress at Harmonious Meeting. Delegates Are Named to Chicago Convention Which Meets Monday. Raleigh, N. C.?North Carolina's 26 votes in the national Democratic convention were pledged to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt by the State convention here Thursday. Eleven Congiessional district conventions. conveying just before the main session, delayed its start a short while, but the enthusiasm for Roosevelt even before the convention was called to order indicated the New York governor would have North Carolina's votes by instruction. Every seat on the main floor of the auditorium, prepared for 2,500 persons, was filled when Chairman Odus M. Mull called the convention to order at 11:44 a. m. Senator Josian W. Bailey received a small ovation as he entered Convention Hall- The State's Democratic leaders, old and young, were present and an overflow ef delegates had to take seats on unfinished concrete tiers in the galleries. Five thousand persons were in the hall as Chairman Mull turned over trie program tv Willis Smith, of Ha ieigh, speaker of the house in 1931, for brief dedication ceremonies. John Park Raleigh newspaper publisher. led in singing "America"' and Rev. Theodore Patrick, of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Raleigh, pronounced the invocation. Waiter Murphy of Rowan acted as temporary secretary and called the roll of counties. Each of the one hundred counties answered the roll call. As John C. B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City, who led the gubernatorial < primary June 4th by nearly fiftyj thousand votes, entered the hall he.l received an ovation which forced i< Murphy to stop the roll call a couple ;1 of minutes. ? Congressional district reports were received hut only national delegates } and members of the platform committee wore announced. Jvk f'.hMull called the pint-1 > form committee to meet at once in a| "negro church across the street to ~. the. the cenveiitien hrnlce into laughter ana it took heavy rapping on the desk with tiie ice mnlict serv- i ir.g as r, gav'e! before order could be : restored. There were no negroes in 1 the convention hall except two sitting c in a far hack corner of the gallery. I -The keynote nddress followed the i preliminary organization work. Unvoting the principal portion wi.' his adiiress to praise Tor the four-' | year administration of Governor O. Max Gardner, Colonei George Freeman, of Goldsboro, the keynoter, urged a united Democratic fror.t to carry on to victory in November. I Applause greeted his charges that the Republican party had "completely failed definitely and positively to meet conditions as they are" and his statement that "as Nero fiddled while Rome burned, so did Hoover prattle while the financial structure of America fell." ( Scattered cheers greeted his predic- , tion that the fifteen-ccnt ad valorem ' tax for schools would "be abandoned oy the next General Assembly." Nine delegates at large to the Chi- ( cage convention were elected, to cast . four votes. J They are: Governor O. Max Gardner. Representative Lindsay Warren, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry of Goldsboro, Mrs. E. L. McKee of Syiva, Josephus Daniels of Raleigh,, C. L. Shuping of Greensboro, Mrs. Charles W. fillet Jr. of Charlotte, Senator Josiali W. Bailey of Raleigh, and Miss Harriett Elliott of Greensboro. Shu ping offered resolutions instructing the delegates to the national convention for Franklin D Roosevelt *- nr.d after Josephus Daniels had spoke in its favor, the instructions were adopted by a standing vote. The convention then turned to election of electors at large, three being placed in nomination for two places. Those nominated were Judge J. Crawford Biggs, of Raleigh, R. I). Johnson, of Warsay, and A. Hall Johnson, of Asheville. A. Hall Johnson was named editor A. Hall Johnson was named elector at large to have one from each half of the state. Balloting on an eastern man, between Rivera Johnson and Biggs was completed and while being tabulated -? - ?? ' ? x. _____ .1:1 convention voteu iu icccao ?*?? ? 3 p. m. Unofficially the tabulation showed Biggs 1,213 1-2 and Johnson 1,198 tiIndications were the Democratic state platform would probably be reported about 5 o'elock this afternoon. TINY BABY BORN A baby boy, weighing a little less than two pounds, was recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Mila Woodring, who reside near Boone. Notwithstanding sire, the little fellow appears to be normal in every respect and is said to be doing fine. rfc TA TH A 1 l/ i?n B i?a PXlL JL J. a m n . * at ^ iNoii-rarusan i\e BOONE I i 1 j More Lindbergh Tragedy j ^ ylr f \ J- i Violet Sharpe, maid in the Morrow :home, who com mitt cod auieide who. I facing further questioning in Lind- | bcrgh kidnapping. Later evidence in- j dicates her innocence and that fear i drove her to take her life. WILL HOLSCLAW ; SUCCUMBS AFTER ; LENGTHY ILLNESS rormcr Kesident of Watauga County 1 Dead in Florida, Where He Had ' Made Hi* Home for Twenty Year*. ' Pioneer Merchant of Brshy Fork Section. Had Beer, in E.*cc!:nin> Health for Some Time. Will W. Holsclaw, GS years eld, ! native Watauga n> died at his home in Ivoscland, Florida, Tuesday morning at I o'clock after an illness of j several weeks. A complication of dip- I eases caused his demise. Brief re-j ports did not ^ncludfc funeral ar-{ rangements, however, it is stated that | interment will he in the Florida city. |, Surviving are the widow and two I laughters, Miss Edna Holsclaw ofj Boone, Miss Hazel who made her home with the parents; Ralph, also if Florida; one brother, Allen, of the State of Washington, and two a >istei s, Mesdames W. L. Henson of; 1 Vilas, and Mrs. Alto Osborne, who j t resides at some point in the State of j 1 Virginia. ;t Mr. Holsclaw was born arid raised j 3r. Brushy Fork, a son of the Iate|\ Wiley Hoisciaw, and spent his iilcl i m his native county until twenty, , years ago when he moTOd'to ^Florida. {j He wag one ot the pioneer men Hants ji oi this section niict"his big'"'gejivrai r store on Briishy ^ork drew Cvarfe y from a wide area. He was a member \ :>f the Methodist Church, a Mason, t and one of the county's foremost cit- t zens. 1 COURT MAKES ; SLOW PROGRESS Little Headway Has Bwn Made in Clearing Away Civil Docket. Number of Continuances. 'Judge Schenck Presides. The special term of Watauga Superior Court, called for the purpose :>f clearing away the civil calendar, convened Monday with Judge Michael Schenck presiding. A number of cases of minor importance have been disposed of and there have been several < iontinuances. Lawyers believe that j j the court will run well into next week j! ?t the rate of progress now being: made. < MOTHER AND BROTHER STARVE 26-YEAR-OLD CRIPPLE TO DEATH Baltimore.?Police Saturday pieced I together a story of the starving to i death of a 26-year-old cripple by his < mother, and brother "to drive out i devils that possessed him." The body i kept on a couch in their home, was ' found yesterday. < A diary kept by the brother re- ( corded that death occurred April 4 ( and predicted that "he will arise from the dead" June 24. < The cripple. Grant Aubelt, was 1 found by officers investigating his ( disappearance, reported hy neighbors, i The mother. Mrs. Annie Aubel, 55, j who a few days before had turned a health officer away from the house ] saying "God wont* let you in," was arrested with her son. "God knows all about this," the brother, Paul Aubel, 30, a college graduate said. The mother and brother said they had given Grant food only once since March 20 "because the Lord told us to starve him to Unvt; out the dcVils. Paul said that on April 3, "the Lord told me to bind him hand and foot and cast him into outer darkness. I tied his hands and feet but he chewed the strings ami I tied h;m j again. He died the next morning. Announcement comes today of the opening of a new beauty salon in the Cottrell building, which is known as Appalachian Beauty Parlor. Miss Bledsoe of Detroit, Mich., is in charge of the new business, and a detailed announcement is carried in the Demlocrat today. " A j ^ ^ ;wspaper, Devoted to the , WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA 1UDC ITOPP nnrrwr lUliO. JLnSdtt UIlLEiilD PASSES SUNDAY AT HOME IN KENTUCKY Heart Attack Fatal to Former Resident of Watauga County. Funeral Services Tuesday. Survivors in-| elude Son and Daughter. Had Lived J in Blue Gracs State ioi Mere Than Twelve Years. Mrs. Jessie Greene, age 77, died in Kings Mountain, Ky., Sunday mornings filllAvSng ?* heart attack vchich occurred several hours before. The lady hud been in declining health for the past year, hut was thought to have been somewhat improved when the fatal sickness took place. Surviving are one son, Leo Greene, of Kings Mountain, Ky., and one daughter. Mrs. Jim Mast, of Sugar Grove, N. C. Her husband died two years ago. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at. Kings Mountain, and burial took place there. Mr. and Mrs. Mast were present for the rites. Mrs. Greene, prior to marriage, was Miss Caroline Moody, daughter of the ate Mr. and Mrs. George Moody, o? 3ove Creek. She was born and reared n Watauga, but had been a resident )f Kentucky for more than twelve years, where she had made her home frith her son. Mrs. Moody was n mem-J )cr oi tne baptist Church, and had 3ecn a regular attendant at its services since young womanhood. She iv;? woll lcnn\yn tti many nf the older 1 residents cf the county, and her untimely passing has caused genuine sorrow in the land of her nativity. FIDDlERSWiLL ENTER CONTESTS \merican Legion Sponsors Annual Festival of Mountain Musicians. Schedule of Prizes Guarantees Keen Competition. The annual fiddlers convention, .pensored by Watauga Post American Region and which has proven one of he principal attractions of the sumher season, will again be staged on he 1st and 2nd of July, according to ihriouncement made the first of the veck by Legion officials. Today's 76UtUVrUI, l?i tico 119(1 UL u vr vJiicti ?;tl be. sought by oists. uuitar players, dancers and the| ike, uiid information is that a iargcj 1Ullinc r or those weii vemeu" iu tfee j husic peculiar '" the mountain people! vill enter the several contests, and] hat the audiences will he comprised! >f people from many counties and ati east three states. Severe Rainstorm Does Heavy Damage One of the most furious electrical itovms for many years visited Wa-auga County Saturday evening and he torrent, of rain reached almost doudburst proportions, washing away :rops in many sections and covering .cctions of hard-surfaced roadways vith mud. Highway crews labored in tome sections on Sunday and the 'irst of the week extra help was put m to meet the emergency brought ibout by the downpour. Hail Monday is said to have done onsiderable damage to growing crops in the New River Valley east of Boone. BWYN RETURNS FOR TRIP i TO KNOXVIELE, TENNESSEE j Rufus 1Gwyri, naturalist and high way enthusiast, returned to Lenoir Kst Thursday after spending a week vith Staff Photographer E. L. Wished, of the National Geographic Magizine. They covered the route leading from Blowing Rock to Knoxville, Tenn,, "shooting" about 300 pictures jf beauty spots of western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee along die Park-to Park Ilighway. The beautiful azalea, rhododenJron and mountain laurel v/ere in bloom and pictures which register :olor will be printed in the National Geographic Magazine within the near future.?Lenoir News-Topic. FIGURES ARE RELEASED ON ENROLLMENT AT A. S. T. C. A careful analysis of the enPSlIment of the first summer school of the Appalachian State Teachers Col' '- ~- inForocilnrr fartfi lege reveals aime . about the upward trend of teacher preparation in North Carolina. Three hundred and two of the certificates represent two or more years of college training, while thirty of the students hold bachelor's degrees, distributed as follows: bachelor of arts, 17; bachelor of srinnre. 12: bachelor of music, 1; total, 30. When he began his lalry eight years ago, W. H. Avery of Morganton, Burke County, delivered a few fruit jars of sweet milk each week, but now he has built a dairy barn, a lounging sfced for the cows, and has added a milk room with complete sterilizing equipment. & t wm hw mx y% i ? f n lyjLyltl' Best interests of Northwi lROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1! Scene in Bonus C? jybScis veterans by the thousands the bonus measure was scheduled to ? corner in the 1U.000 manned Bonus < Moose Pie 2lie Fc Mails' Notables Defeats Brookhart ?W f , vEBB Henry "Chicken-Stcw" Field, erstr while seed grower, who defeated Senator Brookhart for the G. O. P "Senatorial nomination in Iowa. FISH FRY WILL T|TAf finri ruAvi^T/t ouMmi Fliiung Club Makes Elaborate Plans tor Second Big Outdoor Gathering F;ghior? of N<?t? to Stftg" Free Exhibitions. The Watauga Fishing and Hunting Club, the officials of which are sponsoring the fish fry and entertainment at the Euthcrwood Hatchery Friday evening, teeh fortunate in having secured as an added attraction Bobby Foster and Hurley Eckert, who will stage a free boxing bout at the big outdoor picnic. Foster is the. NorthTOi.cf PAnnet-NiBwin xnuia amuvcui weight champion, while Eckert is the former eastern Ohio Welterwegiht champion. The sport, which is something new for this section, has added enthusiasm to the prospect of the outing and those in charge predict a record attendance. Fresh fish, cole slaw, baked potatoes, etc.. will he included in the menu, hand contorts will provide entertainment, and the proceeds from the event will be used solely for the purpose of propagating fish in the mountain streams. Whiskey Found in Wrecked AutomoBile An automobile which was alleged to have been operated by Hal Shore and Frank Lentz was found in a wrecked condition in the Aho section Monday and a half-gallon of whiskey and a pistol were brought to the Sheriff's office. Sheriff Farthing went to the scene of the accident, but the auto and its owners had gone. Indications were that one of the occupants of the car had been right seriously cut by windshield fragments. W w w V L?r. James 1. V ance to Spend Summer at Rock Dr. James I. Vance, of Nashville, Tenn., is expected to return about July iI i,h to Blowing Rock, where he will spend the rest of the summer with Mrs. Vance and the children. The Vances have been coming to Blowing Rock every summer for 32 years. Dr. Vance is chairman of the Foreign Missions Committee of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, a pastorate which he has held all his life, except for a ten-year intermission in the North. Their first summer the Vances lived in a cottage down in the village and took their meals at a hotel. Before leaving they purchased their lot, hpvftnH fhp prtrnnrp tr? tV?p CnnA as tate on the Linville road, and left an order for a house to be built on it, which was ready for their return the next summer. rv/^D A L/vivil est North Carolina )32 m r~: i imp at Washington continued t > pour into Washington as :omc beforv Congress. Picture is small :amp. . ^ mature of Fourth; Expected Here , y | Through the untiring efforts of the } | officials of the newly-orjaanized local , | division of the Loyal Order of Moose, J I it has been definitely arranged to hold! ; the annual district r/icnic of tho nr-i. ! ganization in Legion Park at Boone j on Monday, July 4th, according to , announcement made Monday, j Leaders in the protective organiza- i lion from over the State of North , I Carolina, as Well as national Moose j I figures, are expected to he present J and enjoy the l.ig basket dmper, make ! j | speeches, and be entertained by band j concerts, it could not be ascertained ] who the principal speaker would be. j but a nationally-known figure is ex- t pccted. There will be baseball, box-lj ing and dancing during the day, and I ^ committees are now busily engaged in j working out final details for thejj event, in full co-operation with the j J members of the American Legion, | who start the fourth of July celebra-ll tion the week-end previous with ai] | fiddlers convention. Member* of the Legion and the | j | Moose organization are asking that baskets be brought for the family and as many more, and there s little doubt but that the picnic spread will jjue imujilif.uL 1 a nnrnrr, /\*t fMlilul if!raft Sfiv CPniAITfi All A dap!1 aEjuOUa LnAiiucii; I ; h .Beech Mountain Residents Jailed Aft-ji cr Confession of Bombarding ! j Deputy*? House. Involved xti It Maoufitcluring- Case. | i Frank Ward and Roby Oliver, of ij the Beech Mountain section, were ar- 1 rested Monday by Sheriff Luther j Farthing on charges of firing shots i into the home of Deputy Sheriff Ed- ] mist en a few nights ago, Mr. Ed misten and family having been sleeping 1 in the home at the time the fusillade i was fired. Charges of manufacturing j whisky were also lodged against the two after the bloodhounds had leu to a deserted distillery. When arraigned before Justice of , the Peace J. S. MeBrde, Ward con1 fessed to having been a party to fir| ing upon the officer's home and turnI ed in evidence implicating Oliver. He, ] said that the ill-will of he and his partner was engendered when the depj uty arrested a neighbor on a charge 'of chicken stealing some time ago. j The two are held in the county jail ' default of bomb Bible School in Progress ! At Blowing Rock Church A Daily Vacation Bible School is in progress at the Blowing Rock Baptist Church, daily this week I . from 1 to 4:30 p. m., continuing!, through June 26th. All parents of! children are cordially invited to bring] them to the school. Seventy-five chil-f dren, ranging in age from three to , seventeen, are now enrolled, accord- . ing to Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor of the church. Teaching and helping in the school are Mrs. Glenn Brown, Mrs. Grady Tester, Miss Mabel Coffey, Miss l.ucile Reid, Mrs. R. E. Coffey, Miss Mary Robbins, Mrs. R. L. Greelie uuu M*ia? Decile Coffey. Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Dozier, who will be stationed in Watauga County for a month by the Home Mission Board, are in charge of the school. Rov Afr will n* I Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 a. m. | A meeting of the county is. Y. P. U. association will be held at the church during the second week in July. PIE SUPPER AT MABEL A pie supper will be held at the Mabel schoolhouse on next Saturday night at 8 o'clock. String music will be furnished by a local band during the evening, and the proceeds derived will be used for the improvement of community athletics. The public is cordially invited. lT $1.50 PER YEAR HAir ii t irrn T\*rin aui twiLZ jLMfcd FROM ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS Lcvill Man Meets Death While Hunting on Rich Mountain. Survivors include Parents and Five Brothers and Sisters. Funeral Services Conducted Friday at Brushy Fork Baptist Church. Rov Hayes, age 25, a son of Mr. and Mi.. Joe H. Hayes of Lovill, was accidentally killed Thursday morning while hunting on tin; side of Rich Mcunta in near his father's iiuVjiv. Roy Hollars, neighbor youth who was with the young man when the fatal accident occurred, stated that Hayes was resting on a stump, his gun held by the muzzle in his hand, when the weapon slipped from his grasp. The hammer struck a projecting root, discharging the weapon, and the full load of shot took effect over Hayes' heart. The body rolled from the stump and was hurtled more than fiftv viirflci rihw-n f?o ^ni ...? Ir ;ouij be stopped by Hollars. Death ?vas said to have been instantaneous. Dr. .1. B. Hagaman, county coroier. was summoned, but in view of :he testimony of Hollars deemed it lnnecessary to perform an inquest. Mr. Hayes was born and bad spent iris entire life in Watauga, where he vas favorably known by a large cir:le of friends. The survivors include the parent?, -four brothers, Grady, Charles, Iran and Ralph; and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Hollars and Mrs. Will Bingham. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, 2 '.Fciock, at the Brushy Fork Baptist Church, with dev. W. D. Ashley, pastor, in charge, durial followed at the Gragg Cemeery near Boone. A large crowd of Iriends and relatives were present or the rites. LlIM klRBY KILLED (N AUTO WRECK Former Mabel Man Dies Following; Crat-h Near Elizabethion. Had Lived in Doe Valley for the Past Twen*y-fiveYears. hum KirWy, former resident of Wa taugu iAhiiu\ . \lu d ui an ElizabethjVhcro he had been taken a few hoars iarlier. suffering- from injuries received in a ca wreck on the Johnson 'ity E'izabcthtoh pike. Reports from he Tennessee town state that Ivirby's leek was broken in the crash, and ;hat he died without having regained 'AngpiAnc?Pg9 Mr. Kirby was born and reared to ,'our.g manhood at Mabel, N. C.. a ion of \V. M. Kirbv, but had been a resident of the Doe River Valley for nore than twenty-five years. He was \ married man and the father of a large family. Funeral services were held Monday near Doe, Tcnn., and several relatives and friends from Watauga were present. Survivors include the widow and three cnilurem the father, and several brothers and sisters, among whom are Arthur, Filmore and Oscar Kir by, of Mabel, arid Mrs. Marvin Thomas, of Mabel. BLALOCK?RIDGE News reaches Boone cf the marriage on June 1st of Miss Fuchsia Blalock to Otis Ridge of Greensboro, the ceremonv havinsr been nerfnvmorl in Danville, Ya. Mrs. Hideo, is the dftjjgMgr of the late C. L. Blalock. forraer United States Marshal, and a stepdaughter of Mrs. L. M. Farthing ox Boone. She is well known here, having attended the A. T. S. in 1916 and 1917. After having engaged in the nursing profession for several years in western states, she established her residence in Greensboro. THE WEATHER Weather report for week ending on June 18th, 1932, as compiled by the co-operative station at A. S. T. C., Boone. Average maximum temperature, 75 aegrees. Average mnimum temperature, 56 degrees. Average temperature, 66 degrees. Average daily range ir, temperature. 18 degrees. Greatest daily range in temperature, 24 degrees; date, 14th. Average temperature at 6 p. m. (time of observation), 68 degrees. Highest temperature Teached, 77 degrees; date 14th, 17th, and 18th. Lowest temperature reached, 53 degrees; date 14th. Number inches of rainfall, 2.19. Greatest rainfall in 24 hours, 1.33; date, 13th. Number of days with 0.01 inch or more rainfall, 5. Number of clear days, 1. Number of cloudy days, 1. Number of partly cloudy days, 5. Direction of prevailing wind, west. Dates of hail, 18th. Dates of thunderstorms, 13th and 18 th.