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X V VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 52 PATTERSON FARM ONE OF FINEST I! NORTH CAROLIN Principal of Boya* School Tells of ! velopment in Happy Valley. Thi Hundred Acres Now Under Cu ration. Fine Dairy and Beef Her Dobbin in Charge for Past Twei Years. Agriculture Stressed. Rev. Hugh A. Dobbin, principal Patterson School for Boys and reel of picturesque Chapel of Rest in t Happy Valley of Yadkin River, spc a few hours with friends in Boo Friday morning, and during his vi The Democrat office, spoke int< cstingly of the huge farming opei tions being conducted by be and "1 boys" on the 1370 acres of land whi comprise the school property. The school property is located the old Sam Patterson Farm, whi) vas bequeathed to the Episeoj Church several years ago by that e incnt gentleman who served for ma years as commissioner of agricultu This piece of property is looked or. perhaps the most productive in Nort west Carolina. Over three hundr acres of the loamy bottom land now under cultivation, with two tra tors, six mules and the most mode field equipment, operated by the st dents, being employed to care for t Herculean task. These twenty-two boys, who a spending the summer in practii agricultural nywrnts. .ara. all \y versed in the duties of farm life, a they take great pride in the appe: ar.ee of their growing crops. Sevenl five acres of corn, which is expect to average forty bushels, has be cultivated the second time; sixty aci of splendid wheat will soon be rea to harvest; ten acres in rye and t in oats bear promise of bountif yields. A field of thriving potatoi a flourishing plot of cabbage, and t\ good vegetable gardens, keep me bo busily but happily employed. lr. addition to the grain and veg table crops, seventy-five tons of e cellent hay is expected to be cut t! war in the school's meadow, says IV! Dobb in. This hay will be used to wi tor' the large herd of purebred She: horn cattle, which now range on t juwliijM. nnd also to feed t well-tended Jerseys and . Holstei ttint. fprnisu Miitic^hd auiier toFt student body. Tim dairy barn, says Mr. uobbi IS une uf 111 c must Tnuuci'jj tl section. It was built two years ac ant! is equipped with all JES^Sa apparatus for the handling of t large volume of milk which is tak from the herd. Ar. electric crea .separator is in use here, and aft the bitusv-fat has been taken ; whey is borne to the pig iois wina group of pure-bred swine are car for. Everything on the Patterson fai is good. From the work animals ai dairy cows to the chickens and tu keys, each animal and fowl is of lof breeding. No scrubs are tolerated, f scrubs, according to Mr. Dobbin, a a liability rather than an asset. Pru tically all of the food consumed I the student body, which during tl nine-months term averages fifty, produced on the farm, and iarge su pluses are usually marketed. Mr. Do bin states that more than a thousai bushels of last year's corn is still +-t Frank Beard, of Valle Crueis, graduate of State College, was charge of the agricultural departme at Patterson school last year, and u .der his skilled instruction many i teresting eXperiir.er.tr, were carri ob, Each boy is given an opportuni to study machinery, tilling methoi livestock husbandry and all oth branches of the work, from t "ground up." The school owns its own elect -plant, which is located on Buffi Creek and enough current is gem ated to furnish power and lights f the entire community. The two sch< r * buildings are of brick constructs while the library, rectory and chur are sturdy wooden structures. Ott buildings on the farm include tens houses, stock barns, poultry hous etCi Mr. Dobbin has been at Patters School for twenty rears, having si ceeded Rev. Malcomb Taylor, w had been in charge for three yea He was born and reared at Tcdd, the eastern part of Watauga, and h been a minister of several years stai ing when he assumed the principals! of the new school. During Mr. D> bin's years of service more than thousand boys, many of them pen less, have received training in Hai Valley, and prepared themselves, m tally and spiritually, for lives of u fulness. And Patterson School is n considered one of the most thoroi ??in West picpaiabui; IUWM?W?.VA.W North Carolina. Besides-agriculture, boys at I terson receive a regular liter course, courses in electricity, carp try, smithing, business managemi and various other pursuits. Five structors are employed during regular term, one of whom acts athletic director,?for the boys I Vat A i T -A- JL J5L JL JL A Non-Partisan Nc BOONE [ J Lead G.O.P. Campaign~~ I sit Everett Sand.r?, Indiana. former ! it- secretary to Caivin Coolidee. will i a. direct the Hoover-Curtis campaign v,js He was elected Chairman. RcpubLu lican National Committee at cn Chicago. I I HUNDREDS ATTEND " CLUB FISH FRY AT ? state hatchery; ed l," State Senator W. R. Loviil Delivers Address on Conservation Problems. ' Boxirg Card Draws Much Interest. }l~ Clay Well Pleased With Results of Ouiinc;. Blowing Rock and Many I Other Towns Represented, ire J ' ell j On Friday evening a ccrowd of men j mj anil 'women estimated at around five ir_ hundred enjoyed a fish fry and cutty. irsjy made possible by the Watauga ed Fishing and Hunting: Club at the en Rulherwood Hatchery. Slate SiVratdri 0s W. R. Xgbvill. as the main speaker of dy the occasion, "cut his eagle loose,"' j en and in characteristic oratory painted! U1 a verbal picture of the sportsman's |' ,s paradise which lies irt Western North j vo Carolina, the necessity for conserv-1j vs ing this glorious asset, and the important role that the local club plays in the propagation of fish and game. x Professor E. G. Greer, who acted as ". muster cf ceremonies, introduced Sen- ' r | ator Lovili, and made a few remarks kI" on the problems confronting conserv" ationists. L*the The menu, which consisted of lake hc trout, baked potato, cole slaw, pickies, ns pone smt~cuc iliuV- : eo?hly enjoyed by the nnwn>bry,- th-'pletoo being sewed by Boone v;creon.j FeH?_?.vis~ ibe dinner thrtte ?>?sins;. ^; events took place in an improvised ] .o j ring n^.ar the center of the liatcheiv; | griggSUs, \viiicif '?ttT^Cfe?i ail UiiUriiui! j ^interest. Johnny Cutshaw, AshcvUle j fighter, and Battling Charley Norton,1 6 | local heavy, held first place 011 the j ? card for a scheduled throe-round en-! _ I counter. But. early in the second j *'^.1 round Cutshaw tote into the Boone j hopeful with a barrage of body blows j and a few well-timed hooks to the! profile, ending the colorful contest' m with a technical knock-out. Bobby Foster. Meadeville, Penn., f" lightweight, won a popular decision w-\ over Harley Eckert, Youngstown wel._ - ter, in the main event of the evening. lC The five-round bout was featured by cool ring sirategy and brilliant footwork, especially on the part of young n.e Foster, who is amateur lightweight ^ champion of Northwest Pennsylvania. h_ As an additional feature of the card 1(j Frank Wike and Frank Bobbins, both jn of Boone, were paired for a threeround affair, but shortly after the a gor.g in the initial frame, Wike landjn cd a terrific right to his opponents nt chin for a knock-out. n- Luther Clay, president of the Fishn ;ng and Hunting Club, stated Monday cd that his organization was well pleased ty with the results of the outing, and is, that plans are being made for another er at an early date. Many permanent ho improvements, including plic-nic tables, outside broilers, etc, have been ric constructed by the club on the hatch ilo cry grounds, which may be used byj 21*- the public. or More than twenty-five residents of >ol the summer colony at Blowing Rock >n, were present at the "fry" Friday evcch ning and many other North Carolina lerjand Tennessee towns were representing ed in the assembly. e3'| | u"; Holshouser Named as ho Postmaster at B. Rock rs. I Howard F. Kulshousev has beer, apia | pointed postmaster at Blowing Rock J." it was revealed in a news dispatch 'p from Washington last week, and will 0 succeed C. S. Prevette who has had .a' charge of the postoffice for the past nl~ four years. Mr. Holshouser has beer. ,p-V engaged in the insurance business at en" Blowing Rock, ha3 been a member se" of the town council, and is one of ovf the leading civic figures of the resort town, tl is supposed that the comern mission will be forwarded and that the postoffice will change hands with al'~ i :r a short time, ary ien- ' ?nt, as regularly as they work: basehail, in- basket ball, football, and other games the dear to youth. as Mr. Dobbin and his school are Well day worth visiting. JGA "vspaper, Devoted to the , WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA WALSH DEFEATS " SHOUSEFORCHM. OF CONVENTION Majorities Are Short of Vote Necessary to Nominate. Victories Start Parade on Floor. Roosevelt Forces Are Worried as Selection of Presidential Candidate Approaches. Baker May Stand Chance. Chicago.?Three times a Roosevelt hurricane smashed the opposition in Tuesdays' intense session of the Democratic convention, elevating Senator Walsh of Montana the permanent chairmanship, settling in its own way the two delegation contests and in general hurling on with an enthusiasm generated for a supreme effort to capture the presidential nomination by a two-thirds majority. But the majorities in every in-. stance were more than a hundred! Hshcrt of the 770 that will be required! to nominate, the attempt to allow! leeway for a simple majority nomi-i nation having been given up finally !>y all hands. Ending the six-liourj meeting, the convention specifically adopted the 100-year-old rule. Welcomed by an uproarious Roosevoltian procession that twisted in both directions through the congested] ttisTe^. ami witn cheers tha drowned j some few shouts of dCrisio , Senator1 Walsh was given a 62C to 528 mar-1 gin. In the other two roll calls, the Rooseveltian flock seated the Sena-j isiana by G38 3-4 to 514 \-2 and thel Minnesotans led by Einar Ifoidale, on a count of 658 1-2 again si 402 3-4. Although fKoy have been expressing confidence ail along, pirtisans of the New York governor held their! breath just the same during the first! and at times disorderly hilts of the, rollcall in the Louisiana contest. Not) until each state and ten itory had i been called, and a return to those ivhieh has been passed momentarily,! was the outcome certain. James A. Farley, Roosevelt mantt-, ?er, exclaimed immediately 'that was our weakest vote," as he joined the cheerers. But it proved not to be, a slightly lighter lead coming for Walsh. As the convention convened Wednesday at noon, observers conceded that Newton D. Baker, secretary of war. ,in.. the ivijsoii.oCAbiiiel^?rwu 13 RtiiTML a: coaiLjchance of t n e~ nominal fion should Roosevelt fail in L?o first tcv." rounder of buik-Uns. Money May Re Removed Without Paying of Tax Commenting upon the new federal icVciiUtr bill which vent into effect last week. and under the provisions of which hank chocks in any amount ale taxed 2 cents each, G. P. Kagaman, cashier of the Watauga County Banexplainls that funds may be withdrawn at the window without having to be assessed with the Federal tax. All checks which are negotiable however must bear the 2 cents burden. The ruling covering the issuance of counter checks follows: "Counter checks and receipts for money withdrawn ate not taxable if the instrument is non-negotiable, is in effect and form a receipt, does not contain instructions with the* words, pay to the order of, etc.. oV similar language and is presented in person." P. T. McNeil, Senate Nominee, Visits Here Hon. P. T. McNeil of Jefferson, recently nominated on the Democratic ticket to represent this dstrict in the State Senate, visited with friends in Boone Tuesday and incidentally looked after the political fences in this section. Mr. McNeil received the nomination in the June primary by a two to one vote over nis opponent, H. C. Tucker, and Professor Troy I. Jones was the successful candidate on the Republican ticket. Man Wanted in Watauga Arrested at Johnson City Tolbert Presnell, wanted at Boom on charges of shorning at the burnt I of an officer, stealing chickens anc | manufacturing whiskey, was arrestee ! Thursday morning by Deputy Sherif: Harry! S wad ley- oi Washington Co nr. ty, on the Jonesboro-Limestone high way in Tennessee. He was placed in jail at Jonesbor< and authorities here were notifies of his arrest. Sheriff Farthinj brought Presnell to the Watauga jai Saturday where he will await iria at the fall term of Superior Court. A CORRECTION In th*? ?torv concerning the fats shooting of Roy Hayes, which af pearcd in the Democrat last weel relatives point out that there are tw 3light errors. Russell Hollars and no Roy Hollars accompanied the yout when the accidental shot was firec while Mrs. Roscoe Hollars instead o Mrs. Walter Hollars is one of th surviving sisters. V dem< Best Interests of Northw* .KOLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 19 PRESIDENTS J T ' j < I RVA!? .V^-'/-paK^ | V *~!?5?8W , v- > I ; \ . . | j | ^ ... ALBERT CABKI-I RITCHIE by many delegate? for the Democr; ? Chicago ronver.Hon now in session. monti, Va., and has been chief exec j sixteen years. He favors repeal of t FH)I)LERSMEET!S A BIG ATTRACTION Information It that Large Crowd will Attend Annual Lagion Event Friday and Saturday. Opening Attraction of 4th. The old-tune Fiddlers Convention, which las become an annual event in American Legion circles, will he held again on Friday and Saturday of this week, as the initial attraction of a round of fourth of July entertainments, and information coming to organization workers is to the effect ; mai uie attendance win oe unusually largo, and that the program will be entered into by a greater number of i individual musicians than in the past, j Prizes have beer, offered under six ^different classifications and many muj 3>s;inf*a, nlJ ready sikimtcd thc-iv ir?t^ritior* of at [ tending. A sulii'd adod. rir.r. f'c; ;r be ! :*:? t&-^iS^i^Ki!LJi?^eiJh3 1 further thv' Lcgioa :)irk in this com| munity. E. T. & W. N. C. Road Will Run Excursion | Or. Monday, My ith, the Onv-tUe !River Railway Company wil- <.... ??{. I an excursion train from Boone to | Elizabethton and Johnson City. Adult roiid trip tickets will be sold ! for the trip at fare of $1.00 to thev Elizabethton or Johnson City, Tcnn. I Tickets are to be good for return | within three days. It will be notec {that the Linville River Railway Com I pany is on that day selling such exeur jsion tickets at faro of les than one I cent per mile. These are the lowesl j fares ever offered by that railroad. i 1 GERMAN ABILITY TO PAY WILL BE DECIDED THIS WEE* Lausanne, Switzerland.?Monda; I saw the opening of the crucial weel j of the Lausanne conference, cfurinj which may be written the answer t( Europes most important question whether France and Germany cai agree to bury the reparations hatchet Premier Ramsay MacDonald, oi | Great Britain and Foreign MinisCe: |Dino Grandi, of Iralv, were awaitim | Premier Edouard Herriot of Franci ! and Chancellor Frar.z von Papen o: ; Germany, who went to their respect live capitals Friday to get their an iswers to the question. The first direct effort at this con jference of France and Germany t< solve their most vexatious probler , was made on the day of the departur. of their two leading statesmen in mos friendly but still inconclusive conver sations. j FAMOUS AIRMAN KILLED j BY AIRPLANE PROPELLE! Rosedale, Miss.?John Hunter, on of four brothers who achieved fam at Chicago two years ago by settin ,1 a world's airplane endurance recor< j! was killed here Monday by the pr< j J peller of his ship. 1! He and two of his brothers, Waltt ,ljand Kenneth, were on their way t I their way to New Orleans, with thr< [amphibian planes with wheih John an | Kenneth intended to use on the a dlmail route between New Orleans ar i-1 jT'iolttowii, ai. the month of the Miss: :, I sipi River. ? j The planes were forced down hei 11 late yesterday by a heavy rainstor bj after they had been warmed up th l.i morning, John climbed out on tl f wing of his ship to untie it from tl e'dock and the whirling propellor strut | him on the head. 3CRA ;st North Carolina 82 lL prospect nor of Maryland, who is being backed atic nomination for President in the Governor Ritchie was born at Richutive of his adopted state for nearly he Eighteenth Amendment. BLOWING ROCK IS R X, I HAST IN lim JLFe JLJm iJiVU JS. ?1 t Convention City is Named at Wilmir.g ton Meeting. Local R. & Official Starts Movement and Is Made District President. Blowing oRck was selected as the place for the 1933 convention of the North Carolna Budding- and Loan League, when the organization met , in annual session at Wilmington last iweek. W. H. Gragg, secretary of the j Watauga Building and Loan Assoc:i ation, was the instigator of the movement which resulted in the naming of the popular resort city. Mr. Gragg was named president District Nine {during the business session, j Besides Mr. Gragg, H. Grady Far jtmnir, a director of the local associ in attendance at the Wil jiiiiuiitOa Tr?CctiugT . ?_ Business Houses Will Close on 4th ot July The various stores arid business places of the town, including ooii .banks, will be closed all day Monday | in releination of the fourth of July '{it was announeed Tuesday, and tut {irlanageis dT the:various institution: I ask that customers anticipate theii | needs insofar as possible and prcvidi ' for tfceni beforehand, in order tha j there may be the minimum of in eon . venicnce. [j Those who have signified their in | tention of closing for the day are (J. M, Morctz, Boone, Feed Company i Will C. Walker, Carolina Stores, Wa I Itauga Motor Company, Peoples In i d list rial Bank. WataWa Coriniv Rant Smithey's Store, A & P Tea Com panv. Five to Five Store. Louise Shoi Spninhours, Central Barber Shop, t ^ G. Stephens, Johnson-Stuart Cctv j pany, Central Tire Company, Cit i Barber Shop, Highland Furniture Co c John W. Hodges, Cash Wholesale Gr< ? eery, Harris and Gaither, W. R. Che1 y rolct Company, R. B. Phillip"?; We: ? End Garage. 1 The cafes and drug stores will r< main open as usual. c i BOONE MAN WILL VISIT r SEVERAL WESTERN STATE E> f Mr. Elmer Rankin leaves Boone t< - day for Atlanta where he will join * travelcade along with seventy-si other teachers for a two-months tor - in the South, West, and North we s 3 passing through twenty states ar ri one foreign country. Among the man e places of interest on the trip -will 1 t New Orleans, San Antonio, Jaure - Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns. Grar Canyon, the Olympic games in Li Angeles, San Francisco, Yosemi '.National Park, Salt Lake City. Dea ^ Valley. Pikes Peak, Yellowstone N tional Park, Colorado Springs, Ka c sas City, St. Louis, Paducah ai _ Nashville. The tourists will return ? Atlanta on August. 30th. i. 3_ PAY DAY AT BUILDING AND LOAN OFFICE TUESDA ?]; ???? ; Officials of the Watauga Buildii ami Luan AaauCiS*io~i have unr.cnnc that the offices will be closed Mond j for the fourth of July, and that t j monthly dues on instalment stock w be received on Tuesday instead I Monday as is customary. re Marshall Brothers of High Poi m harvested 8,250 pounds of alfal s hay at the first cutting from a fit of only 2 1-2 acres. They have ie acres to alfalfa which averaged bett :k than a ton of hay per acre throuf out at the first cutting, they repo T bl. jl SI.50 PEE YEAB SLARGECROWD IS EXPECTED HERE I ON 4TH OF JULY | Moose Order and American Legion to Stage Picnic and Patriotic Celebration. Head Conselor of Order to Deliver Address. Baseball Game, j Boxing Bouts and Bail to Feature Entertaining Program. Members of the Loyal Order of Moose from many points in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee are making plans to attend the picnic and patriotic celebration to be staged in Boone on July 4th by the local Moose organization and Watauga Post American Legion^ according to reports reaching Chairman J. C. McCpnnell, of the entertainment com nuttee. Elaborate preparations are being made to care for the crowd, which is expected to be the largest in Boone's history. The Honorable \V. M. Trickett Giles, head counsel of the National Moose organization, will deliver the main speech of the day. Mr. Giles is said to be one of the most colorful figure? on the American platform, and his speech is expected to be a patriotic masterpiece. He will be introduced by Senator \Y. R. Lovill, of the local bar association. To Be Held in Legion Park The addresses and picnic dinner, the latter to be brought by those who participate, will be held in beautiful Legion Park, in the Daniel Boone adI | dition. Stands, tables and all necest . adty couiptn^T.-t has already beer, iiii stalled, the ground cleaned, and ev|ery thing put in readiness for the big j day. County housewives are urged ; it. bring irrioligll fou'd fttL tlicir cv/n folks, and a supply for visitors. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock a ball game between two crack Watauga teams will be played on College Field, under the auspcies of the American Legion, following which a fla-by card ' of boxing bouts will be witnessed. The main event will be between J the popular Johnny Cutshaw oi Ashevilie, and Jack Holsclaw, Elk Park p i heavyweight, who are scheduled for \' five rounds of boxing. Both of these [ J men are well known locally, are of | practically the same weight and exi perienee, and fans are assured plenty I of thrills when they go into action. Preliminary to the main event Hick " 1 P^h-orts and No rma;\ \Vinters \v\V. be lowing which itaroia Roberts of Elk ! r 'h::: ]; Narton. Boene hOPP- .L_; ful. will pusl. vr for a like number of rounds. As a conclusion to the boxing card 3*f|ve or more local negroes will stage lja battle royal, probably blindfolded, j the man on his feet at the finish to , | receive the entire purse, plus ail of : thc applaud; rr,7.n berries. as the , case may be. The having events will - begin at 4:30 o'clock. - Dance in Evening t In the evening at 8:30 o'clock the - American Legion will sponsor a dance in the ballroom at Hotel Critcher, to - which the public is invited. A good : orchestra has been procured to fur, nish the music. The program committee has not - fully decided whether or not. a pai triotic parade will be formed, but i-jit is understood that a number of >,j other entertaining features are being : i nlonrvoH which will aild uTeatlv to i- j the enjoyment of the occasion, yj i'l Chevrolet Replaces $10,000 Automobile it j e The \V. R. Chevrolet Company recently traded one of the new model six *- for n Locomobile in good order and wth only 21,000 miles on its speedometer, its owner having been anxious to enjoy the low cost features of the biggest selling car in 5" i America. The big car cost its owner aj $10,000. There is a general tendenx j cv, says the local agency, on the part 11 | of the wealthier families to get away *21 from the big, expensive and cumber[some cars formerly used and to sub'^'jstitute the easily handled economical >e lightweight cars, z,! MATT1E LOU HARMON BADLY os INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR te tri t Miss Mai tie Lou Harmon, sixteena'I year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. n;lO. J. Harmon, was seriously injured ldinear her Vilas home Saturday when to;struck by an automobile piloted by i Frank Council! of Boone. Miss Har1 mon had jus? gotton out of the automobile which her father was driving and started across the highway to the home of Conley Glenn, when ng the Councill car, traveling at a nomied sal speed, turned the curve and. ay struck her. The accident is said to he have been unavoidable, ill The young lady's conditon, which of has been very serious, is said to be improving, and her permanent recovery is expected. Miss Harmon is one mt.of the most popular young women in ^a;the Vilas community, and her injury ild I has been widely deplored. 30 j i Mr. Wiley Lewis, of Bristol, visfh" | ited relatives in this community last rt. Sunday.
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