North Carolina Newspapers

\x VOLUME XI,IV, NUMBER 3 COVE CREEK FARM T BOYS ON VISIT TO NATIONAL CAPIT'L Thirty Students of Agricultural Class Enjoy Beauties of Shenandoah Vail;y. Accompanied by Howard Walker, Teacher. Will Leave Washington for Trip Heme Nert Saturday. Accompanied by their teacher, Mr. Howard Walker, thirty students of the agricultural class at Cove Creek High School left Sunday in trucks for a tour through the Valley of Virginia to Washington, D. C. A short stop was made at Natural Bridge Sunday afternoon, and the travelers spent the night at Endless Caverns ' , tourist camp, where their tents were pitched and cooking was done in the one:. A letter from Mr. Walker describes^ the beauties which the Cove Creek \ lads are enjoying in "Nature's Wonderland" : "Monday morning the boys have | just gone through the Endless Caverns. These caverns have an interesting history. The guide told how they were discovered. On October 1, 1879, two boys, with their dog, chased a rabbit up the slope of a hill pasture on the farm of Reuben Kir Me, four miles south of the town of New Market. The rabbit disappeared under a heap of rocks, but when the boys removed these they found instead a great shaft opening into the!, hillside at a steep downward slant. "The discovery led to ever deeper j ^ explorations, which revealed to the t daring what scorned like a boundless J treasure-house of inaivels. Creeping j j through low passages by the dim light! of candles, reaching out in the dark j ^ to fir.d themselves on the brink of I q some great chasm?in danger often.! ^ but always in wonder and delight? j e explorers worker for a long time j seeking a terminal to the winding! channels and vast underground chambers. But none could be found so the place was named 'The Endless ^ Caverns,' and still holds that title." p The tourists reached Washington + n?oit.!ii\r ;".rr - - *' - - K <} Aomn ? - v.""- .tuuphs: the capital oitv. Thoy i will remain there until Saturday i c WHen i: i V trip iiuuic " -y' j *. Those- nHUimg ^ne trip" ati.'- 2*srl j d Heoson, Ray Farthing, Joe Bingham, a Charlie Mitchell, Jack Hen.ich, Hen- t se! Stokes, Roy Romingcr, Clin3 \Val- v kc-r, Howard Love, Fleenor Hodges, Patli Phillips, Horny Rowe, Harry R.>we, Raymond Farr'nine. Wheeler e Farthing, Cecil Harmon, Joe Banner, r Marvin Deal, Henrv Wellniuii, Jaoies f Me Bride, Clay Haworth, Robert 1 1 Thomas, James Henry Hort.-n, Ker-io mi; Recce, Vaughn Recce, Ben Hor-j ton, Ned Mast, Howard Goodnight, | r Dolphus Adams and Howard Walker, i i Reunion of Prominent |i Families at Valle Crucis' c ; A reunion of the Shull, Mast, 'l ay-1 lor, Baird and Horton families will | a be held on Saturday, August 20th at j g Valle Crucis, N. C., according to an ; announcement made Monday by a I committee in charge of the annual j : event. j All relatives are invited to come, j and those living in a reasonable dis-'t tjtrirp a-TA tpimioOaH to llrills hash-ets i of food. Speeches, music and other ( features of entertainment will be j s enjoyed during the day. t More than three hundred members of the five families reside in Watauga, besides those who have scattered , to other states. The reunions have f been held in Kansas and Missouri for j the past several years, and it is ex- ] pected that more than a hundred j persons from these states will be ( present at the Valle Crucis meeting. A complete program of activities will I appear in The Democrat, possibly jj next week. Avery Coonly Youth Jj Is Given Essay Award; > I i (Avery Advocate) [ f With the crowd gathered and the j prize of a gold cup and a $100.00 i ^ check awaiting him at the courthouse, ( , young David Odom, unaware that the \ Iday of presentation of the William i Randolph Heirst prize for the best essay on Washington's Farewell Ad- ' dress, was called for and found noe- i ing com on his father's farm. An < auto brought him to Newland where he was honored by many citizens of Avery Cctrn+y. Young Odom won this first prize j] several months aero in an essav con-i: _ ?, test sponsored by the Atlanta Geor- 1 gian when his essay on "Washington's Farewell Address and the Lessons to Be Learned from It" was adjudged the best of over 100,000 , sent in from all the Southern states. The presentation was made by Haden Burke, Taylorsville attorney, after he had made an interesting and understanding talk to, and in behalf of the boy and his accomplishment. rvtest was open to all persons years of age in the South. | T\nr A ? r I?m f??* >a JL JL JL JL 3l.\ A Non-Partisan Ne BOONE, Upshaw For President 8w^r%, i * Wm. n. Upshaw former Reprr- |' sentatiye from Georgia, a stalwart i1 dry, is the presidential nominee of the s Prohibition Party. j i SNGRESS CL^ES" \ AFTER PASSING I RELIEF MEASURE i; rirst Session 72nd Congress Ends t Shortly After 11 P. M. Saturday; e r;.??S Day Crowded with Activity. h Home Loan Bank is Cause of Dc- P lay. Needy Get* No Relief from 0 Congress at this Session. a D. C.?Ct-ngiets f?d- -! uiii ned sine die at 11 :28 o'clock Sat- irday night, after a thirteen and a a all' hour session of turmoil within a he capitol and scenes unparalleled b ri American history without the bull- 0 ing. s While the finishing legislative o ouches were being put on the $2,- f 00,000 jobless relief bill, with the IJass-Borah $1,000,000,000 currency xpansion rider, 5,000 ragged voter- c ns milled about the plaza in a death P larch demand for the cash bonus. c Hoover Not Present S Nearly an hour before adjourn- o rient, President Hoover abandoned j ? lans to go to the capitol and sign 11 ht bills later under a decision ofj a he poinrPTno Cotirt. IF . Shortly before the President's do- jc ision was announced, a crowd cf itiuj "i hy ZJrham I_eiobzl :tHr. Zcio,'' ir. front u f the White House. l.adoux and b hree others were arrested and quiet r fas restored, after a brief tussle. e Senate Quite First 0 The Senate adjourned at. 11:14 o'lock. The House, which had been in 1 ecess, immediately convened, pre- P tared to pass the adjournment Teso-jC utior?, thus ending the first session to .f the 72nd Congress. j? It had passed the $2,122,000,000 ^ clief bill. | It had passed the home loan bank-, i ng bill with the Glass-Borah curren-," y expansion rider after a long de?.dock. The end appmached shortly after j :30 o clock when the House finally) urrendered in its opposition to the f !995,000,000 currency expansion i intendment and votes 120 to 114 toi iccept the Senate bill. Measure Signed Speaker Pro-Tempore McDuffie of Vlabnma then signed the measure and b t was sent to the Senate where Vice-: i 'resident Curtis affixed his signa- u ure. |v With passage of the *2.122.000.-! a )00 substitute relief bill by the Sen-| ite. a bitter row over the administra-; \ ton's home loan bank bill delayed o he wind-up for hours. jt The relief bill conference report, | p idopted by the House yesterday, went J d hrough the upper body without a: t ecord vote, despite opposition to the! douse provision requiring full pub-' c icity for all Reconstruction Finance t Corporation loans. ! t Relief Bill i 1 The relief bill as finally enacted: i Provides: j s An increase of $1,800,000,000 in|c he resources of the Reconstruction f finance Corps rationProvision for $000,000,000 for re-jp ief loans to states, to be distributed 11 ircoruing Io neea, out no oiace 10 i ;ei more than 545,000,000. c Provision for Reconstruction Filance Corporation loans of 51,100,- t 100,000 to states, municipalities and t public corporations for self-liquidat- r ng public works. c The bill contained also the contro- t fersial feature requiring full public- J ity for ail loans of the R. F. C., including those to banks. LARGE ONION YIELD Mr. W. D. Lookabill, of Deep Gap, perhaps has broken a iocai record in the production of onions. He reports , that from a plot of ground 14x109 ] feet he harvested an exact twenty- < tive bushels of potato onions. A ter- ( rific hail storm did considerable j damage to the growing plants before ( the bulbs had completely developed, j or the yield would have beer, larger, says Mr. lookabill. 1 j Eight hundred ten hirds in nine j poultry flocks of Caldwell County < returned a profit of 11 cents each i from eggs during tue un>uth cf Muy. : m a wspaper, Devoted to tl WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH WATAUGA PUPILS TRANSPORTED A1 A MINIMUM COS ilnre Than One Thousand Pupils -A Taken to Schools of County at Cost of $7.34 Each Per Year, R< ords Show. Average Cost in Sts is $10.85. Economies Enable Boa to Return $3,000 to State. More than one thousand pup /ore transported by motor conv< ince to the several eonsolidat ichools of the County of Watau list year, states County Superintf lent Smith Hugaroan, at a cost 17-34 per pupil per year. The av< ige cost of transporting students o\ he State is $10.85 per pupil, a ince Watauga is located in t nountains where transportation co: oust be relatively high from na1 ai causes, if. is felt that the Boa f Education has set more or 1< f a record in reducing the cost $3. >er cmia oeTow uic average for t itate. Fourteen buses operated duri he last school year, taking care he students from about twer chools, it is stated. All buses a he property of their respective dr rs and contracts are let to the i< liddors on Uie. several routes. Ecor iiies affected this way, and trrou ther sources of general expense c bled the Board of Education to 1 urn t.o the State $3,000 units after all the teachers of t ourdy had been paid their full si ries. It is stated ihat only one bi dilapidated Model T affair, is own y the school board, and is only us n occasions. There has been a stca* avir.g since purchase, and upke f the motor units has been trar erred to the contractors. State Facts North Carolina, according to * ert information from the State s erintendent, now transports mo hildren to school than any oth Hate in the Union, and at a c< f about half per pupil of the nc Itate down the list. There are 23" 10 children riding to 1,170 scho< t an average cost of SI0.85 per p ii. Yadkin County transports hildren at oi while lite c-v3t North Carolina stands third umber of buses, 4,240, headed or y Indiana anil Ohio. *rhe Staie-wi letwork of 58,870 miles of road xccedcd by Indiana, with North Clina second and Ohio third. In 1914-15 six vehicles were opt led in the State and carried 247 p ile, and in 1919-20 150 motor vci les carried 8,000. The number nc eing transported represents abo ne-fourth of the total enrolment forth Carolina's schools. ]OLLETTSV!LLE ROAD OPEN TODA 'roject to Be Completed Within Fed Days. Described as the Best D I !_ r?_IJ ? r> . ril rvuau 111 uiiuwcu. councui Inspects New Highway. Lenoir.?Traffic will be permitt n pass on the Collettsville-Warri iighway Thursday morning unle mforseer. complications arise tl reek, Assistant Engineer E. F. Ki n pounced here Monday. A top-dressing of the Olivetl Varrior stretch is all that reir.ai f the tea-mile project, he said, a he corps of workmen expect to coi dete that detail within the next ti lays. The road will be closed Yin he top dressing can "set", he saic District Engineer J. C. Counc: >f Boone, inspected the road h Saturday and was Well pleased wi he project. The road has several nt >ridges, a number of changed roi ngs. elevated curves and excellc houlders. It ih paved to a distan f 18 feet wide ar.d is considered t inest road in Caldwell County. Traffic to Brown Mountain Bea topular resort for swimming, sr.;i ?dgemont is expected to be ini'reas naterially after the new road pened. tt?441 -i-i.- ? uiuu LUC ciiLiie IUUIC is raffic may reach the Olivette & ion by following the Greasy Cre oad from West Harper avenue. A >ther entrance to the Brown Mot ain Beech road is via Hartland a Idako. Planing Mill Property Has Changed Hani The Soune riariirig Mil! proper -eal estate, buildings and machine las been purchased by Mr. Rut Sieen of this city, and while 1 ;onsiderat.ion was tot made public, s understood that "vfcen the plant v ^s'ablished it represented an inve nent of about $19,000. Mr. Greene states Inat lie will lii y place the plant in operation aga ind that perhaps at a later date tew industry will be launched. He ;ver all plans are tentative and thi is no information to be given out -- Jl/ML DEM< le Best Interests of Northwe; CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 103 4-H Club Girl Champ rdj r .^^^8 hi I I ?;! ^Mi.?m??a ga The four style-review winners in in- year are now enjoying the national toi 0f with President Hoover at the White P ?|> Mass., Annette YonkHowitz, IlL, Pros "1 ~ I and Louise Morgan. Ga. cr | 3BONUS ARMY TO HAr t UNTIL CONGRESS C [rd ;ss Washington, D. C.?Restless un- I 51 tier white-heat sun rays that beat : he mercilessly through cracks and gaps j in their ramshackle huts, thousands j ng of World War veterans who came of here demanding a bonus yesterday j tv shouted their determination to stay ; n'l! and greet Congress when it meets ; iv- again in December. >\y Meantime, leaders said, the full io- force of their influence would be ; gh thrown into an effort iofurcy of n ficials here to call a special session re- of Congress to provide aid for the j SIexpect"ANOTHER |i EijSALARY SLASH FOR | S EMPLOYEES OF N. C. Teachers Will Get Another Reduc- j 'e- tion. Council of State and Adviill oory Budget Committee Will Disre cuss Matter al an Early Date. May ier W^hhold a Part of Salaries Until j vst Next Year. Xt i),- Additional salary reductions rnng>ls ing from 12 1-2 to 20 per cent, for ' tu- North Carolina school teachers and i he an average of liU per ccnst. for state' i in j employee? WHS ? joint! i ! :r.: r?lr.Lr ::f the Council ?>f State and 11 in flAayisory Budget Commission. i 11v ; frcrr. the Bud *- I? de Bureau, addressed to department: is heads, pointed out first quarter allot- I ?r- menLs will be on a basis of approxt-j1 mately GO per cent, of appropriations sr- by the 1931 legislature. It added: {' m. "Jt will he necessary to further ro- f ii duce all expenses, including the cost}' >w | 01 personnel.i ut A 20 per cent, cut in the salaries' * in >of State employees would reduce their ? j salaries to a basis of 64 per cent, of j what they were for the 1930-31 fis! cal year The 1931 legislature voted ' ja 10 per cent, cut and the Budget^ Bureau later reduced them by 11 per V ' cent. 1. I Last year's allotments for the de- {? j partments totaled $d,400,000, and the j a' Budget: Bureau memorandum said it .will be necessary to reduce this ! 'amount by $1,000,000. I There has been no reduction in ; school teachers* salaries, which coned sume approximately $13,000,000 of or'the $15,850,000 six-months school ,?3'fund, since the 10 per cent, reducjis tion authorized by the 1931 iegis-' ng lature and under the 1931 law the' J Budget Bureau is forbidden to fur:e_ : ihev reduce them. ns j But in the present crisis, it was, ncf' pointed out by an authority, the plan : m. has been suggested that 12 1-2 to?J jpo ' 20 per cent, of teachers salaries be til j 'withheld" until the 1933 legislature ' 31, jit was said, could order the cut to be ist I made retroactive or provide money th. to make up the amount withheld." 5w Drastic reductions in teachers' saint aries may be prevented, it was said, ,nt'by not alloting the $1,275,000 ex[Ce i tended term school fund. Th'-' money he i will r.ot be spent until the 1933 Gen! eral Assembly lias convened, and if it ch is withheld the next legislature could to ' provide for it or approve the action. ed! is MATNEY MEN CULTIVATE LARGE ACREAGE OF BF.ANS td,j ec- Howard Edmisien, of the Matney ek community, was in Boone Thursday, in- and told The Democrat man that ho in- and Stanley Baird are cultivating nd sveen acres of siringless beans this season. The first planting is now ready for harvesting and, despite an unusual intesrarion of beetles, the . yield is fairly good. During last week 3S the young men planted an additional two acres for the late market. Hr. ry| ERNEST JOHNSON PhAU fus Ernest Johnson, 33, died almost he suddenly- at his home in the Laxon . it community on Monday, and although' 'as there is no definite information as! 3t- to the funeral,, interment was in a community cemetery at 4 o'clock on ; ke- Tuesday. Surviving are two brothers in. and two sisters. a Deceased was a son of the late ?w- Andy Johnson, and was a veteran of ere the Woria War. II? enlisted wHle * at mere buy, and had suffered with ? tuberculosis since his discharge. st North Carolina 2 >ions at White Hou | the 4-H Club show at Chicago last ar then awarded and arc here shown [ousc. Left to right; Mary Markley, .idem Hoover, Helen Thomas, Ohio ON AT CAPITAL ONVENES IN WINTER destitute ex-soidiers and their fan:- j Ir. the great Anacostia camp] groups of ragged veterans gathered i to discuss their plight. There was : general discouragement '.hat eon- j' gre-ss had adjourned without acting [i on their plea for a bonus, but stubborn determination to remain until they are paid. "Congress slipped out on us." they ehoru.vc:!. "But it will be And?we'll be here to greet then; unless something is done for us." SCHOOLS OPEN IN MANY DISTRICTS ; OF WATAUGA \11 Six Mqnths .School* Are Now j ' Running, .and Only Four Remain to Open First of September. Some ( Open Week Late Because of Con flict with Work of Teachers in College. Progress Made I] The six months schools of Watauga] j County, with the exception of four, , arc now operating and reports com-1 ing in the office of County Superin-j tendeitl Smith liagaman indicate that he attendance thus far has set a j n.*?w recov-dr in .iTjany iuy iicr , cent, of the eligible pupils being present each (i:?y. The major part of ti e schools opened on Monday, the 11th, while the reinander opened Monday of this ,..-^..,1. n'U/.n 'Via fiiuonure Rail finicho?I 1 their work at the summer term of j the Teachers Collect ir. Booae. It i- : ivorthy ef note that every teacher i; employed in the public schools of the j :ounty has had college training. The schools at Bconc, Blowing j' Rock. Bethel and Cove Creek will begin about the first of September,!1 it is said. These institutions enroll;1 more than 1,700 students or about j' 45 per cent, of the public school!1 children of the county. Health Nurse Here Miss Beam, school nurse from the j State Board of Health, is here, and J is making the rounds of the schools j of the county. She entered upon her ' duties Tuesday and will make it aj point to inspect the eyes, ears, throat i and teeth of the students, and will j give special attention to any who. may show signs of undernourishment. She will visit every school in the j county during her stay here. The nurse's duties will include an I investigation oi the 20 authorized j iiiidwiyes of Watauga County, and she will give such instruction to; these practitioners as may be found j necessary. Preachers Conference j To Meet at Mt. Vernon: ! The Baptist Pastors Conference of the Three Forks Association will be | held at (he Mount Vernon Church j Monday, July 25, it was announced by Rev. J. A. McKaughn Wednesday. "What Is a New Testament Revival" will be the -object of an address by Rev. P. A. Hicks; "How to Expe-: rience a New Testament Revival," j Rev. R. H. Shore; "How to Continue a Revival in a Local Church," 1. G.; Greer. Ail these topics will be open for discussion after the principal addresses have been delivered. Lunch is to be served upon adjournment at 12 o'clock. changes location "Barber Bill" Hodges, who for the ' past several months has been in; charge of the Sanitary Barber Shopj in the Watauga Drug Company build- < ing, last week moved back to City 1 Barber Shop, which he managed for j several years. Mr. Hodges takes the i place of Lewis Reece, who recently ] disposed of his interests in the busi-l ness and moved to Beaver Dams. | blowing rock resident dies j James Hollar 23-year-old Blowing kock Man, aied suddenly on the 10th, I and burial war on the following da)', i Meager reports did not bring any j detailed information. T si.dO PER YEAR MILES LOVE KiLLED SN GUN BATTLE ON BEECH MOUNTAIN Nathan and Daniel Presncll Acquitted of Murder Charge by Magistrate Chauncey Moody. Tragedy Took Place Early Thursday Morning Near Avery County Line. Deceased Dn?rniic Man. Miles Love, 40, ot! the Beech Creek section, was sho; and kiiieti early last Thursday morning by Nathan and Daniel Presnell, father-in-ie.w and brother-in-law respectively of Love. The fatal affray took place in a secluded region of Beech Mountain neor the Avery County line. The FresneUs were arrested immediately following the shooting by Sheriff L. M. Farthing, and given a hearing before Magistrate Chauncey Moody at Sugar Grove. Following a plea of self-defense arid the introduction of substantiating testimony, both men were acquitted. Love, who is alleged to have been a desperate character, went to the Presnell home Wednesday night, so witnesses swore, to visit his estranged wife, who had been living with her father for the past; several months. He is said to have cut a screen from a window of the house and was attenriiHiig lv uliuivv through the open ing when Daniel Presnell was awakened. Love ran and Presnell shot at him a:- he left the premises. In the early morning hours L> ye returned, armed with a W" inches'.rifle, arid Was making his way toward the home when his presence was noted by the two Presnclls. who had spent a sleepless night watching their home. Daniel was behind a rick of lumber, according to his testimony, wT.en the zn raged Love made his appearance, with rifle in readiness. Young Presaell, believing that Love would shoot through the ooeniiics of the lumber. stepped from the shelter. As Lcve raised his rifle to shoot, Daniel fired two loads from a double-barreled shotgun into his body. The elder Presnell, fearing for the safety of lis son, fired almost at. the same time, the charge from a shotgun loaded cith. nffcet in Love's t'd-e*. Or. f.nwi who examined _ the ho.lv of the victim, stated that euner stiu?. w-jum nOu;,~ suivc :?r? ?SgSgig fatal. Had Prison Record Several years ago Love wa3 convicted of killing one of his children, md served a long sentence in State Prison. According to testimony given it the trial he fired his gun through it window of nis nuifuv iiljssed his in- * .coded victim (a neighbor) and inflicted a fatal wound on a small daughter. At the time of his death Love was under bond to appear at the fall term of Avery Superior Court to face a charge of criminal assault brought by one. of his own daughters. It is said that several years ago he beat his wife into a state 01 unconsciousness, and that one of her eyes was torn from its socket during the assault. Love is survived by ihc widow, five children, a mother and several brothers and sisters. Fune'ral services were held in Avery County Friday after noon. Shipment of Red Cross Flour Received Here Another terg-c consignment of government flour has been received by the Watauga Chapter, American Red Cross, and arrangements are being made this morning to distribute the product to those who have hecome dependent upon charity during the current depression. Various complaints have been made to officials of the Red Cross regarding the allotment of a previous shipment of flour, and a redoubled effort will be made to see that the supply now on hand reaches those who Mre actually in want. Each case will be carefully studied by local relief agencies before the applications are approved. Only those who are cultivating crops will he permitted to obtain the relief flour. Arrangements are being made to distribute the flour on Mondays and Saturdays only. WATAUGA REPRESENTED AT WAKE FOREST THIS SUMMER Wake Forest.?Watauga County's representative at the Wake Forest College summer school is Mrs. Howard Gragg, of Boone. Wake Forest has a record-breaking enrollment with a SO per cent, increase In attendance over the past summer session, Director Daniel B. Bryan reported. There are representatives from tfciity different colleges, | ten states, China. Japan, Cuba and ! 87 North Carolina Counties. The total enrolment is 484. Dean Bryan attributes this phej nomcnal growth to a moratorium on I some fees which students have been | allowed to defer to suit their conveI nience. j There is a total ot 34 professors lar.d some ninety different courses.