VOLUME XL-TV. NT7MRER 7
HUGE CROWDS ARf
EXPECTED AT BIG
FAMILY REUNION
I
Program of Activitifc* for IngRther-1
ing of Families at Vallc C-rucis Ha? |
Been Released. To Take Place Sat-j
urday. Relatives of Four Families
From Many States Will Be Pres-1
ent. Addresses and Picnic Dinner. I
1
A family reunion of proportions
thus far unknown in this region will
take place at Valle Crucis Saturday
when there will be an ingathering
of the Shull, Mast, Baird, Horton
cud Taylor families at the Methodist
churchyard in that community.
Messrs. J. M. Shull and S. F. Morton
have prepared a program for
the occasion, and in their opinion
several hundred members of the family
connections will be present. Already
some of the kith and kin have
arrived Xiom Western states, and U
is said that no less than 50 are expected
from beyond the Mississippi
River. A large percentage of the es
rimatert YOU m the county, related to
one of the five families will be present,
and hundreds of friends will
swell the gathering to the greatest
family reunion every known locally.
The members of the prominent and
substantial families are to be congratulated
upon their enterprise in promoting
the event. The complete program
of the day is printed below:
The Program
10:00 A. M.?Song, "North Carolina
Hills; Invocation, Rev. J. A. MeKaughn;
Address ot Welcome, "res;
dent Ira T. Johnston; Response, Joseph
Shull, Kansas; Vocal Solo, Jim
Moore; Introduction of Each Family,
Toast to Shulls, Mrs. Ira T. Johnston;
Historical Synopsis of Shulls,
James Shull, Neva, Tenn.; Toast to
Masts, Mrs. Addic Mast Dulu; Historical
Synopsis of Masts, D. C. Mast;
Toast to Bairds, Ernest Moore; Historical
Synopsis of Bairds, \Vilma
Baird; Toast to Taylors, Mrs. Chas.
Menzies; Historical Synopsis of Taylors,
Mrs. J. Kynum Taylor; Toast to
Hurtons, W. H. Gragg; Historical Synopsis
of Hortons, Mrs. A. R. Barlowj
Folk Songs, Professor and Mrs.
1. ij. ureer: Announcement::. J- Mb
She!!, chairman program committee.
Dinner.
2:00 P. H.~4S??tr. MBiest B= the
Tic that Bit"??": Vnrnl Solo. Miss
Annie Dougherty; Instrumental Music,
Mr3. Rowland' Davis; Address,
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president Appalachian
State Teachers College; quartette;
Impromptu Remarks by Visitors;
Benediction. Rev. G. C. Graham.
NEGRO BOY FAILS
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Ransom Horton Ha* Chance for Recovery
After Having Shot Away
Portion of Skull. Excessive Alcoholism
Is Blamed.
Ransom Horton, young negro man
of this community, apparently failed
in a suicide attempt Tuesday afternoon,
when he fired a small-bore shot I
gun direct at his forehead, the load
glancing upwards and liternlly tearing
uiit a wide groove in his skull.
He regained consciousness within a
few minutes, and after having been
-attended by Dr. Hagaroan was sent
to the Grace Hospital, Banner Elk,
where it is believed he has a chance,
to recover.
An illness of several weeks, precipitated
by the liberal use of alcohol,
eis said to have caused the young negro
to fire the shot which may prove
fatal. He had been out of bed during
the day and had assisted members
of the family with housework, how^
ever there was no one present when
the gun was discharged, and so far
as is known Ransom has volunteered
no information as to his mania for
self-destruction.
Work Coins Forward
On New Gymnasium
The work on the new gymnasium
at Appalachian State Teachers College
is being rapidly pushed forward.
J This building is located in the corner
of the athletic field and is 80 feet by
112 1-2 feet. It is to be a combination
field house, gymnasium and physical
education and health building
for men. It contains courts, shower
baths, examination rooms and many
conveniences for the physical education
work. When this building is com- i
pleted it will leave the nresent. nhvs
ical education building for the exclusive
use of the youn^ women. This
building has become a necessity, be
cause of the rapid development of :
the physical education and health department
of the college. i
kThe cost of board has been greatly
reduced. Last year it was $118.00
for the nine months. This year the
S. wtt Tt*?rtifftfl fnv
nine months will be an even $100.00 1
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BOOI
Secretary of Commerce
Roy D. Chapin, Detroit automobile
magnate, is the new Secretary
of Commerce in the Hoover Cabinet,
succeeding Robert P. Lamont,
who resigned to enter private business.
Mr. Chapin is 53? years old,
and has long been a conspicuous
figure in the automotive industry.
REYNOLDS FEELS
FIT; IS READY TO
OPEN UP HER!
Senatorial Nominee Quoted a* Saj
ing He Is "All Set for Firin
Opening Gun in Boone." Date Ha
Not Been Set. Young Voters Plai
Spectacular Rally for Mountai;
Man Who Won in Recent Primary
Robert R. Reynolds, Democrati
candidate for the United States Sen
ate, and perhaps the most colorfu
figure in State political circles as
result of his unprecedented primar;
majority over a poweriul opponent
tells a Charlotte newspaper that h
is fit as a fiddle and ready to niak
the formal opening of his campaigi
in-Boon'* Hi* friends here, howevei
have r?ct received tha_nnsitive infoi
n*atiop from him. and at press tint
The Democrat was unable to read
the candidate;
Roynnldn last, wept' .told...Th
Democrat that Boone was almost, as
sured of the honor of having him tic
his first shot in the hectic campaign
and it is expected that the date wii
be set soon, in accordance with th
plans of the State Executive Oommii
tee, and after further conference
with his friends here who lost nc, tins
following the primary in extetidinj
the invitation.
If tentative plans can be carrie
out, it is exoccied that "Our Boh
will be given a grand send-off whe
he comes to Boone the next time. J
hrass band will likely contribute t
the effectiveness of a parade, an
there is talk of even making til
event a four-county democratic rail,
and barbecue, to wind up in the eve
ning with a "victory dance" at a lc
cul hotel. These dances have beei
promoted as a means of raising cam
paign revenue by the Young Peo
pic's Democratic organisations, an
are being given on a nation-wid
scale.
No details incident to the uutici
pated event have been worked oui
but it is expected that committee
WHr be appointed and that the cul
initiation of their activities -will b
the most widely attended political at
traction ever staged in this region.
Revival Service to Begii
At M. E. Church Hen
A revival meeting will begin o
the Boone Methodist Church on Set
tember 11th. Dr. E. K. McLartj
who is pastor of Central Methoii;
Church, Shelby, N. C., will do th
preaching. Dr. McLarty is a powerfe
and effective evangelist as well a
a successful pastor. Special music i
being planned for the revival, and ai
old fviends of Boone Mcthodis
Church are urged to invite all goo
singers to join the augmented choii
WATAUGA PEOPLE RETURN
FROM VISIT TO THE EAS'
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Adams and fou
children returned to their home o:
Cove Creek Friday night from a mo
tor trip which carried them throug
several eastern states and into th
Dominion of Canada.
Niagara Falls, Gettysburg Battle
field, the Shenandoah Valley. Was!
ington City and Philadelphia wer
among the places of historic intcres
visited by the Adamses, who greatl
enjoyed their vacation. Mr. Adam
stated that while in the Dominiot
which is wringing wet, he failed t
see one single man who showed th
effects of intoxicants, and that th
conditions there are much better thai
in the so-called dry United States.
Mr. Horton Gragg has retuvne
frnm Mm Hill Prtllree where he ha
been enrolled as a student.
UGA
Newspaper, Devoted to the
UG, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH C
Ihodges bound to
! court in death
of boone youth
?
I Mayor Grover Robbins ot biowiog
Rock Conducts Hearing Into Fatal
Affray at May view. Testimony of
Witnesses Favors Defendant. Bond
of One Thousand Dollars Required
for Appearance at Fall Term.
Ori Tuesday morning at the town
hall in blowing Rock, Mayor Grovel
C. Kobbins, after conducting a pieiiminary
hearing into the death of
Glenn Wyke, local youth who was
fatally injured in a fall from a higl"
. porch at May view Manor last week,
j bound Jack Hodges, also of Boone
I over to the Watauga County Granc
Jury on a charge of manslaughter,
j Many witnesses were called by the
State during the morning, all of
whom testified along practically the
same lines, stating that at no time
during the fight which resulted sc
j fatally when both bovs. rrrannline
with each other, fell over the bannister
of the porch to the ground, some
thirty feet below, had Jack Hodges
been the aggressor. However, Henry
Rhyne, of Hickory, when called to the
stand, stated that, during a luil in the
fight, Hodges did move towards Wyk<
as if to continue the struggle; and it
was largely on the testimony of this
witness that Mayor Robb:n3 made his
decision.
j1 Hodges was represented by Seni
ator Will Lovill, Charles Zimmerman,
' and J. E. Holshouser, and this coun
, cil made their plea that the death
g was an accidental one in that eleven
witnesses, including Miss Elizabeth
Ross, who was the only person that
n witnessed the fight from beginning
to its fatal ending, stated that at no
time did Hodges do anything other
c than defend himself.
The State's council, G. M. Suadreth
and Wade Brown, argued that,
in view of the testimony of Rhyne,
' probable cause was shown and therefore
it Was without the jurisdiction
' of the magistrate's court to release
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0 nocges.
n During the morning there wore
many testimonials a? to the good
.Juiataclet Of the uutciiaCu aud flodj
o i ?cveva 1 people volunteering rem
^ mandatory wwHs about the defendant.
c At the conclusion of the hoarmfi
u iUUJVi ivuuyiua tuOt? ..m
e that, from the testimony, it \vas not
( for one man to decido the matter and
tj had Hodges bound over to the SepB
tcmber term of- court in Wataugu
County. Doctor J. M. Hodges* father
of the defendant, furnished bond
? of one thousand dollars, and Hodges
^ was released.
? JUGULAR VEfN IS
; SEVERED IN BRAWL
0
d ?
e Meat Camp Citizen Is Recovering
y From Almost Fatal Knife Wounds.
I- Fight Occurred at Hopewell ca
Saturday. No Information.
n ?
i- Claude Davie, citizen of the Meat
i- Camp .section, was brought to the ofd
fices of Dr. H. R. Perry on Saturday
e evening, in a weakened condition
from loss of blood after having had
[_ his thront hterallv cut from ear to
tf car, in what is said to have been more
s or less of a free-for-all fight. The
[_ jugular vein was severed, and but
q for tne met that medical aid was
reached at once, death would have
soon resulted. Information is, however,
that the patient is rapidly recovering
from the attack.
* No information could be gathered
g as to who the assailant was, and so
i <11 aa i3 miuwu, iiu w a till 11 is were
lt issued. It is alleged that the cutting
came as a climax, however, to a genf
oral fight in the churchyard during
the progress of services. Whiskey was
g said to have figured to a large ex,1
tent in the difficulty.
s Jack Hodges Improves
" From Severe Injuries
d ?
Jack Hodges, who has been confined
to his bed for the past week,
suffering injuries received in the fall
p at Blowing Rock, is improved, and
although he must travel by means of
r crutches, it is believed he will Tort
cover within a reasonable length of
_ time. Severe sprains in the lower
h limbs, cuts and bruises, comprise his
e iniuries. and at times it was feared
he had suffered internal injury.
i- Dies from Effects
* Of Logging Accident
y Mayford C. Evans, 32 years old,
s died Sunday at Banner Elk Hospital,
i, after having undergone an operation
o for injuries received in over-exertion
e while logging. Rev. P. A. Hicks con
e aucten tne graveside funeral services
n and interment was in the cemetery
near the home of deceased, Whaley
postoffice.
d Mr. Evans is survived by a widow,
s two children, father, mother, three
I sisters and four brothers.
dem<
i Best Interests of Northw
AROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
See Social, Mixed ir
;
Mrs. August Belmont, left, and P
ing respective forces within the Mu
; Prohibition Rcfor rt. Mrs. Sabin h
<?""? ic.iai a mi-joray group wbi
ization vote to support the Democ
Democrats
Candidates
p Harmonious Session Results in Nan
Allegiance to National Policies ai
Lauded in Resolution. Walter W
dress on -he issues of the C
The Democrats ot Watauga assem.
bled here Saturday afternoon and
- after a brief nominating session, void
of friction, select** \ candidates for
' the various county offices and a nominee
for the State Legislature.
Roby T. Greer, who represented
i Watauga in the General Assembly dut
, iuatcd;by
for the legislative
ppstr ana T. C. Baird, of Valle
Grucis, present cliuirr. an r:f the board
5 CDunty comfaissioi-i- ic., v/as S5i?vu=
! ~Tr. / an did a. tea
to make the race fu:1 sheriff.
' Miss Helen Undevdown of Blowing
Rock, who has served as register of
deeds for the past four years, was ref?w
1-Kof r\v T D
I Haarnrann, proseut coroner, and Rohy
Vines, present surveyor, were a'.so
rcnoisinnted for their respective offFneralisTelF
J for glenn wyke
Popular Boone Man Succumbs to Injuries
Received in Fall at Blowing
Rock. Rev. P. A. Hicks in
Charge of Rites.
Funeral services for Glenn Wyke,
22 years old, were conducted from
the home of his parents in Boone
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock by
Rev. P. A. Hioks of the First Baptist
Church and interment followed
in the Hines graveyard, one mile west
of the city, with the Greer Funeral
Heme in charge.
Mr. Wyke died early Thursday evening
in Caldwell Hospital, Lenoir,
where he was taken the preceding
Tuesday midnight after he and Jack
noages hart catapulted from a high
portico at Mnyview Manor, Blowing
Rock, following an altercation. The
skull was badly fractured, and the
young man never regained consciousness.
Active pallbearers were: Johnnie
Hodges, Carl Payne, Councill Cooke,
Joe Crawford, Cliff McConnell, Coker
Triplett, Edgar Cook and Len
Hagaman. Honorary pallbearers:
Roger McGuire, Walter Cook, Gordon
Wnikler, Charles Younce, Billie
Lovill, Howard Gragg, Paul Coffey,
Kenneth Lir.ney, Owen Wilson, R. L.
Clay, Mack Luttrell, Bill Tarman,
Bill Casey, Frank Hagaman ana Raleigh
Cottrell.
The flower bearers were: Mrs. R
L. Clay (in charge), Mrs. Margaret
Sherrill, Mrs. Georgia Moretz, Bonnie
Hodges, Gladys Brown, Faye
Brown, Virginia Brown, Wilma Little,
Martha Hardin, Ruby Trivette,
K'-SSCl! Grp.0"0" Rdrnipp
Gragg, Jewel Hagaman, Emogene
Setzer, Elizabeth Cooke, Pauline McGhee,
Maude Clay, Louise Critcher,
Maude Greene, Gethyn Greene, Katie
j Lyon and Grace Sherrill.
An unusually large concourse of
sorrowing friends and relatives Were
present to pay tribute to the memory
of the popular young man and the
floral offerings were varied and beautiful.
.
filptln Ws'l-'O nrne ViArn fVI~ aoo
? .wMl II jnv nwo UVI1I 111 bills act"
tion and had spent practically his entire
life in Boone, where at the time
| of his death he had not yet completed
IContinueu on C)
OCR^
est North Carolina
8, 1932
i With Political Battle
drs. Charles N. Sabinr right, are leadnks
of the Women's Organization for
?ads the orKftbi^?lic.o whil.i Mri. Bel
cH refuse* to Le bound by the orjjucratic
ticketfame
Slate of
On Saturday
i in j of Able Ticket. Ps.rty Affirm*
id AH Nominee*. Sheriff Farthing
I urphy Deliver* Masterful Atilurrent
Political Campaign.
fices by acclamation.
Eller McNeil of Kutherwood, at
present a member of the board of
county commissioners: Cov Billintrs.
| Vilas garage man, an<] Frank Miller,
I kraut packer of Boone, were selected
! after a brisk fight aa nominees for
I county commissioners. G. M. Sud.
drC-h Dnol- nH ftmotr nrfl.
|sideii over the convention.
J Following the nominating occrdcn,
I Willter Murphy, of Salisbury, twelve
t:a H*onthc.r .if the GenfTtM As
wmbh- and twice Shaker of ?h?
Hopae, was introduced by State Son
afar William R. Lovill, and dcliverec
a masterful address on the issues involved
in the current, national campaign.
Reaffirming his belief in the con
stituiioii of the United States, and
the Constitution of North Carolina,
the fiery Rowan orator took hh
"text" from the latter document, "A
frequent recurrence to fundamental
principles is absolutely necessary to
Ipreseive the blessings oi liberty.' Going
hack to the formative period of
the United States government, Mr.
Murphy reviewed the records of the
two great political parties through
the years, and declared that the genius
of Thomas Jefferson, whom he
Termed "the patron saint of democracy,"
was responsible for the Constitution,
"the greatest document
since the laws of God were given to
Moses."
The speaker carried his large audi
>.:iuc bucuugu me snuggles over tariff
legislation during the jfdihinistra
tion3 of Grover Cleveland, during the
Wilson era, np to und including the
enactment of the Smoot-Hatvley act
vehemently denouncing that measure
as one of the prime factors in bringing
about the present economic slump.
"The future pi-osperity of the country
is based on the condition of agriculture
and industrialism, and until
laws are enacted which will guarantee
them profits on their products,
there can be no prosperity,'" Mi. Murphy
declared.
"No relief is offered in tho Republican
National Platfbrm?distinct and
inevitable relief is embodied in the
platform of the Democracy," he continued.
"States' rights have been surrendered
to the Federal government,
two hundred .thousand men and women
are now employed in ilie various
over-lapping buveads of the Capital
City, centralization is threatening
even the governments of your own
State, and a recurrence to fundamental
principles i3 necessary in order
to preserve the sacred principles on
(Continued on Page 8)
Dentist Looking After
,
Dr. J. Pringle of the State
BoarH of Health 13 at the Critchei
Hotel and Will remain in Watauga
County for four weeks, looking after
the teeth of public school children.
He is at Deep Gap this week, where
he is making examinations, cleaning
and exti acting teeth, and filling sixyear
molars when requested.
Lectures will be given throughout
the county on the care of teeth, diet
and systematic conditions, relation of
food to the oral cavity, and other inWairrehln
honlth information.
lT
;i.se PER YEAR
lELECTION FRAUD
CASES SET FOR
TRIAL MONDAY
Th*.rfy-??"Foht WfttauniH Must Answer
Conspiracy Charges in Federal
Court at Wilkesboro as Result of
[ 1930 Election Tangle. Bills Are
1 Drawn in Four Cases and Witncsses
May Number as Many as 200
*
*?
2 The so-called election fraud cases
which thirty-eight Democratic election
officials and workers in Waluuga
County are indicted, are scheduled
to he heard in Wilkesboro next
week before Judge Johnson J. Hayes,
a special term beginning Mondaymorning
having beer, called for this
purpose.
The principal portion of those indicted
are Democrats who were in
charge of holding the 1930 elections
in four different townships, and the
charge?, which the Government will
seek to substantiate, allege intimidation
of voters, and a conspiracy to
prevent electors from exercising their
I civil rights.
The bills were returned against the
local men several months ago by a
Greensboro grand jury, but trial was
postponed by defense motion and the
cases were removed to the Wilkes
court.
A special venire has been summoned
from below the mountains
from which a jury will be selected,
the following counties being represented:
Guilford, Alamance. Forsyth,
Graham, Randolph, Surry, Person,
Chatham, Lee and Rockingham.
The indictments are drawn in four
different cases, each case representing
alleged irregularities in some certain
townships. Laurel Creek, Cove
Creek, Stony Fork and Boone, and
the respective titles of the cases are:
Eddie B. Hagaman, et al; J. S. McBride,
et al; C. D. McNeil, et al;
Dayton Wilson, et al.
Special investigators from the department
of justice., as well as district
attorney J. F. McCrary have
been in Watauga at intervals working
up their cases, while the defense
is being represented by an able staff
. of lawyers, including R. A. Doughton
, of Sparta. Harry Grier of Statesville.
Hayden Burke of Taylorsville, W. R.
Lovill of Boone, T. C. Bowie of West
. Jefferson and 0. H. ShupiDg dt
. Crccr.shcrc,. It :c ?id th&t the Cov
j emment has' subiittoiied more t55izjr
I perhaps have no Iaaa.
An unusually largfe crowd of Wa.
taupa County citizens is expected
to no to Wilkesboro Monday and reiil&in
- uuiinu: tiie tlinl. Iri
lest is shown in the case and many
! who an- in no wise connected
jciaily, tviil attend.
I
PAVING ON 60 TO
BEGIN THIS WEEK
Mr. Parham Hu Arrived and Prelim,
inary Work Incidental to Paving
Being Done. Pouring of Concrete
May Begin Thii V/eek.
Pieiiminary work, the laying of
forms, etc., is going on preparatory
to paving the 1.8 mile link of the
Boone Trail Highway eastward from
tid? city limits. Btone has been delivered
on the local railway yards in
large quantities, as well as sand and
, concrete, and Mt. Fred Parham, of
. the Guilford Construction Company,
ihas arrived to be in charge of the
. ! work.
It is expected that the actual pouring
of concrete will begin before the
! end of the week, and will consume
. scarcely more than fifteen working'
days. The concrete will be poured in
sections, it is said, rather than continuously,
in order that the detours
may do properly taken care of.
Nancy Jurney McGhee
Dies Tuesday Evening
Little Nancy Jurney, daughter of
j Mrs. Velma Rivers McGhee, died at
the K. C. Rivers home here Tuesday
evening after a brief illness with colitis.
Funeral services Were conducted
from the home Wednesday morning
at 11 o'clock by Rev. J. H. Brendall
Jr., and interment followed in
the city cemetery. A 'urge group of
inenus attended tfte serviced, and the
little grave was covered with flowers
placed there by lovino hands.
Nancy was only eight months old,
but during her brief span of life had
. brought much gladness into the home. ,
. F'riends of the family will miss the
bright, nappy-faced bafcy and the
mother and other members of the
family have the sympathy of the
community.
PIE SUPPER
There will be a pie supper at the
Mabel school house on Saturday
night, August 20th. The proceeds will
go for the ball team. The public is
invited.