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I AK r . t VOLUME XUV, NUMBER 10 shmmFDUS TO PUBLISH NEW RAiW ftN MftUMTW "War Trail* of the Blue Rid^e" Is Title of New Work by Western North Carolina Author. New Volume May Include Reprint of "Balfam Grove* of the Grandfather/' An Interesting Manuscript. By TOM CUSH1NG Shepherd M. Bugger, 78-ycar-old *'sage of the Blue Ridge" who wrote "The Balsam Groves ot' the Grandfather Mountain" in the early 1890's. has recently completed a new book called 'War Trails of the Blue Ridge.' This new work is made up of separate stories of the people of the Blue Ridge?their love, war. life and death. The stories are all of the j Avery and Watauga County regions I during the Revolutionary War and the War Between the States, and this * common netting binds the tales together into a sort of saga of the Blue Ridge country. The settings of the stories are accurate,?the natural settings true and beautiful because the author has lived in and loved his mountains for so long, and the historical settings true to fact because much of the material was gathered while Mr. Dugger was preparing a history of Avery County under the direction of the North Carolina State Historical Society. To Be Published This Fail Mr. Dugger is planning to publish "War Trails of the Blue Ridge" this fall, probably to be sold by subscription. He is considering a reprint of "The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain" with part of the copies of the new book. "The Balsam Groves," one of the most famous books ever written about the North Carolina mountains, is now out of print and very difficult to obtain. Mr. Dugger says that when he wanted to show a copy of the book to interested publishers this summer he was obliged to scour the mountains for it, iinaiiy (ucaiuik ons cg>?v on the far slopes of Beech Mountain Mi. Bugger abounds 5n reminiscences of the region described in his books. Maany visitors have enjoyed iilv AInj voad, *" nebulous community of that description. Mr. Hugger recalls now ir was named. A group of settlers decided (hat it war tlSefh dhflsten their community, but no one had a eood suggestion for a name. "Weil, we'll iust call it whatever the next fellow says,"' they agreed. There was a period of slence, after which one citizen yawned and stretched his arms. 'Aho,' he said. None of the characters in "The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountains" is now living, according to Mr. Dugger, except himself. He will not say, however, what part, if any, he played in the love story. Most of the characters, including Col. Palmer and his daughters, were actual persons, as was the Rev. Mr. Skiles of the Valle Crucis school. His pupil, fjeatherstfine, villain of the tale, was typical of the old days F when wild youths from Chapel Hill and the other colleges in the eastern part of the State were sent to Valle Crucis, with the idea that there was small room there for the cultivation Its i 11 u uau. Cold Spring on Grandfather The cold spring on Grandfather? reached by the old plfcnk road from Shulls Mills, figures in the book and is there today. Mr. Dugger is at a loss to explain its year-round temperature of 44 degrees, Fahrenheit, and inclines to the theory that the rocks of Grandfather conceals subterranean mass of snow, and that this snow feeds the spring. Mr. Dugger said, in a recent interview, "My home is where I hang my hat." He is always or. the move, looking for material or visiting with some one of his mountain friends. Carrying a school boy's canvas bag containing note books, pencils, and a bite of lunch, he goes for a walk which maytake him to the peak of Beech Mountain, or up the Grandfather Mountain that he has made so famous. Sometimes he may catch an automobile ride and spend the night miles away in some mountain cabin. In a recent interview at Banners Elk, Mr. Dugger spent an afternoon painting vivid word-pictures of the mountain people whom he love3 and knows so well. The author, sitting on the shady terrace of Pinnacle Inn, pointed out across a little valley beyond the new Grace Memorial lios-| pital at Banners Elk. "You see that; garage?" he asked. "That garage is buiit around the cabin my father erected 78 years ago." And 78 years ago last February 25, Shepherd Dugger was born. He told that, as a boy, he had plowed and harrowed the veryfield on which the hospital now stands. In "John Kite's Log-rollin'," one of the tales in the "War Trails," Mr. Dagger tells a story of the days when his grandfather and father owned the.(S,a1,!wry district. Thev obtained <>e title hv complying with the old (Continued on Page 8) 7ATAJ A Non-Partisan Is* BOltt Meet Editor Smith ?.Zz ' if BR';'^)iilLlVo^>i-'' ' ' ' ' "'' ' y:'-"' Alfred E. Smith, Democratic I leader and presidential candidate in 1928, is now an editor. He signed a contract late in August to edit the New Outlook magazine. He states that he has long wanted tc be an editor and feels he can now give the necessary time to the work COVE CREEK HIGH OPENED MONDAY Increased Enrollment at Well Knowr Institution. Superintendent Speaks and Patrons Attend. Faculty Met in Afternoon. The Cove Creek High School open ed its 1932-33 session last ilonda; morning with approximately 500 sta dents ready to begin work, and ac coiding to Principal S. F. Horton this year bids fair to be an outstand ing one in the history of the rnstitu tion. Superintendent Smith Hagamai was present for the opening and rnadi a few appropriate remarks, whicl were acknowledged by the principal Revs. Graham and McKaughan con ducted chapel exercises and a grea number of patrons of the school wen present to hear the addresses and t< lend words of encouragement to tlx members of the faculty and studen body7 About 250 students will enter thi giades with a like mtwko* ravisterim for the high school work, the enrol rnent having been appreciably in ocwKu u, of from the ?hulls~ Mills region, wh< have not heretofore been transport ed to Cove Creek. Eighty-five siu dents will begin their first ytar' work in the high school. in tne aiternoon trie members o: the faculty held an organization meet ing, and outlined the various course: of study for the ensuing school year Mrs. Lee Clawson Dies Following Operation Mrs. Lee Clawson, resident of the Rutherwood community, died at Da vis Hospital, Statesville, last Sundaj morning, having never rallied fron a caesarean operation performed or Wednesday. Funeral services were conductec at the Rutherwood home Monday and interment was in the Gragg bury ing ground on New River. Surviving are thre husband, twt infant daughters, father, mother, anc several brothers and sisters. Mrs. Clawson before her marriag* was Miss Fairy Gragg, daughter 01 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gragg, \va: born in this county and had live.c here during her entire life, where she was well known and liked. CREDITORS OF CAROLINA STORES TO GET DIVIDEND A 15 per cent, dividend to credi iocs 01 Carolina stores, inc., wa paid Tuesday by Roger M. Winborne receiver, according to the Lenoii News- Topic. The dividend, the paper states brings to 40 per cent, the total pai< to date on the claims of the genera creditors. In addition, all preferrei ami secured claims have been liqui dated, the total sum paid out to cred itors to date amounting to $57,054.65 The receiver is continuing the op eration of the business and it is iei that with only a moderate pick-u] in general business, the next months will show a satisfactory op erating profitMr. Winborne, permanent receive of the company since early this year formerly was connected with a chaii of stores in Virginia and has beei in Lenoir approximately two years. i jWILLOWDALE CHURCH WILL HAVE LAWN SUPPER SAT The public is cordially invited ti attend a lawn party on the lawn o Mr. TV. L. Henson at Vilas Saturda; evening at 7 o'clock. The suppe will consist of all kinds of choici foods, cakc3, pies, ice cream am drinks. Any person can spend eithe a nickel or a dollar and be assure< of their money's worth. The suppe is being prepared by the ladies o iL _ - - tSo nmppedQ wil go ?or the benefit of the TVillowdal Church. UGA Jewspaper, Devoted to the i IE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA3 "all attendance records broken at local college Registrations Still Go Forward with 850 Enrolled Wednesday Afternoon. Largest Number at this Season in History of Institution and 100 Gain Over Last Year. Male Stu{Jsat; HnrmitoriM Filled. Wednesday afternoon tne dixice of the Registrar at Appalachian State Teachers College reported an enrollment of 850 students for the fall '.term, which established a new high I record for the institution, and others . are expected to register for several I days, with the prospects that by the . time classroom work is thoroughly organized there will be more than .nine hundred taking training on the i campus. It is interesting to note that there are now more students at the college than at the close of the last year's winter term, and more than at the r first term of summer school, for the first time in the history of the insti tution. The male enrollment has been i increased to about 250, both men's j * dormitories are filled, and many students have sought quarters in homes of the city. JAMESlODGES PIES THURSDAY Well Known Citizen of Mt. Vernon Section Succumbs to Brief Illness. 82 Years Old. Funeral Friday Afternoon. Widow Survives. 1 Mr. James Hodges, 82 years old, ? died at. his home in the Mount Ver non section of the county last Thurs" day morning, after an illness which ^ lasted about ten days and likely 5 brought about by disabilities result> ing from his advanced ago. - Funeral services were conducted 1 from the home Friday afternoon at 4> o'clock hv Rev. R. C. Eggcrs, who - was .assisted by Rev. P.~ A. mcita, r and interment followed in the family j -1 crrn vevard nearby. Surviving are the widow, a sister 4- zi John W Hodges of Boone, and > one sister, "Mrs. Judie Greene, of Kihiucxyv - ^ Mr. Hodges was born near Hodges s Gap and has spent his long life in i Watauga County, moving to Mount t r Vernon as a child to make his home c ' with an aunt. Miss Delphia Cook, i 5 where he has resided since. Kc was i a farmer by occupation and a good v and honorable citizen. Fcr more than c sixty years he was a member of Mt. I Vernon Baptist Church. a i - c Revival to Begin Sunday j; ' Boone Mtehodist Church ? A revival meeting wili begin next ^ Sunday morning at the Boone Methodist Church. Rev. J. H. Bien- s j daii Jr., pastor, will preach the fiist t two sermons. Dr. E. K. McLarty will preach at the third service on ^ Monday night at 7:30, and wili then ) preach each day at 8:30 and 7:30 , p. m. j The Boone Baptist choir is invited a to render special selections Monday I night. Other choirs are also invited ? . to sing during the series of services. ^ j Announcements of these special pro- J . grams will be made from the pulpit. J t VISIT IN WATAUGA * Mrs. Roxy Allen, of Boston, Mass., , who has not visited Watauga, the county of her nativity, for twenty- j five years; her brother, Mr. Jones ^ 5 Lay, of West Virginia, and two sis- j ters, Mrs. Juella Gordon, of KeyJ stone, W. Va., and Mrs. Hattie Payne, of Nashville, Tenn., with her daugh- t ter. Miss Sarah Jane, arrived at the ^ j home of their father, Mr. John I .ay, I of the Bamboo section, Tuesday evej ning. Their stay, we are told, will be short, but we rejoice with the aged parent that so many of his o children visited him at the same time, c and we know that the visit to the t t home of their childhood was much 1 . enjoyed by the children. i; ( UNDERGOES OPERATION i t Miss Delia Greer, student nurse at t Grace Hospital, Banner Elk, under- t ^ went an operation for appendicitis c ^ Tuesday of last week, and is showing v satisfactory improvement. She will s return to the home of her parents, I Mr. and Mrs. Joe Greer, in Boone, c within a few days and remain here c until she is sufficiently recovered to ( resume her work. r o I I DR. BLACKBURN INJURED t F r Hickory.?Dr. T. C. Blackburn was r c cut about the forehead and bruised I I about the body early Saturday morn-jv r ing when his automobile failed to': i make a curve and plunged off a: : r bridge in the South Mountain com-'v f munity. He had been attending ajc II sick natient and was returning when j s e the wreck occurred. His automobile. j was considerably damaged. Is pEMC Best interests of Northwesi 10LIEA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Striking Illinois Miners " 3SHBB! Photo shows but part of the ten to coal miners after their retreat from where deputies armed with machine picketing caravan. Cdv Greek D Freed by I Nine Watauga men, residents ot n Cove Creek Township, including election officials and other itading Democrats, won their freedom tl in Federal Court in Wilkesboro ir Saturday evening at 9:20 when the ir jury returned a "not guilty" ver- H diet after deliberations covering tl about four hours. The defendants, ri Ed S. Williams, A. A. Perry, J. S. bl McBride, Chauncey Moody, John jl E. Brown, J. B. Horton, Henry bj Hardi n, Lee Mast and J. L. Wilson, I e< had been on trial since Monday tl previous on charges of conspiracy hi to prevent electors from exercis* bi ing the privilege of the franchise m in the 1930 election. hi JEijkt Laurel Creek Democrats ti were acquitted a week previous on re oir>;iL;' charge*,the total B to 17 who have won their freedom | in the Middle District Ccurt. j A ?r*A OTHER CASES POSTPONED \t< The remaining cures on the docket jy nvolving Boone and Stony Fork i* ownships, were continued to a spe-jP ijai term of court to be held on Jan- w lary 9th, after defense attorneys has:'onnd it impossible to go further J W irith the cases at present, because of j onflict with State courts. Judge Iayes,. while the motion was being irgued, stated that a civil term of ourt was to convene in Greensboro di bi? week, but that another judge N ourt be secured, if immediate trial hould be demanded. ot The election cases have drawn e' lundrcds of Wataugans to Wilkes>oro for the past two weeks, both des were represented by able legal !l alent, ana perhaps no cases have ieen sc hard fought within the his- ' ory of the Wjlkesboro court. A resume of the remainder of the vidence since the last issue of The cj )emocrat is as follows: g Sweeping denials of any knowledge j p f a conspiracy and of ballot switch-1 i; ng were made Thursday by J. S. Mc-, r Iride and Chauncey Moody, two uf j u he eight Watauga Countv citizens >eing tried at Wilkesboro for alleged s] raud in the conduct of the 1930 lection in Cove Creek precinct Blame for trouble on the morning f the election was charged against ? T. Byers, Republican judge, who I' teclined to serve at the ballot boxes, ffoody was the last witness on the tand Wednesday. The government completes its case his morning and the motion of the ^ lefer.se for a directed verdict of notj guilty was overruled. Testimony Corroborated The government Wednesday placed n the stand Marion Thomas, deputy j ollector, who corroborated prveious 1c estimony in regard to too many bal- tl ots being placed in the ballot box tl n the June primary this year. John O Jreer corroborated the evidence of n t.rlie Wilson as to a ?nverw?tionfS hey had with John E. Brown, whom i n hey quoted as saying that he was! E he brains of the Democratic ma- \ o hine and that if the Republicans n ranted to carry the election to keep > i man at the ballot boxes. Baxter t ..inney was recalled to give results d >f the 1930 election, in which the ounty Democratic tickets in Cove o 2reek towuiship had a much larger o najority than Representative R. L. u )oughton, who was re-elected at that n line. (X Mr. Linney also described the ar- d angement of the voting arena in ioone precinct and J. R. Trivette. *. ho was a witness in the Laurel Creek ase week before last, described the inangenient there. This testimony u ras admitted only for the purpose C >f showing that the Democrats had t i plan of arrangement for several n irecincts by wiiiur d.?.y yS. in opportunity to fraudulently ma- g )CRA kt a p 5; [ l\Orui v>ai uiitiu R, 1932 Overflow Highway ? Bfem ! swSiie'^v/, iP?#^Ti fifteen thousand striking Illinois Coulterille and Franklin County, guns met them and routed the *>-w+r* -rx/tiieaic! aid federal Jury -.. - _ 1 ipulate the ballots. J. S. McBride, the Democratic regwas first defer.se witness on! le stand. He testified that the votlg arena was arranged according to istructions he received from Henry lardin, election board chairman, and lat it was the most convenient aringement possible. His testimony lamed N. T. Byers, the Republican idge. with holding up the election j refusing to serve where he direet1 him. Byers wanted to serve at te ballot boxes and McBride asked m to serve at the table for distriution of ballots. Byers' obstinacy ade it necessary for him to have im arrested in order that the elecon might open, McBride said. Diict and cross-examination of ateride consumed over three hour3. Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president 61 pp&lachian State College at Booh*, aii pl^Ced efl the ^tanA +r\ TAfutP. istimony offered by government itnesses lo u?e --cfthit- he- 5 i the Boone Trail cafe on the night receding the election and that he as in the office of John E. Brown ci ciuctibii a ay. iie sa?<! mat J. s. i [cBride and Chauncev Moody, twoj l-in d ante, were men of jond char-! ?ter. Chaunccy Moody was the next de-j ?r.se witness. He, being one of i he efendants and Democratic judge at te election in Cove Creek, offered istimony almost identical with that f McBride as to what occurred on lection day. Thursday was consumed largely by te testimony and cross-examination f J. B. Horton, Henry Hardin, Roy Wilson, Lee Mast and A. A. Perry, efendants. John E. Brown and Ed Williams were the only defendants at put on the stand for the defense. Henry Hardin, who was in 1928 inirman of the Watauga Board of lections, testified that he had no art in any conspiracy to prevent cittens from free exercise of their ights at the ballot, box and said his irection or the ariaugeuieiit of th? oting places in several of the townhips was the best possible under ex(Continued on Page 8) J. 0. P. CANDIDATES SPEAK SATURDAY [. S. William* of Concord aud P. P. Dulin of Stateiville Secured as the Speakers for Republican Convention Saturday Afternoon. H. S. Williams, prominent Concord Lwyer and Republican candidate for le attorney generalship, will deliver le keynote address when Watauga ounty Republicans gather in nomiating convention in the courthouse aturdav afternoon, according to anouncement coming from Chairman D. Hodges Monday. P. P. Dulin, f Statesville, who opposes Congressman Robert L. Doughton for the Jinth District seat, is also expected o be present and deliver a brief iscourse. inc convention is to tie called to rder at 1:30 and a complete slate 1" candidates for the county offices rill be nominated. The township leetings are to be held on Friday fternoon for the purpose of naming elegates to the county convention. 1ISS TRIVETT HONOR STUDENT | Miss Nell Trivett of Boone gradated with honors at the Teachers j College last week, and was valedic-j orian of her class. However, heri ame was unintentionally omitted j " l;rl rt"T fVftSC fid- ! rees. The error is regretted. $1.50 PER YEAK BOONE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED ON TUESDAY MORNING Exercises to Be Held in College Auditorium. New Studies to Be Introduced this Year. Guy H. Hill New Principal. Textbooks for Year Are Changed Only Slightly. Study Periods to Be Held in Afternoons. The opening of the Boone High School wil take place In the Appalachian State Teachers College auditorium at 8:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, September 13. The student body will assemble promptly at 8:30 where it will be oriented into the few changes that will take place during the ensuing year. Several prominent men will appear on the program, among them being President B. B. .Dougherty, Superintendent Smith Hagaman, Professor Chapel! Wilson, and Mayor J. M. Moretz. Parents and patrons are invited to be present and catch f.i?A r.ic? .mveiuuv v.men isoonfc is showing in the education of Her youth. Authorities are expecting a record enrollment this year, and mucn preparation has been made to accommodate adequately the influx of new pupils. Considerable time and effort has been spent to make the school plant as comfortable and as up-todate as possible, and the co-operation of the whole community it solicited in making this school year the best that Bo^nc has had. The teachers for the year are as follows: R. H. Harmon, Science; Grady Moretz, Civics and American History; Mrs. Baxter Linnoy, English; Miss Edna Holsclaw, French and General Science; Miss Annie Ruth German, Household Arts and General Science; Miss Grace Graybeal, Latin and English; Charles Farthing, Algebra and Mathematics; E. S. Christenbury, Geometry and History; Guy H. Hill, Principal and Director of Teacher Training. Considerable attention will be given to those activities inside and outeido fVi <1 r> I fw cvfiATv> '>V.i .-V. t? ...v. ?Tiu\.n ?ui mane the school as practical a w Jyf citizens as possible. The school is anxious toguidc irs puplis into doing belter those desirable activities which to anja^V; and it invites the interest of every citizen to ~. The textbooks for tfee year have been but slightly changed. Instead of having Ancient and Modern History this year, there will he substituted therefor a combination course known b.p World History. This may be taken in the ninth or tenth grades ami is an elective course. Instead of Commercial Geography there will be offered a course in Modern Problems of American Democracy. Text books may be procured from Miss Jennie Coffey. Special attention is called to the change in the daiiy schedule. The lehoo! day will open at 8:30, and from then until 9:00 there will take place those activities of leadership, management, government, fellowship, guidance, and helpfulness which are so necessary in the education of youth today. From 9-00 to 12:00 there will be three one-hour periods. From 12:00 to 1:00 will come the lunch hour which, for the pupils who remain at school will be supervised. The three afternoon periods will be exactly 50 minutes each, brisjisg *hi> day to a close at 3:30. Conference hours by the teachers will be held from 3:30 to 4:00 o'clock for all pupils who desire them, i The additional length of the pcrjiods is to he usee for the purpose of 1 directing study, that is. to help the pupils in the actual preparation of their lessons. Thus, a great deal of the study which has heretofore been relegated to th? home will take place in the school under the direction of the teacher who teaches the subject. At a later date, some 3tudy helps for pupils will be printed in The Democrat, and at that time ways and means whereby parents may help the child in his study program will he pointed out. BACK FROM MARKETS Mr. J. B. Brewer of the Five to Five Stores, has returned from the markets and today una cur. res the first local showing of spring coats. He reports evidences of a steady rise in prices of cotton goods and says in some instances mills are behind j cn deliveries and orders being held ; up temporarily. He says indications j are that the prices of dry goods will show a consistent rise throughout the j coming months. WATKINS TO COACH FROSH "Red" Wackina, of Winston-Salem, has taken up his duties as freshn.an football coach at State Teachers ColI'.ege, and is preparing a schedule for the first-year men which will include 1 various colleger, in this and other states. Mr. Watkins is a graduate of Maryvillc, and last year was an ; assistant coach at High Point ColI Ipt-o. This is the first year that Appa'achia has had freshman tootoau.
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