BOONE I
SKETCHES!
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first jloves
Did you ever sec an adolescent
chap, hair sleeked back with scented
ointment, shoes polished to the J
brilliance of a July sun, pinchbacked
coat anil white duck trous- (
ors . . . stepping out for the. very 1
firsc time with his lady-love? A
picture it is that would extract im- I
passioned sighs Trom a one-armed j
Venus, quicken the stride of a care- I
worn father, and bring back "appleblossom"
memories of a sun-bonnet I
and a pair of brown eyes and a kiss
in the gloaming to poor old grand
pap. "rioi loves arc the truest," |
or words to that effect, said the |
poet . . . aud wiio could doubt it? j
He looks at her and she looks at j
him, they blush and squirm and sip j
choc lut sodus, and giggle and whisv
per and dream dreams of glorious
rose-tinted days and months and
years! A curtain of ignorance,
thanks to the beneficent workings |
Of PrrtvMw?
_ .v.ivc, uuT-.c-tircs me sorrows |
and burdens and heartaches and j
rolling-pins and vampires and con- |
spinicies and treacheries, some of j
which just, naturally come :is the [
Book of Life unfolds its pages and j
the double harness of matrimony j
pinches the hides of those who wear
it. Mark Antony and the seductive
Cieopatria had a close session, says
history, as the royal barge, draped
in the richest of satins and silks,
drifted down the dreamy waters of
the Nile, and they sipped the rarest
vintages from golden goblets,
and immersed their very souls in
the ecstatic sensuality of illicit
love . . . hut Mark was an old hand,
at the game and Oeo was about
the most notorious courtesan north
(if the Knimlor . . . we'll bet. a
couple of million rubles that this
boy and *lr*> strolling hand in hand
through the gathering twilight, are
having a darned sight more fust
than did those dishonorable, lovers
of long ago. Ola Louis XV of
France cuddled a gal named Du
Barry close to his bosom, thumbed
his nose at the world, and allowed
his kingdom to topple for the joy
of her kisses . . . hut Looie, with
?*-? ?-* " *
?" ?" *i?'u iuiu naver aim jewels I
and stuff, couldn't iittivuiuf dial .
one little smootch that this hoy i
trienil of ours purloined from his j
sweetie as they parted at the gate, j
sonnsihles. maybe: crazy about each |
r.ihrr. ?o> sure; eicgliug and |
blushing; and smirking, yes . . . but
a pair of first loves to us is a groat
big dab of honey on the hard crust
ol life!
NERVES!
Automobiles airplanes, radios, telephones.
rocket cars and jig-saw puzzles
... all have come during the
Twentieth century . . . anu also
NERVES! Tiie o!d folks have 'em,
tie kids ha\e 'ern, the stately matrons
shudder and shake and scream,
the cake-eater quakes like a palsied
patriarch, the petite debutante get3
the jitters on occasions, and the poor
little babies batvl and squall, and beat
their dimpled fists on the floor . . .
all on account of NERVES! And do ;
folks iikc to be nervous? . . . yea.j
irArilu Thau do -van ns A Ifiiton lilies I
cream! "Oh. my poor nerves!" they '
ail say; and the}* rub their heads and
dash to the drug-store for bromo-seltzer,
ammonia or something! A young ]
married mar. stays away from home
all day because his kids get on his ]
poor, shaken nerves; a perfectly nice !
married lady refuses to answer the
door-bell because Mrs. Brown's garble ,
about .his-and-that tears her nerves j
into smithereens; a kind old gentleman
gallops hither and yon at the
sound of a honking motor horn; dear
old mother can't darn the socks or
book the cabbage or sweep the parlor *
because all of these erstwhile lawil- J
lar duties of womankind disagree with ?
her nervous system, and little John- 1
ny shakes the lafters with his satanic 1
shrieks . . . another little nervous *
one! It's all in the head, says we? *
purely a psychological enigma. And
tkir host of neurotics expend millions <
of dollars to psychopathic quacks, and I c
imbibe millions of quarts of impotent ?
compounds, and rant and rave and 1
brag and boast about NERVES . . . i
Frankly admitting that we know ?
not one thing about pill-making, and f
with kind apologies to the world at 1
large, we venture to say that a hick- 1
cry wythe freely applied the equa- c
torial portions of humankind would
rectify fully ninety-five per cent, of 1
all the shattered nerves north of the
Rio Grande and south of the Seven
County Singing Was j
Largely Attended <
i
The semi-annual county sinking was \
held in Boone Sunday, and classes (
well versed in the rendition of re- i
ligious hymns gathered from different
sections of the county. Hundreds i
of people came to enjoy the music, s
mingle with their friends, and enjoy 1
picnic dinner in shady spots through- j
out the neighborhood. The event was t
an unusually enjoyable one, and the a
large and orderly crowd remained in a
town throughout the day. t
WA1
A Non
?OIiUMB3 XLTV. NITMRgR 49
Jimmy Mattern, Texas aviator, ?n
who has completed two legs ol his |v
solo round-the-world flight, at- |t
tempting to lower the eight-day |F
record of Wiley Post and Harold c
Gatty. Wednesday morning he was t
reported flying over Siberia. t
t
r m t r pamdo c
\J. HI. I . \j. Ij/liTlI O n
ARE DISCONTINUED;
S
Watauga Boys Notified Not to lie- n
port for Military Service. Would ?y
Have to Bear Expense of n
Return Trip. j-,
$
Smith Hagaman, C. M. T. C. rep* f.
resentative for Watauga County, a
Monday issued a statement notifying e
the ten local boys who had been ap- s
proved for military service that they s
need not report for service at Camp
Bragg this summer. Due to the re- (]
^prestation program of President
Roosevelt, citizens training will temporarily
be abandoned by the Govern- v
ment, and Watauga recruits are >
warned thai if they report at camp c
they will have to return home at their r
own expense. Mr. Hagaman's state- j
ment in full follows: ?
"I am in receipt of notice from the | j
citizens xanunry Training Corps (
headquarters that owing to the con- r
gcsted training camps, by reason of ]
the reforestation program, that C.
M. T. C. framing is called oft by or- ^
der of the Government. I
"This is to EOtlfy all Watauga hovs .
who have been approved for Fort ,
Bragg encumpiucut not to go Jw; ti'.cy t
cannot " ~ ~VT
to return home at their own ex- j
pense." 5
(
Bairds Creek Man Cut |
By Hurst Harmon <
t
Late Sunday afternoon Tliuthyl j t
McGhtnnis, resident of ttio Bairds 5
Creek section, was badly cat ill an t
altercation with Hurst Harmon, also 1
a resident of that community. Har- r
mou is alleged to have ridden by the ii
McGhinnis home, slopped his car,
walked back to the house and started >
cursing McGhinnis. He then drew a '
knife and inflicted several deep
wounds upon the arms and body of
Ins adversary. McGhinnis was un-1
armed. Medical treatment was ad- ^
ministered by Dr. W. O. Bingham, and
the injured man is said to be recover- a
iiig nicely. r
A warrant was issued for the ar- f
rest of Harmon, but this (Wednes- ^
lay) morning he had not been apprelended.
^
- e;
Dave Dishman Badly si
Cut in Knife Battle ti
ei
Dave Dislim&n, of the Beaver Dam fi
section, was badly cut in an affray p
Saturday night, allegedly by Guy C
stout. He was brought to Boone to
where several deep gashes about the
lead were treated by a physician,
md his condition is reported to be 1
satisfactory.
A warrant was issued for Stout,
charging him with the assault, but
>n Monday evening he wa3 arrested
it Blowing Rock for driving drunk, F
odged in Boone jail, and Tuesday tr
norning was sentenced by Judge ti
luddreth to four months on the roads oi
or the last mentioned violation. Who- w
her or not the assault charge will D
>e tried at this time could not be as- p
sertained Wednesday morning. w
- v?
Peoples Bank May Be ^
Reopened Shortly ?
R. T. Greer and Gurney D. Brink w
ey, president and cashier respectivey
of the Peoples Bank and Trust 5
Company, returned last Thursday
rom Raleigh, where they ccnferred
vith State Banking Commissioner '
lurney P. Hood relative to the openng
of that closed institution. g
Mr. Hood approved a plan whereby c
t is believed the bank can be opened, y,
i meeting of stockholders was held aj
Yiday evening, and committees ap- ie
>ointed to carry on the reorganiza- T
ion work. They report a ready re- tl
iponse on the part of depositors, and ti
itate that they see no reason why the v:
?tnk will not be opened shortly. il
AUG
-Partisan Newspaper, D
BOONE, WATAUGA COl
TANNER ELK GIVEN
IEAR STATEMENT
5Y HEALTH BOARD
'unitary Condition in Nearby Tout
Said to Be Good. Aldermen Adopt
State Milk Ordinance. New Watei
System Pat Into Use. SusSmei
Tourist Business Starts. Many Neu
Improvements.
Banner Elk.?Dr. James M. Parrot
'.tale heaitn officer, Monday wirec
complete public endorsement of the
lealth situation at Banner Elk tc
Sdgar H. Tufts, president of GeesJcRae
College. His statement, mack
iter a visit to Banner Elk last weelj
vith Dr. J. T. Burrus, president ol
he State Board of Health, says: "Tht
niblic may now regard the sanitary
onditions at Banner Elk as satiaf&cory
and as being better at this time
han in many sections of the connry.
I have confidence that the local
uthorities will continue their present
o-operation with the State departlent
of health in maintaining satisictory
sanitary conditions."
Thu '-?* :
j-Mw yi uanwci jUiin XplJOWUlg
>r. Parrot's meeting:, adopted the
tate milk ordinance requiring: tliat
lilk be graded. The Edgar Tufts Memorial
Association has constructed a
ew water system, supplied by a 170Dot
well, at an approximate cost of
2500. Dr. Parrot's wire commented
xvorably on those improvements and
lso stated that "the county of Avry
and town of Banner Elk have
ecured the services of a competent
anitary inspector and he is on the
ob and under the supervision of this
epartment."
Sanitary 3ns pee tor Named
The inspector is M. M. Melvin, whe
5 assisted by Robert McDaniel ol
Rowland. John Frauk Hampton, the
h airman of the board of county comnissioners,
and R C. l*owe, mayor ol
Janner Elk, co-operated with the
State officials and Ixies-McRae Col
ege in removing all known source:
>f contagious diseases in Banner Ell
md in winning the approval of Dr
Carrot.
With the receipt of Dr. Parrot'i
Lclegram, Banner Elk announces thi
formal opening of its summer touris
season. T'iPre nre tfxrr\ the lar
ger of which is Pinnacle Inn, owne<
smu o^riuixu by LCC5-2ttClvuC Oollcgt
mTCiimg- yj ?y? .H
place on Thursday, June Sth, with
meeting of the board of trustees. Thi
college has spent approximately fif
teen hundred dollars in internal im
movements in the Inn buildings, in
:luding a new kitchen; and ice ma
hine with a capacity of two ahd one
lalf tons daily, and a freezing roon>0?
T rv - ?
?n fiiTiru; rnnges; an
riHnerator; eight new private
>ath3; and painting: and wall paperng,
throughout the two stone bufldngs
use<l by the Inn guests.
Woretz and Puiliam
Name of Legal Merger
W. E. Moretz and Robert W. Puliam,
local attorneys, have formed a
artnership for the practice of taw,
nd the style of the new firm is Moetz
and Puiliam. Offices are located
or the present in the Blackburn
uilding near the courthouse.
Mr. Moretz has been engaged in
lie practice of law for the past sevml
roontVin l.?- *1 ?
ii>v?>uio, ouu iiiui uppaicuuy
tarted a very successful career. Mr.
'ulliam, who following the compleon
of an intensive education, locati
here six years ago, closed his ofice
three years later, to accept a
osition under the Bureau of the
ensus in Washington. The two young
arristers form an able partnership.
rhree Arrested for
Larceny of Wool
Frank Shores, Joe Presnell and
orre3t McOhiunls, Watauga county
len, are out on bond, and will face
-ial next week in Recorder's Court
i a charge of stealing a quantity of
ool, the property of Or. H. B. Peril-.
The wool was taken from the
hysician's farm at Valle Crucis &
eek ago, and was four.d in Ashe
ounty, it having originally been sold
) an Asheville dealer. The trio was
rrested on a charge of larceny, foliwing
an investigation. The fleece
om about seventy-five head of sheep
as involved.
toil Survey Bulletins
For Watauga Available
County Superintendent Smith Haaman
has a supply of the Watauga
bunty soil surveys, issued several
ears ago by the Federal government,
nd asks that all these wishing cop3
call at his office and get them,
he bulletins, which were furnished
irough the courtesy of Representave
Robert L. Doughton, are very
sluable, and the supply is necessary
more or less limited.
A Dl
evoted to the Best Intere
JNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THUR
[ U. S. Delegation to W
These four men sailed on the lin
j week to represent the United Stat
] The delegation comprised Cordell W
delegation, upper right; James M.
t*?r Key Pitt man, lower left, and
Tennessee, lower right. The Adm
frank to admit that the prospects
Joh 11 Harsh;
j Suicide on
Trip Here;
John Harshuw, Lenoir residen
r who on Monday evening' was mar
[ rled in Boone to Miss Effic Sud
(lrctli, brought the honeymoon tri
, to a tragic climax Wednesday mor
. ning when he fired a bullet froi
? -iw rutiuic levwivcr IIIIU HITS iei
side below the heart. Ph,ysicia|i
s who were speedily summoned to tti
local hotel, where the Havshav.
L were, registered, had been iinab
at press time to determine exac
^ ly the extent of iti.-. ???
. i>S/ere. inclined to the belief that 1
Tl^ho* a chnr.ee to TWovcr. i
a ihvostlgauuo wT the r:h-v*? ;*"r ?whii
e was without eye-witness, was calk
' <vff when Mr. Harshavv told atfen<
ants that he fired the near-fat:
shot. He is about (55 years old.
Wednesday morning, according i
information, Mr. A. H. Bush on lie
l at the hotel to see Mr. Harshnw o
(| some business matters. Both me
. ( are employed by the Standard O
Company, Harsnaw ioiu Btihb, i
is stated, that he was going out t
collect some money and didn't lik
the idea of being unarmed. Mr. Busl
told him he hadn't a revolver, bu
i James Grays
! Shot on Wi
I
James Grayson, 22, night polic.em;
at North Wilkesboro, died in Wilk
Hospital early Thursday mornii
from gunshot wounds received t]
night before as he walked his be
near the Deposit and Savings Ban
Glenn Walsh, 24, of Summit, and
boy with him who refused to gii
his name, were arrested a short tin
after the shooting by Deputy Sheri
Silas Reynolds. Walsh is being he
in the Wilkes jail for trial at U
next term of Superior Court, and
is understood that officers hai
obtained a confession of guilt on h
part.
Young Grayson was a son of M
and Mrs. J. C. Grayson, had been c
the North Wilkesboro force for tw
years, and was said to have been a
Three Badly In
Turns Over
An automobile occupied by Mrs
Floyd Eggers and two children anc
Clay Brown, was overturned neai
Blowing Bode Sunday nwu, Inflict
Ing serious injuries to some of tin
occupants of the machine. Mrs. Kggers
received severe cuts anc
bruises about the head and body
and it was feared that internal fnI
juries had been sustained. She is
confined to her bed, but there h
today less apprehension as to hei
condition. A small son suffered a
broken leg, and a little daughtei
was considerably cut about the
head. Young Brown received a
badly crushed shoulder and deep
cuts about the face.
T-ie accident is said to have oc
?MOC
sts oi Northwest Noi Car
SDAY, JUNE S, 1933
? .
?? "J
orld Economic Conference %.
icr President Koosevett for London, last i
:es at the World Etionoioic Conference.
Lull, Secretary of State, chairman of the
Cox, Ohio publisher, upper left; ScnaRopresentative
Sam D. McKeynolds of
inistvution leaders at Washisgtcn are
of the conference are definitely limited.
aw Attempts
Honeymoon
May Recover |
i
t j might find one for him. He sue- [
- [ ceeded In securing a weapon, which
!- \ he thought was to he used for tb.c
p i protection of corporation money,
- j and left the hotel. Fifteen minutes
n later the report of the gun was
;t I heard and hotel attendants found
is | Mr. Harsh aw sitting on the tied j
te | with blood gushing from the wound
;s '| in his body. No one eiso was seen
Ic | ill the room at the time. Physicians
t- | and police were summoned, and a?.t
; c'j;n;sar.jcd ta the rojrjn by the hole
j tcl manager. Sirs. Ilarshaw wiw
ie | utflKpnt then, and c-xphuncd that
o I see nan neon m kmc aurnrncm
m1 ing: a bath when the effort fit seif1
destruction was made. The revolver
?i was lying at the side of the wounded
man.
to The police began to make an ind
vestigation of the affair when Mr.
n Ilarshaw explained that he fired !
n the shot, hut declined to make a
it statement as to the cause of the j
t iicfc
o Mr. Ilarshaw is the son of the
e late Moses Hurshaw, and is widely
ii known throughout Watauga and
fc this section of the State.
son is Fatally
ikesboro Beat
in, excellent officer. He was well and
es' favorably known in Watauga, where
1&. !he had many friends and relatives.
I Reports state that Walsh and his
e j companion were drinking in a Tenth j
atiStreet cafe, and that Grayson had'
k. seen them there. The officer had !
a been told by the proprietor of the!
jp. Mtino* HAHOO Wfni-i. ?? '
. _ ..... kuMi. nauu WCLS Ciirry- j
le iDg a pistol. Grayson approached the I
ff two men, and as he attempted to ar- j
Id rest them, Walsh opened fire. Two of
je the five shots found their mark, one,
it in the right arm, the other in the!
,-e abdomen.
is Funeral services were conducted:
from the North Wilkesboro Method-,
r. iat church Friday afternoon, and in>n
I torment took place in City Cemetery, j
o ! Several Boone friends of the deceased !
n I man attended the rites.
.. ,i .Z.
ijured As Auto
At Rio wilier Rock
o
enrred when the heavy machine hit
I some sand at the edge of the highr
way and the fragile lady was Unable
to Ojj onr paoopirflhv
5 were forced to go to the village to
secure aid before the auto could
I be removed from its passengers.
HARSHAW?SUDDERTH
I Married at the Daniel Boone Hotel
i Monday evening-. Miss Effie Sudderth
r to Mr. J. M. Harshaw, both the ooni
tracting' parties being residents of
Lenoir. E. X. Hahn, Esq., performed
s the ceremony. Mr. Harshaw is well
t known in Watauga County, having
> been connected with the Standard Oil
Company for many years, and being
a son of the late Mose Harshaw.
RAT
olina
$1.50 PER YEAR
BRIEF ILLNESS IS
FATAL TO MISS
GRACE SHERRILL
Popular Young Lady Succumbs afc
Grace Hospital Following Operation.
Was 32 Years Old. Funeral
Services Held Saturday and Interment
at Pine Grove. Church Leader
and Business Woman.
Miss Belva Grace Sherrill, 32 years
old. and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Sherrili of Boone, died at
Grace Hospital, Banner Elk, Friday
morning, after having undergone an
operation for acute appendicitis. She
had been ill for about ten days when
death came.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday from the Advent Christian
Church by Rev. S. E. Gragg, and the
auditorium was packed with sorrowing
friends from throughout this section
of the State. The floral offerings
were abundant and beautiful, and evidenced
the esteem in which deceased
was held.
Active pallbearers were: Messrs
James Councill A. J. Justus, Ford E.
King:, Charlie Hodges. II. F. Greene
and Ben Moody. Honorary pallbearers
were Messrs. G. P. Hagaman, John
Greer, K. K. Bingham, John E. Crown,
John Steele. Henry J. Hardin, J. F.
Moore and W. Ft. Loviil.
Those in charge of the flowers
were: Misses Helen Underdown, Edna
Moody, Ruth Blair, Pauline McGhee,
Helen Gragg, Vivian Carter, Fay Vannoy,
Sylvia Greene, Edith Miller, Josephine
Hodges, Elizabeth King; Mrs.
Morris Casey, Mrs. John Greer, and.
Mrs. Henry Hardin.
Interment was at Pine Grove Advent
Church three miles from Boone,
in the neighborhood of the old Sherrill
home. Surviving are the father
and mother, four brothers and four
sisters: Miss Stella Sherrill of Boone;
Mrs. Rlanche Hayes of Shepherds,
Va.; Mrs. Edna Penick of Boone;
Mrs. Anne Vannoy, Shulls Mills; William
Sherrill, Hodges Gap; Alien
Sherrill. Plainfield, N. J.; Eber and
lOrrin Sherrill, Boone.
Miss Sherrill was Ijorn in Watauga
| County and had spent the most of lie:'
jlife in this community. She received
I her education at the Appalachian
iCoiieag here, and-later. deeidine- to
: enter the field ot businesa, took a
I commercial ccnroo nt a VTi:a*viH? ui|atitution.
For the past twejvu OrTiKc
teen yeara- "insT nau pufaVsiU"
rial duties and had been secretary
for the local State Highway ofl'ice
since it was established. For two sessions
of the Legislature she held responsible
positions in the office of
the Secretary t.f State.
Miss Sherrill hud been a member
of Uie Advent Church for 15 years
and was very active in religious duties.
Whether in business, church or
social circles, "Grace," as she was familiarly
called by her old friends, was
a leader, and represented the highest
type of Christian womanhood. Her
death was the occasion for widespread
and genuine sorrow.
New Ynrlr .Jnin-naliet
Guest Here Last Week
Mr. and Mrs. Charter B'ollz Jr.,
Now York City, spent tile week-end
at the Daniel Boone Hotel, as a part
of a honeymoon trip through the Blue
Ridge Mountains. The newly-weds
made the trip to Winston-Salem from
the. Metropolis by air, and were accompanied
to Boone by Judge T. W.
Watson of the Winston-Salem municipal
court, Mrs. Watson, and Jack
Pinner, of Shawnee, Okla.
The New Yorkers were much impressed
with the beauty of this section
of the country, and considered
Boone a model little city. Mr. Foltz
is a son of the publisher of the NewYork
Herald Tribune, -?
First Installment of June
Relief Funds Is Received
Raleigh.?Watauga County receives
this week the first of four installments
of ?2.620.00 allotted to the
county for June relief, the Governor's
Office of Relief sending the checks
out to county treasurers June 6, to
be followed by the three other installments
as the inoulh passes.
North Carolina will have $651,300
available for June, about 13 per cent,
less than was requested of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, and
about 20 per cent less than the $866,000
received for May.
"Reports from all section of the
State indicate a considerable improvement
in employment," the report
said. The lesser amount available is
expected to be sufficient to take care
of the more pressing needs, especially
in view of the general reports of
improvement in employment.
PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENS
The public school opened Tuesday
for a six-weeks session. All the
grades are being taught. Students
who plan to attend are urged to enter
at once.