North Carolina Newspapers

\ BOONE SKETCHES ) By J. C. R. I I ? "" ^ PROSPER IT V ji <From The Elkin Tribune) i The following clipping, credited to the Hopkins (Missouri) Journal, / shows one part of the United States! where they struck oil, and don't know there is a depression, being a copy of | a letter from that locality: Well, since I sold my little farm! in Arkansaw. X have prospered. YoU| know we always lived in the on 2 \ room shack but I carne to East Texas, i and bought, a farm and pretty soon j I leased it to an oil company and was sure lucky. They hit a big oil field on the place and now I have I a big house in Alto. It has six rooms. 1 There is one room we do nothing but I eat m. There is one that we just 'sit in: two rooms that we don't do any- , thing but sleep in; one room that we dont do anything but cook in, j ^ and there is one that is all white and has a place that you can wash all over, and over in a corner is a place [ that you can wash your face and j hands in and over in the other ccv-1 ner there is a place you can wash your feet in. When we moved in there were- two lids on this, but we have taken them off We are using one of them for a dough board and we have framed grandpa's picture with the other one. Write me a letter when you have time. "Your friend, Jim." Bob Reynolds Offers Apology for Address Washington. ? Expressing embarrassment because he had inserted a speech in the Congressional Record reflecting on Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, and his colleague, Senator Bailey, Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina, Tuesday made public apology in the Senate with the explanation he had not read the speech. The address was delivered by Morris A. BealJe of this city and formerly of North Carolina, at a convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at High Point. N. C. Bealle asserted in the speech that Robinson belonged to the "Hamiltonian, or Morgan-Mellon group." while Reynolds lined up with the Jefferaonian group which looked to Senator Long, Democrat of I Louisiana, for "leadership," He also referred to the fact that Boilcv had not voted on the Trammoil amendment t" in vet- I trails' compensation to 15 per cent, and said the veterans would have "won a better victory had Senator Baiiev shown the same interest in the veterans that Senator Reynolds did." "I confess in all candor," said Reynolds, red of face and "humiliated and embarrassed"?as he put it when he tool: the floor and obtained permission to expunge the speech from the Record, "that I committed the insertion of that speech in the Record without ever having read it. I had no idea Mr. Bealle would refer to any of my colleagues in this body." He said he had the greatest "ad miration lor icooinson ana Knew ne would noc be a member of such a "cH'iue" as Bealle referred to. "That is not true," he added regi vdir.g the references to Bailey, "because X know Senator Bailey to be a man honor and integrity." SAYS TRUCK GROWERS NEEIl BETTER FERTIIJZEU Certain soluble meats, consisting chiefly of chlorides or chlorine, will injure truck crops like sweet potatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupes and lettuce grown on sandy soils during a dry season and the fertilizers used under these crops should contain not more than five per cent, of these chiorldes when 1,000 pounds or more of fertilizers are used per acre. "The new fertilizer law does not require raanu/acturres to give the contents of all the fertilizers sold partly for the reason that no method of chemical analysis can check the amounts of such ingredients used," says L. G. Willis, soil chemist at the State College. "Therefore, the truck grower should use carefully the information he has available about the kind of materials to use with his crops especially where he distributes 1,000 or more pounds to the acre. In truck fertilizers there is a considerable risk when the concentration of soluble salts is unnecessarily high. The salts found injurious most commonly are carried in low analysis potash fertilizers and consist chiefly of oHinT-irtpn or chlorine." j Experimented work with tobacco has made it possible to prescribe fairly accurately the maximum amount of chloride that can be used without risk or damage, Willis says, but work ( with truck crops is not complete enough yet to allow such a limit to be set. However, truck growers should see to it that the chloride content is not over 5 per cent, when fertilizers are used at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the acre. For tobacco, this content should not be above two per cent. The cost of a fertilizer gu-.ranteei ! WA1 ANoi |VOLUME XLJV, NUMBER 50 Goes to ! Miss Celeste Jedel, 22, Barnard ; graduate In *31, ard a thpw. j under Prof. Raymond Moiey, nonassistant Secretary of State, Is now | assistant legal adviser to Prof. Moli ey at Washington. THREE ACQUITTED OF THEFT CHARGE i Joe Presnell, Forest McGItini* and j Fnink Shore iVdjudgod Not Guilty By Judge Suddreth. Other Cases Disposed Of. Joe Presnell, Forest McGhinis and Frank Shore were released from charges of the larceny of a large amount of wool, the property of I3r. H. B. Perry of Boone, when given a preliminary hearing before Judge I Suddcrth In Recorders Court Tuesday. No probable cause was found, as a i State witness failed to identify the; trio as those who were in possession | of the wool. Forest McGhinis and Frank Shore were also arraigned or. a charge of arson, being accused of setting fire to the county bastile after they were incarcerated on the former charge. A Federal prisoner, introduced as a witness, however, testified that the burning of some of the bedclothing was an accident. Guy Stout, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was adjudged guilty and placed under a suspended sentence of six months. He was also assessed with the cost; Clayton Hayes, assault with deadly weapon, forcible Lreapeuw, Aim the ! Vise of pruiiuic anu wiatAOup ?u?Itfiiaao in jnuhUc; assessed with the cost, fined f-25, and placed under a six-months suspended sentence. One civil action came up, that of Dishman vs. Guy, and growing out of an administrator's settlement. The I case whs non-suited. THREE KILLED, TWO BADLY HURT IN WRECKS SUNDAY North Wilkesboro.?Three persons lost their lives and two were seriously injured in automobile accidents which occurred in this section during the week-end. | Hobard Myers. 18, of Hall's Mill, was killed almost instantly Saturday j night about 11 o'clock in an automojbile wreck near his home. Tie was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Myers, j The most serious wreck, of the three cost the life of Fred Kilby. 24, and may result fatally for his t.wo companions, Tony White and Robert Brooks, all of this city. The accident occurred about 8 o'clock Sunday mor- ] ning in front of the Call yostoffice, j five miles from the city on the Boone: Trail Highway. The roadster in which they were riding1 turned over on the concrete j highway. Kilby died a few minutes j after reaching the hospital. White j and Brooks were in the hospital, the i extent of their Injuries still undeter- j mined. The 12-year-old son of George Up- j church, of near l^aurcl Springs. Alleghany County, whose name was not learned, was killed Saturday when he was run over by a truck. Jt was reported that a five-ton truck ran over him when the boy stepped from! behind another truck. Local Officials May Attend Govt. Meeting Several county officials are expected to attend the sessions of the Institute of Government which is to be held Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24f at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and which is especially designed to promote the exchange of governmental ideas between the officials and to discuss the acts of the recent geu erai assemmy. au county, suite ana municipal officials are urged to participate, and high officials of both state and national note will be present and take part in the proceedings. Watauga County and city officials interested in attending these sessions should get in touch with Albert Cosies, director, Chapel Hill, N. C., and secure reservations. ing the chloride content will be higher than ordinary mixtures, but may be worth the difference, Willis 3ays. "AUG. a-Partisan Newspaper, De BOONE, WATAUGA COW < Iboard education IN SPECIAL MEET; NEW LAW IS TOPIC | Redistricting of County Under Terras of New School Machinery Act Coi\stitutes Principal Business Monday and Tuesday. New Map Forwarded to Raleigh for Approval. Many Divisions Eliminated. The Watauga County Board of Ed-, ucation was in special session Monday and Tuesday, making a study of th<$ new school law and redisricting thifif | county to conform to the terms olS | the legislation. ,i j Under the new arrangement there, i Vvill be 25 districts in the county as [compared to 50 under the old system. | A new school map of the county was j prepared and forwarded to Raleigh* , and as soon as approved the document will be returned and the board will meet again for the purpose of naming the members of the district j school committees. This can probaIbly be done the last of this week, it is said. Officials state that they believe the I new law will simplify the management of the county's schools to a j great extent, as there will be only | half as many committeemen, and the educational department should be thoroughly adjusted to the new requirements and functioning smoothly I within a minimum length of time. BAY STATE FOR I REPEAL 4 TO 1 ; Wet Delegates to Massachusetts Convention Win Overwhelmingly. Eleventh State to Ratify Repeal Resolution. Boston. Massachusetts Tuesday joined the column of states committed to repeal of the 18th Amendment as repeal-pledged delegates won ai smashing victory in the contest for seats in a constitutional convention, to act 011 ratification, of an amend ment to repeal prohibition. It was the eievchtti state to ratify in effect by election of wet delegates. In each of the fifteen concession-1 al districts, from which three dele- | srates were chosen, the wets rolled j up huge majorities. Greet gains, so wiiipucu witliViiUiiHS when prohibition was involved, were made by the wets in ail sections of the State, especially in the rural districts. Al! but a few towns voted on the question of local license, and in many small towns where in 1924 license was voted down the vote Tuesday was | in favor of it. In ratifying repeal. Massachusetts joined Wyoming. Illinois. Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Rhode Island, Delaware, Wisconsin, and Nevada. W. M. U. to Hold Annual Meeting on Wednesday Tile Woman s Missionary Union of the Three Forks Association will hold its annual meeting in Boone Baptist Church, beginning on Wednesday morning, June 21st, at 10 o'clock. [The session will continue throughout I ihe day and lunch will be served by the Boone Woman's Missionary Society. The main feature of the meeting [will be an address by Miss Emma Leachman, of Atlanta, Ga., field secretary for the Southern Baptist Convention. The public is invited to attend. OVEKDRAFT OF STATE SHOWS A LARGE INCREASE Raleigh--North Carolina's cash overdraft. June 1 was $1,035,558 as j against $081,283.81 May 1st of the same year. The receipts were $948,639.07 for May and the warrant disbursements were $1,022,913.26. That made the cash overdraft slightly above the million and lower than might have been expected at this collecting time of the year. The cash overdraft was larger June 1, 1933, than it was July 1st, 1932, when the whole amount was $502,612.43. The year just covered was a progressive deficit. The collections for the remainder of the fiscal 12 months will doubtless help to keep down the deficit. Indeed, there has been a universal pick up. The State isn't busted. It had quite some coin in its treasury from the operation of the highway and special funds. Its cash balance was $6,753,390.83. The receiDts for the month i were $3,043,673.90? May 31, 1933, with everything in, the balance was $7,130.513.06. The net cash balance now stands at $7,527,539.28. The State debt is $182,414,000. The corcraonweAltd is getting along pretty well. A. DE voted to the Best Interests 1TY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY Unemployed Women 'ffeltie middlc-uce?l 'vomen were the ' Experimental Camp for unemployed i ^Mti^ished in the Bear Mountain distil ^rOrdefi^, of Miss Frances Perkins, Seen ^^p^nkUti D. Roosevelt. Photo shov at the Welfare Council in New York C kins, Secretary of I^ibor. ^M;C. Growers Sell Wool; Ghatha Bidder; 30 C The Chatham Manufacturing: Co. i 1 of Eikin was the successful bidder j < wken approximately 85,000 pounds i of wool was offered for sale last j 1 Thursday by the Watauga County ! ? Wool Committee. The fleece brought. ] SO cents per pound and will he la- t ken up at Valle Cruris, Vilas and t Boone on June 22. 1 Farmers generally agree that the i pool proved very successful this < anf' V*nttA?.r, 1,"^ ' * j I ui>u in.HH V n. nun aavCM VUU I growers at least 5 rents per pound, < as Wi>ol sold previous to Thursday \ from the county at large averaged I less *&?in twenty-five cents. Some j 1 wool Iras been sold for SO cents and 1 i ~ Mopp&d By The Watauga Post American Le-101 gion, in session at Legion Hail Fri- re: day evening, voted in favor of hold- m ir.g a Fourth of July celebration in Boone, and a committee appointed for 01 the purpose has drafted o tentative ir program of various sports which will d: last continuously from 9:45 a. m. to m 5:30 p. m. ti According to present incomplete arrangements, the celebration will be w different from the usual independ- w ence day fetes, in that there will be ri no patriotic or other addresses. At ir 9:45 a. m., a colorful parade through U the streets of the town is scheduled U to set off the festivities, following which visitors will proceed directly t< to college athletic field, where upon p the payment of a small admission fee, J p Jeffress Reapj Highway H (By M. R. DTTNiSAGAN ti Special Writer for The Democrat Raleigh, June 13.?E. B. Jcftrcss " was named chairman and George Ross Pou executive director of the new w State Highway and Public Works Com sl mission, formed by the Genera! As- n sembly from the highway and prison departments, headed now by these a two men, and A. J Maxwell was re- ?' appointed Commissioner of Revenue in an announcement by Governor Kb- Ci ringhaus Saturday night. At the same time Governor Ehringhaus named the six members of the e Highway and Public Works Commis- 11 sion, as follows: Charles Whedbee, e Perquimans county; W. C. Woodard, Nash: James A. Hardison, Anson; I?u- ? ther Hodges, Rockingham; Ros3 Sigmoil, Rowan and Frank W. Miller of Haywood county. L Previously Governor Ehringhaus had broken his silence to appoint Ed- C win Gill as Commissioner of Paroles, succeeding Tyre Taylor; Charles B. Aycock to handle workmen's compensation cases arising under relief em- f< ployment through the Governor's of- d flee of relief; General J. VanB. Metts u as Adjutant General and Col. Gordon g Smith as Assistant Adjutant General, t< the latter two having served in these positions for 12 years. C In announcing the highway and s public works officials. Governor Eh- d ringhaus said that the law consolidat- v ing the two departments will become b effective July 1, Mr. Pou serving for a s of Northwest North Care JUNK 15, 1833 aiiu vjiiriS to Comp^ ^ | first applicants for entrance to the women and criris which has h??f?n *ict of New York State under the ;tary of JLabor, and sponsored by 1 k!? first three applicants registering ity. Insert is of Miss Frances Per35,000 Lbs. im Is Hiah enls Is Price i little for 32 cents, but this is cit;d as a direct result of the pool. The decision to sell the local Fleece at this time, the committee I ?aid, was partly duo to the World | Economic Conference, which was i hought likely to cause the tariff :o be lowered. The buyer stated that Jie mills did not need any more .cool at the present time, for most :>f the farmers had already sold hem this commodity. This remark constitutes a powerful argument for cooling, and farmers next year will iikely hold their wool anil stick to the co-operative method of marketing. Is* -J-'* Legion Post xe is permitted to enjoy the full jund of amusement and entertainient without leaving the grounds. Refreshments and foods will be sold ily by the Legion post and fo** a iriing sum a visitor may spend the ty, and experience not a dull motent, according to the sponsors of xe event. Three official league baseball games ill be played during the day, there ill be foot races, potato races, sack xces, amateur and professional boxtg, and many other sports and conists. A street dance is planned osj xe closing event, in the evening. j The annual fiddlers' convention is I x be held during the fourth of July, eriod, but the exAct date for this! opular event has not been decided. | pointed As ead By Gov. me as superintendent of the prison ivision. He said many friends had rged naming Mr. Pou as chairman, tit naming him as executive director as in line with his own wishes. He lated before the Reorganization committee of the General Assembly that : -was not his desire to be chairman nd he has repeated it several times ince. In fact, the campaign for him ? said to have been waged more by uemies of Mr. Jeffries than by the riends of Mr. Pou. Regret was expressed that the preset highway and prison boards could ot be retained, Governor Ehringhans ^pressing Appreciation of their work, he new board members are all from aunties not heretofore represented on ae highway body. The remaining oficials are expected to be named in he next few days. )ONGRESS ASKS THAT THE AKRON BE REPLACED Washington.?A ringing demand or continued lighter-than-air craft evelopment for the national defense 'as made Saturday by the joint conressional committee that investiga _m me AKron disaster. The committee, in its report to tongress, strongly recommended contruction of a training ship, and pening its completion the committee adocated rccommissioning the dirigile Los Angeles for training and reearch purposes. RAT slina *1.50 PER YEAR m m i.r r.'ujjr.1. ,.i. ., .. aKitwirvr. r> fiAi i rftr mmAi i o 1<ULLE<UE< EAIiULlA MORE THAN 700 AT OPENING ON 6TH New legislation Extending Certificates Resulted in Only Small Drop ir? Registration from Last Year. More Than Two-thirds of Students Are Women. Economical Training l'revcnts Further Loss in Nurnhers. Seven hundred and sixteen teachers have been enrolled at the Appalachian State Teachers College for the first six weeks summer term, which started last week, according to information coining from the office I of Professor J. M. Downum, registrar, 1 Wednesday afternoon. Prof. Downturn states that this is j considered a record enrollment due to the fact that the past legislature passed a law making it unnecessary [for numbers of teachers to come and [renew their certificates this year, i Certificates expiring in 1932 were extended until 1935 and it was believed that this, coupled with the. depressed business over the country, would react to a marked degree, However, explains Mr. Downum, this year's figures are much less than a hundred below those of last year. The. fame of the local institution has spread to such an extent that teachers conic from choice rather than , compulsion, and the ideal summer clii mate as well as low costs of training conrtibute a share to its continued success. FUNERAL IM JDS AT. FOR J. M. HARSHAW Prominent Citizen Dies Thursday at Daniel Bonne Hotel from Effects of Self-inflicted Bullet Wound. ! Well Known in Watauga. TT.irw>*-f>l f - o*-iv*v.?_-o *.v* juiiii ivi. rxo.rsbaw, 55, wore conducted from the home in L-enoir Saturday afternoon, the well known citizen having; sucj cum bed Thursday morning: at the I Daniel Boone Hotel here, the result of a self-inflicted bullet wound while I he and hi3 bride of two days were aoheymobiiing- at uie iocai hostelry. ! Air Hnrsh.'iiv was found ir. his room [mortally wounded at 11:45 We-dnenI day, but waa conscious tcrougnout the afternoon and evening'. He insistfeu" that the anootinghimself, but failed to assign any motive for the act. His young- bride, the former Miss Effie Suddreth of Edgejmont, to whom he was married the previous Monday evening, was said to have been in the bathroom when the shot was fired. The bullet entered the chest, toward the lower extremity of the heart, and passed completely through the Ixxty and into the mat! tress. I Harshaw was a prominent citizen of this section, being well known in I Watauga. County. He was district I manager for the Standard Oil Company. and had riser, to many other 'business heights. Ke is survived by a daughter, three | sons and his young bride I : Ask for Aid in the Upkeep City Cemetery | Messrs. J. S. Slanbury and B. J. i Council!, who constitute the commitjtec in charge of the town cemetery, have requested that all those who have made financial pledges on the improvements being made, pay these pledges at once, and that others interested will greatly benefit the worthy cause by making prompt contributions. The committee states that it will be impossible to carry forward the work without the material help of those interested. It is further asttcd that citizens refrain from pasturing cattle on the cemetery Int. THE WEATHER Weather report for week ending Tune 10th, as compiled by the cooperative station at Appalachian Teachers College: Average maximum temperature, S3 degrees. Average minimum temperature. 59 degrees. Average temperature, 71 degrees. Aunrorro flail" -eonn-n uuiij i cuig^ xii vciuucta* ture, 24 degrees. Greatest daily range in temperature, 31 degrees; date, 8th. Average temperature at 6 p. m. (time of observation), 77 degrees. Highest temperature reached, 90 degrees; date, 8tn. Lowest temperature reached, 54 degrees; date, 4th and 5th. Total precipitation in inches, 0.28. Greatest pre -'ipitation in 24 hours, 0.28; date, lOtli. Number of days with 0.01 inch or more precipitation, 1. Number of clear days, 4. Number of partly cioudy days, JL Number of cloudy days, 2.