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MEET THE DOCTOR!
Doctor Albert Hartman, native of
New Orleans, graduate of Johns Hopkir
, pathologist of note, veteran of
wars in far-away parts, close friend
of Huey Long philosopher extraordinary.
pal of Southern aristocracy . . .
washed the windows ot' The Democrat
office Tuesday, and, incidentally, did
a heap better job than an ordinary
guy ever could have done.
This may all seem strange to you,
dear reader, and the old Sketch Man
is willing to admit that he was slightly
overcome by this strange whim of
fate that would toss a gent from the
top rung of fame into the uncertain
vocation of a window scrubber. But
the good old Doc has taken the whole
thing with exceeding grace, and today
he looks to the future, despite
his sixty-five or more years of age,
with the sparkling, hopeful eyes of
youth. You might be able to get this
venerable lad down, but you'd never
be able to hold him . . . famine, pestilence.
flood, tornado or panic, it's all
the same to Doc Hartman. Life, he
feels, is great, and while the ceaseless
alchemy of time has wrinkled his
cheeks and sprinkled liis shock of
fading blonde hair with snow, his step
is still elastic, and he's washing Win- j,
dows with the scientific swine- ho nscH !
back in those golden days when he |
was a skillful disciple of Hippocrates, j
Perhaps many of those who come |
in contact with the old dec will turn
skeptical ears to his story. Maybe
they will tell him openly that he's
crazy in the head . . . but the Sketch
man is inclined to believe that this
patriarchal knight of the "Romany
has a past securely tucked back
in liis own fertile mind that would
put to shame the over-played characters
of modern fiction. A pathologist
washing windows . . . imagine that . . .
yet the Good Book tells us that Je- j
sus of Nazareth, the greatest man j
that ever breathed the breath of life,J
plied the trade of a carpenter for His j
livelihood, and slept in the open as
he ministered to His children throughout
the Holy Land; history points out
that Napoleon Bonaparte, who for a
brief period had the world by the tail
with a down-hill drag, spent his last
days a miserable outcast on a desolate
isle; and we all know that some
of the greatest composers of sll time
pieced together *b?i?*. enchanting melodies
in shabbv garrets and dank I
tenements ... so why doubt the story (
of Doc Hnrtman? I
Doc is not seeking sympathy, <.??- sir-ee!
... he does his work, collects .
his pay, buys his own grub, and coffee .
almost by the gallon?just like his |
Creole ancestors. He's a gentleman i
of the Old South, perfect in manners,
articulate in speech. He can talk for
hours about the insurrection in the ^
Philippines, at which time he held a ,
commission with the Hospital Corps, \
he can vividly describe the historic j
fistic battle of Jake Kilrane and John j
L. Sullivan, and he knows the political
leaders of the Gulf States from t
ward-heelers to the "big shots." I
And does he like Huey Ix>ng ? When
asked his private opinion of the Pelican
State's one and only Kingfish,
Doc went into action: "Why Huey
Long is a Garibaldi, a Thomas Jefferson,
a Daniel Webster, a Napoleon, a ;
^ . Teddy Roosevelt, a Billy Sunday and I
O Toolr CJV.O oil
?im,n ouat nv-j p an iicu up 111 uiic I
voluir". He's a liquor-drinking Bap
tiat, feafe neither man nor devil, and
is giving Louisiana the only bit of i
good, wholesome representation in its !
history." "Those who would be- ,
smirch the character of lluey," he ,
added, "are the sorry remnants of a ;
corrupt political machine . . . men
who can't bear the idea of honest
government."
At this point someone asked Doc
why he had forsaken his medical
practice for the trade of a window
washer, and he told his questioner
outright that he'd been given the roy^
al bounce from a position at the Louisiana
Charity Hospital, because he
openly supported the "Kingfish" for
Governor in 1924 . . . and incidentally
washes windows because he still likes
to eat, and drink coffee. "But I'm on
my way back home," he declared, "and
Hucy will put me uu my old job just
as sure as I get there."
Well, Doc Hartman, who handles
the King's Rnglish with a cultured
abandon, spent the night in a "sidedoor
ptillman" down on the tracks,
with a few newspapers and a frayed
blanket over his fragile form. And
today, we guess, he's heading South.
We're mighty glad he came, for his
presence was as soothing as a breeze
off the Gulf down New Orleans way
. . . optimism helped to honish the
cares OI mc woraaaay wonu . . . uis
rich humor filled the very atmosphere
with good cheer . . . and he left
with us a rich philosophy of life that
we sha'n't soc.. forget! Good-bye.
Doc; come to see us again sometime!
YES, WE SAW:
A couple of petulent parcels of
feminine pulchritude, attired in
swank outfits, riding a couple of
"Dobbins" along the main drag, and
as they passed, a trio of backwash
damosels passed an over-size package
of dear old Bruton's favorite
Scotch, filled their sweet, sweet
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WA1
A Non
VOLUME XIJV, NUMBER 5'2
MRS. DOUGHTON J
FELICITATED BY
MR. ROOSEVELT
Mrs. Rebecca Doughton, mother J
of Congressman Robert L. and Hon. | j
K. A. Doughton, was feiicUaieu recently
i>y Pr??side!a Roosevelt upon
having attained her ninety-fifth
birthday. The message, which was
one. of hundreds received from
prominent individuals, read:
"Dear Mrs. Doughton: Your boy
Bob tells me that you will be nine- 0
ty-ftv? years old in June and I want if
to send you this line to wish you t
many happy returns of the day and t
also to tell you that I am leaning s
very heavily on your son and that j,
he is doing a splendid work for his j*
country. Very sincerely yours, . r
(Signed) Franklin D. Roosevelt." |r
About seventy - five relatives, .
members of the immediate family j 3
and friends were present for the a
dinner at Sparta honoring Mrs. 0
Doughton. I i?
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LEGION FEAT TO 5
FEATUREFOURTH j
OF JULY IN BOONE?
b<
Legionnaires Plan Celebration of Day ^
in Approved Style. Parade, Racing,
Raseba,', Boxing, Pig Races Some
of Attractions. Refreshment Fucill- .
tics on Grounds, lint Admission ir
Entitles One to All Entertainment. u
ei
Plans for the Fourth of July ceie- P|
ration sponsored by the Watauga P
Post American Legion arc practically
completed ana a program of the day's |
festivities has been released by the J
committee on arrangements, and the
sponsors believe that they have coin- f
leted a round of entertainment which "
vill be thoroughly enjoyed at a price
vhich will enable all to participate. fJ
The day's festivities ute to get unler
way at 9:45 a. nr. when a parade
vill be formed, with prizes offered
'or the most attractively decorated
iutoiiiobile and truck. Baseball of the
r^A?p^iVe brand will be played G
it 10 o'clock; potato races, sack races, n
ifcc.. wiU feature the noon hour; fea- n
Lure boxing bouts are hilled for I2JJG n
ihd two otiiciai league baseball gamer, n
vill follow. The greasy pig race, with ii
i pig prize, comes at 5:30, and ten- f'
.ative plans call for a street dance v
it night. P
An aeroplane has been secured to k
make flights during the day and there j U
vill be other attractions, an udmixtion
fee of 25 cents wrill be charged, ci
ind wiil admit one adult to the Col- w
ege Athletic Field where all enter- ci
:ainmeut is provided. P
Refreshments may be secured there o
uiu were win uc uu occasion ior one ^
eaving the grounds during the day. tl
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MUSIC CAMP OPENS ti
o
Banner Elk.?The Southern Appa- t]
lachian Music Camp opened its sec- ir
ohd season here Monday, under the o
direction of W. F. Warlick of Cono- o
yer and Christian D. Kutschinski, of v
Winston-Salem. The camp will last C
until August 7th, and is for champion
boy and girl high school musicians 1<
of the South. They will give their b
opening concert at Banner Elk next ts
Saturday.
j
BUSINESS UPTURN L
SHOWN AS HUM OF k
WHEELS IS HEARD |.
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County Superintendent Smith Ha- d
gaman believes that tbe longjMked-for
corner has beers reached
and that prosperity in a large way t
is practically at hand. Mr. Hagaman
returned last week from a vis- ti
ii uutvii state and especially noted j
the manufacturing: activity. On a (
visit to tbc plants of the Chatham
Manufacturing: Company he was j
told that the blanket kings were
doing the biggest business of their <3,
career. Forty-two truck loads of
wool stood ready to be unloaded and
it was remarked that 135,000 lbs. 0
of fleece was going through the
machines every week. Day and re
night forces are working feverishly
trying to keep abreast the steadily |
rising flood of orders.
Mr. F. H. Coffey; president of the
Southern Furniture Manufacturing
Association, and prominent Lenoir
manufacturer, had about tbe same sj
story for tbe local school head. His c]
plant is running foil blast, day and ir
night, orders are coming in faster ri
than they can be handled, and the w
market price is advancing so rapidly
that Mr. Coffey's principal problem
is to know at what price to bill L
the finished product. a]
Oj
lips, and looked skeptically after lai
the equestrians. j tr
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BOONE, WATAUGA COUI
BUILDING & LOAN
MAILS CHECKS FOR!
$5,000 IN INTEREST!
I
>ocal Association Makes Payments on j
Anne Despite Fatucky Cunuitum of
Business. Lettei Sent Out Calls Attention
to Remarkable Record of
Co-operative Enterprise. New Series
Open First of July.
Dividend checks, in the aggregate
f about $5,000, were mailed out last
Yiday from the offices of the Waauga
Building and Loan Association,
o holders of prepaid stock in the intitution.
These checks were drawn
a the names of 200 investors ficatered
throughout the county, andrepesented
semi-annual eamirtg3 at the
ate of 5 per cent.
A letter signed by W. H Gre.gg,
ecretary, accompanied the checks,
nd called the attention of the investrs
to the fact that Building and Loan
; still worth ICO cents ill the dollar
nd that the dividend, due July 1st,
ras paid on time, in fact, ahead of
me. Building and Loan, it was point
d out, furnishes the only security
lat continues to hold its high value
uring the years of depression when I
I
ii other stocks and bond3 have suf;red
the greatest slumps in history,
iany becoming: worthless and the
2St ot them paying: little or no dtvi?nd3.
A new series of Associational stock
pens on the first of July, and Mr.
ragg believes that the record of the
istitution, covering a period of tnir;en
yeuis of service to home builrirs,
guarantees that the bright prosects
for the new series will reach
lentcous fruition.
,0CAL MEN NAMED
}N DRY COMMITTEE
1yde R. Greene, Revs. McKaughan
and (iireetie of Watauga Named on
State Central Committee of United
Prohibition Forces.
Clyde R. Greene and Rev. Tipton
freene of Boone, and Rev. J. a. a'ic[uugu?ii
C?f GhCrV.'CO'd V/0*'A nnmwl as i
lembers of the State central comtittce
when Sfnwpd nrv Forces.
in Raleigh lasSjveek. and followlg
their appointment are awaiting
irther orders before tlie> know just
rhat part they will be expected to
lay in the campaign launched t.o
cep North Carolina in the dry col-'
mn at the fall election.
There were 200 members of the
Drnmittee, and they were appointed
ithout regard to county lines. Some |
aunties, it is said, had more than a
roportionate representation, while
thers had no names in the list. Loll
members of the committee state
lat they can take 110 definite action
1 the campaign until a later meeting
C the dry forces is held, at which
ime organization plans will be laid
ut. However, they do aver that whener
or net they head the campaign
1 Watauga. County or whether their
rganization activities are directed in
ther territory, they will naturaily be
ery much concerned as to Watauga
Sounty remaining in the dry column.
No information has been received
>cally as to whether repealists will
e organized for a campaign in Waauga
County.
THE WEATHER
Weather report for week ending!
une 24th, as compiled by the Co-op-1
rative Station at Appalachian State j
'eachers College:
Average maximum temperature, 83
egrees.
Average minimum temperature, 59
egrecs.
Average temperature, 71 degrees.
Average daily range in tempcraure,
24 degrees.
Greatest daily range in temperaare,
32 degrees; date, 22nd.
Average temperature at 6 p. m.
time of observation), 76 degrees.
Highest temperature reached, 83
egrees; date, 22cd.
Lowest temperature reached, 54
agrees; date, 20th.
Total precipitation, in inches, 0.53.
Greatest precipitation in 24 hours,
53; date, 24th.
Number of days with 0.01 inch or
lore precipitation, 1.
Number of clear days, 5.
Number of nartlv r.loiidv rinvn n
Number of cloudy days, 2.
STORES TO CLOSE ON 4th
All stores of the city, with the posble
exception of drug stores, will be
osed Tuesday for the fourth, accordig
to information coining from a repisentative
merchant Tuesday. Cafes
ill, of course, be open as usual.
The curb market, established at
enoir, Caldwell County, eight months
go, is now selling over $500 worth
f farm produce each month. There
re 21 farm families that sell each
larket day.
A DE
:voted to the Best Interests
JTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDA
Watauga Ban
Soon; Loan I
n. A 1
Dt- Appro vtHJL
' Our Boss I
General Hugh S. Johnson, admin- j
istrator of the Federal Industrial !
Act, at his desk in Commerce head- j
quarters at Washington, where he !
started the wheels turning in our i
new industrial era.
Real Estate T
Many Build
/
Watt H. Gragg. local realtor and
iu>r.?TT.iiry of the Watauga Building v
and Loan Association, states that reai v
estate transfers are being made, buil- e
ding is going forward throughout this i)
section, much repair work being done, C
and that activity along these lines 11
ia~qccTueu!y more at h
any time since the boom days of C
1S22. sre.:1" iiia ol>.lc
ficc in -great nnhebers Outside 1 a
sources, and it looks as if Watauga i!
dirt is soon to be at a premium. e
Mr. Gragg has recently sold the ^
Hill Wright property to Lee Teague; c
Spencer Miller has bought two lots
west of Boone on No. 60, and J. L. <A
Harrison has traded for a residence 0
above the A. E. South property. Jc
Watauga Hos
To Be Read
ccpt as to the realty. Since the enterprise
is oil a fifty-fi/ty basis between
the State and the Dukes, it
is necessary that the State land
adopted shall be appraised. This
will be dene by a, joint committee,
and settlement made upon the basis
of their decision.
The wails to the hospital building
have been completed and the
structure enclosed for a long time,
and now the way is open for rapid
completion. The structure is designed
as & 50-bed hospital, is constructed
of brick, and will be thoroughly
modern in every respect.
mksliclndaloweI
PASSES ON SUNDAY
Banner Elk Lady Succumbs in Her 1
Eighty-second Year. Survived by
Brother and Sist. Burial Took
Place on Monday.
Mias Lucinda C. Lowe, one of the
oldest residents of Banner Elk, died lc
there Sunday, in her eighty-second 1
year. Death was caused by heart
trouble. Miss Lowe was found uncon- ^
scious in her house by one of Iter
nephews, and died cne hour later, |
without recovering consciousness. She ^
was the daughter of G. A. and ReHor?r?o
T woo V.TT ^
trao uv/ill ill XlCUty UOUUty,
Virginia, May 13, 1852, and moved
ic Banner CTlr wiih her parents in 1
1876, where she lived ever since. One 1
sister and two of her six brothers,
survive her. They are Mrs. Henry N. '
Banner, of Oklahoma; G. L. Lowe, of
Missouri, and R. L. Lowe of Banner 5
Elk. J
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the Banner Elk *
Presbyterian Church, of which Miss r
Lowe was an active member, and i
were conducted by the Rev. Marion i
Murray. i
Miss Lowe was a widely-known and t
loved member of the Banner Elk t
community, as well as one of its plo- a
i of Northwest North Care
V, JUNE 29. 1933
1
k May Open
Expected To
Rv R ^ r
\ JLt.e JL
Officials of the Watauga County
Bank made a trip to Raleigh last
week, conferring with heads of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
relative to perfecting what is believed
to te tun I&aJL detail for the
opening of the institution closed
since March 4th.
The application for the loan of a
sum of money lias been forwarded
to Washington, it was stated, and
should an approval come forth soon
it is generally believed that the
bank should be able to resume its
normal functions within two or
three more weeks. The R. F. O. official
interviewed thought well of the
collateral being offered, and was j
iaiuci vi i uc upimon mac inc pro- j (
posed loan would meet final approvai.
;
This, according to members of (
the directorate, is the last step (
thought necessary for the opening, ^
and when the loan is approved, officials
will apply to Commissioner !
of Banks Gurney T. Hood for per- f
mission to reopen.
The org animation at the local ,
bank has oeen working hard, it is
stated, getting notes renewed, in- (
tcrest paid, and working out the
manifold details to meet the requirements
which had been laid
down by Mr. Hood. ^
rade Active; :
ing Projects!
i
Among those who are taking ad- f
antage of present low prices to pro- t
ide themselves with homes, is Robrt
F. Coffey, who is just complet- 1
ig a handsome stone residence in I
Cherry Park. R. L. Clay is engaged |
n the construction ofa xmiiveatone- !
ouac. while J. T. C. Wright and W. I
"w. Hartzog have revamped me uiui
-ottrell store building and rented it),
-s an apartment house. Grady Greer {
3 rushing work on a brick house
ast of Boone, and a Mr. Kirkman
las completed a home on Hardin
?treet. Besides this, many residents
re making permanent improvements
11 their premises, and painters and
arpeiiters are busy.
pital Soon
y To Occupy
Watauga Hospital, being built on j
former College property by joint
subscription of the State and the 1 <
Duke Endowment Fund. is to be 1
completed and ready for occupan- (
cy in the near future, according to (
in format ion coming from Smith A
Hagaman, president of The Board
of Trustees of the institution. i
A representative of the Duke in- l(
terests will be in Boone this week, j:
checking up on construction dt- |
tails, and information is that the r
tnoj.cy jivill be available at any time i
with which to complete the build- !
ing. All details arc agreed upon exVO
RECORDERS
COURT ON FOURTH
Tribunal Will Observe Independence J
Day. No Good Behavior Cases to j,
Make Reports Till 11th. Dockets ?'
Are Now Cleared. i
I
No sessions of Recorders Court wili '
>e held next Tuesday, on account of
he fourth of July, and Solicitor Chas. '
?. Zimmerman asks that all those
vho are supposed to report at this
ime for the purpose of proving up on '
food behavior bonds, not to report
o the court until Tuesday, July 11. '
ilr. Zimmerman states that the court
-.as caught up with its docket and '
hat there appears to have been a
ioticeable decrease in crime within
ile P&-3L 1CW WCCtVB.
Only one case came up for trial on
ruesday, that of the State against
Iruce Long, who was arraigned on a
harge of violation of the dry laws,
yong was fined S10 and assessed with
he costs in the action.
*;
ieer residents. She was especially i
lOted for her interest in flowers, hav- 1
ng one of the finest flower gardens '
n the village, and for her devotion <
o church work, in which she was ac- j
ive all her long life. Many nephews i
nd nieces survive her. <
13 A
Kill
?lina
11.50 PER YEAR
(500,000 BUSHELS
.TIMATE LOCAL
IELD POTATOES
C
Jt
Ur u uyex iiv Cpuniy Hum Offered
? ract for Potatoes at $1.00 Per
i ^ cl, and Price Expected to Go
i 9 r,. Hugo Crop Would Pay Off
I 5 Notes, if All Profit. 45,000
1 5a of Cabbage Estimated.
Despite late frosts and continued
dry weather in some sections of the
county, prospectc for a bumper crop
of potatoes, cabbage and the like,
continue bright in this section, according"
fr? farnmro ?v.~?
0 ? mtv pwai. iuo.1.
at market time prices for their products
will be at a decidedly higher
level.
A man who has a great interest in
Watauga County agriculturally and
who at the same time possesses a
nighty passion for figures, which generally
don't lie, says that the acreage
seeded to Irish potatoes in Watauga
bounty this year should yield 600,[)00
bushels. One buyer has already
offered to sign contracts at $1.00 per
bushel, so if the figures on the yield
are correct, six hundred thousand dolars
would be the mitiinvuiXi gross income.
It was further observed tITat
should this amount be net profit, it
would practically pay the notes heid
at local banks. The same informant
continues his line of reasoning frith
the statement that even more than
this amount may be realized from
45,000 tons of cabbage which lie expects
to bring at least $15 a ton, to
say nothing of 200 acres of Builcy
.obacco.. which is certain of a fa/orable
market, and not considering
:orn, onions and others of the crops
vhich have not gained widespread fa;or
in this -.eg ion.
The season has been extremely dry
n some sections of the county, hut
10 material damaere is thought to
iave resulted on that score. The late
rosts, however, did do considerable
la mage on river bottom plantations.
B. & l, MEETING
AT BLOWING ROCK
Or. Dougherty Delivers Address o!
VVelccmc at Convention.' Sessions
Be Held for Three Days at
the Mayview Manor.
The thirtieth annual meeting of the
STortli Carolina Building and Loan
League convened at Mayview Manor
Wednesday morning for a three-day
?cSSiGh. The invocation was 3aid by
^ev. -J. A. Yount of Boone, while Dr.
Fi. Dougherty appeared in an firtiress
of welcome, responded to by
V. A. Fonvielle of Wilmington. J. E.
Jrinn of Sanford gave the president's
iddress and L,. B. Leftwich of Win;ton-Salcm
will speak on "Handling
Delinquent Payments and Foreclosed
iteal Estate." ^
This morning there are to be adiresses
by Professor Robert S. Rantin.
of Duke University; A. H. Eller,
if Winston-Salem, and W. P. Jacobs,
>f Clinton, S. C. Informal discussions
,vill follow both Friday afternoon and
rluircilav r?i/".??tsir>cv
........ ...... a. ..n. Oiay
afternoon will be given over to
outdoor recreation, which will include
i golf tournament.
Thursday at eight o'clock a banquet
will be held in the main dining
room, at which David Oven3, general
manager of the J. B. Ivey Company
in Charlotte, will speak on "Stressing
Our Specialties."
At the closing sessions on Friday
morning O. K. LaRoque, Deputy Insurance
Commissionre of North Carolina,
will speak on "The Past. Present
and Future of Building and l,oan
in North Carolina*; the Hon. Heriot
Clarkson, associate justice of the
North Carolina Supreme Court, will
speak on "Work"; and Thomas W.
Ellet, executive vice-president of the
Federal Home Loan Bona of Winston-Salem,
will speak on "The Relation
of the Home Loan Bank to Bullling
and Loan Association?* -m T*VitM?u?
Home Financing" Reports cf committees
and election of officers will
conclude the meetingMr.
W. H. Gragg of Boone, secretary
of the Watauga Building and
Loan Association, is attending the sessions,
and was the man responsible
for bringing the convention to Blowing
Rock. He extended the invitation
at the last meeting at Wilmington,
had strong opposition, but. finally Won
his point over another city.
TWO SESSIONS OF MCS1C CAMP
Banner Elk.?W. F. Warlick, dean
of the Southern Appalachian Music
Camp, announced Tuesday that the : - ,
camp will hold a second term, begin- ning
July 10th and ending August .
The camp is for student musicians
cf the South. Christian D. Kutschiniki,
of Winston-Salem, is musical director
of the camp, which is held
;ach summer at Banner Elk.