m.? i BOONE I SKETCHES n t r- d juy j. v-x. jl v. ooughton optimistic Farmer Bob Doughton, the bes Congressman who ever whetted dowi boot. leather, spent Friday shaking hands with friends in Boone. An< he bore good news for denizens o Watauga . . . news they have beei waiting- on fo'* years and years . . th?t the "corner" which a certan honorable gentleman who once occu pied the White House looked for reg uiarly has been found . . . that sweei prosperity is gaily tripping fron around it, all dolled up in radiant garments, with the horn of plenty Lucked under her arm. Farmer Bot is chairman of the powerful Ways k and Means Committee, and, quite natJ urally, is mighty close to President Frank Roosevelt. He breezes about with the nation's mightiest, puts bh stamp of approval or disapproval on all matters of revenue, and is developing into one of the mainstays oi fha A .1 ? n TT- | ^?uiuuii?a?(jya. nc uecisuea ina'. Roosevelt is quite the "stuff," as the careless would say it, and that he'f fast putting the national house Jug apple pie order. But Congressman Bob is sure that there are still lota of wrinkles to be ironed out, and advises the folks to refrain from holding out their aprons for a golden flood at the present time. "But the worst is over," says the Eighth District representative, and the country ? will soon be returned to a normal condition." IT'S PAPA WHO PAYS A young married man had the pleasure a few days ago of being introduced to one of the sweetest little tutors that ever "tootered." She looked like a million and a haii dollars to this erring and impressionable husband, who had freshly carted his wife to the country, so he politely refrained from making any mention of a "ball and chain." She smiled sweetly and he held her hand just a trifle longer than was absolutely necessary. She didn't seem to mind, not even a little bit, so he mentioned a ride in the moonlight. They rode, and she snuggled up close, and his arm oeeaslomillv felt its way about her "comfortable" waist . . . and the man in the moon winked his eye and grinned devilishly. 'Twas Juno, you know, and the languorous miss was a delectable Little morsel of dellcaTC3get to resssiber that he had enllst xai io.i-Ufc iu the matrimonial army. He gaxed Into the warm eyes of the Nchooimann, limpid pools of pure delight . . . and tltey Calked a lot. of coming days and evenings together. But the cat came back, as the song-writer put it, . . . THE WIFE RETURNED! And, just as natttrally ?? flowing downhill, the yonng man dropped hack into the domesticity of married life. He took hts little son for a walk along the "avenoo," and face to face ho met that dear little teacher.* He looked at her, she looked at him, and that 'look" of hers was as cold tu ice . . . and, as the French say, it sent black butterflies through his heart. He smiled bravely, and conjured In his mind a nice white Lie: that the little chap belonged to his aunt's sister's cousin's niece. But the school inarm turned her cute nose skyward, pot on the Rita like nobody's business, and with an indignant twist of her stream-line chassis, uukle*l hurriedly away. And there stcod "papa," holding his son's chubby hand . . . the somnambulist of a "shattered dream and a busted hope." 'Twas June, you know, and the moon was bright ... so let's blame it on the weather! SIDEWALK SIFTENGS Papa, mama and the baby walking along the main drag devouring ice cream cones. Colonel Paul Coffey's ponderous Shorthorn of the masculine inclination being led along the street In the Fourth of July parade, closely followed by Rev. WiU Pemiell's big papa horse. Deputy Albert Farthing politely leading a slightly "piffticated" celebrant to the county's bnstlle. Ardent prohibitionists smiling: broadly as he guzzles a bottle of the brew that made Milwaukee famous. Beloved minister removes his false teeth, carefully cleans them with a dingy handkerchief, and returns them to his mouth. Bud Osborne dishing out generous slices of watermelon to passersby. Knowing gentleman arguing constitutionality of sales tax, as he reiuaea to pay penny levy on package of dime cigarettes. Hand-painted siren gives comehither glances to country swain, and they stroll away together. Sugar-head flowing aa freely as the old Mississippi at flood-tide, despite the careful watchfulness of John Law. H&jEfl Uncle Dick Hodges giving his opinion of a church member who would vote for ratification of the repeal resolution. Happy faces, sad faces, hopeful faces, despairing faces ... as the crowd moras by. gfowv-. - - ' S" A Nor VOLUME XLV, NUMBER l I! )lh ^ ~| |J 1 Winthrop Rockefeller, fourth son 1 of John D. Jr., is at work in a New j Jersey plant of the Standard Of! . -] Company, and Is reported as living | ill a $4.50 per week room. . ; prImccarnera ; IS NEW CHAMPION I i Massive II Jilian Fighter Lands Uppercnt it Sixth Round and Jack ShiArkt y Relinquishes Fistiaria's Crown. Madison Square Garden, New York With one sweep of a paw that must have felt like a cobblestone wrapped m a leather sack, huge Primo Carr.era, onc< a freak in a circus sideshow, knteked out Jack Sharkey in six rounds Thursday night to win the I heavyweight championship of tile world, aft ;r being belted all over The premises tor the greater part of five rounds. It was P. stunning ending to a savage contest that tors through the battle pit of be Garden's big arena on Long Islai.d, and ending as amazing to the scant crowd of 40.000 as was the knockt ut Max Baer scored over Max Schmsling in the first of the season's heavyweight extravagancies. Sneering at Camera's 264 pounds, his awesome height and tremendous reach, Sharkey forced the issue from I the start. "**; I, He wove forward, hands close to|r his boily, feinting the mammoth Ital- j, 1st. ir.ie p?- win Wis the champion | c bobbed undt r, came up inside wi th j two fists nailing" to crossed with rights that .? catted the man mountain trembling as though the earth was quaking under him. After the first round, in which Carncra might have had a slight edge due to his punching in close, Sharkey , made a show until the sixth of the | mnn he whipped only two years ago I in Kbbct's Field. Eiveii in the suith, with the pmnd almost endeii, tlicre was no hint of impending disaster for the champion.. { Sharkey bobbed in, us be had been r doing from the start, found his open- , ing, then flung a long, crashing right t to Camera's temple. i The massive Italian pulled back, his lips drawn back from his white t mouthpiece in a kind of tooiish vrin. . He mumbled something like, "good. > good." as Sharkey tore back. Then ^ he lifted his tremendous right fist to j the champion's jaw as they came to grips. The punch was a short upper ; cut inside as they were on the ropes , Sharkey crumpled to the floor by t the ropes, stretched flat on his face, (as the crowd came to its feet with one long, amazing roar. t As Referee Arthur Donovan picked , up the count, Sharkey never stirred, ' He was just beginning to move, his face buried in the canvas, hands to , his head, as the final 10 was tolled, J two minutes. 27 seconds after the start of the sixth. Then his seconds , leaped in and dragged the beaten champion to his corner, still apparently in a daze. ( Jim Ragan Injured in Automobile Accident ] C. C. (Jim) Ragan was injured 1 Monday evening when an automobile j which he was driving turned turtle uu the Jefferson highway. His prm- , cipal injuries are thought to consist j of three broken ribs and severe . bruises. Mr. Ragan believes that the , wreck came aa a result of locked brakes. The automobile is said to ( have turned over four or five times ( in the highway, and was practically demolished. , m * YY autuga nuiuiwi ?S President of Class The summer graduating clans or : the Appalachian State Teachers Col: lege has elected Rev. Roy Dotson of : i Watauga County its president. Mr. 1 . Dotson, who is an experienced teach- ] er and a successful minister, will re ceive his degree in the field of eleI mentary education. Two of his chll- 1 dren will be graduated in the same < class: Hight Dotson of Boone, in phy- ] 1 steal education and science: and Mrs. ; Ola Dotson Furr of Concord, in etc- j mentary education. i-Partisan Newspaper, Dev BOONE, WATAUGA COUN' FOURTHOFJULY " DRAWS THRONGS; LEGION IS HOST Thousands of People Spent Tuesday in Boone and Joined In Festivities Sponsored by Local Legion Post. Parade, Baseball, Boxing and Various F?eld Sports Furnish Continuous Fntcrtainment. Many thousands of visitors from >ver Watauga and surrounding counties gathered in Boone Tuesday to jnjoy the Fourth of July celebration sponsored by the American Legion, and to forget for a time individual care as they mixed and mingled with friends and acquaintances. The streets were thronged with people from early rooming till late at night, and receipts at College Athletic Field, where entertainment was centered, cvero said to be altogether satisfactory. The celebration was different in *. that patriotic and other brands of 1 iddressos were taboo, and the day] 1 vas given over to having just a gen- s line good time. Baseball, boxing, foot 1 -aces, pig races, etc., made up the :ield sports engaged in and the pro- _ jrara was continuous following Lhe jarade at 9 o'clock. d Three official Watauga League * baseball games furnished delight to be 3ports-minded, although as the icore would indicate, the brano of lall was not quite up to standard. Elk walked away from Boone by i 20 to 7 margin; Mabel scored 29 j markers and refused to let Oak Grove t lave even one in a five-inning game, j vhile Bamboo trimmed Blowing Hock , :o the tune of 8-1. I Two major boxing encounters were c >n the bill. Jack Storie and Blaine \ tfiller battled three rounds to a draw, x vhile John Cutshall won a six-round ? lecision as he and Turner Watson leaved tlic leather. s A number of similar contests irt ( vhich small boys engaged furnished \ ceen amusement, as did sack races,; , ?ig races, and the attempt at scaling' ? he greasy pole. However, the Demo- ^ ;rat was unable to secure the list f ?f winners in these various contests. f screet aance in the evening attract- \ id a considerable crowd. v WlLKSBORO MAN J BUYS RAILROAD ! Ifudkin IUver Line and Hulling Stock H Purchased at Tax Sale by C. A. s Jenkins. No Statement lias ( Been Issued by Purchaser, I ( t North Wilkesboro.?Announcement ? >f the purchase at tax sale of the ? ight of way, rolling stock and ether a iroperty of the Yadkin River Rait- c oad by C. A. Jenkins of NSrth Vilkesboro was made here this week, j The line, built as a log road some ], wenty years ago, traverses some of i he most fertile lands in the famous a 'adkin Valley, extending from North t Vilkesboro, thence up Elk Creek to v >arby. j Much of the road was swept away j )y the 1916 flood, and the property ^ las been allowed to deteriorate since he failure of the Grandin Lumber lompamy. Much interest among rest- cj lents in the vicinity of the line has Sj ieen aroused by the 3ale, but no itatement from Mr. Jenkins has been " nade public. Linney & Wilson New Lenoir Legal Firm With the coming of Max C. Wilson, of Burnsville, former classmate pi )i Attorney Baxter Linney at Duke Igc LJuiversity, to join Mr. Linney in the to m-actice of law, Lenoir's youngest law v partnership became effective on July on 'irst, Mr. Wilson announced Monday morning. th Following their graduation from to 3uke several years ago, Mr. Wilson in sleeted to hang out his shingle in his of some town over among the moon- in tains in the extreme western part of tl the State, while Mr. Linney began pt ais practice in Lenoir. ol The firm will be reminiscent of an st sarller legal association in Lenoir in ot that Mr. I.inney is a staunch Republican, while Mr. Wil3on is an equally of loyal Democrat.?News-Topic. zc in ? nr. noss resigns as deputy ft MARSHAL OF MIDDLE DISTRICT ai North Wilkesboro.?The resignation d? of B. H. Cross, deputy marshal who w has been stationed here for the past m 18 months, became effective Friday te night at the end of the fiscal year. B The vacancy created by Mr. Goss' a resignation will not be filled. Tl Mr. Goss is a native of Ashe Coun- in ty, being engaged in the insurance Business prior to accepting the post at of deputy marshal. He has not made m known his plans for the future. to Mr. and Mrs. Goss have resided lii in the Wilkesboros during Mr. Goss" of tenure of office. 01 oted to the Best Interes TY. KOBTH CAROLINA, THUHS New Mid-Western' X new trade route has been open j re at lakes-Gulf of Mexico waterw fulfillment of an inland dream of il large shipments crossing the officia lit Michigan Link Bridge, Chicago, a Michigan shipments. It is said that bailey arc to enjoy a revision of shi| Greatest Doi 916 Does Se "What is described by farmers as he most disastrous downpour of ain to visit this section since the L9tt? flood, broke over .1 bn??d territory early Monday morning, and n some sections devastated growing ;rops, carried away the topsoil, and n flic ted damage to truck growers vhich would run into many thousands of dollars. The section of I^aurcl Creek township extending down the water toursc from Sugar Grove to the Watauga River, suffered most se;erely, according to reports, bot;om lands were either strinued of rerdure or hopelessly covered with nuck and debris, and yawning c&vsrns were opened in fertile fields, fencing iV2S taken by the raging vater which carried on its surface iuaT>t!uCG of orfeaihi tinier and other Drone rUes. Two or brce brWgei or cr??w-w)untry roads cere wtld to have been destroyed. This section was visited by anilher serious downpour several veeks ago, and fanners had receded their fields In so far as posiblc, but the leading agrarians now leclare that there is little that can e at this lute date to recover heir heavy losses. The section is toted for its truck crops and fuitishes the Southern markets with s much food as any section of the ounty. Cove Creek and Meat Camp were >oth described as being at higher fvels than at any time for seven cen years, and more or less damge came to plantations in the secions which they traverse. The rain puwnii?uucu uj ii violent eiecrlcal Htomi, and minor dagage from ightning is reported from some luarters. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Dugger and Mi laries P. Written, all of Elk Part >cnt Tuesday in Boone. JULY FOURTHWAS WAYNESVDLLE Asheville?"May every republica) incipled gentlemen live to see th< K>d effects of the tariff and rcjoic see the fair sex of our natioi earing the manufactures of the! m hands!" Of peculiar interest in the light o a present day is this Fourth of Jul; ast given by Reuben Deaver dur g a rousing celebration of the birtl Hie United States at Waynesvill 1828. Highly interesting, too, i ic account of the entire celebratioi iblished in the Western Carolinia 1 July 22, 1828, because of th larp contrast erith the present-da; iaevunnee t-ks Je.. T* /alUntr,. Nici vcuibc ui tuc uajr. n avu\jw2?. "Waynesville, N. C.?At a meet'ii; a respectable number of the citi ins of Haywood County, assemble the courthouse at Waynesville, Co obert Love wa3 appointed presider id Eiijan ocnvui, oCr.., vice prtd int. The declaration of independenc as read by, Felix Axley, Esq., wh ade a few appropriate remarks. Ai r this, the company repaired to Mi , Chambers' tavern ar.d partook c dinner provided for the occasioi lie cloth being removed, the follow g toasts were drank: " "The day we celebrate: the con itution of the United States; th emory of General George Washing n; the constitution of North Care 1a; the framers of the declaratioi independence; Charles Carroll, th ily survivor among the signers c :ts of Northwest North Care DAY, JULY" 6. 1933 " tas r Trade Route to the Sea ^ I j j^ PBjilJ - *~ . 2. : cd to 22 mid-western states. It i? the j ay now open to barge commerce,?the ] uiuy years. Above is pictured the first I ship, U. S. S. Wilmette (background) j ud inaugurates the first ocean to Lake ; ; twenty-two states in the Mississippi i pping rates from this new trade route. j vnpour Since rious Damage t i1 i ?i i j West Point Commandant | i i!ojit/f ican people, and hence this honor. >lina ==$1.50 PER YEAR ? ? REV. M. B. WOOSLEY PASSES MONDAY Xf STATESVILLE Former i'asxor of Boone Methodic* Church Succumbs to Hernia Operation. Funeral Heieuiun ot: Wednesday Afternoon. Was Secretary of Board ?r Church Extension. Minister for 15 Years. Funeral services* were held in Newion, N. C., Wednesday afternoon for itev. M. B. Woosley, 38. pastor of the First Methodist Church of that place, -vho died early Monday morning in a StatesvilJe hospital after an operation cor nerma. Mr. Woosley went to the hospital after delivery of a sermon in Newton Sunday, and attendance several days ago at the combined meeting of the Institute of International Relations and the fifteenth annual Methodist Pastors School at Duke University, Durham. For four years Mr. Woosley was aastor of the Boone Church (1924-28J and was most popular with citizens )f the town and county. He was a noving spirit in the civic, as well as Lhe religious life of the community, and was one of the ablest sermonizers aver to occupy the local pulpit. He was a graduate of Duke, then Trinity, class of 1917, and had been i minister for fifteen years. He was secretary of the board of church extension, a member of the executive council of Duke University, ana president of the Catawba County Ministerial Association. He had been in Newton for three years. Rev. J. S. Hyslt of Statcsville, presiding elder of the Statesvilie District, was in charge of the funeral services, assisted by local pastors, and interment was in the cemetery at Granite Falls. The body lay in state n Newton Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon from 1 until 4 o'clock. Rev. Woosley s mother, Mrs. J. E. Woosk-y, his wife, the former Miss _?uciUe Warlick of Granite Falls, and hree children. Rebecca, Margaret and FTarry, survive the deceased. The folovrir.g brothers and sisters also survive: O. V. Woosley, superintendent t Vir? phU/li.flii'i. v..v, Q wmiv ai ??u;awuSaiem, Dr. John W. Woosley of the iepartment'of economics or the "uiil- ? versify of North Carolina, Chapel rcor ' \Trq nhpin HM~i\ j"~'i;',-rh 2?CiTit-;/: and Mrs. Tate Webber of Danville. vii|giui% Caldwell Man Hurt By Baseball Bat Fred Chandler, Caldwell County ..an, was serious!!" ittji'ren .... the fourth, when a baseball bat released >y a left-handed batter struck him in he face, during the progress of one >f the local league games here. Ch&nller was standing about thirty feet from the batter, it is said, and the teavy cudgel struck him, butt end first, on the right check bone, inflicting a severe fracture and breaking his nose. He was given tmmeliate. treatment at the Haganian-Unaey Clinic, and taken to his home :hat night. Much Moonshine Puts In Appearance Tuesday Rather more than the usua) amount of "sugar-head" whiskey wa3 in evidence during the progress of the fourth of July celebration, but no very serious disorders were reported. Police officials lodged ten persons in jail during the day on charges of public drunkenness, and the trials will likely take place during Wednesday before Mayor Moore. The number of arrests is larger than was made on any recent public day. it is said. Bid BOTH,HER HF.UO TO HILL'S BASE BY MASSIVE CHAIN Finevllle, Ky.?A huge boulder overhanging Pineville, which would smash houses in its path if it ever gave way and rolled down into the town, naa Deen cnaineu I irmly to Its mountain base. Previous supports recently were found to have rusted, so a chain weighing about a ton and a half v. as obtained to moor the menacing rock in place. It was cut in two parts and four millea were used to drag each section to the top of Pine a?u uhtnln. There it was stretched by a heavy cable across an abyss more than 100 fee twide, and three-foot bolts were sunk In the top of the rock anil in the supporting mountain to hold if firmly in place. Bach link of the chain, made of one and three-eigthths inch steel is four by six inches, and each link weighs approximately four and oneshalf pounds. The overhanging rock is in the Cumberland State Park property and is viewed by thousands of to> data annually. ?WHmMI?Wsii II mill I