pBOONE*
SKETCHES
Ry J. C. R.
BL.\NRETY-BIANK VERSE
Poetry . . . we've just been starving
for it . . . and old A. Nonymous, the
gent whose John Hancock is attached
to so many literary gems, comes forward
and offers us a cute little jingle
vhich. pulsates with "sentiment," despite
its ragged meter and stout adjectives.
With pro I use thanks to the
copyright owners, if any there be, we j
pass it on to your
Me an* my bud we owned a hoss,
A bucking, bawling bronco hos3.
We tossed a dime to see who'd climb
An' me bein* Jonah'd all the time.
Heads came that dime.
I clum that buckin' son of hell
An' each time he bucked down I fell
Right in some cactus-kivered groun'?
Uke that damn' dime
I fell tails down,
I walked to town:
THE GREATEST OF THESE
The Sheriff yanked a guy up tlie
other day, charged with a ;utho"
sorintit; nnrl IHtavv liim J" fho
county .fug-. The stranger blinked a
couple of times, surveyed the burglar-proof
apartment to which he
had been assigned . . . and what do
you think he found? Right over in
the comer sat a teen-age youth,
weighted down with a tremendous
load of the ambergris of so/tcw. j
He'd been tried a few days before
in Judge Suddrcth's court, fined u
few dollars and taxed with divers
costs?all because he had failed to j
dispose of a pint of hooch before
the officers arrived. The youth
hadn't the money, couldn't borrow
or beg the money, didn't know even
who had that much money ... so
there he sat, right dab in the middle
of the jai (house. The newcomer
smiled brightly, patted the adolescent
offender on the shoulder, and
shouted, "Cheer up, the worst is yet
to come!" So the boys talked it
over, as (hey sat side by side up at
Khovf/f Wmrnll'c f
UU<U(UH ....... ?
and at the end of their friendly
hat the philanthropic Jailbird produced
a sheaf of "frog-skins" from
his ivell-tnllorcd garments, peeled
off a couple of "blg-'uns," handed
them to the youth, and advised hire
to hurry down to the courthouse and
pay off his trivial obligation to the
S!sfc did he go? . . . we'll
say he did! A? he vacated ' iin
premises someone besni JmTItable
prisoner mumble half to himself,
"That lad's just too young to
be in jail,"
? A_< ac., .. ur-^.- - ' . "
NEW PROJECT FOR THE MAJOR
Major Hamp Rich, the trail-markingest
gent that ever marked a trail,
busted into The Democrat office Tuesday,
excused nimseii for not having
been aivuiiu lately, and left a report
of his activities during the past few
months. Major Rich specializes in
"huge" arrowheads, which he has
erected in practically every mountain
pass of practically every mountain
range on trie North American continent
to the memory of that intrepid
woodsman, D. Boone, "who passed
this way a hundred or so years ago.
bound for Kaintuck and points west."
But the Major has just about finished
marking old Dan's trail, and in
now picking on the great Cherokee
chieltain, Sequoia, who is alleged to
have made a summer pilgrimage from
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Pa>?l- *A fVin CJhnnood/soVi t M.-,-. n
i vw Wiu uuuuaiiuuau ?aucy rciR
way back in the dark ages when
men were men and the women wore
buckskin step-ins. Major Rich knows
exactly the trail that old Sequoia and
his warriors took when they made this
tour, and if you live on the route, he
will possibly call on your some time
this summer . . . for a small donation.
When our dear old pal winds up the
Sequoia project, he intends to trace
old Davy Crockett from the backwoods
of Tennessee to the Alamo;
and then, we guess, he'll find some
other forgotten old codger to memorialize
In stone and bronze. Like
his pioneer forebears, Major Rich
longs for unexplored trails, and just
as long as improved highways push
themselves into the forest, we'll have
the Major with us . . . marktag trails,
and then some trails.
Mrs. Floyd Yoder Dies
At Winston Hospital
Mrs. Floyd Yoder, aged 39, died at
the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem
Monday afternoon, following an
Illness of several weeks. The remains
;45hKZ?!ct>?,'en directly to Hickory, N. C.,
where fun real service and burial took
place Tuesday afternoon.
Survivors include the husband and
four children.
Mrs. Yoder was a native of Catawba
County, but for the past two
years she and family had resided at
the old Hamby place on Boone Route
1. Many new-made friends in this
county learn of Mrs. Yoder's demise
with sorrow.
PIANO CONCERT
Mr. Ralph Robbins, noted pianist
of Lenoir, will appear in concert at
the College Saturday evening at 8:00.
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VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 3
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MANY STUDENTS
AT COLLEGE FOR
SECOND TERM
1 At noon Wednesday, according to
information coming from the office
I of -J. >5. uDunam, registrar. 885
| teachers had enrolled for the secj
oiid six weeks of summer school a\
| Appalachian Siuic Teachers College.
Professor Dowuuni states that
j they are still arriving at a lively
clip and that no less than four
, hundred will he on hand when registration
Is completed.
This number will be practically
the same as the enrollment for the
second summer term of last year,
it is pointed out.
NOTED EDUCATOR
PASSES FRIDAY AT
WILKES HOSPITAL
Professor C. C. Wright, Father of Loral
Man. Succumbs to Kidney Ailment.
Had Been Superintendent off
Schools in Neighboring County lor
Thirty-four Years. Funeral Servlrcs
Conducted Sunday.
Professor C. C. Wright veteran
Wilkes educator, died at 7 o'clock Friday
night in a North Wilkeshoro hospital.
Stricken suddenly about tioon at his
home at Hunting Creek, the former
superintendent of schools was Drought
to the hospital an hour later In an
ambulance. He way in a state of coma
when he arrived at the hospital and
never regained consciousness. Kidney
trouble and complications were given
as the cause of death.
Funeral services were held at Edgewood
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and burial followed
In a nearby cemetery. Hundreds of
leaders in the educational field, together
with hundreds of teachers who
Had taught in the schools of Wilkes
during his long tenure as superintendent
attended the rites, and the floral
offering was most profuse.
Survivors include the widow, who
prior to marriage was Miss
LahQ", ana iiiur^ua7?u? of T.'hon: ie
Professor J T. C. Wright of Boone,
instructor in Aj&paiaqacE^r ygpscfecrs
College.^-'^8S8| & .
Mr.% V?yrigiat been in falling
health for several months and for
the last four weeks had been resting
quietly at his beautiful Hunting Creek
home. His dsath came just 23 days
after nis retirement from active life, j
ar tcr having served=.-Wilkd? _ Gaunty
as superintendent of schools for 34
consecutive years. Early in May he
announced that he would not be a
candidate for re-election and told his
uicuiu irmL at: expected to spena tne i
remainder of hia days writing the |
history of education in Wilkes coun- j
tv. He would have been 74 years old
had Uc lived until August 14.
Throughout his entire career, Mr.
Wright was prominent in the educational
church and civic life of thiaj
entire section. Elected as county superintendent
of schools in 189D, Mr.
Wright served his country with honor j
and distinction during his long ten- j
ure of office. He soon came to be one |
of the outstanding educators in the
Slate and was recognized as a man
of unusual ability.
He affiliated with the Democratic
party and stood high in its councils
He was a member of the county executive
committee for many years.
A rr>rtr>cr fVie. imnn-tnut nffiono nahl
during the time he was county superintendent
were: memoer stale ie.vt
book commission, member of executive
committee of state teachers' association,
chairman national education
committee of farmers alliance,
president of west central district of
county superintendents association,
member board of trustees of Baptist
orphanage at Thomasville, and member
of the State board of school examiners.
He also belonged to several
secret organizations.
Professor Wright had visited often
in Watauga County, anu was well
known and highly esteemed by many
local people.
Junior Order to Present
Free Motion Picture
A free motion picture will be pre
sented at the couritiuiuK in Cool.e
Thursday, July 27, at 8 o'clock, it was
announced yesterday by Clyde It.
Greene, councillor of the local unit
of the organization. The movies
shown will depict the activities of the
Junior orphanages at Lexington, N.
C., and Tiffin, Ohio, as well as other
educational scenes.
C. W. Snyder, past State Councilor
and Field Secretary, will address the
gathering, and the people of this section
are cordially invited to attend
the meeting. An especial invitation is
| being extended to the ladies and the
| children.
n-Partisan Newspaper, Di
BOONE, WATAUGA COl
SCHOOI^S WILL OPEN
ON JULY 31; MANY
DISTRICT CHANGES
School Set-up in Watanga Is Altered
in Accordance with New State Law.
Six School Districts in County Now
As Against Former 49 Lbt of Con?i
ioii icemen for the County to i?o
Announced Today.
The Board of Education was in special
session Monday, finishing the big"
assignment of laying out the county
educational work under the new
school machinery act, a product of
the last Legislature.
| The redisricting of the county was
1 completed with the announcement of
jthe new divisions, as perfected by the
Sfiiwnl ??- -
? ?icgiun. r ui ',y-ixu?v
districts have heen consolidated by the
State into 6. it is shown, as follows:
District 1 contains the following
schools: Boone, Oak Grove, Howards
Creek, Rutherwood, Poplar Grovey
Liberty Hiil, Brushy Fork, Bamboo,
Aho, Bradsliaw, Penlej*, Cook, Elk,
Miller, Green Valley, Winebarger,
Chestnut Grove, Rich Mountain, Deep
Gap, Stony Fork, Mount Paron.
District 2: Cove Creek, Kellerville,
1 vy ividg e, Windy Cap. Roraingcr.
Presnell, Cool Springs, Valley Moun-1
tain, Valle Crucis, Clark's Creek,!
Dutch Creek, Shulls Mills, Foscoe and!
' Grandfather.
District 3: Bethel, Timbered Ridge,
i Forest Grove, Reese.
I District 4: Silverstone. Mabel, Trajcy,
North Fork, ZionvilJe and PotterDistrict
5: Riverview and Castie.
,Thc fifth division is a part of a consolidation
in Ashe County with Todii
as the center.
District 6: Blowing Rock and Cool
Springs.
It will be observed that these consolidations
are made with a high
school as the center for each district
except in the one instance. The fourth
district was perhaps so made with a
view of later actual consolidation at
Mabel.
The Board found that owing to
some changes that were found to be
necessary under the new school law,
the list cf school committeemen for
the coun ty not. he com Dieted
until .Thursday bf thi:? week. Teachers)
may be informed of the appointees,
at say time after today, s&ys
! Superintendent Haguman, the
names of the new committeemen-will
| be published In The Democrat next
I week.
School Will Open on 31st
It was agreed that the schools
Qhonld open on July 31st. This ruling,
however, does not apply to Heaver i
Dam, Cove Creek, Boone and Blow-!
ing Rock. These high schools, it was
said, will not open until about the
first of September.
Local Fertilizer Dealer
Wins Trip to Norfolk
Kodney C. Greene, local representative
for the Suiith-Dougla3 Fertiliser
Company, accompanied by Mrs.
Greene, left Saturday for Norfolk and
New-port News, Va., where they will
enjoy a five-day. vacation.
Mr. Greene's company early in the
season announced that it would give
all dealers who sold more than three
hundred tons of fertilizer a free trip
to the V'rgtnia city The local man
went tc work, used The Democrat's
advertising columns freely, and up
I to the tenth day of July had disposed
of 419 tons of the product, or twentyone
standard cars. It is understood
that Mr. Greene led the field in his
district.
The Greenes are expected to return
Thursday.
Watauga Man Taken to
Face Trial in WasKincrton I
John Dallas Lawrence, native Witaugan
but for the past several years
a resident of Washington, D. C., was
arrested last Wednesday night by
Sheriff Howell upon information coming
from Chief of District Detectives
Burke. Young Lawrence was charged
with robbery, and first information
was that he was also wanted for automobile
theft. It developed, however,
that the new Pontine car which he
was driving had been regularly purchased.
District officials carne to Boone on
Thursday and returned Tjiwrence to
Washington to face charges in which
it is understood about three thousand
dollars is involved. Attorney T. E.
istngnam, or ttoone, accompanied the
prisoner, and although a preliminaiy
hearing had not been held, made arrangements
for bail, and left the case
in the hands of an attorney in that
city.
Miss Jennie Coffey, who has been
confined to her room for the past
several days, is reported to be somewhat
improved, her many friends will
be glad to learn.
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ivoted to the Best Interest
JNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSI
Lindberghs On Ah F1
Here are the Lindberghs, Colonel an
their plane for the take-off from New
to Kurope via Labrador, Greenland ai
operator and observer, is shown clir
bergh is at the right in the foregroonc
Formal Open
Highway I
The Linville-Blov/ing Rock country
'Saturday saw the realization of a
| dream long cherished, the completion
and opening as a hard-surfaced highiway
of the famous Yona-hlossee trail,
'connecting the two resorts and form
'.ng a link in the important Park-toPark
highway system of eastern
America.
Road enthusiasts and notables from
four states who joined In a motorcade
which formed at Galax, Virginia, were
reinforced at Blowing Rock Saturday
morning and climaxed their travels in
a celebration at Llnvilie in the early
afternoon.
The occupants of the long line of
lint traveled slowly for the inmeetlnn
of this superb piece of high- j
way construction had an ideal mornt..,
r. inr, that is i continuous
. IJiivlliB club hoasei arbunS
1 o'ciock the party of more than 600
were guests at a delightful buffet
luncheon with the MucRaes acting
as hosts.
Clarence Kcuster of the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce presided at
the exercises, which followed the
luncheon, when Congressman Robert
L. Doughton, of the Ninth Congressional
District, and M. T. Thatcher,
high school to
be continued!
First Summer Term, Just Closed, Said
to Have Been Successful. Proles
sors Harmon and Farthing Will
Have Charge of School.
The Boone High School last week
closed a very successful term which
was attended by twenty-three very
earnest students.
It had not been planned to continue
the school tlirough the remainder
of the summer; however, some unexpected
funds have been made available
to the school which will enable
& second term to be conducted without
the necessity of chargmg any tuition
fees. Professors Charles I,. Farthlnx
and R. H. Harmon will be in
charge of the school, and those who
desire to attend for the next six weeks
are asked to assemble at the school
building at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon,
July 20, for regi rtration. Classes
will begin promptly at 8 o'clock Friday
morning.
Courses will be offered in the fields |
of Science, English. History and j
mathematics.
Two Local Men Seek
License as Attorneys
Archie G. Quails and Robert M.
Yates, both of Boone, will take the
examination to be given by the Supreme
Court on August 21, looking
to securing licenses for the practice
tnm If. A. *?? J- ? - '
mn. iui. yuuu3 m ti sua UI jar.
and Mrs. J. L. Quails and was educated
at Wake Forest College. Mr.
Yates is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Yates, and has studied diligently under
local attorneys. Both young men
are said to be exceptionally bright and
will likely pass the rigid test without
| difficulty.
Two hundred and twenty-five seek
license at the same time, the largest
class in history. Half a dozen women
and more than that number of negroes
are among the applicants.
:moc
s of Northwest North Care
>AY. JCJL.Y 20. 1933
ight Surveys To^
1W 1
f il, i ) :
d Mrs. Charles A., as they climbed in i
York to survey a northern air route i
rid Iceland. Mrs. Lindbergh, as radio
nbing into the plane. Colonel IJnd- y
I. t
Ling Famed :
s Celebrated ;
i
former representative irorn Kentucky J
and president of the National Parkto-Park
Highway Association, were ,
the principal speakers. e
McCoy Franklin, of Crossnore, wel- ^
corned the guests in inimitable style, j
his welcome and expressions of grat- Y
ification supplemented by Hugh Mc- 0
Rae, Nelson MacRae and others who j
are closely identified with the Lin- ^
ville section.
A telegram was read from Gover- v
nor Ehringhaus expressing keep re- p
gret at being unable to be present f
for what he termed a joyful celebra- ^
tion, and extending congratulations t
to the people of this territory on the ^
realization of a long deferred hope t
that tnis highway inrougu one of " jmost
beautiful ;r; thc v."crld ie n
at last open." r
Twenty nauw.mountain- eea-3^
whn^ftfrrtsteq ,ju the construc tion %
cf the flf3t Yont&lossee road-in 1860. '
were introduced as honor guests.
Houghton Speaks
Congressman Dough ton spoke briefly,
giving voice to the same spirit rv
of gratification and rejoicing that ?
characterJ scd the entire meeting- fie ;
introduced Mr. Thatcher. The former t'
representative, who was one of the ^
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MRS. WILCOX DIES 1
TUESDAY EVENING .
1
Weil Known Boone. Woman Succumbs ^
After Long Illness. Funeral Serv- j
ices Wednesday Afternoon and +
Interment. Here. j
Mrs. G. C. Wilcox, aged 62 years, *
died at her home in Boone Tuesday Y
evening, after a long illness with an ,
incurable malady. Funeral services!
are to be conducted this (Wednesday)
afternoon from the Baptist
Church by Rev. P. A. Hicks and mtrrtll
*
ui ciiv wiJ-uuuutiy
cemetery.
Surviving are the husband and ten ^
children: Lloyd Wilcox, Deep Gap; ?
Otto Wilcox, Jefferson: Mrs. Bina
Da>j, Todd; Mrs. Ada Kriker, Bowie; ?
Dempsey, Herman and Charles Wilcox,
Mrs. W. L. Cook, Misses ilaude r
and Jean Wilcox, all of Boone. (
Mrs. Wilcox was reared near Riverside.
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,
Felix McGuiro, but had spent many '
years as a resident of Boone where ,
she was well and favorably known for (
her kindness, charity and other traits
of Christian womanhood.
Plenty of Rattlers at
Conservation Camp
Wade Edmisten, member of the Civilian
Conservation Corps camp in
the Globe section of Caldwell County,
spent the week-end with his parents
on Route 1. He stateo IiihI ait ?? thru!:
Watauga boys are getting along well,
that the food is good and living conditions
ideal, but added that there
are plenty of snakes ui the valley.
On Thursday a wooda gang killed two
large copperheads and a rattler, and
earlier In the week three other large
reptiles were dispatched near the
camp buildings. Young Edmlsten told
The Democrat that a number of permanent
buildings had been erected,
several miles of trail constructed, and
that actual reforestation work has begun
in the valley.
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STUDENT AT A J.T.C.
LOSES LIFE WHEN
MOTOR BUS WRECKS
Party En Route to Worlds Fair Meets
Tragedy Near Klizabcthtoii, Tenn?.2fes
Nela Brotherton, ?f Denver,
N. C.. Die* of Broken Neck. O. E.
Dillinger. of Nrvvtou, Imuij Lijurcd.
Five "u.-.cs ;:: Tear.
Tragedy marred the beginning: of
a tour to the Worlds Fair of sixty
student-teachers of the Appalachian.
State Teachers College and several
pv-vpic mvs r rioay aicernoon
when one of five buses on the tour
overturned near Crabtree, Term., 22
miles from Elizabeth ton. Tenm, killing
one member of the party and injuring
five others.
Miss Nola B.rotherton, 20, of Denver,
N. C., died in an ambulance en
route to Eliza be Ihton. Death was attributed
to a broken neck. O. E. Dellinger.
32, of Newton, was badly injured
and is under treatment at a
Johnson City hospital. Billinger is suffering
from a fractured pelvis, arm,
face and body lacerations.
Four other members of the party,
whose names have not been ascer:aincd,
were treated for minor injuries,
and continued oil the trip.
The accident occurred about one
nile east of Crabtree when the last
jus in the tour evidently skidded on
he wet pavement and overturned at
i "hair-pin" curve on the mountain,
lighway.
The body of Miss Brothertcn was
-etumed to the home of relatives at
Denver and funeral services, it is unierstood,
were conducted Monaay.
There were five buses and one auomobile
taking the party of teachr-students
to the Chicago exposition.
They left Boone shortly after noon
Friday, and were to have spent the
tight at Morristown, the first stop
n the tour. A Mr. Eason, of Maiden,
s said to have sponsored and directed
he tour.
All of the members of the party,
/ith the exception of four local people,
were students at A. S. T. "C.
Mans for the trip to Chicago have
een underway at the college for some
ime, and while the officials of the
restitution were not sponsoring the
rip, the student body in general apirovea
ot uie piiwi, the.-: ?
iade uie"tr?i'. wtrc paying. thoirr ?
ata part of the expense.
fiemon Home Damaged?.
By Recent Downpour
The home of G. M. Henson. near
iherwood, was badly flooded during
he heavy downpour on Monday of
neck, and two authyildings near
he dwelling were almost removed
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kmmi ukvik iuuiiuaciviij} ao a auiaii
tream nearby left its banks. Thirty
f Mr. Henson's neighbors came to
is assistance and worked until late
a the evening removing the debris
rom the premises.
A iaw-water bridge recently contructed
by rhe Highway Department
s said to have become clogged with
ub'oish during the storm, and changed
he course of the stream onto the
ien.son property. Mr. Henson places
he actual damage done to his premses
at around five hundred dollars,
le wishes to thank his neighbors for
he work they did in helping him to
emove the wreckage and clean up
lis home.
Sheriff's Office Reports
Capture of Three Stills
A V UVtvt.jtll ?3 vi- -J?
N'uMu a. i. xwwcii cum MIS UCyULies
report the capture of five blockxde
distilleries during luc past two
weeks. Kach of the illicit outfits was
imall. but apparently had been in operation
for some time. A large quantity
of beer was destroyed in each
nstance.
Two of the captures were made on
Stony Fork, two in the Beech Mountain
section, and one on New River,
rhese seizures brought Sheriff Howill's
total to twenty-three since Janlary
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SOUTHERN STATES
APPEAR TO HAVE
JOINED THE WETS
What is regarded as the acid test
of prohibition came Tuesday when
A leVome nnH ArbftniUtA. first tWO
Southern States to come to the bat,
swatted prohibition, cast a wet vote,
and joined slxtepn other states in
sanctioning repeal of the eighteenth
amendment.
Incomplete returns show that repealists
are leading in Arkansas
with a majority of about 20,000,
while in Alabama early retnriw Indicate
about two to one fpr the
wets. Tennessee votes Thursday and
Oregon Friday, both states being" V;
generally conceded by observers to ,
the repeal is ts.