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?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. |1 I A No ,= =?= VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 3 s 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. 1 * T"VBA DE 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 ^ (Continued on Pago 3) s 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. - ? RAT >lina ~ " 1 *1.50 PER YEAR 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 IIIOIK Pt - 11 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 1st. ; V . ' '/ 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.