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? ? f BOONE SKETCHES I ByJ.CR. ' STRANGE RELIGION! THAT fellow who flogged the sixyear-old kid pretty near to death last week was tried in Judge Suddreth's court Tuesday, was fined a hundred smackers and the cost, given a six-montbs suspended sentence and asked to kindly refrain from his fiendish cruelty for years and years and years. The strange Ip&rt of the whole affair is this: it developed in court that the defendant is some sort of a minister ... a close student of the Scriptures, a hard worker, and believes, it appears, that no is following the * achings of Christianity . . even .vhen be is laying the plat across the back of a poor little orphan boy. Can you imagine j that? It's hard to believe that a man can spend hours poring over the teachings of the lowly Nazareue, which scintillate with promises of mercy and compassion . . . and then cut off a dogwood sprout to "settle the argument" with a defenseless child. It's hard to believe that a man can get down on his knees, direct his prayers to the Almighty, and plead tor mercy, when he, himself, accords not one whit of mercy to those in his care. But that's just what this fellow has been doing, according to those who know bim . . . praying, preaching, studying the Bible, and whipping his youngsters with long, keen, cruel sprouts. Another of those paradoxical things that is calculated to make one scratch his head and wrinkle his brow. "Spare the rod and spoil the child" Is a sort ot private motto for the aforementioned flogger, and Ite says these words are a part of the Scriptures. Excuse our igne- \ ranee, and in the meantime please tell us . . . are they, or "ain't they ? t COY WILLIAMS, 1). D.? L A MBJTION and determination . . . l\^ these virtues can certainly be claimed by Coy Williams, colored. Everybody in Boone is acquainted with Coy. Bootblack, bell-hop, chauffeur, roustabout, teacher,preacher t'nia no..i-A ? ... vuiu 'ivf,!!/ uno J..OV ^.'tVMUrU along year after year, saving a part of his carningB. studying a whole lot, and making preparations to hook those two simple little letters, "D. D." to hts name. And now the aegice is in sight just three years away, Seine time age a Tenne33ee college conferred a bachelor's degree on Coy ?arts or something It was , . . but that didn't half satisfy this ambitious son of Ham. He craved for something bigger, for something better, a course in theology, and "Doctor,'" if you please. Coy is now teaching at the negro school in Buone during the week, is a trial member of the North Carolina Colored Methodist Confer- , once, and by virtue of this authority is flaying the devil from the pulpits , of two T>r three Caldwell County J churches every Sunday. He's going to an Atlanta theological seminary next year, and by the summer of 1936, If his luck holds, he will be prepared to carry on his Master's business in a "gentlemanly way," as he so quaintly puts it. Coy'3 in dead j earnest: he just know3 he'll make the , grade. This matter of getting a col- . lege education after a man passes thirty is something that most white folks are afraid to tackle . . . but Coir ' doesn t seem to mind. He's got a wife any kid, p. little money in a postal savings account, a bright mind, j and as much spunk as old Booker T. himself ever carried in his dusky car- , cass. "I'm getting pretty old to start ( studying again," says Coy, "but if I r die just after I finish this long, hard course, I'll think its' reward enough ^ to have that 'D. D." stuck on my ~ tombstone." We can't guarantee Coy's brand ' of religion . . . we just don't know \ about that . . . but surely snob ambition as he possesses has been inspired by the infinite. And his determination to overcome the bar- ( rlers of ignorance and make for himself a name is a shining example for those with white skins. THANK YOU TOO MUCH! A FRIEND or the Sketch Man who lives down in Charlotte dropped him a line the other day and, contrary to the rule, tucked in a couple of "posies" or so. A country journalist is accustomed to criticism, but ' when an old pal pays him an unsolicited compliment, he blushes just a bit, warms up on the inside, and passes it on to his readers, just as if they cared what somebody thought i of somebody. Be that as it may, i here's what the Queen City man had to say: "If you don't watch out, you'll find : yourself writing a syndicated column i of Boone Sketches for the whole of 1 these good United States. Honestly, I'd rather read Boone Sketches than anv column I've ever bothered about. "Odd Melntyre,' Brisbane, Quiilen, , even our own Tim Pridgen or Tom Jimison. Every week you're getting better and better, and if you'il keep it as good as it has been you can clip the column and send it to me for my subscription price, and T'll (Continued on Page 4) WXl A NonVOLUME XL.V. NUMBER 7 BEATTY IS FINED T FOR MISTREATING CHILD; NO DENIAL SI00 and Costs Most Be Pa?d by Farmer Who Admits that Punihsment Was Too Severe; Suspended Sentence of Six Months in Jail Passed. Few Other Cases Disposed of by Recorder at Busj Session Tuesday. Fred Beatty. citizen of the Rutherwood community, was fined $100 and the costs for the action, and placed under a six-rnonths suspended sentence by Judge Suddrcth in P.c order's Court Tuesday, for the unmcrci.- I ful whipping of a six-year-old child, j J. D., who had been making his :i >ru? j who me ueattys. Beatty was arrested on Monday eve- j ning of last week on a warrant sworn j out by Smith Hagaroan, superintendent of public welfare, and which charged assault, was arraigned and _ released by Justice E. N. Hahn on a bond of $100. Solicitor Zimmerman, upon investigation of the case, swore out a second warrant charging assault with a deadly weapon, Beatty was rearrested on Wednesday and placed in jail, where he remained, in default of a S500 bond, until released by the court. State's witnesses, who included Mrs. Brantley Duncan, teacher at the Rutherwood School, Smith Kagaraan and Deputy Hill Hagaman, testified as to the bruised and lacerated condition of the six-year-old boy's body rafter the chastisement with a dogwood sprout, while Attorney Holshouser. appearing for the defense, offered good men as witnesses to the character of the defendant. The defendant himself iat.er made a statement to the court, indicating his sorrow at going too far with the lash, admitted the whipping was too severe. and took the blame. He proved that he was a hard-working man, had been known as a good citizen, and slated that he had taken care of the child and hadn't used any Red Cross flour in his ration. The case aroused unusual interest and many stood in the aisles as the testimony was offered. Other Coses Claude Teague, Roy Lenlz and Jcss i Walker, arraigned fut vlomvlou of the | prohibition law a, vv cic- ggagjege Co vt* j and placed under a four-months sus-l ponded road sentence. A case against Wingato Hamby, charging larceny, was nol pressed ' when witnesses failed to appear. .foe Trviett, who had failed to appear to show his good conduct, was cited and allowed to continue reporting, when he showed that he had " been supporting his wife in eccordince with the judgment of the court. Mrs. Sarah Greene Dies At Home on Stony Fork ^ a Mrs. Sarah Greene, 77 years of age, j, lied at her home in the Stony Fork ^ immunity on Monday, August 7th, t 'ollowing an illness of several weeks, j. Am era! services were conducted on ^ ruesday, the 8th, at I.aurel Springs 3aptist Church by the pastor, Rev. ^ Barrison Winkler, and burial took Dlace in the church cemetery. h Surviving are six children, Rev. Levi j. Jreene of Deep Gap, Calvin Greene jf Lenoir. Mrs. Alice Hamby of Deep (J Jap, Mrs. Millie Adams of Lenoir, iliss Lidia Greene of Wilkesboro, and s Nude Greene of Deep Gap; three ^ mothers. Lott Greene of Jonesboro, j L'enn , David Greene of Boone; Gro- j ter Greene of Wilmington, Del.; five listers, Mrs. Etta Wagner of Bel Air, s '.id., Mrs. George Sullivan of States- j .-Ule. Mrs. M. E. Wilder of Oklahoma j 3ity, Mrs. Caroline Greene of Lenoir, (uid Mrs. Will Watson of Sweetwater, ^ Tenn. Twenty-seven grandchildren, c ind five gi-cat-grandchildren also sur- ^ ive. j Mrs. Greene was born in Watauga r bounty on September 29th, 1958. She vas married to the late W. L. Greene Ml February 28, 1878. To this union .vas bora ten children, four of whom S preceded her in death. She professed faith in Christ at an early age and joined Stony Fork Baptist Church, later removing her membership to Mountain View, and remained active 0 in religious affairs until ber death. t | c "HEAVEN BOUND" TO BE S STAGED AT B1 OWING ROCK I ? "Heaven Bound," a pageant in s which all the characters are negroes, and which has been enthusiastically p acclaimed throughout the southeast- t era states, will be staged at the school i auditorium, Blowing Rock, N. C., on t Saturday, August lflth, at 3 and 8 I o'clock p. m. The event is sponsored t by the Womans' Auxiliary of the \ Presbyterian Church, and a small admission fee is charged. s An all-negro cast of twenty-five j give their own conception of the jour- c ney through life in "Heaven Bound." t Spirituals are woven into the play in i interesting manner and Satan and St. 1 Peter and others are seen In char- t acter. Many who have witnessed the pageant heretofore express the pur-jt p03e of attending a second time. jt "augJ Partisan Newspaper, Devc BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT headquarters S Above is pictured the headquarters o under the banner of the Blue Eagle. T posed for this photo on the steps of the right): Dr. William Cumberland, W. >V. McGrady and Maccolm Muir. Second ro Join* Hancock, Dudley Cates and Robert r? vf ay vicars r < Bank; Hood With the publication today in The n Democrat of the plan of reorgani- pr zatic? of the Watauga Count) Bank tl as required by the new state bank- ii ing laws, the opening of the local a financial institution in the near fu- t< turc is practically assured. Thirty a days must elapse, however, from ii the date of the advertisement in g order that depositors may offer any v objection they may have. Few, if ti any objections, however, are cx- H pccted, since more than ninety per h cent of the money deposited has It been previously signed to the arti- ,a cles of reorganization. When the a thirty days shall have elapsed, it si is said, Commissioner Hood would not expoet to use more than two ti weeks in the actual opening, which $ in some instances has been effect- c ??d in about half the time. C The plan under which the bank J] will open is the same as first pro- m posed, with the exception of cer- <j tain minor cITanges made by Mr. t3 "cr,J to aafcguartl the de- 15 jjuaituii, o7ld" tc HiSit th^ JURORS CHOSEN 1 FOR FALL COURT fixed Term to Convene September 18th, With Judge Wilson Warllck | Presiding. No More Thru: Fifteen Criminal Coses to Be Tried. The regular fali term of Watauga iuperior Court will convene on Mon- un lay, September 18th, for one week, or< nd it is set for the trial of l>oth crim- ize nai and civil cases. Judge Wilson ha Varlick, resident judge of this disrict, will preside The criminal docket of 3 unusually light, due to the tact hat the Recorders Court is operating or nd not more than 15 cases are to e heard, none of them being of outlanding interest. A large number, th lowever, will report on good behavior Pu ionds. ^ Following is a list of the jurors M Irawn: 551 W. S. Miller, A. E. Trivett, Lee D< Swift, Fred Andrews, W. Leon Cof- M ey, Ed Robbins, Bascom Hampton, y? ilillard Day, Stanford Jones, Z. V. Earthing, W. C. Lyons, S. E. Ander- Jon. E. LI Payne, C. B. Moody, Ed *-*. Williams. Tom Banner. W. T. as >ayne, W. H. Harbin, J. B. Hodges. of . R. Mast, Henry Mast, Luther Ward, ^ W. Lookabill, Henry Proffitt, C. C. *ugrnan, W. H. Greene, Richard "5e Shore, Frank Main, Earnie C. Trip- 08 ett, L. F. Townsend, Carson Masten, ^ i. A. Hamby, Jeremy Greene, G. VV. ?' tobbins, E. L. Wails, J. F. Baird and M A. Church. 15 P< M: iTATE COUNCIL OF JUNIOR je ORDER TO MEET IN HICKORY ao Hickory.?Members of the Junior >rder in every county in North Car- IV lina are now preparing to attend I' he annual session of the State counil which convenes here Tuesday, Aurusl 22nd, for a two-day session. Aswis P. Hamlin of Brevard, as State councilor, will preside over the K( essions d Members of the local council have ireparcd an excellent program of enertainmcnt for several hundred vistors expected here for the convenion. While the convention has but er Ifilo timn fn?> ananiol nntort O inm on f fll ime will be taken out for a little di- ^ 'ersion. P* Reports ot' the State officers will 9* ihow excellent progress during the ear now ending with a large number it if new councils instituted. The mem- pf iershlp report will reveal small losses re n members despite the unusually pj lard period through which the State hi iss just passed. y< Election of officers will be one of cs he outstanding nlatters of business id :o confront the session. fo \ DE jted to the Best Interest: Y, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSD tag of Gen. Johnson's Blue Bj ^^uE^BS f. General Hugh S. Johnson's army he National Recovery Administratoi Department of Commerce Building Picard, S. A. Rosenblatt, General Jo w, Gen. C. C. Williams, John W. Pow Lea. Bac: E. H. Howard, H. N. Slat [>r Opening < Issues Depoj 1 cents of the banking acts. The . inclpal chungc was to require that 1 he savings and time deposits left j i the bank must be paid pro rata, s fast as the bank is in a position o redeem the same. Under the greernent, the depositors shall pay tie the capital fund of the reorani/.ation 33 1-3 per cent, of the j aiai amount due them for both Ime and demand deposits as of j larch 4, 1933, while the stock- ! Olriers shall surrender the old cap- 1 rui stock of $50,000 together with ! p surplus and undivided profits, | 6d pay into the reorganization an mount not less than $25,000. The : o tailed statement to the deposi- ! >rs published lists deposits sit j 38$,117.37, and amount due other reditors at $94,054.?(?, is signed by | jojnmissioner of Bunks Gurnfty A', j food, and a copy lias been filed j ith the Clerk of the Superior j wrt of Watauga County. Objec- ! Ifcns tb the carrying but of the i to". it is stated, must be filed j 'lib the i.ourr ciork in 30 day:;. ; Wfr. Miller. T. Lead Dry Force Aggressive Cai Cv At a recent meeting the Watauga It of the United Dry Forces was ganized. This meeting was organid by electing Attorney T. B. Bingm as chairman and Clerk of the mrt A. E. South, sec'y. The purpose the meeting was stated in a short eech by Mr. M. R. Hilford, State ganizer with the United Dry Forces, lis meeting decided to wage an acre and aggressive dry campaign in e county. An organization for the irpose was formed as follows: W. F. iller and T. E. Bingham, managers; v^ui a acuicutry, J. O. anbury, treasurer; Mrs. D. D. lugherty, director of women, and rs. Nora Mast Wilson, director ot ling people. A finance committee composed of S. Stanbury, W. D. Farthing and P. Hagaman was selected, as well a publicity committee composed the two managers above named id Clyde R. Greene. The dry executive committee will made up of two members from ch township, a part of whom have en selected as follows: H. M Winer, Mrs. Ron Davis. N. L. Harrison, iss Minnie Day, S. T. Isenhour, Mrs. P. Coffey, J. S. Stanbury. Mrs. :arl Greene, Don J. Horton, Mrs. ary Harris, Marshall Ward, Mrs. ssie Mae Harman, D. t,. Greene, Jan Moreta, Mrs. C. M. Watson, Dud[ewYaxrateTis fixed at 95 cents >ard of Commissioners Makes Reduction of Five Cents in New Levy. Horizontal Cut of 12% Cents Was Made in Valuation. The Board of County Commission a in adjourned session Monday eveng announced a horizontal cut in iluation of taxable property of 12% ;r cent., and fixed the new levy at cents. The new tax rate is 5 cents lower, having been an even dollar for the ist two years. The cut in valuation presents a further saving to the tax-! lyers of the county, who with the gher prices of farm products this ;ar, should be in a position to take ire of their tax receipts more raply than has been possible heretore. i 3 of Northwest North Carol AY, AUGUST 17. 1933 ^~~| 1 which is waging war on depression ^ r and his staff of co-administrators w at Washington. Front row (left to n hnson, Miss Frances Robinson, E. T. er, Robert. Strauss, Edgar P. Knapp, er, Robt. Stevens and C. E. Parsons. R )f Watauga I ^ St liters' Notice E jo U] The officials of the Watauga Bank have worked diligently get- k! ting the reorganization articles A ready to submit. They now have P the approval of the Commissioner ti of Sanies, of the Reconstruction Fi- t: nance Corporation, and of the cor- si responding banks, Wachovia Bunk k ami Trust Companj- and the Ham- ol ilton National Bank. All who have hi made a study of the proposal <ii agree that it is the fairest and best m plan possible for the stockholders, P; depositors and the people of Wa- m tauga County in general that can at l>e worked out. m When reorganized as required by S. Commissioner Hood, there can be no question but that the bank will C I'M* tr? <? ctrftnn- -w ulftni. .....1 .?1.1.. weather auy storm that might * come. Nmly all the depositors and storkhclders have agreed to the plan. It is not believed that any one will think it a good move to object after they have carefully kl t-hft itrflixositiOH. ^ Pfj E. Bingham To % O) ;s; To Wage An ? tc npaign Locally is ti ley Greene, Mrs. Lee Swtft, C. C. sc Triplett. A.. N. Thomas and Mrs. Wal- h< ter South. hi The work of setting up township in organizations Is being completed as rapidly as possible by holding meet- *ings in each township, and the elee- a" tion of a township chairman, vice- n chairman and a township committee composed of at least twelve members. Rally to Be Held A county-wide dry rally will be held in Boone on Sunday, September fl 3rd, at 2:30 p. m. Judge Hayes and a Governor W. C. Newland have been ' invited to address this meeting. Gov. s Newland has accepted the invitation and Judge Hayes is expected to ac- 11 cept. A program for this rally will n be published soon. 1 It was pointed out at the dry meet- 1 ing that in the State prohibition elec- J tion held on May 26, 1908. Watauga 1 County voted 1,113 to 157 against manufacture and sale of liquors. The 1 vote by townships was: f Against For c Boone 198 10 1 Beaver Dam 122 0 J Blue Ridge 68 33 ^ Blowing Rock ... 47 17 ? Bald Mountain 28 0 r Beech Mountain 64 0 i: Cove Creek 198 2 Elk 11 20 Laurel Creek 64 16 Meat Camp 89 4 North Fork 16 4 a Stony Fork 49 39 Shawneehaw 87 3 Watauga 71 9 WATAUGA MAN GRANTED AN INSURANCE LICENSE Raleigh.?Only five out of ninety [applicants to sell insurance in North | Carolina failed to pass the examinaj tions given by the Insurance Department over a period almost covered by !the month of July, Insurance Commissioner Dan C. Boney reports. In- ; eluded among those passing the tests t and receiving license is R. Clyde 1 Winebarger of Boone. l 1 Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bairc! and Alex , Woody of Valle Crucis. W. E. Shipley, , Ilobcrt Shipley and Mr. and Mrs John Dugger of Vilas, Charles I^ewis of ] Sugar Grove and Mrs. T. A. Belk of J Concord, were among those who at- i tended the festival on White Top : Mountain, Virginia, Saturday. ma *1.50 PFiR YEAK S00NE MAN NAM!) J. S. COLLECTOR NTERNAL REVENUE . H. Robertson t'orti'ards Name ot R. L Cloy to Washington as Deputy Collector. Will Likely Be Sworn In Soon. Former Railway Agent Has Been Active in Affairs of the Party and Is Leading Citizen. r? f, Plnv r?f Rruino hno Vwon nawort > deputy collector of internal revme by Collector Charles H. Robert>n, according to a press-time di9atch The Democrat received from its aleigh correspondent. The appcintlent has been forwarded to Washigton and no doubt the local man ill be sworn into office within the ext few days. Mr. Clay, who until recently was ation agent for the Linville River ailway and who is engaged in other jsiness enterprises, has been a leadig figure in the ranks of the Demo atic party for many years, is well id favorably known throughout this :ction of the State, and his friends mgratulate him upon the successful llmination of his campaign for the :fice, which represents the first mair patronage to come to this section ider the Roosevelt administration. At the same time Walter A. Micie. Winston-Salem, Zeb H. Rush, sheboro. and Rufus M. Jones, of atterson, were appointed as dcpucs for the collection of processing ixos. Mis. T. Palmer Jerman was worn in Wednesday as assistant colictor of revenue for the North Carlina district, and Raymond P. Earnart, Lexington, was sworn in Moniy as chief of the field staff. Rayond Christian, Wilmington, Nate arker, Elizabeth City, and S. E. Varir, Whittier, wore sworn in Tuesday . deputy collectors. Other appointtents besides Mr. Clay are Jasper Atkinson, Elkin; R. T. Bennett, of ^adesboro, and Vivian J. Brawley of harlotte. rish Potatoes Are Rpino *4 R Jl X. 1 J Irish potatoes are now being marcted in considerable quantities and mlthuy's Store, the only local deall to.no into the having of. spuds on i* appicdttulc r.calc. 1;: doing ? lnmi Efice building. Saturday olone this incern brought near 85,000 pounds o.bout 1,400 bushels, and still they >me. The price offered ranges from le dollar per pushel for number ones i 40 cent3 for twos, a hundred per int. increase over last year. The rincipal part of the crop, however, not being marketed at the present me. Many ot uie iarger i'ariueio are dllng only as many as necessary ami ilding on to the remainder for the 8nM gher price which they think is com- KVfl S 'rogram Announced for "hre6 Forks Association The Three Forks Baptist. Assoeiaon will convene at South Fork BapLst Church on Tuesday. August HO, ir a two-day session. All churches re urged to send full delegations, 'he program, as announced by the ec\-etary, follows: Tuesday, August 29: Forenoon, Anna! Sermon; Organization; Address f Moderator and Report of Commitee on Order of Business; Religious literature; Temperance; Noon recess. Afternoon: Devotional; Missions; Belevolences; Obituaries. Wednesday, August 30: Forenoon, devotional; Religious Training; Re>ort of Executive Committee; Asso iiaiiuiim x-rugnate, uy uie paaxura ux he various churches: Noon recess. Afternoon: Devotional; Woman's Vork; Nominations; Resolutions; rime, Place and Preacher; Finance ind Ti-easury; Miscellaneous; Closng Program. KIMKL?MAST Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Mast of Boone nnounce the marriage of their daugh:cr, Miss Jennie, to Ralph T. Klmel >f Winston-Salem, on Monday. A agist 7th, the ceremony having been jerformed at Roanoke, Va.. bj- Rev. tars i-avTo. immediately alter tne , vedding Mr. and Mrs. Kime! left for , .Vashington. D. C. After visiting dlf- '/"/ 'erent northern points they will be ... it home in Winston-Salem, N. C. Mrs. Kimcl is well known throughout this section of the State, received .. ler education at the Appalachian reachers College here, and for two ,,?? , years following was a member or the faculty of the county schools. For V the past six years she has taught in' ' the Griffith school of Forsyth County. She is talented and attractive and sxtremely popular among a large clr- * :1c of friends. Mr. Kimel is a son of Mrs. J. T. Kimel of Winston-Salem, is favorably known throughout that section, and tor the past ten years has been responsibly connected with the Reyn
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