North Carolina Newspapers

; t ' BOONE SKETCHES! By J. C. R. I COOTER ON TUE CODE President Roosevelt has found at least one Boone resident who is willing to co-operate in his recovery campaign . . . none other than Cooter Haiglcr, black as the proverbial eighths!!, hut strictly business when it comes to wages and hours. Marsha! Watt Gragg wa3 building a rock wall near his home a few days ago. He needed a laborer. Cooter was summoned. He was offered a dollar and a half per day to perform certain duties which hud to do with mixing mortar He scratched his kinky head, and asked for a private session with the Marshal. He informed the Marshall that he would be forced to Co-1 operate in the "new arrangement,' I hence would work for no less than two buck - The Marshal informed Cooter that there "was nothin' a'shakin'." So Cooter went back home, sans work, sans wages, as it were. d OUTRAGEOUS ? If you possess a morbid curios- i n ity . . . like murders am! suicides untl such . . . just drive over to Blowing Hock and take a look at ? lie butchery that a couple of well- J. intent ioned business men have put across on a gullible, citizenry. Yes, ^ they've built a fence right tlab along ^ the comb of the mountain, shearing the rock almost in half, and, to add insult to Injury, built a refreshment parlor in the midst of tile ( inspiring scenery where, in future ^,? years, the odor of hamburgers and rel hot-dogs will meet and comingle with the flower-laden mountain ^ei zephyrs. Not in the memory of man has greater sacrilege been commit- j j;"e ted. for tbe 1,-ot-d never intended J ^ that his handiwork should Sx? ex- 1 plotted by the commercially--minded exj gentry . . . especially Blowing Hock, ^.ei the fame of which has spread world <Jej wide. And. there's a rumor afloat ; that by next season those who de- ?All sire to revel in the riotous vista | of beauty that lies beneath the ancient landmark, will lie asked to ^ plank down a ipjdrter for the peep. |er Shades of Julius Caesar . . . ain't it awrtil? While there's nothing we [c can do al>out the matter, we prof- cu fer the guess that if such outrages ,m as this are permitted for tbe next few years, some wise guy will come j Jn forward with a scheme to ptace a -sj ir^!? fence around the Rock jm( sf iU*d extract at feast a uoi- j lar from plou** pilgrims who wish j sic to cleave thereto. j in TO-?ITS KBSOt'B < - ?Here near the end of the tourist wj season, when we are practically fed- an up on the curious stares that up-East , yiaitars direct at raountaineera, we're ' tickled to death to have somebody . r LI1, come to our rescue, for it makes us 1;., hill-billies squirm to have the out- . Eider look or. us just as if we were monkeys in a cage. Editor Sant'ord g0( Martin, of The Winston-Salem Jour- wj nal, editorially commented on "moun- re, tain whites" a couple of days ago, mc and here's what he said about our Qw way of doing business: "It might be well for those gentry of the so-called intelligentsia, north ,( |r of the Mason and Dixon liue, who ^ ever and anon evince deep concern for the plight of the poor 'mountain whites' of the south, to ponder the ha following paragraph from a news sto ry ir. The Journal recently: s "There were reported 250 Grange toI members in Madison County, and it was an unusual fact that of the 13 ^re officers installed at Walnut, high up Me in the Blue Ridge Mountaina, every Lnc officer installed, except one, was a Lgi college graduate.' ^ "Madison county lies deep in the mountains of North Carolina. But that has not prevented it from being the home for many years of Mars (>r Hill College, one of the best educa- n(v tional institutions of its type in the B|, entire country. This institution was hr, built by the mountain people, as many wj others have been, notably the Appalachlan Stace Teachers College, at tu| Boone, and p. similar institution at to Cullowhee, deep in the Great Smokies mi far beyond Ashevilie. we "When the Grange comes to our p mountains to find virtually nothing pr( > but native college grdauates for lead- r|a era, it is high time somebody up In 0r; Jhew York or Boston was writing },0' another magazine article." r, wi WATAUGA HAS MANY thi m.T B1T.I /' * ??T?*FATt' TH1C t IVIjl-ICir U^liVI/Cil^O A11IO i jcjruv Itc int Raleigh.?Watauga County has 1,- ] 675 individual gardens which covered wa an area of 780 acres, which were of sponsored by the Governor's Office of of Relief. Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, di- gr> rector, reports. inf Approximately 70,000 acres of land, or] embracing 135,000 individual family tn< gardens, have been planted and cultivated in the State this summer, and have already produced approximately 2,728,019 quarts of food, to which tai Will be added about 2,775,000 quart3 of more before the growing season ends, of The food thus produced will be con- of sumed by the families cultivating Mi these 135,000 gardens, this reducing Mi to the extent of its vaitie the cost kn of food relief during the coming fall iti and winter, Mrs. O'Berry points out. Vi WAT __ AN( OL.UME XLV, NUMBER 8 | Cuban Prcsidrat^ lVre is the man, Or. Carlos Manel dt Cespedes. new President of |uha, \vWo fa striving to restore orer in the little southern republic. QUIR RELSEfVSON 0 OPEN OCTOBER] fort to Procure Earlier Opeuin; ails. Sheriff's Office <o Co-operate with Warden FarlbW ?" _ ? ---ft Enforcing Game Laws. County Game Warden H. Gradi rthing announces thai the squir hunting season in Watauga will en October 1st and close Novcm r 30th. Efforts have been put fort' local spoilsmen to secure an ear r opening, but Conservation l>e rtment officials in Raleigh stab it no change can be made in th< isting rulings. The following let from Col. J. W. Ha nelson to War a Farthing is self-explanatory: 'With reference to your inquiry 01 igust 11th. the legislature fixe* i squirrel seasons* Our Conserva n Board cannot fix the date. Out ard has the power to reduce Cn< igths of seasons within the outside tes named in the public laws anc reduce bag limits, hut cannot. g< t3ide of dates and bag limits sci der the law. I think it advisabu it you give thes?? Tacts to the pros: your county, stating that the Leg ature did this and that the Depart mt had nothing to Jo with it." The Watauga Butuu of Ccrr.mi? mers lias asKed the Sheriff's cffic co-operate with Warden Farthinj enforcing the game laws, am couftrted effort, w Ui be made t( tng alT offenders" "FSSri 11 be no open season on deer, jtl'.eas ts or ruffed grouse in Watauga the ar. The coon-o'possum season wi! en November 1st and continu* Longli January 31st; bear. Oetobei . to January 15th- all other game (vember 15th to January 1st. License fees are aa follows: County e; State, $2.10: combination State !le bunting- and fishing, $3.00; r.on iident hunting, $10.10. All sports sri must have permission of lane ners before hunting on privat< ?perties. iNNESSEE VAL1E1 ATJTHOttm TEKEST IN BANNER ELKWORIi The Tennessee Valley Authority s been in correspondence with Ed r H. Tufts, of Banner Elk, in re rd to the social and economic lac s of life in this region. The Au n-ity has expressed considerable m est in the work of the Edgar Tuft: :morial Association at Banner Elk hiding Grandfather Orphanage es-Meftae College, Grace Hospital I their affiliated industries. OFFERING BRINGS $2,500 The annual offering for tin andfatlier Orphans Home at Ban r Elk, taken last Sunday at tin owing Rock Presbyterian Church ought in approximately $2,50C ucii will be applied to the ncces ry running expenses of the insti tion. Dr. James I. Vance, who wa have preached the sermon, wa able to be present, and Rev. Rus II Long, of Greenville, S. C. cached in his stead. Edgar H. Tufts isident of the Edgar Tufts Memo .1 Association, which includes thi lhanage, explained the needs of thi me to the congregation. Miss Jam issell and Miss Miriam Andersou Ih six of the smaller children fron : home, were present at the 3c-rv : and were dinner guests of a Blow r Rock cottager afterwards. Mr. Tufts said during the week hi ls very well pleased with the resul the offering, which equalled tha last year, and expressed his dee] ititude to the people of the Blow f Rock for the loyal support of thi jhanagc, to which Blowing Rock t i leading contributor. HOBTON?MAY Married on August 1st, at Moun n City, Tenn., Miss Myrtle Ma; Sherwood to Mr. James K. Hortoi Vilas. The bride is the (laughte 1/. /,?/] Igw, 111 It Xini, tfu. aiiu mis. ?*. iu. May. *vun . Horton is the son of Mr. an' r3. J. F. Horton. Both are well own and popular in their comraun es. They are making their home a las. rAUGi an-Partisan Newspaper, Devo BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT7 |MRS. LLOYD ELlS ! DIES FRIDAY; ILL j SEVERAL WEEKS Well Known Zionville Lady Succumbs at Home of W. C. Greer in Boone. Was 85 Years Old. Husband and One Daughter Survive. Native of West, But Had Resided Here for Sixteen Years. Mrs. Lloyd Eiler, 35 years old. of the Zionville community, died Friday evening at the home of her sister-inlaw, Mrs. W. C. Greer of Boone, after an illness with an incurable malady which became serious three weeks ago. 1 Funeral services were conducted from the Zionville Baptist Church on | Saturday morning at IT o'clock by the pastor, Rev. W. D. Ashley, who | was assisted by Rev. R. C Eggers. - A large crowd of friends were present and the flora! offerings were profuse. Interment was in the neighboring cemetery. Surviving are the husband and a l small daughter, Hope. rjuer yvi\s> me daughter or r mi', and Mrs. C. E. Ljungherg of Hob' son. Montana, was born and reared in Wyoming, but had been a resident of Watauga County since she was ** married sixteen years ago. She was ** . well known in this county, where she ~? had made a wide circle of friends. ?? r COL, LUCKETT EXPECTS TO x BUILD SUMMER HOMF, HERE Col. Joseph Daniel Boone Luckeft ^ a of Gulfport, Miss., is camping at his ~ estate on Rich Mountain, where he expects to bnild a summer home in the near future. The Colonel prides ret himself on being a crack shot and Ta t his two hobbies are hunting and fish- iui ! ing. He hunts deer and wild turkey im in the swamps of Mississippi and he at . claims he can hit a nail head with a. at , Winchester rifle at 25 paces. He says ph \ he's the champion fisherman of the fch< J gulf coast, but his friends who know ) him bc3t take that with a grain Of T*s t salt. He's very fond of history and. ,tt* , jlms a wonderful memory, especially i fin j I ancient history. He's planning to writ^* jflw '! a history of Western North Carolina) Qfr around the life of Daniel Bocne.?Re? ported. ' fijj '1AlMV LOTSSOLD I \ AT BLOWING ROCRIH ?? teal ; LlUt Saturday's Event Sees Beginning ron 1 of Development on Yimnhlusstc; iasj^ Several I'urciiawir Plan to Build jng Homes in Near Future. iels , 1 ? loct (BioWlr.g Rocket) Crc The A. S. Aberncthy estate on the jn t ! Yonahlossee Road, sold at auction ailt> . last Saturday morning by the receiv- j, . era, saw the beginning of a cottage yyp ! development on the Yonahlossee qol , Road. A score of local people and AuJ several visitors were aninng those who purchased lots Thomas P. Puett, c^n f H. (J. Stevens, and H. H. Yount were (j3(. [ the receivers for the estate and C. \ S. Prevette was the agent. , Tlie complete list of purchasers is w . now at Boone where the sales are be- yyj, . ing confirmed. Among those who p . bought lots at the auction were Dr. pjr, . Fraiik Davis of Miami Beach, who ory . bought six lots and has already be1 gun to build. Dr. Davis, a retired sur- A geon, is spending his first season e(j here with his wife and two small sons r,,a and will make Blowing Rock his fjot home. A garage is already under con- p 3truction on his property and he waj plans to build a home in the spring. ter] 2 Others who bought lots and it is nat . understood plan to build on them are rec, 2 W. \Y. Daniel, Moses H. Teague arid j, E. G. Underdown. Out-of-town pur- ele( i, chasers Included Mrs. H. L. San' | ders of Charlotte nnd Charles W. BagI W?? .of fUel-oeor A I i'J v?* iiiuRuij, 11 luiif, utugi iui-ai 3 purchaser!, were C. V. Henkel, Wade ^ s Kluttz, B. K. Kairallah, A. Montesan- wJlj - It, Spencer Greene, Newt Greene, , John Ford, George Robbins, J. H. , Winkler and John Greene. Til One hundred and twenty-five lots SJ\ 3 were placed on sale, of which seven. ty-four were sold. HIT AND RUN VICTIM l Mrs. Donald MacRae of Linville, on Bai - her way over to the movies at Blow- of - ing Rock Friday of last week, picked b up a stray nine-year-old colored boy - who had been struck and left by a t hit-and-run motorist on the Yonah- I t losaee Road, ten miles out. The child's wai Llsg was badly scraped and bruised, of - She brought him in to Dr. Mary C. Ass e Wartield for treatment. After the the s show was over Mrs. MacRae returned in : to Linville, leaving the patient at din, Miss Florence Boyd's establishment org on the Yonahlossee Road for future ceei - care. Miss Boyd, who conducts a wh( V small home for crippled children, is of . f looking after him until his leg is ! r healed and pending other arrange- pre 2 ments. tar; 3 sen Bananas, introduced into western t - lands within the last 55 years, are ed, t said to have been eaten by ancient hoc Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. app ted to the Best Interest r, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSE Heads Women's E ? ifixSi > p . f Morr K. Hughes (seated), of JLoui *ad of the Women's Division of t ie women's clubs of the country i leadquarlers are in the Commerce h air Tax Leagm [11 Prospect; Lt 3. Paul Leonard, Statesville, sectary of the North Carolina Fair x Association, will address a mass noting of the voters and business mi of Boone and Watauga County the courthouse Friday evening 8 o'clock. At this time it is Mined to organize a local unit of e> Association. The primary purpose of the Fair iX League Is to create public sennent In favor of the abolition of i&: stales tax, or rather to organize B sentiment which already exists. Camels Heads A I" . . . urs. Akslicr ^va: . 1& Slate Department of the Atneri Legion clOBed its annual two-day vection at Wrightsvilie Beach on Saturday after unanimous electall officers including Tom C. Bailor New Bern as commander, seing the next convention city as ensbero, which also won urst tirir.u he drum and bugle corps contest, passing several resolutions. Irs. W. R. Absher of North kesboro, well known in Watauga inty, was elected president of the ciliary, which passed a resolution t no departmental presidential didate can announce her candiy until after Poppy Day, May 30. rice-commanders elected were JWhitehead of Smithfield, Charles Lewis of Greensboro, and B. C. itaker of Cliffside. lev. John R. Hay, pastov of the st Presbyterian Church of Hick, wa3 elected chaplain and A. O. kens of Wilson, Judge Advocate. R. Newsome of Raleigh was eletthistorian and J. M. Caldwell was ppoinled adjutant and financial ofr. larl McMicbuel of Winston-Salem i named to complete the unexpired m nf W T Inunnp r?f PoloinrK no ioiial committeeman. Mr. Joyner sntly resigned. i. Si. Chisholm of Crossnore was :ted commander of the Seventeenth trict, succeeding Charles L. Younce Boone. Resolutions Passed imong resolutions passed, none of ich touched on prohibition, were R. HARDIN HEADS BUILDING & LOAN mer Elk Physician New President Watauga Association. Succeed ag W. W. Mast. No Chnnge in Other Officers Made. )r. R. H. Hardin of Banner Eik i unaninioualy chosen as president the Watauga Building and Loan ociation for the ensuing year when directors met Saturday evening regular monthly session. Dr. Har, who has been a mainstay in the anization for many years, sucds W. W. Mast of Valie Crucis, ) withdrew on account of pressure ither business. .. A. Greene was re-elected as vicesident and W. H. Gragg as secre y-treasurer, there being- no distion in the voting, little other business was tracsactthe sale ot the R. L. Clay old ise to Miss Genevca Hayes being iroved. :s of Northwest North Carolii >AY, AUGUST 24, 1933 > i v: s ^ Iif9| ;* &zBBl8?0&i Jjfc 1?? flHj n ft to IsvilTe, K> ., i.-r the- newly appoint'*! I *^C he NR.A, her job being to organize J^' a support of the recovery program- .. Iltilrf iixr -? " I aaj1 * _ Qff H b v j drc* | r or W atauga ?oiiard To Speak ^ ; sioi [ the I It is strongly urged that all per- > ?<j I sons interested in the defeat of the r J retail levy lend the influence of Jan I their presence at this meeting. Mr. Mai I<eonartI is a speaker of ability and cos! ] brings much valuable information sus] ! in regard to this much discussed i a*sue. i It is especially desired that repIresentative groups from each section of the county will be present, I so as to express their attitude, re- g gardless of party or political uffII- Mr. 1 hit ion. rioi jlis merican Legion: 7 Elk gfaL qiiw it U.JL V tkj ' V*. n The pita | those calling for: | Plans for a permanent memorial to and the memory of the late George K. sp Freeman of Goldsboro, a former State UlJf* commander; Recommending that no veteran dis- BE) ablad in line of duty suffered any reduction in benefit under Ihe [ana'economy law; A Asking Federal hospitalization lor has all veterans honorably discharged I'm* who require it and are not able to pay for the services themselves; era' For the officers to send a telegram Por to President Roosevelt and to Gen- clas eral Hugh S. Johnson, recovery ad- tha: ministrator, pledging the department's clas support of the N. R. A. campaign. *>iiy Daniels, who succeeds Bryce P. Beard, of Salisbury, as head of the leS" State department, served overseas as res< a lieutenant and later as a captain with company "C" of tlic sixth in- car fantry. He is 65 years old; one of foot the oldest legionnaires in the state, con and one of the most active. 0-3? tod: KILLS LARGE RATTLESNAKE mip Charles Smathers, who resides at E the State Fish Hatchery r.ear Ruth- cor erwood, tells The Democrat that he ghi killed a large rattlesnake near his fee home recently, which contained 36 the little ones. He was unable to deter- est. mine the age of the snake, as a dog ma snatched the reptile ana mutilated du< the rattles. igii ara Out of the 4,300 flowers grown in app Europe, only 420 have an agreeable Coi perfume. ?a j paii NO OBJECTORS 1 TO BANK OPENING j era I'lan of Reorganization Apparently cla: i Meets with General Approval. No whi I Objections Piled With Clerk. as Peoples Bank May Open. nue the Officials at the Watauga County lati Bank are working hard getting ev- rici erything in shape for the opening of est the institution which is expected to ( take place within about thirty days. on The advertisement outlining the plan bea of reorganization and asking objec- fav tors to file their complaints with the mo me] court, has drawn no objections, and it is not belidved likely that there will be any. ? Information is that steps are being a < taken which will very likely culmi- Pre nate in the opening of the Peoples hat Industrial Bank. However, no definite P. , official information has been given Th( out yet. has IAT na $1.50 PER YEAH m GIVEN ROAD" FERMS; PLAYING HAVOC FN BASTILE roll and Thorn hill Convicted of looding Jail, Destroying Bedcloth)g, Etc., While Incarcerated. Two liven Road Sentences for Carrying istois and Blackjacks. Fines Imosed by Recorder. \vo prisoners at the county jail, ster Carroll and one Thornhill. e given sentences of 6 months on roads by Judge Sudderth in the orders Court Tuesday when it was ven that while incarcerated on aner charge, the two had destroyed equipment, bedclcithing, etc., disnected plumbing fixtures and >ded thp hiiildinor Reports Wednesday morning icidie that the pair when sent back jail following their sentence, proved to do the same thing again fct greater zeal. The water was >ed in the building a second time, the structure was flooded even m3tairs before the destruction was ed by the jailer. Prospects are that prisoners will not be sent to the is until after the next session of court, when judgment may be is ted to take care of the second mse. toward Hardin and Ralph Bennett sv six months each on the roads m they were found guilty of carig two .six-shoolera and a blackri. The weapons were turned over the Sheriff to be destroyed. *. H. Hodges, convicted of posses" ? of whiskey, was fined $50 and costs, and a six-months suspendr.ontence was passed. Charles Phillips. Ed Howell and ies Main, violating dry laws; das. in dismissed; others fined $i!3 and Is, and placed under six-montha ponded sentences. nail Boy Injured When Struck by Car lillv Andrews emi /\f and Mrs. Tom Andrews was seislv injured Monday evening near home on Brushy Fork, when he i struck by an automobile driven Mr. Fred VonCanon of Banner The accident occurred on a ve, when the child darted in front the vehicle, and was unavoidable, f boy Wii Xikcr. U Crt~ il at Banner Elk. where It was iloscd that one leg was broken severe bruises sustained. He is ,ii a patient there, and Is improvUEVES SAhKS TAX WILL BENEFIT THE FARMEK d.-ntion. cf the general sales lax been fortunate for North Caret's farm popualtion. The general objection to the gensales tax is that a greater proLion of the income of the poorer ises must be absorbed in the tax n is true for the more wealthy is, even though the wealthy class s more as individuals," said Joe Hill, North Carolina State Coli assistant, ill farm management larch. However, this objection is taken e of in the exeption of the basic 3 commodities as these articles lpose the greater bulk of purchs made by the poorer classes and ay the agricultural population ;ht be so classed," he asserted, tasic commodities are, wheat, flour, n meal, fre3h meat, lard, sorim molasses, salt, sugar and cofTlie sales tax does not apply to sale of products from farms, fors, or mines when such sales are de by those who helped in the prodion of such products in their orlal state or conditioning Uieir preption for sale, but the tax does >!y to the resale of such products, nmercial fertilizer is also exempt n inspection tax is already bc-ing Li. The expense of a genera! sales in this State, agriculturally, Is ch less than if the ad valorem tax I been Increased," Hull said, forth Carolina's population is Dear per cent, rural, therefore our gen1 sales tax favors the agricultural is not only as farmers, but as a lie. This enactment was sponsored a means of providing more reve lor tne public schools, and with large percentage of rural popuon, it is readily seen that the aglltural children will receive greatbenefit from the tax." ie said the general sales tax is :alr tax, being more burdensome those who can better afford to ir it, as well as being especilaly orable to the one class of people st in need of its benefits?the farr. STOKE WINS PRIZE imithey's store won first prize in iistrict contest sponsored by the ictor and Gamble Company, for ing sold the greatest amount of fc G. Soap in the territory involved. ! premium, which was a shotgun, arrived. ;